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.”

you give it up?”

darkened. “Because… I got married.”

she wanted Evelyn to be a housewife. Evelyn, deeply in love with Jerry, agreed to everything. But her passion for the law

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

a cigarette and looked at Evelyn through the smoke,

was half–burnt, Huston finally came closer to the bed, peering down at her. He exhaled a smoke ring.

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away the smoke, while Huston had already turned and

Office, she received a call from Grace. Evelyn mentioned that Huston had taken the

voice rose in disbelief. “Are

“Yeah. Why?”

A

most powerful lawyer in the world, that’s why! So many big shots try to seek his help, but it’s all about

Evelyn avoided talking about her complicated

have nothing to worry about. You can’t lose a lawsuit

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

the most formidable people are not those with money or power, but those who wield the law as their weapon. And to Huston, Lloyd, the law is

After ending the call, she Googled Huston’s info while waiting at

studies at the University of Cambridge Law School. Returning to the States,

a guest professor at a prestigious local university

with Matt Harrison, establishing it as one of the

she couldn’t find much info regarding Huston’s family background and

had a whole new awareness of what an elite she messed with, and prayed that

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to Hill Villa, Evelyn had

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