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.”

you give it up?”

eyes darkened. “Because…

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

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

looked at Evelyn through the

the bed, peering down at her. He exhaled a smoke

bag and come to Royal Villa at eight o’clock

while Huston

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

Grace’s voice rose in disbelief. “Are you

“Yeah. Why?”

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help, but

Evelyn avoided talking about her complicated relationship with Huston.

worry about. You can’t lose a lawsuit with Huston Lloyd on your side!”

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

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

she Googled Huston’s info while waiting

of Cambridge Law School. Returning to the States,

a guest professor at a prestigious local university while serving as the

Huston co–founded HM Law Office with Matt Harrison, establishing it as one of the most renowned law firms in the

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

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

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Hill Villa, Evelyn had to retrieve some important documents.

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