The two ended up going to a secluded security corridor in the building together.Chad and Garrett's assistants guarded the passageway.Garrett leaned leisurely on the passage railing, "What are you going to say?"Melvin's dark eyes were fixed on him. His face was cold."If your sister and Lyra are incompatible in the future, who will you choose?"Garrett pondered, "No, because Irene already knew who Lyra is. As long as Irene still cares about Keith, she won't fight with Lyra again." "Are you sure?"Melvin sneered: "According to my understanding, Keith and Irene's marriage are engaged for two years. They have not yet received a certificate, because Keith has not agreed. Some time ago Keith asked to withdraw from the marriage but your father dissuaded this.""So what?" Garrett was inexplicably confused."You know Lyra's character. Irene has harmed her, and the means is very sinister. She can never get along with Irene in this life. Irene is not a person who can take the loss. So between
Melvin froze slightly, as if he didn't expect her to refuse so decisively.Lyra: "Those years became unbearably dim for me, starting when old Freeman let me stay at the manor.""Old Freeman was kind to me, but he was not so trusting me. Fiona wrongly accused me of stealing jewelry. Wesley helped her and and he didn't say a word. Although I don't hate him about that, it's absolutely impossible you want me to commemorate the day!"Her eyes were cold.Melvin hadn't seen the look in a long time. He admitted his mistake, "I'm sorry. I didn't know it was like this..."Lyra will not take it out on him."You were supposed to be working late at the group. It's normal to be unaware, but this commemorative dinner is not necessary."She said as she looked at the time. It was getting late.After instructing Eleven to take good care of Melvin, she turned her head and prepared to go out.Melvin grabbed her hand with a quick glance."Lyra, Garrett, he's going to propose to you tonight. Do you know?"
Missing?Lyra frowned, "How can she be missing when she's staying in jail?"Fifteen shook his head, "She disappeared during the half-hour activity time after dinner yesterday. Just like evaporating without leaving any trace.""No trace?"Lyra laughed, "An adult can still disappear like that? How can we not find out? We must investigate thoroughly! Who has been visiting her recently and for how long? Check them all carefully! Don't miss a single detail!""Yes.""Wait."Fifteen was about to leave the office when Lyra called out to him with a stony face, "Check all of Fred's recent prison visits again.""You are suspicious of ..."Fifteen didn't finish, and Lyra's gaze grew colder and colder.Hopefully, she was overthinking it.Heavy rain poured down in that afternoon.When the night was falling, the rain did not stop, but went heavier and heavier.The heavy rain invaded the window glass, splitting the original intact glass into what seemed like one crack after another.The weather was h
Melvin keenly noticed that he was sighing, "Eleven, what's wrong with you?""I'm fine." Eleven hesitated for two seconds, "Mr. Freeman, go in by yourself. I won't go in.""Okay."Melvin didn't delay and went straight upstairs.As soon as the door was opened, the grim atmosphere hit him, more harsh than the rain outside.He subconsciously held his breath, raised his eyes and crashed into the cold and stern eyes."Lyra, it's already eight o'clock in the evening. Are you hungry? Is it because there is too much pressure on both sides of the company lately? And you encountered something bothering you?" His tone was gentle, with a hint of fluke.Lyra waved at him with a fake smile, "Come here. Get closer."Melvin dutifully walked over to her and stood beside her.Without waiting for him to crouch down, Lyra grabbed his white shirt and lifted it off hard, exposing his waist wrapped by bandages.Melvin was severely shocked, "Lyra, you..."Lyra did not listen to him at all, viciously ripped th
When he thought about this, his heart didn't feel so bad.These were the experiences she once encountered in the Freeman family, and he was now just redoing them all over again.After paying it back and not owing it, would everything go back to the original point?Thinking about this, he clenched his fists, braced himself for consciousness and put his posture on his knees standard.This downpour late at night.Melvin had been kneeling in the garden for two hours, and Lyra had been standing by the window and sill watching for two hours.Since the incident of Lyra's being drugged, the bodyguards had the rule of taking turns to watch late night.Tonight it was Eleven who was on duty, and he was hiding in the shadows, watching him as well.Obviously because of the special drugs, Melvin's body was very weak. From beginning's firmness to the gradually shaking body, his back was still straight while kneeling. Eleven really admired him.Even if he was on his knees, he looked noble, and he wou
If it really wasn't him, then this wasn't so simple.Lyra's cold eyes narrowed slightly, and when she looked at Melvin, there was still doubt in her eyes.Her hand pinched his cheek hard.The man's cheek was squeezed and the eyebrows slightly knitted, but his dark eyes were bright, like a big dog of grievance."I believe you one last time. If I find out you're still lying to me, I'll immediately throw you in jail and see how many days you can survive and how long it takes your men to get you out." After she finished, she angrily withdrew her hand.Melvin leaned back against the floor, being completely exhausted.He wanted to continue to say something but a sudden smell of fish and sweet rushed upward, and he was choked and coughed violently.It was as if the lungs were going to cough out.He was not afraid to be in jail. Even if Lyra really sent him in, there were not many people inside who dared to bully him.But he didn't want Lyra to continue to misunderstand him."If I...lie... sh
