Chapter 290


    Chapter 290


    Conrad looked at her as memories from the past began to resurface.


    When he was younger, he provoked many people. On campus. From themunity.


    He fought everywhere he went.


    While she was gentle and subservient.


    She would be goaded by a lot of others because of him.


    There was this one time after ss, she was forced into an alley and was almost…


    “Conrad, despite our love, how can you treat me so cruelly? I… I would rather die back when I was


    seventeen!”


    When she was seventeen… That was the time when she was almost…


    It was after that that he wanted to better protect her. He held her in his arms and made that promise to


    her.


    That was how the two of them confirmed their rtionship.


    But what he didn’t know was that another girl was also stopped in an alley that night and was beaten


    up.


    If it wasn’t because she was too young and too thin, it would have been even worse for her.


    The girl didn’t dare to go to school for half a month because of that.


    She refused to tell her mother the truth. She simply said that she fell down the stairs in a mall because


    she wasn’t paying attention.


    “Mr. Maxwell, the madam is still in the hospital. You need to give her an exnation before she wakes


    up,” Ss reminded him, worried that he would soften his heart in the final moment.


    Conrad looked away and said, “Assistant Director, we can talk about thister. I need to apany my


    wife now.”


    “Sure, we can talk next time. But what I need to talk to you about is also quite important.”


    “Tomorrow morning then.” Conrad gave him a time before leaving.


    Ss stayed behind to make sure that Assistant Director Manning did his job properly.


    Originally, he wanted to calm his eldest brother down but he couldn’t do anything like that.


    “Take her back first.”


    “Uncle, what about when Fia paid them to attack me? Isn’t that a crime too?!” When Esme saw Conrad


    leaving, she couldn’t care less about anything else and began questioning him.


    L then said weakly, “My cousins have already told them everything. Fia didn’t ask them to do


    anything. to you. They did it themselves.”


    Esme red at L angrily.


    “You scheming wench!”


    “I simply want to escape from your control. That’s all.”


    “How is she? Is she awake?”This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org.


    Conrad ran right toward the ICU.


    Eileen was shocked. She didn’t expect him toe back.


    “Not yet.”


    Conrad stood by the window and looked at Fia before saying, “I’ve been investigating Esme for two


    days. It’s clear that she did hire the same people to kidnap Fia.


    “I have the evidence and she’s been taken to the station.


    “I also found out that Fia didn’t hire them to hurt Esme. They were simply unhappy about her not paying


    them before and beat her out of their own volition.”


    Eileen frowned and said, “What about this car ident? Did she do it?”


    “She probably didn’t.” Conrad initially wanted to say that there was no evidence showing any


    connection to Esme or anyone rted to the Mannings.


    But when he remembered just how much Esme had done behind his back, he couldn’t be so sure.


    He no longer understood her.


    “Conrad… I may not have the evidence, but I have a powerful sixth sense. I can feel it. Don’t you think


    that it’s just too much of a coincidence for Fia to get into a car ident right now?”


    Conrad said nothing and frowned.


    Eileen then continued, “And the driver that coincidentally ran into the car that Fia was in is a driver


    employed by the logisticspany owned by the Mannings?


    “Not to mention that the driver’s son is very ill, and Hank even paid for his medical fees. I don’t think


    that the three of them are good people. They are so pretentious. They’re willing to do anything to reach


    their goal!”


    “I’m still investigating this. I’ve already sent my people to keep the driver under 24–hour surveince.”


    Eileen turned to look at Fia in the ICU. “To think that you’re willing to go this far… You really surprised


    me. However, Fia’s the one who’s been hurt the most in this. You need to do more for her before it’ll


    ever be enough.”


    “I know.”


    Conrad looked at Eileen’s pale face and said, “I’ll apany Fia from here on. Go home.”


    Eileen frowned. She was on her period, and it was painful every time. She felt like a knife was cutting


    her from the inside.


    “That works too. Let me know when Fia wakes up.”