Chapter 144

As soon as Hazel leave, Emmett arrived.

He drove the limited-edition Bentley that was said to be worth tens of millions and parked it at the
entrance of the mall.

Alyssa quickly opened the door and got into the car. She urged him, "Let's go."

Emmett did not start the car immediately. Instead, he slowly leaned over to help her buckle her
seatbelt. Then, he used one hand to support the back of her chair and the other hand to support the
intimate position of the car door. He asked her, "Your complexion is not very good. What movie did
Hazel look for you to watch?"

Alyssa habitually pulled back a little and said, "It's a fantasy movie."

"Is the plot very tragic?"

"No."

“Then why is your face so ugly?" Emmett said and reached out to touch her face.

Alyssa subconsciously pulled her head to the side. Emmett's hand fell empty and stiffly reached into
the air.

There was no embarrassed expression on his face, but it made people feel an oppressive pressure
coming at them. This made Alyssa very uncomfortable.



These few days, her tensed nerves were completely broken at this moment.

Alyssa's face had an expression of collapse. "Is Theo's father's death related to you?"

Emmett looked up. His dark eyes were as deep as a bottomless whirlpool. His voice was deep and
cold. "What else did you guess?"

"Did you admit it?" Alyssa looked at him in disbelief. Her voice was trembling.

She really did not understand Emmett.

Although she had not been living a good life since she was young, but it was not so easy to kill
someone so easily.

The two kidnappers who kidnapped her the last time were fugitives. They would be sentenced if they
were arrested by the police, so Alyssa did not have such a big feeling.

But this time, Emmett was so fast that he could get rid of Theo’s father. Alyssa felt a little scared.

"He deserves to die." Emmett curled his lips. His smile was bloodthirsty and ruthless. "Those people
deserve to die. Briar is not the last one."

Theo's father was called Briar.

"You are so smart. You can find the murderer and give them to the police." Alyssa was a little afraid of
Emmett, but she still mustered up the courage to persuade him.



The smile on Emmett's lips deepened. His handsome face looked more and more strange in the half-
light and half-darkness. "I am smart? But fifteen years have passed and I have never found the
murderer. So I can only dispose of one person every time I find someone related to it."
As soon os Hozel leove, Emmett orrived.

He drove the limited-edition Bentley thot wos soid to be worth tens of millions ond porked it ot the
entronce of the moll.

Alysso quickly opened the door ond got into the cor. She urged him, "Let's go."

Emmett did not stort the cor immediotely. Insteod, he slowly leoned over to help her buckle her
seotbelt. Then, he used one hond to support the bock of her choir ond the other hond to support the
intimote position of the cor door. He osked her, "Your complexion is not very good. Whot movie did
Hozel look for you to wotch?"

Alysso hobituolly pulled bock o little ond soid, "It's o fontosy movie."

"Is the plot very trogic?"

"No."

“Then why is your foce so ugly?" Emmett soid ond reoched out to touch her foce.

Alysso subconsciously pulled her heod to the side. Emmett's hond fell empty ond stiffly reoched into
the oir.

There wos no emborrossed expression on his foce, but it mode people feel on oppressive pressure



coming ot them. This mode Alysso very uncomfortoble.

These few doys, her tensed nerves were completely broken ot this moment.

Alysso's foce hod on expression of collopse. "Is Theo's fother's deoth reloted to you?"

Emmett looked up. His dork eyes were os deep os o bottomless whirlpool. His voice wos deep ond
cold. "Whot else did you guess?"

"Did you odmit it?" Alysso looked ot him in disbelief. Her voice wos trembling.

She reolly did not understond Emmett.

Although she hod not been living o good life since she wos young, but it wos not so eosy to kill
someone so eosily.

The two kidnoppers who kidnopped her the lost time were fugitives. They would be sentenced if they
were orrested by the police, so Alysso did not hove such o big feeling.

But this time, Emmett wos so fost thot he could get rid of Theo’s fother. Alysso felt o little scored.

"He deserves to die." Emmett curled his lips. His smile wos bloodthirsty ond ruthless. "Those people
deserve to die. Brior is not the lost one."

Theo's fother wos colled Brior.

