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.

went to school to be a lawyer?”

“Yes.”

did you give it

“Because… I got married.”

to be a housewife. Evelyn, deeply

jerk 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 well.

remained silent. He lit a cigarette and looked at

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

bag and come to Royal Villa

smoke, while Huston had already turned

mentioned that Huston

rose in

“Yeah. Why?”

A

help, but it’s all about

it,” Evelyn avoided talking about her complicated relationship with Huston.

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

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

formidable people are not those with money or power, but those who wield the law

ending the call, she Googled Huston’s info while waiting at the bus station.

he finished his studies at the University of Cambridge Law School. Returning to the States, he won numerous significant cases

a prestigious local university while

Huston co–founded HM Law Office with Matt Harrison, establishing it as

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

messed with, and prayed that the days ahead would

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to Hill Villa, Evelyn had to

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