Chapter 790

Layla became even more upset after that.

Elliot was not at all surprised.

Everything would make sense if Layla was the one who took the box; it explained why they couldn’t seem to find out who stole the box because no one would suspect a four-year-old child.

Layla was very dependent at the time, and who would suspect a child who couldn’t take care of herself?

Apart from that, it also explained why the content inside the box was never publicized or used to blackmail Elliot after it was taken.

“Layla, what kind of clothes did that woman wear?” Elliot sat her down on a chair, before wiping her tears away with tissue. When her sobbing had ceased, he continued, “was she a gray coat?”

“How do you know?” Layla looked at him, red–eyed.

the box back?”

while, before he decided to tell her the

lied to you had died in a car crush. Whatever‘s in the box had been taken. Don‘t be sad though, what‘s

said that the box contains something really

sorry. I shouldn‘t have taken your

exceptionally calm as he listened to his daughter‘s apology. Had it been anyone else who took what belonged to him, leading to such an unfortunate outcome, Elliot would have made them pay; but because it was his daughter who

the time, he asked, “why did you take the box?”

I took something of yours. I want you to

it‘s that important, I would

mom about this.” Elliot didn‘t want Avery to worry, and judging from how scared Layla appeared to be, she

had asked Avery about the box when it went missing at the beginning; Avery

“What

that nothing happened today. It‘s going to be a new year soon;

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