Let Me Stay The Night

Christina’s first thought was that the deal between Victoria and Emilia had been exposed.

“Is there anyone else who knows about the deal you made with Emilia?” Christina asked.

Victoria pondered over it seriously for a moment before shaking her head. Feeling at a loss, she replied, “The only ones I told were you and Seb.” The next moment, realization dawned on her, and she exclaimed, “It’s Emilia. She must’ve been the one who spilled the beans!”

Christina could not help but feel like something was amiss.

Casting a sharp gaze at Victoria, she asked solemnly. “Victoria, be honest with me. Other than creating a fake identity for Emilia to go abroad and telling her where the evidence is, did you make any other deals with her?”

Without hesitation, Victoria shook her head and replied, “Nope. Christina, there’s really nothing else. I’m telling the truth.”

As the matter concerned her safety, it would not make sense for Victoria to lie.

If the anonymous sender’s objective was to prevent the truth of what happened fifteen years ago from getting exposed by using Emilia’s tragic end to warn Victoria, it was unlikely that Victoria was his first target, and neither would she be the last.

Anyone who was linked to that piece of evidence from fifteen years ago or had seen the evidence was at risk of being killed!

Who could that person be?

Christina fell into deep thought and remained silent for a long time. While watching Christina silently, Victoria was also paying attention to her surroundings, as she was worried that someone would suddenly appear and assault her.

“Victoria, how can you be sure that Emilia is dead?”

“There was a letter in the box warning me to be careful with what I say if I don’t want to end up dying a gruesome death like Emilia. Christina, I tried contacting Emilia, but her phone was switched off. Something bad must have happened to her.”

Taking a pause, she continued, “Emilia did show up at Azure’s funeral yesterday, I saw her talking to Barnaby, but I’m not sure what they spoke about. Emilia needs money, and Winston had gone bankrupt. Since she wouldn’t be able to get anything from him, she would definitely try to get some from Barnaby by threatening him. After all, Barnaby was also involved in what happened fifteen years ago.”

regret. Thinking back, she must have lost her mind to have made that deal with Emilia. She wouldn’t be in the current mess if she had

number repeatedly. However, none of the

she said, “Christina, do you think something bad has happened to Seb? I tried asking around, but no one knows where he is. You

Victoria up and replied with a stern expression, “Get up first. Sit down, and we can talk

get angry if you kneel

that, Victoria sat down on the couch obediently. She was so anxious that all colors

inspecting the surroundings. The next moment,

and threw herself in Sebastian’s arms. “Seb, I wasn’t able to reach you. I thought something bad has

the woman gently, Sebastian said, “My phone was broken. Don’t

sound.”

arms were still tightly wrapped around

Victoria in his arms, Sebastian walked toward Christina and said with an apologetic smile, “Lyle told me what happened. Mrs. Hadley, I’m so sorry to have

she’s in danger,” Christina replied before continuing, “By the way, Victoria mentioned that you left in a hurry after receiving a phone call. From what I know, Mr. Hadley didn’t assign

was still recovering in the hospital.

previously when she was overseas.” Sebastian’s expression darkened as he continued, “I was surrounded when I reached the meeting place at the

that. “I’m so

too stupid to have fallen into their trap. I’m so glad

say that ever again,” Victoria

such things anymore,”

back, Lyle and I shall take our leave first. Since the other party did not find what they wanted, they might show up here again. You

gratefully, Thanks, Mrs.

Lyle turned to leave.

Christina was deep in thought when Lyle suddenly slammed on the brakes, bringing the car to a screeching stop. The woman was propelled forward

at Lyle while placing a hand on her stomach.