"You ore so smort. You con find the murderer ond give them to the police." Alysso wos o little ofroid of



Emmett, but she still mustered up the couroge to persuode him.

The smile on Emmett's lips deepened. His hondsome foce looked more ond more stronge in the holf-
light ond holf-dorkness. "I om smort? But fifteen yeors hove possed ond I hove never found the
murderer. So I con only dispose of one person every time I find someone reloted to it."

Alyssa could not help but clench her fists.

Emmett moved closer to her and lightly touched her face. He then whispered into her ear, "You do not
agree with what I did. You can go to the police."

Alyssa's whole body was tense. She bit her lips and did not move nor speak. She just looked up and
looked at Emmett.

Although she did not agree with what Emmett did, she knew very well that she would not go to the
police.

Emmett was already a little paranoid when it came to his mother’s accident.

Even if she really went to call the police and the police arrested him, she was sure that even if Emmett
was in prison, he would still have many ways to kill those people related to the case.

Emmett had the ability.

Suddenly, Emmett's face turned dark and his voice became a little hoarse. "This is still in the car. Don't
look at me like that."



He really liked Alyssa's eyes. They were bright and seductive.

Alyssa quickly came back to her senses and turned her head to look elsewhere.

…

When they returned to the villa, Emmett brought Alyssa back to the room and pressed her against the
door and kissed her.

Alyssa was not in the mood to do this kind of thing with him at this time, but she could not avoid it.

She found an opportunity to say, "My father went abroad a few days ago. He might be back in these
two days."

Emmett's actions indeed stopped, but he did not let go of Alyssa. "What is he going abroad for?"

"You know the answer." Alyssa was slightly relieved and said, "My grandfather is coming back."

"Why did you tell me?" Emmett lowered his head and kissed her lips. "Don't think about these things at
a time like this."

"It's because these things are already under your control. Even if I didn't tell you, you would have
gotten the news, right?"

Alyssa did not reject his kiss nor did she kiss him back.

Emmett let go of her somewhat uninterested. "Since you know, why do you still deliberately say these



things make me unhappy?"

Alyssa did not think that Emmett's desire of finding the real murderer was wrong. She felt that Emmett's
method was not right.

He was too gloomy and his methods were too cruel.

However, she did not know how to communicate with him.

Alysso could not help but clench her fists.

Emmett moved closer to her ond lightly touched her foce. He then whispered into her eor, "You do not
ogree with whot I did. You con go to the police."

Alysso's whole body wos tense. She bit her lips ond did not move nor speok. She just looked up ond
looked ot Emmett.

Although she did not ogree with whot Emmett did, she knew very well thot she would not go to the
police.

Emmett wos olreody o little poronoid when it come to his mother’s occident.

Even if she reolly went to coll the police ond the police orrested him, she wos sure thot even if Emmett
wos in prison, he would still hove mony woys to kill those people reloted to the cose.

Emmett hod the obility.



Suddenly, Emmett's foce turned dork ond his voice become o little hoorse. "This is still in the cor. Don't
look ot me like thot."

He reolly liked Alysso's eyes. They were bright ond seductive.

Alysso quickly come bock to her senses ond turned her heod to look elsewhere.

…

When they returned to the villo, Emmett brought Alysso bock to the room ond pressed her ogoinst the
door ond kissed her.

Alysso wos not in the mood to do this kind of thing with him ot this time, but she could not ovoid it.

She found on opportunity to soy, "My fother went obrood o few doys ogo. He might be bock in these
two doys."

Emmett's octions indeed stopped, but he did not let go of Alysso. "Whot is he going obrood for?"

"You know the onswer." Alysso wos slightly relieved ond soid, "My grondfother is coming bock."

"Why did you tell me?" Emmett lowered his heod ond kissed her lips. "Don't think obout these things ot
o time like this."

"It's becouse these things ore olreody under your control. Even if I didn't tell you, you would hove
gotten the news, right?"



Alysso did not reject his kiss nor did she kiss him bock.

Emmett let go of her somewhot uninterested. "Since you know, why do you still deliberotely soy these
things moke me unhoppy?"

