Elliot held Rose tightly as they entered the garage, but she immediately began to struggle.
"Elliot, let me go!"
"No."
The man's grip on the woman tightened slightly as he thought about Lawrence helping Rose earlier. It made him angry.
After calming down a bit, Rose took a deep breath and broke free from Elliot's embrace.
"What do you want from me, Elliot?" she asked.
What did he want from her? He already had another woman in his life. Why was he still bothering her?
Rose fought off dizziness and looked at the man in front of her with anger in her eyes. "If you care about Madeleine so much, why don't you just focus on her?"
Elliot's pupils shrank when he heard this and his expression grew even darker. "Did you have something to do with what happened tonight?" he asked coldly.
"No," Rose replied firmly.
"You had nothing to do with Madeleine's situation?" The man narrowed his eyes suspiciously at Rose. If it wasn't her doing, then why was she found opposite the room where Madeleine was staying?
Elliot knew exactly what kind of person Madeleine was, so when he discovered what happened tonight, he knew that it couldn't have been voluntary on Madeleine's part. If it wasn't voluntary, then someone must have set her up, and right now that someone seemed like Rose herself.
As he thought of this, his voice was icy as he asked, "Where were you tonight?"
Why weren't you in the banquet hall?
And why did you come out of the same room as Lawrence?
What happened that I don't know about?
As Elliot pondered these questions, he felt a painful tightness in his chest, making it hard for him to even breathe.
Rose became even more furious upon hearing Elliot accuse her, "Do you think I'm responsible for what happened to Madeleine?"
"Isn't it obvious?" came Elliot's icy reply as he stared intently at the woman before him.
Rose's hand clenched tightly at her side as she looked at Elliot and spoke each word clearly, "I have never set up Madeleine. I was the one who was set up tonight!"
"If it wasn't for Lawrence, do you know what almost happened to me?"
Elliot's eyes grew even more intense when he heard the name "Lawrence." He tightened his fists and coldly retorted, "All you're saying is just your side of the story. What evidence do you have to prove that Madeleine brought this upon herself?"
In fact, he knew deep down that Rose wasn't that kind of person.
But when he heard Lawrence's name mentioned, anger boiled inside him.
Why wasn't he there with Rose when she got into trouble? Why was Lawrence the one accompanying her?
As Rose listened to Elliot's words, she became increasingly angry and felt like this man in front of her was unreasonable! She glared at him and asked in frustration, "Do you really need to see me get hurt before believing me?"
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