The Barrister's Love in Town

Elias took her hand at once. He couldn’t help but say, “Stop going on blind dates, okay?

You won’t fall for those men, so stop wasting your time. It’ll only make me fret, I know

you’re sincerely trying to get on my nerves, and you’ve achieved your purpose. You don’t

have to go on blind dates anymore.” Knowing that Amanda had gone on a blind date with

a man, he felt so awful as though his heart were being gnawed at by thousands of ants.

Amanda’s voice was chilly, as if she didn’t give a damn about this guy. “You had no right

to ask that of me before giving me that slap across the face, nor do you have the right to

ask me after that. Please understand your present circumstances, Mr. Winters.”

Elias’ good-looking face turned sullen. He asked in a stern voice, “Amanda, what do you

want so that you’ll give me a chance?” He honestly wanted to know what it would take to

get her to open up and accept him. Right now, she chose to ignore him no matter what he

did. She wouldn’t accept him at all, which put him at a loss for what to do.

Looking sideways at him, Amanda replied with a calm expression, “You want to know

how?”

Elias waited for her answer, his eyes fixed on her fine features.

“Unless you kneel in front of me.”

Kneel down… A hint of shock flickered across Elias’ pitch-black eyes. He had never knelt

down in front of anyone before-not even his own grandfather and father. And now,

Amanda was asking him to kneel down before a woman…

Amanda removed his hand from hers and entered the elevator, upon which the elevator

door slowly closed. Needless to say, she knew there was no way Elias could do so. How

could a proud golden boy like him easily kneel down in front of a woman? Even if he were

to be reduced to poverty, he probably wouldn’t kneel down in front of anyone either. That

was exactly why she asked him to do such a thing that he couldn’t possibly do-to

embarrass him and make things difficult for him so that he would give up. He’d rather be

dead than kneel down in front of someone. She knew this man very well. There’s no way

he can do it; he wouldn’t be caught dead doing that.

Standing in front of the French window upstairs, Elias watched Amanda get in the car

before the chauffeur drove her out of the estate. His pitch-black eyes had vexation written

all over them. This woman is determined to cut all ties with me. She’s asking me to kneel

down… There’s no way I can do that! I am Elias Winters! Did I ever kneel in front of

anyone? No, no one has ever deserved to have me kneeling before them!

Just then, his phone began vibrating. He darted a look at it; it was a phone call from Grace.

He had no desire to answer the phone whatsoever, but the phone kept ringing, as if she

were going to keep calling until he answered the phone. In the end, he answered the

phone with an irritable expression, asking. “What else do you want to say?”

Grace screamed, “Elias, you’ve gone too far! You actually had all those comments in favor

of me deleted from the internet, and you even sued those tabloid magazines and

entertainment news websites that helped me set the record straight! Do you hate me that

much, or do you love Amanda that much? Are you still gonna defend her like this even

after she did something wrong? Didn’t you see my face? The doctor said there’s no way

for it to be restored to the way it was! What should I do?! What’s going to become of

me?!” She sounded very devastated over the phone. She was almost mad with rage; none

of her elaborate plans could be carried out because of the man’s suppression!

Elias replied in a grim voice, “Had it not been for you, she wouldn’t have lost her baby four

years ago. Had it not been for you, she wouldn’t have had to lead a wandering life over

the past four years!”

Stupefied, Grace was startled for a long time on the other end. “So, you mean that I

deserve to get my face disfigured? Do I deserve to end up like this now? Elias Winters, are

you even talking sense?!”

In an instant, Elias felt a headache coming on. He pinched the space between his

eyebrows with slender fingers, saying, “I’ve contacted medical specialists from abroad to

hold a consultation to

remove your scar as much as possible. All you have to do now is stay cheerful and wait for

them to arrive.”

Grace retorted, “It’s useless! It’s impossible; there’s no such technology to remove scars

100 percent yet! With a face like this, no man would want to marry me. What am I going

to do for the rest of my life? Amanda ruined the rest of my life! All I wanted was to set the

record straight for the public, and yet you stopped me in every possible way! You simply

can’t tell right from wrong. and you’re so unfair! Elias, I’m so disappointed with you!” With

that, she hung up the phone right

away.

Looking at the disconnected phone, Elias couldn’t help but laugh sorrowfully. He repeated,

“Unfair, huh…” Just who am I being unfair to? Amanda thinks I’m biased in favor of Grace,

while Grace thinks I’m biased in favor of Amanda.

After returning to the villa in Galaxy Bay, Amanda found the house empty. Hmm? This is

odd. Why aren’t Selina and Baby home? Didn’t I tell her to stay put here lest her wife-

beater of a husband comes to pick on her? Why is there no sign of them? “Selina? Aiden?

Where are you?” she shouted around the house, but she didn’t find the two. Sitting on the

couch, she dialed Selina’s number, which was answered almost immediately. “Where are

you, Selina? Didn’t I tell you to stay home?”

“Amanda, I’m taking the kid out to the movies. Aiden’s been asking to see a movie, saying

that other kids have seen it.”

“Oh, is that so? Well then, I’ll come and pick you up. Which movie theater are you at?” She

took a look at the time. I’d better pick them up myself, or else I’ll get really worried.