Chapter 40

The manager found some pink pills and white powder in the room and showed them to Manley ‘Mr. Scott, should we call the cops?”

Noel, who was lying on the ground with his head smashed by a wine bottle, staggered to his feet “No, don’t call the police! Pleasel”

He was more afraid of the police than anyone else!

“Call the cops!” Manley said coldly, kicking Noel away “How dare you do drugs in my place? You’re asking for

The manager cautiously asked, “What about the surveillance footage? Should I hand it over to…”

“Destroy the footage!” Manley interrupted him, speaking softly. “Destroy any footage with her in it. If the police ask, just say we had a network outage.”

The manager didn’t know why Manley was doing this but complied anyway.

Manley then called over a waiter. “You will go to the police station later to be a witness. Just say that these people in the room got drunk and started fighting over the money. Understand?”

The waiter nodded, signaling his understanding of the situation.

suspicious nature of these individuals, their arrival at the police station would likely trigger a

a heavy hand,” he thought, then recalled his own beating from before. He couldn’t help but smile, thinking she must have gone easy on him

room, Manley had the manager

left with a calm expression, casually taking off her jacket and throwing it in the trash. She

been for their feud, he would

huge favor, he had to

her!

minutes later, when Jonathan carried Estelle out of the

the elevator, Estelle seemed to regain some consciousness, but it was almost worse. Now, she was like a starving little animal that had spent a day and night in the wild, eager for some

tightened his grip, his fingers firmly pinching her face, as he spoke

blinked pitifully, then rested her head on

deeply to

of minutes rather than tens of seconds. The silence was deafening, broken only by

were exerting

was trying to suppress the effects of the drug, while Jonathan was controlling his urge to throw

down.

at the 31st floor, and Jonathan strode out, inputting his fingerprint to unlock the

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