Over the past couple of weeks, things hadn’t been going too well for Janet. What Lila had done really left a mark on her.

Noticing that Janet looked a little frustrated, Elizabeth invited her to go shopping that weekend to get her mind off of things.

Elizabeth, who seldom even talked to others, suddenly invited her to hang out, so Janet found herself unable to refuse.

Compared with Seacisco, the malls in Barnes were more accessible and down to earth. On holidays and even weekends, there would be all kinds of interesting events held in the shopping malls.

As soon as they stepped inside the mall, Janet saw throngs of people bustling about.

Elizabeth was tall and fashionable, while Janet was incredibly pretty and petite. The two women with vastly different styles soon attracted people’s attention.

Janet looked around in search of any store she’d be interested in. Suddenly, her eyes landed on a man with a sunken face among the crowd.

It was Jeff.

When did he get out of prison?

Before Janet could figure it out, she saw that Jeff was holding a bottle of pale yellow liquid. He glared at her with a ferocious look, like a wild beast eyeing its prey. “Bitch, go to hell!”

he pushed through the crowd and rushed at Janet. But before he could open the bottle

this, the crowd burst into an uproar and

the chaos, the bottle of sulfuric acid was thrown to the ground and shattered. The liquid

forcibly pressed down to the ground by the men in black. He pounded the floor with his

a black baseball cap emerged from behind the

Ethan glanced at his men and said, “Take him

Ethan and asked doubtfully, “I thought Jeff

ago, a prison guard informed me that he had been released

someone was taking action behind the

had to be someone powerful behind the curtain. Besides, whoever was behind Jeff’s release was probably

who this mastermind was, and now, he

didn’t take any action but monitored Jeff in secret. As soon as Jeff was about to strike again, he caught

will protect you.” Ethan’s expression softened as soon as he was with his wife. He touched Janet’s hair gently and

glanced at the bubbling

*******

down with his legs crossed, his face hidden under the brim of

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