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

“Yes.”

did you give it up?”

eyes darkened. “Because… I

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

her, she was getting as much benefit as possible. After

silent. He lit a cigarette and looked at Evelyn

was half–burnt, Huston finally came closer to the bed, peering

to Royal Villa at eight o’clock

away the smoke, while Huston had already turned

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

in disbelief.

“Yeah. Why?”

A

his help, but it’s all

handle it,” Evelyn avoided talking

can’t lose a lawsuit with Huston

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

from law school, so you should know that 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 like his

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

he finished his studies at the University of Cambridge

was also a guest professor at a prestigious local university while serving as the lawyer of a

Matt Harrison, establishing it as one of the most renowned

she couldn’t find much info regarding Huston’s

an elite she messed with, and prayed that the days ahead

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go back to Hill Villa, Evelyn had to

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