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.”

to have made that deal with Emilia. She wouldn’t be in the current mess if she had

dialing Sebastian’s number repeatedly. However,

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

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

get angry if you kneel down again.”

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

returned after inspecting the surroundings. The next moment, Sebastian walked into the room behind

herself in Sebastian’s arms. “Seb, I wasn’t able to

said, “My phone was broken.

sound.”

arms were still

said with an apologetic smile, “Lyle told me what happened. Mrs. Hadley, I’m so sorry to have troubled you. Thanks for rushing over to check on Victoria.”

replied before continuing, “By the way, Victoria mentioned that you left in a hurry

Nathaniel was still recovering in the hospital. Naturally, Sebastian would not have any work to do

as he continued, “I was surrounded when I reached the meeting place at the agreed time. While trying to escape, my phone fell

heard that. “I’m so sorry that I’ve dragged you

your fault. His aim was to lure me away so that they could attack you. I was too stupid to have fallen into their trap. I’m so glad that you managed to hide. Otherwise,

stupid. I don’t think so at all. Don’t say that ever again,”

won’t say such things anymore,” Sebastian

I shall take our leave first. Since the other party did not find what they wanted, they might show up here again. You guys should find a new place to stay. Let

Mrs. Hadley.

turned

brakes, bringing the car

Lyle