“Natalie, over here!”

Natalie nodded in greeting. They hadn‘t seen each other for over a month. Lila had lost a lot of weight. Her makeup was not as pristine as before, and her eyes were full of undisguised fatigue.

“I know several good cafes in the area. How about we talk there?” Natalie suggested, glancing at the men from the corner of her eye.

“This place is owned by a friend of Jeff‘s. I don‘t have that much money now, so I could only afford the food here,” Lila explained with a smile.

“Oh, Jeff‘s my brother.” Left with no choice, Natalie sat down at the table. The restaurant was empty other than the group of men.

There were barely any people outside, too. This was clearly a place for doing illegal stuff. The staff soon brought them two plates of steak.

Lila pushed one of them in front of Natalie and said, “Try it. I like their food.”

As she spoke, she glanced meaningfully at the man who had served the steak just now. She knew that Jeff and his friends were hiding in the kitchen. With Sebastian guarding outside, Natalie wasn‘t afraid at all. She sliced a piece of her steak and put it in her mouth.

Suddenly, Jeff burst out of the kitchen, holding a stick and some ropes, followed by a group of thugs. However, before they could even get close to Natalie, a group of men in black swarmed inside the restaurant. In a matter of seconds, the men in black quickly subdued Jeff and his friends. Lila was shocked. She stood up from the table and shouted, “Who the hell are you? I‘m calling 911!”

Natalie continued to eat her steak calmly. The steak here was pretty good; she had to give Lila that.

Sebastian, who was wearing a dark brown windbreaker today, strode in. He sat next to Natalie, took out a handkerchief, and handed it to her.

“Honey, it’s time to go.”

Taking the handkerchief, Natalie folded it neatly and wiped her lips. She glanced indifferently at the panic–stricken Lila and said,

“Okay. Let‘s go, honey.”

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were

was just trying to

scared out of her wits and kept defending herself hysterically. Jeff was also tied to a electric chair. He was so scared that he wet his pants. He tried to explain stiffly, “I… My friends

didn‘t want to waste time listening to his measly excuses and flipped a switch. The chair sent bolts of electricity through Jeff‘s body. Very quickly, the interrogation room was filled with

Lila had been tortured before. They confessed everything after only a short while. In the room behind the steakhouse, Sebastian‘s men found cameras and

How do you want to do this?” Sebastian slid the flash drive in front

know that my parents still care about Lila. I want

idea to put Lila behind bars

this, Sebastian‘s expression darkened. He reached for Natalie‘s hand and said softly but firmly, “I respect that, but you shouldn‘t be asking your parents for their opinion. You should just be informing them about what lila has done. I‘m not going to let her

Sebastian wasn‘t as indecisive. He sent the video directly to the Whites. When Johanna watched

his former daughter completely. What she had done this time was simply too despicable for words. He rubbed his temples and sighed, “Do whatever you want with her. She has to be punished. She is no longer a member of the White family. Whatever she has done has nothing to

a good lawyer for Lila and Jeff. And even if they did have the money, they had offended Brandon

of thugs kept showing up at the store and made a

*******

everyone, Charis had been living in Barnes this whole time. Even her parents thought that

end, she could never talk again as a vegetable. Now, she knew she had

Whites‘ daughter for over twenty years after all. What surprised her more was

had continued to work with her, she might‘ve gotten her own ass in trouble, too. Jeff, on the other hand, had piqued Charis‘s interest. He looked like a reckless fool who would do anything for money. Charis felt that she had found a new pawn. At first, she had had no hope for the Gillians, but now it seemed it was necessary for

stepping on the ground was particularly heavy. The prisoners were all dressed in

to a buzz cut. A bulky man stood behind him, constantly rubbing

is like a

several inmates

your pants!” A man with a tattoo of a scorpion on his face shoved Jeff to

prison was full of criminals–some of which were gay. Jeff‘s face fell in horror. Even though he grew up in a poor family, Eva had always spoiled him. He couldn‘t even stand working in the

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