A Matter of Wife and Love novel Chapter 199

Chapter 199

“Any recollection?” Leo’s expression remained unchanged, but Elyse could sense his hostility. The frostiness sent chills deep into her bones.

She finally looked up shakily with darting eyes. “Leo…”

“You can’t hide what you did forever. Calista from Kirkford Village is the daughter of the family who got Bria buried under the pillar. The other three are related to their family.”

She did not need further explanation to understand what he was getting at. Not only had he gotten to the bottom of the incident, but he also hurt everyone she worked with to take revenge on her, and he didn’t even bother to hide the truth. It was a clear attempt at taunting and humiliating her.

How ruthless!

Elyse sat tensely on the bed and realized belatedly that, before this, Leo had only shown her a tenth of the ruthlessness he was capable of.

“Get her the best medicine, doctor, and nurse,” Leo gave some instructions and left.

Eugene, who had been following Leo around, stole a glance at Elyse and looked at Leo with pursed lips. Leo took revenge on Elyse because of her wrongdoing, but he asked Eugene to take care of Elyse out of courtesy. It was Leo’s way of telling Elyse that Ellen’s kindness could only go so far as to spare Elyse’s life, and served as a warning that Elyse might end up in a worse situation if she dared to misbehave.

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Bria suffered from some fractures but was not in serious condition. When Amelie was released from the hospital, she brought Bria home with her and hired a doctor to look after Bria.

Meanwhile, Samuel and Julia did not slow down on their investigations. One day, he and Julia visited Amelie with the results of their investigation. “Someone purposely shoved Bria under the pillar.”

Amelie had expected the answer, but the truth still crushed her.

“How could they hurt a kid? That’s pure evil!” As one of the victims, Julia took the investigation personally. She could not hold back her anger and resentment. “Have we found the criminals behind this? They’d better not get caught because I will skin them alive!”

Samuel gave her a look. He could not deal with her temper, but he also understood that she suffered from guilt for failing to protect Bria in the accident. He reached out to squeeze her hand.

Amelie was slightly better at keeping her emotions in check, but as Bria’s mother, she was anxious to know the outcome of the investigation. Samuel read their expression and stared at Amelie with a knowing look. “I found the people behind the accident, but something odd happened to them. They were all hurt to different extents over the past two days.”

He pursed his lips tensely before continuing. “The guy who caused Julia’s wrist dislocation got into an accident two days ago and lost both arms. The couple who shoved Bria under the pillar was now buried in a collapsed mine. They are alive but are likely to be paralyzed from the incident.”

“The others got into different troubles as well, to the point that the Kirkford villagers thought there must be some paranormal activities around. They have been holding ceremonies for days to drive away the spirits.”

Amelie and Julia took deep breaths, for they knew that ghosts were merely superstitions. Someone was behind the rogue justice, leaving them wondering about the identity of this merciless and ruthless person.

Their eyes fell on Samuel. Amelie whispered her guess, “Could that person be… Leo…” Leo’s figure popped up in her mind.

“Leo Alston?” Julia finished her sentence. “Is that possible?”