The Barrister's Love in Town

Simon wanted to ask why, but she was already gone. Then, while pursing his lips, he

slammed his fist hard. on the desk beside him.

It was soon the end of the month and the day Jack had planned for the engagement

ceremony.

Elias sat at his desk while rhythmically knocking his fingers on his desk, seemingly waiting

for something.

Beside him was the engagement suit the designers had tailor-made for him.

Two hours were left until the engagement ceremony, yet he hadn’t even changed his

clothes. The Allegras were probably already at the hotel looking everywhere for him. His

phone was switched off, so no one could reach him.

But he left another phone switched on and patiently awaited Dr. Christopher Smith’s DNA

test results.

Suddenly, the phone began ringing. The man took a look and was slightly disappointed

because it was not Christopher but Yacob called.

He calmly answered the phone and put it on speaker. “Mr. Winters, where are you? The

Allegras are about to go crazy looking for you. Jack is about to explode from anger and is

taking it out on me.”

“Then endure it.” The man smiled wickedly.

Yacob, on the other end of the line, was about to go mad. “How can you still have the

effort to tease me? What are you planning? The engagement ceremony is about to start,

and what if the DNA results show that Miss Bailey isn’t the Allegras’ missing daughter?

How are you going to settle this mess? You would be losing more than what you paid for!”

It was clear that Yacob was worried and anxious, but his boss was not the slightest bit

anxious. As the bystander, he was more worried about this matter than the person

involved.

Elias replied, “Then I’ll attend the engagement ceremony.”

“Will you be able to make it in time, and are you sure Jack will show you a good attitude?

You’re not even here yet, and I can already see Jack fuming. It seems like he is quite

angry.”

“I have my plans.” Since he did so, it meant he had thought about how he was going to

explain things to Jack.

“Alright, I’ll just have to continue stalling. By the way, doesn’t Stephanie know about our

plan? Why does she look anxious as well? She seems like she doesn’t hope this

engagement flops.”

Elias scoffed. “I don’t care about her feelings. I just want to get what I want.”

“Yes. Understood!”

In the meantime, Yacob hung up and glanced at the anxious family behind him before

continuing his innocent act.

“How is it? Have you found that Mr. Winters of yours? Jack asked rudely.

Yacob shook his head. “No. I tried to call all three of his cells. I don’t know where he’s

gone. I clearly sent him back home yesterday.”

Standing beside them, Stephanie seemed worried while leaning against her

grandmother’s embrace. “Don’t worry, Steph. Elias won’t run away. Our darling is such a

nice woman. How could he bear to abandon you? He’s probably busy with something and

forgot about this. Let’s wait a while longer.”

But Jack roared, “How could someone forget their own engagement? Mom, stop causing

more trouble and find somewhere to rest!”

Looking at his daughter’s aggrieved expression, Jack assured her, “Dad’s here, so don’t

you worry now, Steph. If Elias dares to miss this engagement ceremony, I’ll make sure he

pays!”

Stephanie did not speak but leaned into her grandmother’s arms. What’s going on with

Elias? How could he not show up? Is he planning to cancel the engagement like this? But

wouldn’t that mean I’ll be humiliated? If word gets out about this, it’ll be that Elias does

not like me and decided to skip the engagement. My reputation will be

ruined!

While thinking of that, Stephanie felt that Elias did not arrange this properly because she

would end up being the laughingstock of her social circle for at least a year.

On the other hand, Jack approached Yacob because he had seen through Elias’ thoughts.

Jack pulled Yacob to the side and gritted his teeth, threatening, “Don’t think that I don’t

know what you two are planning. Tell Elias that if he doesn’t show up anytime soon, he can

kiss the shares his aunt took goodbye. Also, he will have a new enemy-me! Besides that, I

will withdraw my shares from Winters Enterprise and let him have a taste of what it means

to hurt like hell!”

Putting on an innocent expression, Yacob argued, “Mr. Allegra, what are you proposing? I

have no idea where Mr. Winters is, and I’m also trying to look for him. It’s no use venting

your anger on me. I’m innocent too…

“Scram! Hurry up and search for him!” Jack bellowed.

Then, Yacob turned around and left. He did not want to stay here any longer because he

was a bad actor and might slip up.

Inside the president’s office at Winters Enterprise.

Elias leaned against the back of his chair, waiting for Christopher’s call. Last night,

Christopher called him. telling him he would have the results today..

Suddenly, a phone started ringing inside the quiet room; it sounded harsh on the ear.

Without any hesitation, Elias answered the phone with a serious expression. “Hurry up and

tell me the results!”

Christopher replied, “Mr. Winters, the DNA test results between Amanda Bailey and Dick

Leans show that they are incompatible, which means Amanda is not Dick’s daughter.”

Elias’ dark eyes were filled with anticipation. “What about Amanda and Jack Allegra?

What’s the result of

that?”