Chapter 228

Back home, Elara received a call from her assistant.

The man who had attacked her had already been interrogated. It turned out he had once been on the brink of bankruptcy after Alaryc's critique of one of his company projects. His wife, overworking to save the company, had died from the strain.

He blamed Alaryc for everything—and upon learning that Elara was Alaryc's daughter, he had been waiting