"That's right."She sounded calm.Seeing his great reaction, Lyra continued, "I've done some rough calculations. Now that your debt is almost paid. Shouldn't you be happy to be released from the agreement? Then you can continue to be your Mr. Melvin."What she said was true that to pay off his debt to her was his goal.But..."You have said that before. After paying the debt off, you'll be completely isolated from me all our lives. Is that true?" Lyra's face were serious, "Yes.""Then I won't sign. You also said a year against three years. It's only been over half a month. I haven't even paid it off!" His eyebrows furrowed and his cheeks puffed out in anger as he handed her back the paper in his hand.Lyra didn't reach out to catch it, and her expression was once again cold, "Melvin, don't be unreasonable. Sign it!"Melvin was very depressed by her fierce attitude. He stepped forward in her direction, holding her slender wrist. He was going to say something to dissuade her but was not
"Ah! This is ..."It was a woman in the sack. She was unconscious, and her hair was disheveled, covering her face. And she smelled of acid.Her arms and legs were full of bruises and marks. She should have been suffered abuse previously?Ashley looked up at the man with a dumbfounded look.The man didn't say anything and just laughed.But that laughter meant a lot.She covered her mouth and nose, resisted the urge to vomit. Then she lifted the woman's disheveled hair."Is this... Charlotte?"Didn't she get sent to jail by Lyra?Ashley heard that she was sentenced to ten years. How came they got her out so quickly?"She was broken off the engagement with the Freeman family and cut off from the Matthews family. She's nothing but a waste now. Can she be useful?" The man still had a smile, "Soon you'll know."Melvin was recuperating over the past few days and Lyra was busy at the office.The two people lived in the same villa at night, but they had basically never met.The next day, after
Melvin tilted his head to look at her and smiled in a pleasing way.Lyra gave him a deep look.Tonight he was really beatable. If she didn't beat him to cry, she can not endure this!She reached out and spread it out in front of him, "The belt."Melvin did not delay, unlocked the metal clasp immediately, handed her very obediently, and then turned his back to her.Lyra folded the belt in half and raised it high, as if to whip towards the already wounded back.But before the belt could be swung in her hand, her gaze unconsciously rested on the palm-sized burn on his back.The injury was bright red, which was quite hideous. It was too conspicuous, so it was difficult not to notice it.And the injury was caused when he protected her. Otherwise it was estimate that her face would get injured.Thinking of this, Lyra felt complex. It was as if there was a mysterious force that clamped her wrist that she can not do it.She sighed and was deflated suddenly, because she realized that she would
The atmosphere in the room was suddenly subtle because of these words.Melvin was frozen in place and didn't move even his finger.Lyra's eyebrows were slightly wrinkled and her face was sullen, "Hurry up. I want to see the injury."Melvin was instantly deflated.Oh, it turned out to be just to see the injury. He was thinking too much.Wait...To see the injury?Why did she suddenly suspect his injury? Did Anthony say something to her?"My injury is fine. I've been medicated for the past two days, and I'm almost healed."Lyra coldly glanced at him, "Take it off!"Melvin didn't move, "It's bandaged. You can't see it when it's off.""Tear it down. Reapply the medicine later."She sounded resolute.This meant that she had to see it?Melvin didn't say a word and didn't move, wondering how he could put it off.Lyra saw right through him."Don't try to fool me tonight. You have to take it off!""Lyra, it warms my heart that you care about my injury, but it's too late tonight. It's better to
Lyra didn't hide it either, "Yes, if not, how can I catch you?"Anthony smiled, which looked a little bleak."When did you start guarding against me?""From the moment you took out the revolver and asked me to choose between Melvin and Charlotte. I felt something was wrong with you."How dared she suspect him from that moment on?Anthony stared at her and was somewhat incredulous.She continued expressionlessly, "It wasn't until the last time you were leaving Frayton, I accidentally saw the man in black in the hallway of Fantalure Bar. Coupled with the acid incident that day, I suspected you had a connection with the one in the Lloyd family who tried to kill me."Anthony smiled miserably, "So it is.""Anthony, you are indeed the only person I ever admired when I was a kid. But why do you want to kill me?"He shook his head and was still in denial, "I don't. Your family announced your death before. You don't know how sad I was. I didn't know you are alive until half a month ago, and on