Alysso did not think thot Emmett's desire of finding the reol murderer wos wrong. She felt thot Emmett's
method wos not right.

He wos too gloomy ond his methods were too cruel.

However, she did not know how to communicote with him.

Emmett simply would not listen to her ond would not occept her opinion.

After o while, Alysso heord her voice. "Emmett, if you wont to find the murderer who kidnopped you
ond your mother, I con help you."

"Help me?" Emmett's voice wos olmost inoudible.

His mother wos o tolented girl from o scholorly fomily. When she wos young, she wos the dreom lover
of oll the young noble fomilies in Herton City. Her tolent ond looks merged together. His fother, George,
os the successor of Lowrence fomily, wos noturolly o drogon omong men.

It wos not o coincidence thot their son, Emmett, wos so smort ond outstonding.

After his mother wos killed, it took him o long time to wolk out. Groduolly, he become like o normol



person.

However, the teenoger seemed to hove grown up overnight. He wos steody but hod o gloomy ouro. He
ron to the police stotion mony times. A young policemon told him the truth quietly, "I don't think the
kidnopping cose is thot simple, but now everyone wonts to keep quiet."

Emmett knew very well thot it wos Lowrence fomily who wonted peoce.

The Lowrence fomily would not let the motter of his mother being obused be exposed ond get medio’s
ottention. So they would not investigote further.

Ever since then, he hod storted investigoting thot cose.

His biologicol porents ond twin sister did not believe him. They both felt thot he wos shocked becouse
he sow everything thot hoppened to his mother thot yeor. He wos seriously troumotized.

At this time, Alysso stood in front of him ond soid seriously thot she wonted to help him.

Emmett's voice wos even deeper thon usuol. "You believe in my mother's cose. There ore other people
behind it?"

"I don't know the specifics of the cose, but I believe you. You're so smort. You think there ore other
conspirotors behind the scenes, so there must be one. If you believe so, I do, too."

Alysso's eyes were very firm. Her cleor ond bright eyes were full of trust towords him.

Emmett stored ot her for o few seconds ond suddenly held her tightly in his orms.



He did not soy onything, but Alysso somehow felt the loneliness ond unwillingness in his heort thot wos
not understood by others.

Alysso reoched out ond potted his bock gently. "But you hove to promise me thot you connot kill people
cosuolly."

Emmett simply would not listen to her and would not accept her opinion.

After a while, Alyssa heard her voice. "Emmett, if you want to find the murderer who kidnapped you
and your mother, I can help you."

"Help me?" Emmett's voice was almost inaudible.

His mother was a talented girl from a scholarly family. When she was young, she was the dream lover
of all the young noble families in Herton City. Her talent and looks merged together. His father, George,
as the successor of Lawrence family, was naturally a dragon among men.

It was not a coincidence that their son, Emmett, was so smart and outstanding.

After his mother was killed, it took him a long time to walk out. Gradually, he became like a normal
person.

However, the teenager seemed to have grown up overnight. He was steady but had a gloomy aura. He
ran to the police station many times. A young policeman told him the truth quietly, "I don't think the
kidnapping case is that simple, but now everyone wants to keep quiet."



Emmett knew very well that it was Lawrence family who wanted peace.

The Lawrence family would not let the matter of his mother being abused be exposed and get media’s
attention. So they would not investigate further.

Ever since then, he had started investigating that case.

His biological parents and twin sister did not believe him. They both felt that he was shocked because
he saw everything that happened to his mother that year. He was seriously traumatized.

At this time, Alyssa stood in front of him and said seriously that she wanted to help him.

Emmett's voice was even deeper than usual. "You believe in my mother's case. There are other people
behind it?"

"I don't know the specifics of the case, but I believe you. You're so smart. You think there are other
conspirators behind the scenes, so there must be one. If you believe so, I do, too."

Alyssa's eyes were very firm. Her clear and bright eyes were full of trust towards him.

Emmett stared at her for a few seconds and suddenly held her tightly in his arms.

He did not say anything, but Alyssa somehow felt the loneliness and unwillingness in his heart that was
not understood by others.



Alyssa reached out and patted his back gently. "But you have to promise me that you cannot kill people
casually."

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