Chapter 6 Caught in Action

Evelyn had reached her breaking point, but the man didn’t even care.

“You won’t let me go, will you?” she asked in a trembling voice.

He was silent for a moment. You came to me first.”

She was the one who approached him in that club and spent the night with him.

Unpleasant memories from the past had caused him to lose interest in a sexual partner. But at only 32 years old, Huston realized that he still desired someone who could fulfill his needs.

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Evelyn, meanwhile, was filled with regret. If she had known Huston’s true identity, she would’ve never approached him!

But there was no changing the past.

Huston’s gaze shifted to the woman crouching on the ground. He finally slid his arms under hers, lifted her up, and gently placed her on the bed, covering her with a blanket.

“Rest. Then clean yourself up. I’ll be back soon.”

Anger/surged within Evelyn as she watched him walk away. She seized his sleeve and spoke with audacity, “If I pay you with my body… will you help me seek revenge against the Graves?”

Huston’s eyebrows rose in surprise. He hadn’t anticipated her change of heart. “Yes.”

“Then… I have another request,” Evelyn said, summoning her courage. “I’m only 24 years old, and I graduated from the University of Toronto Law School. I have all the knowledge and qualifications. Can you help me become a real lawyer?”

He was taken aback. He had expected her to ask for anything else, but not this. He had no idea she was so well–educated.

school to be a

“Yes.”

did you give

darkened. “Because… I got married.”

then, Nora insisted that Evelyn get married right after graduation because she wanted Evelyn to be a housewife. Evelyn, deeply in love with

before her, she was getting as much benefit as possible. After all, she needed to secure her livelihood after the divorce, and her parents depended on her as

He lit a cigarette and looked

came closer to the bed, peering down at her. He exhaled a smoke ring. Evelyn squinted and coughed.

a bag and come to Royal Villa

smoke, while Huston had already turned and left.

Grace. Evelyn mentioned that Huston had taken the case, but she didn’t provide

Grace’s voice rose in

“Yeah. Why?”

A

shots try to seek his help, but it’s

handle it,” Evelyn avoided

about. You can’t

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

with money or power, but those who wield the law

ending the call, she Googled

22, he finished his studies at the University of Cambridge Law School. Returning to the States, he won numerous significant cases and earned a prominent reputation.

professor at a prestigious local university while serving as the lawyer of a Fortune

as one of the

couldn’t find much info regarding Huston’s family

what an elite she messed with, and

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to Hill Villa, Evelyn had to

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