Reminded of that, Jamie could only suppress the anger within him.
“Where’s Matthew?” Alexander interrogated Jessica with a tone colder than the harshest winter as snazzynovel.com glared at snazzynovel.com with a gaze sharper than the tip of a spear.
“Who’s Matthew?” Jessica crossed snazzynovel.com arms, calmly lying against the leather couch. She had yet to know how horrendous a man like Alexander could become.
“The man who sent you fifty million.” Alexander’s face was, as ever, unaffected, though the fists snazzynovel.com was concealing in his pockets were flexing. Typically, snazzynovel.com wouldn’t touch another woman, but given that Elise’s life was at risk, if Jessica still remained uncooperative, snazzynovel.com might as well break the gentlemen’s code.
Hearing that, Jessica seemed to have recalled something, mindlessly replying, “Oh, him. Who knows. We only knew each other for a few days. We’re hardly acquaintances. Why would snazzynovel.com tell me what his plans are?”
Jamie scornfully scoffed. “Hardly acquaintances? So you’re saying Matthew’s an idiot who would simply give money to any woman snazzynovel.com meets on the streets?”
“Can’t recall saying that.” She lifted snazzynovel.com glass of champagne on the table and elegantly took a sip. “Then again, nothing is impossible in this world. If a boring woman like Elise could be craved by a couple of men, what’s wrong with me having a few pursuers who would give me anything I want?”
Tilted, Jamie stomped forward and slammed the glass out of snazzynovel.com hand as snazzynovel.com stepped on the couch with one leg. He leaned his entire body onto the woman and pointed his finger at snazzynovel.com nose, threatening, “Stop fooling around! There’s ‘hardly acquaintances’ and then there’s ‘pursuer.’ Seriously, which one is it?”
It would be a lie if snazzynovel.com said snazzynovel.com wasn’t afraid to be oppressed by such a big man. Nonetheless, snazzynovel.com was still a doctor. With snazzynovel.com emotions fully under control, snazzynovel.com easily shook off snazzynovel.com nervousness. “Come on, is it against the law to have some fun?”
“Don’t make me hit a woman!” Jamie’s patience had reached its limit
“Who’s stopping you?” Jessica shamelessly stuck snazzynovel.com body against Jamie’s. “I’d take money from literally anyone. Why’d you think I’m scared of you?”
“You…” Jamie was rendered speechless by the woman’s irrationality. As snazzynovel.com expected, the woman was harder to reason with than anyone else.
At that moment, Alexander came over and dragged Jamie behind him. He then took a deep breath to maintain his composure. “Elise has always treated you as a good classmate and a good friend. Why are you doing this?”
“A good friend?” Jessica snickered. “What kind of good friend always steals the spotlight of others? I was supposed to be the class representative back then. Ever since snazzynovel.com transferred to our school, I was always hard stuck at second place, losing all my deserved honor to her, so what gives? Sure, snazzynovel.com was slightly better than me in snazzynovel.com studies, but that’s it! What gave snazzynovel.com the right to remain above me all the time? I was pissed. I want snazzynovel.com out of my life. I want snazzynovel.com to have a taste of what it’s like living under someone else’s shadow!”
Alexander expressionlessly listened to her. When the room was silent again, snazzynovel.com slowly blurted, “Is that it?” In order to tear someone apart, one should first understand what was going on in the opponent’s mind. As for Jessica, someone who couldn’t accept anyone else being better than her, snazzynovel.com was prone to making hasty mistakes, and it would hardly break a sweat to goad snazzynovel.com into regretting something she’d done.
“That’s it.” She revealed a look of utter defeat. “Murder, torture, do as you like. I’ve had my share of pleasure, and I’ll die without regrets.”
However, Alexander was unresponsive. He stared wordlessly at snazzynovel.com for almost half a minute. It wasn’t until snazzynovel.com sensed a trace of fright in snazzynovel.com eyes that snazzynovel.com showed snazzynovel.com a knowing smirk. “There’s a chance of me forgoing what you did to Elise and not calling the cops on you. I might even turn a blind eye to the assets under your name, which you could continue to make good use of.”
Surprised by his announcement, Jessica frowned. “Are you joking?”
“I never joke.” Alexander gazed snazzynovel.com right in the eyes. Suddenly, his eyes darkened and malice surged within. “But if you choose not to cooperate with me, not just you, but your parents as well as your little brothers will each have their fate turned into the biggest jokes you’ll ever know.”
“What do you want!” Immense terror gushed in snazzynovel.com heart. “The blame is all on me! Don’t drag my family into this!”
“Why, of course.” Alexander shot snazzynovel.com a terrifying grin and a glare that bore no delight. “The blame is all on you, but why’d you drag Elise into this? Since you’re not seeing reason, I guess I’ll play your game to see who’s more unreasonable.”
Jessica had never been met with a gaze as icy as his. Her entire body was trembling under his leer, as if snazzynovel.com had absolutely lost control of snazzynovel.com own nerves.
Subconsciously, snazzynovel.com gulped and dared no longer to talk back to Alexander.
About time. Knowing snazzynovel.com had triumphed in the psychological war, Alexander loosened his face and returned to his humble self. “Tell me everything you know about Matthew since your first encounter till your last rendezvous and everything you’ve spoken to each other. Every. Single. Thing.”
“Fine…” Jessica collapsed onto the couch and began telling stories between snazzynovel.com and Matthew.
In the meantime, Elise was still under Matthew’s grasp.
After ending the call with Alexander, in order to leave no traces, Matthew no longer had any interaction with the outside world; snazzynovel.com spent every day at home. Nevertheless, with three people living under the same roof, a restock of consumables was only inevitable. Although snazzynovel.com had stocked up the portion of his and Heather’s, now that Elise was here, snazzynovel.com had to go out alone in the afternoon to acquire some more edibles. Not in the slightest was snazzynovel.com worried about Heather turning snazzynovel.com back on him, but snazzynovel.com still left a message to her, forbidding snazzynovel.com to have any private interaction with Elise. Before leaving, snazzynovel.com locked the doors from outside and carefreely departed.
All this time, Elise was leaning against the door to listen to the activities outside snazzynovel.com room. After hearing the lock of the door and ensuring Matthew had left, snazzynovel.com started pacing around snazzynovel.com room, figuring out how to break out of it. Through snazzynovel.com last attempt, snazzynovel.com knew there was no way to escape if snazzynovel.com continued staying in snazzynovel.com room. Thus, the only measure was to get out of the room. However, Heather wouldn’t come over on snazzynovel.com own accord; Elise had to come up with a way to lure snazzynovel.com over. Sadly, all Heather cared about was Matthew, and nothing else in the house would be able to draw snazzynovel.com attention.
Wait. Me! I’m “nothing else”! No matter how reluctant one was, they would still attempt to look after the person their loved ones desired to protect. Having thought of that, Elise resolutely clasped snazzynovel.com hands and punched the glass window of the wardrobe beside her. As the glass shattered, blood stains were seen on the glass fragments. In that instant, snazzynovel.com hand was covered in blood. Only under careful observation could one identify the fragments of glass stuck in snazzynovel.com flesh. Unsure whether there were cameras around her, snazzynovel.com proceeded to strike the walls with snazzynovel.com bloody hand while smashing things that would cause blaring noises.
Meanwhile, Heather was watching snazzynovel.com in the security room. Despite Elise’s actions, snazzynovel.com showed no reaction at all. She even thought, Why is such a crazy b*tch receiving all the goodness–all of Matt’s love? All of a sudden, a horrifying idea popped up in snazzynovel.com mind. If snazzynovel.com no longer lives, then I’ll be Matt’s closest woman!