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Chapter 70

Author: May_flower
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Penalty

Adrian's POV

"I already called the police" Miguel announced, smiling mischievously. "They should be here any moment from now."

"No, please" Elizabeth screamed out in fear, crawling towards Elder Martinez's foot.

The old man was quick to kick her hands away with his stick. It must have hurt a lot, because she drew her hands back instantly and squeezed it, wailing.

"Elder Martinez, please, let's settle this amicably" Louis pleaded, looking like he had suddenly aged within the last few minutes. "The Lopez family will suffer a huge setback if news of this gets to the public."

"Well, if you had instilled proper home training and wisdom into your daughter, none of this would have happened" Elder Martinez retorted. "When she gets to the cell, you can call a good lawyer for her; that is if the lawyer is capable of going against ours."

Such pride!

Everyone knew the Martinez family owned the best law firm in the Philippines. We weren't called giants for nothing.

"Elder Martinez, please
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