Elias’ Crimes and Punishments of Romance

Back in the Allegra Villa, after Crispin took Stephanie back into the bedroom, he said impassively. “Let’s sleep. We have to go to the wedding venue tomorrow to take a look. The wedding is around the corner, after all.”

“How did that even happen? Why did he end his own life?” Stephanie still couldn’t recover from the shock. after hearing the news.

“It has nothing to do with you. Let’s go to bed.”

The atmosphere in the room was depressing. Suddenly, she lifted her head and questioned, “It was you, wasn’t it? Raymond harmed himself after you visited him today. I didn’t enter the visiting room at that

time.”

Crispin made Stephanie throw a tantrum so that she could head to the prison, but it was he who wanted to see Raymond.

Did Crispin force Raymond to self-harm?

At the thought of this, Stephanie felt that the man before her eyes was terrifying. It was as if she was being cooped up in the same room as a ghost.

Crispin approached her with a wicked smile and ruffled her hair. “Why must you get to the bottom of the truth? It’ll only make you feel troubled. So what if it was me? There’s no use keeping that man, for he’d only be my obstacle. As such, I had to eliminate him as soon as possible. After all, I’ll be husband

soon.”

“Don’t touch me!” Stephanie swatted his hand away.

your

next instant, she felt a slap in the face, causing her to collapse onto the bed. She covered

sobbed.

man. “Why did you force Raymond to harm. himself? What did he have anything to

going on between the two that Crispin took so much effort to

knew my secrets. Are you happy with the answer? Also, I’m warning you-stop pulling a long face. Are you trying to tell everyone you’re sad? Why can’t you get over the fact that some other man bedded you that night? Why did you even go to the hotel in the first place? Are you fine with Elias bedding you but not another man? Let me

finished speaking, the room fell

her burning cheek and glared at the man in disbelief.

bed and said nonchalantly. “You heard me. Are you happy now? I was the one who slept with you, not that wretched middle-aged man. Do you feel better

did you disguise yourself as Elias? Why did you do such a thing? When

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his feet and replied with

I asked you out as Crispin that night, would you come to the hotel? You wouldn’t. However, when I asked you out

just

have to call me that? So what if I love Elias? Don’t I have the right?” Stephanie broke down mentally. She had never expected that the man who bedded her that

crossed her mind that Crispin, who had always been pining for her, would do such