Only after seeing he was faint did the man with the ghostly face take off his mask.In the moonlight, the man's dark eyes were cold and, looking at Anthony with bloodlust.Chad came up and asked, "Boss, how to deal with him?""Tie up the two and throw them in the car. As for Anthony ..."Melvin stopped speaking and his eyes narrowed. And his expression was ruthless, "Hang him up and take him to the hut prepared in advance. Lyra will be here in 10 minutes or so at the soonest. Before she comes, torture him first.""Yes."Anthony was forcibly awakened by cold water.When he woke up, he found his hands tied, hanging backwards from behind to the beam of a broken hut. His feet could touch the ground, barely to keep his weight in place with his tiptoe.This posture was very tired. His arms were be sore and unbearable. If hanging on for an hour, the arms can be painful to dislocation. The armpits will be bruised and swollen.He gave a light laugh.This kind of torture, at first glance, was t
Lyra's expression gradually froze, staring at him in disbelief.The tone was a bit gloomy."You don't even believe me?"Anthony snorted, "Silly girl, I'm kidding with you. Of course I trust you, but did you or Melvin prepare this wine? I can't trust him."Lyra showed him the red wine glass that was already empty in her hand."I drank it all, and if the wine was tampered with, it should have been me who fall first."Anthony did not speak, shook the glass of red wine in his hand and still did not drinking.Lyra was a little upset. She muttered and looked at the whole bottle of red wine next to her, "Do you want me to finish the whole bottle of red wine like you did last time? So you can believe me?" Anthony was silent.Lyra felt wronged and acted rashly to reach for the entire bottle of wine on the table.Anthony stopped her, "I believe you. Even if this bottle of wine is poison, I will drink it, because you are beautiful poison to me, and I have long been intoxicated."He smiled doting
This contentious gaze continued for several minutes.Lyra was caught in the middle and looked the two men over separately.Melvin, who was free from the effect of 023, seemed to be slightly more aggressive than Anthony, and his eyes were colder and more hostile.She was a bit speechless.They just met. She didn't know what would happen next.She coughed heavily to divert the attention of the two.And she gestured Anthony to look to the dining room, and said in a soft voice, "Anthony look, the dishes are ready. I also prepared two bottles of good red wine. We have not dunk for a long time. Let's get hammered.""Great."Anthony withdrew his gaze from the competition with Melvin and looked at Lyra with tenderness, walking with her to the dining room and taking a seat."You're so good. These dishes smell so good. I wasn't too hungry, but now I have a great appetite.""As long as you like it."Melvin remained standing in the stairs, watching their interaction.Even though Lyra had told him
As soon as Elizabeth saw Anthony bring the police officers in, she instantly sank into the sofa.She had clearly heard from her acquaintance at the police department that Anthony was leaving Frayton, so why hadn't he left yet? With Anthony here, she was afraid it would be a difficult day.The Harrington family's of bodyguards quickly got frightened after the group of police officers rushed in with electric batons.Ashley also sat on the floor being utterly depressed.However, Anthony came in and kept his eyes looking at Lyra.He walked over to Lyra and sat next to her, sitting upright and straight.Lyra subconsciously frowned, but soon withdrew her unknown emotions, and looked at Elizabeth and Ashley again."Ashley, I don't bother to continue the nonsense. In short, for the things you and the Harrington family committed, the police department should have its own judgement. And you have to pay back my money with interests. If you don't have enough money, then sell the property and mort
"So it's you! How did you get in?"Lyra elegantly played with her nails and replied lazily, "I just let my bodyguard inform the housekeeper and walk in directly from the front door." The housekeeper let her in?The old housekeeper who had been with her family for so many years had been bribed so quickly?Ashley glared at her with indignation.Lyra guessed what she was thinking and said, "It's called loss of supporters. Today is the day your family fell from power. Of course they know what to do."Ashley was so angry that she gritted her teeth and stood up from the floor, "You bitch! You've gone too far! You think the Harrington family will fall easily if you harm us in this way? You are dreaming!" "Harm you?"Lyra sneered, "That's not harm. I'm just bringing your family's dirty things out into the open. If you're innocent, you can't be afraid of these things.""You!"Ashley was furious, but Lyra was right. For the news about the Harrington Group and the things between Elizabeth and Wa
Discount?So, he was kind of begging for mercy?Lyra pursed her lips and laughed lightly. He just accepted the punishment and was quite tough. Now he was frightened. She thought he was not afraid of pain.Without speaking, she went to unbuckle the belt.Melvin tried to hide, but his arms were pressed by her. Finally he could only bury his face in the comforter again, feeling disheartened.It looked like she didn't agree to a lighter penalty...Just now he used all his strength to fight the pain of removing the rotting flesh in the wound, and now his body was weak and feeble.If he was really whipped by Twelve in the garden for two hundred times, he would faint, right?If he fainted, Lyra would certainly notice that something was wrong, and may also take the opportunity to check his injury. It had been three days, and the injury of sulfuric acid was clearly different from his injury on his back. Lyra was sagacious. It can not be hidden certainly.As he was thinking, Lyra had already un