Elena looked at her, the smile on her face fading.
“If you’re going to talk like that,” Elena said, “then let’s be clear.”
Her voice turned colder.
“A few days ago, Landon brought people to a hotel to block me. Last night, he arranged for someone to come after me again. Ms. Sterling, this isn’t something that just gets brushed aside.”
She held her gaze. “He’s hurt too many innocent women. You think this can just be settled like nothing happened?”
“Not happening.”
Riona’s body trembled with anger.
“That’s impossible,” she said after a long pause.
“Landon has been at home. There’s no way he would do something like that to you.”
She believed it. Or she refused to believe otherwise. Elena didn’t respond immediately.
She didn’t have direct evidence yet. The tension hung there.
At that moment, Riona’s phone rang. She took it out impatiently, but when she saw the caller ID, her expression shifted. express
She glanced at Elena instinctively before answering. “Hello?”
After hearing the other side, she said quickly, “I’ll be there right away.”
Then she hung up, grabbed her bag, and left in a hurry without saying another word.
Both Elena and Sophia were caught off guard.
“Wait… what was that?” Sophia said. “She made such a big scene coming here, and now she just leaves like that?”
Elena frowned slightly. That call wasn’t random. Something’s going on.
And it was probably related to Landon.
But she didn’t dwell on it.
She wasn’t deleting anything. Landon’s reputation was already collapsing under public pressure.
“Follow up on the
Nicole.
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remaining coverage,” Elena said to Hannah. “Sophia, let’s go to the hospital and check on
Got it,” Hannah said.
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Chapter 284 The Breaking Point
That afternoon. Elena went with Sophia to see Nicole.
Even though most of the public was criticizing Landon now, there were still plenty of people attacking Nicole. Elena didn’t want those comments affecting her condition.
And Nicole’s son, Gordon… His surgery was coming up soon.
She needed to be there.
Inside the car, Riona was visibly agitated.
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“Drive faster,” Riona said, hitting the back of the driver’s seat. “What, did you skip breakfast or something?”
The driver looked helpless. “Ma’am… there’s traffic.”
Riona stared at the congested road, her nails digging into her palm. She pulled out her phone and dialed the most recent number.
“Alexander,” Riona said, “I’m coming over right now. Don’t do anything reckless.”
She was already cursing internally,
What was wrong with him, treating a woman who had been with someone else for five years like she was something precious?
On the other end, Alexander said, his tone calm, “So you’ve already left my wife’s place?”
“I’ve already left,” Riona said through clenched teeth. “This situation is because of Elena. Alexander, are you really going to go against the Sterling family because of her?”
Alexander replied, “Do you actually not know, or are you pretending not to?”
That caught her off guard. “What do you mean? Say it clearly.”
“Looks like Zoe didn’t tell you everything,” Alexander said.
Riona frowned.
Zoe had only told her that Elena had some past connection with the Hawthorne family. Nothing more.
From what Alexander said, it sounded like something had been hidden from her.
“I’m at Landon’s place,” Alexander said. “Come here.”
Then he hung up.
Riona couldn’t make sense of anything anymore. Thinking back to what he said, she turned to the driver and said, “Change route. We’re going to Zoe.”
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