Trapped with a Lawyer novel Chapter 142

Ella staggered out of the villa. However, when she walked down the steps, her legs gave in and she fell on her knees.

Ouch! She was in pain but Ella suppressed a scream. She managed to stand up, supporting herself with her arms and palms on the ground.

Dawn was approaching. Ella covered her body with Samuel's suit jacket and walked to the gate.

After cursing at Samuel numerous times, Ella remembered that his phone was still in the jacket's pocket.

Her hands groped around the suit, made from expensive fabrics, and felt the phone in the right side of the jacket.

She switched it on and called Eden. She could recall his number from memory.

Eden was sleeping soundly. When he heard the phone ring, he cursed. Whoever called him now was definitely a masochist, he thought. "Who is it? Who is calling at this ungodly hour?" Eden shouted through the phone, almost deafening Ella in the process.

"Calm down. It's me. Come and pick me up."

Hearing Ella's voice, Eden was puzzled for a while: "Ella?" He looked at the strange phone number consisting of consecutive similar numbers, a symbol of power and richness in C Country, and wondered. When did Ella change her number?

"It's me. If you don't show up in half an hour, I'll be on the front-page headline news." She yelled. Damned Samuel. Ella made up her mind to take her revenge and let Samuel taste the shame he had brought to her.

Ella rubbed her aching mouth and walked for twenty minutes. She needed to get home soon.

Eden arrived at the gate of The Royal Mansion in a car, thirty minutes later.

Although there was no-one on the road, Ella didn't dare to stand there without disguise. She hid herself in the tall grass.

Seeing Eden, she sprang out from her hiding place surrounded by tall grass.

Ella's hair was a mess. She was draped in a man's suit jacket and her skirt was quite wrinkled. Seeing her emerge, Eden couldn't help but assume the worst.

"Stop thinking about nonsense. Take me home now." Looking at Eden's expression, Ella was quite embarrassed. Covering her face with the suit jacket, Ella walked to Eden's car.

What a shame!

Ella ignored all of Eden's questions on their way home. "Ask for leave for me this morning. Just say I'm sick and won't be going in today."

Arriving at her apartment, the nurse opened the door for her. Ella proceeded straight to her room, and found Jane was sleeping soundly in her big bed.

Ella kissed her daughter on the forehead and then went to take a shower.

After the shower, she threw Samuel's suit jacket in the trash can, switched off his phone and put it on the night table.

Then, she fell asleep soundly with her daughter in her arms.

Ella didn't wake up until five o'clock in the afternoon. She was awakened by the sounds of Jane and Jerry playing with each other.

She looked at the time and shot out of bed.

With her hair a mess, Ella opened her bedroom door.

Jerry had come to her apartment with Melody after school. When they saw Ella emerge, the two children rushed towards their mother.

Ella squatted and hugged her children, happiness filling her heart.

"Why don't you sleep some more? Did their noise disturb you?" Melody voiced her concern. She had heard from the nurse that Ella had came back home in the morning, so she thought that Ella worked on the filming set, the whole night.

"I've had enough sleep, grandma. Jerry, you play with your little sister for a while and I'll go to take a bath, okay?" Jerry and Jane ran to the living room to play and Ella retreated back to the bedroom again.

She glanced at Samuel's phone and switched it on, subconsciously.

Numerous text messages indicating missed calls appeared on the screen immediately. One was from Yang and it read; Send my phone back before six pm or else...

Judging from the tone, Ella knew the message was from Samuel.

Six pm? It was already half past five and Ella needed to take a bath. It would be impossible for her to send the phone back in half an hour.

She decided not to think about it anymore, threw the phone on the bed and went into the bathroom.