The Lawyer’s Romance in Law novel Chapter 203

Chapter 203 A Domineering Elias

Presently, Amanda was at her home in Northern No. 1. She didn't go to the law firm in the past few days, nor was she in any mood to head out.

The door was pushed open. Selina had picked up the child and returned. When she saw Amanda spacing out on the couch, she said to the child, "Go and play with your toys, Aiden. I'll go to you later."

"Sure." Aiden obediently went to play with his toys so that Selina and Amanda could have a talk.

Selina put down her purse and sat down on the couch before calling out, "Amanda?"

The woman didn't react to her. She seemed engrossed in her own little world. Selina wondered what was on her mind. "Amanda!" she called out again.

"Yeah?" Amanda finally came to her senses. Upon registering Selina's presence, she asked with a smile, "When did you come back? I didn't hear the door opening. By the way, where's Aiden?"

A helpless Selina shook her head. "You were just deep in thought. Aiden is playing with his toys now. Are you alright? You've been muddle-headed for the past few days. Did anything happen?"

Amanda replied calmly, "Elias' grandfather rolled down the stairs and passed away."

"My goodness! How did that even happen? Mr. Winters must be distraught now."

It was imaginable how tough it must have been for someone like Elias, who was proud and unwilling to show his weaknesses.

Amanda put on a dejected smile. "I was the first one who discovered his death."

Selina stared at her with disbelief for a moment before asking tentatively, "Does Mr. Winters suspect that you pushed his grandfather down the stairs?"

Amanda shook her head. "It's not him. It's other people. However, I feel that he's doubting me as well, but he's forcing himself to trust me. That's because all the signs show that Old Mr. Winters' death has something to do with me. It was too coincidental. As I recall the incident that day, I even start suspecting myself—"

Before she could finish her words, Selina took her hands and said, "Amanda! Stop imagining things. There's no way you'd do such a thing. You're a lawyer, so you understand the consequences of murdering someone. You're clever enough not to do that. Moreover, you've been saying that when you were in Winters Manor, Old Mr. Winters always took good care of you. I don't believe you'd ever kill him."

Amanda was startled as she looked at Selina and asked, "Why do you trust me so much? Perhaps I committed a crime on a whim. When a person is agitated, they would do anything. Moreover, I thought Old Mr. Winters was hiding Aiden from me at that time."

"You still wouldn't do that. You're not that kind of person. I don't think you'd ever do such a thing," Selina replied steadfastly.

Amanda couldn't help but put on a smile, her eyes welling up with tears. It felt wonderful to have a friend who trusted her unconditionally.

However, when she recalled Jennifer calling her a jinx and Oscar claiming her to be the murderer at the funeral, she felt awful. Even though she was a lawyer, she felt powerless to refute them. In fact, she also felt there was something fishy about Howard's death.

Why would he roll down the stairs out of nowhere?

…

Elias squinted and looked at the clown in front of him before saying grimly, "Do you think I have no idea how your mother even obtained those shares? You guys even had the guts to alter the will. Are you sick of living?"

The smile on Danny's face froze in an instant as he glanced anxiously at him. "W-What nonsense are you spouting? We didn't alter the will. You can't accuse us of something we've never done. It was a will created by Grandpa. Mr. Glover is the witness, and everything is in black and white. Do you want to play any tricks or something?"

Elias sneered and placed a cigarette between his lips before lighting it.

"I'm not only going to play tricks, but I'm also going to snatch everything that's rightfully mine back. I've asked you to come here to tell you all this so that you'll go home and tell your mother to give me back things that don't belong to her. I won't settle the score with her since we're relatives. However, if she doesn't repent, don't blame me for going hard on her."

With that, he put out the cigarette in the ashtray and got to his feet before leaving the room.

Danny fell into a dazed state for a moment. When he saw the man leave, he continued to play dumb. "I have no idea what you're talking about, Elias. What do you mean when you say things that don't belong to us? Are you talking about the shares? They were given to us by Grandpa. We didn't force him to give the shares to us. Stop spouting nonsense, will you?"

He still wanted to reason with his domineering cousin, but Elias was soon out of sight as the door closed behind him.

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In the corridor, Elias headed to another room with an expressionless face. The next person he was going to meet was the second largest shareholder on the board of directors, Jack Allegra.

Yacob followed him and asked puzzledly, "Mr. Winters, I don't understand why you're going to meet Mr. Allegra. He doesn't really interfere in the company's affairs. All he cares about is the company's performance."