Chapter 400 The Setup
Nathaniel looked suspicious. “You’re the one who got Naomi nue
“Yes,”
Matteo took full credit without hesitation.
Naomi’s face darkened, and she almost blurted something out.
But on second thought, letting him take the credit wasn’t a bad thing.
If she explained that it was Tracy who bailed her out, it might bring Zayden into question–and Nathaniel might suspect something was going on between them.
To keep her connections with Christian and Zayden from being exposed, Naomi forced herself to act
clueless.
Nathaniel glanced down at her again. “Really?”
“Y–Yes. It’s true.”
“Good. I thought you didn’t like your future little brother, but it seems I was wrong. You did well this time.”
Just like Eliza predicted, Nathaniel was very pleased with Matteo’s gesture.
“I’ll go now and take care of a few things.”
“Mm, go ahead.”
Matteo turned to leave with his men.
Naomi finally relaxed, realizing Nathaniel wasn’t going to punish her anymore.
“I made some mistakes… You’re not mad at me, are you?”
She looked at him cautiously.
Nathaniel didn’t particularly like this woman.
But since everyone believed the baby in her belly was his, he let it go–for now.
“You’ve been through a lot in jail. And now that you’re pregnant, just stay home and rest. Don’t stir up any more trouble.”
Naomi quickly nodded and said sweetly, “Don’t worry. I won’t cause any more problems.”
Nathaniel’s face remained expressionless.
Right then, a sultry woman walked out of the room. She leaned against Nathaniel with a smug smile. “Mr. Nathaniel, now that Miss Naomi’s back… it’s my turn to have your company, right?”
Nathaniel liked bold, uninhibited women.
Without hesitation, he wrapped an arm around her waist–completely ignoring Naomi.
“Sure. Let’s go.”
Naomi watched the two of them walk off, flirting like she didn’t exist. She forced down the massed in her
throat.
The woman in his arms shot her a triumphant look.
Naomi felt like she’d just swallowed a live cockroach.
But she couldn’t say a word.
Just wait.
Once she gave birth to a son, all these women would be dead.
And every single person who crossed her would pay.
Eliza tiptoed back into her apartment.
But as soon as she stepped in, Halbert’s voice rang out: “Talk. Where’d you go?”
She jumped,
Looking up, she saw him sitting in her living room.
“Why are you in my house again?”
Her face darkened.
“It’s the middle of the night. I’d like to know why you’re out this late. What were you doing until dawn?”
“I went out to buy breakfast.”
“I saw Matteo’s car.”
Her face got even darker. “Since you already saw it, why bother asking?”
“I told you to stay away from that guy. Since you won’t listen, I have no choice but to keep an eye on you.”
“Matteo might not be a good guy, but right now, he’s not the worst.
“Not the worst?” Halbert looked at her like she’d lost her mind. “He’s brainwashed you.”
He couldn’t believe Eliza had turned out like this.
The Sue family was full of wolves. How did they end up with a sly fox like her?
“I’m not here to argue,” he finally said. “The police called me. Naomi’s been released. Tracy’s the one who got her out.”
“You knew?” she asked. “Did you call Tracy?”
“No.”
Halbert shook his head. “No matter what, the Tames family has always been close to ours. Tracy has no parents, No family. She depends on us. Tristan said to treat her well–as long as she doesn’t cross the line,
+8 Pearls we won’t make things hard for her. Besides… I doubt you’d let yourself get taken advantage of You were gone a long time. You found Naomi, didn’t you?”
“I did.”
Eliza sat on the couch and said nonchalantly, “And I sent her back.”
“You sent her back?”
Halbert thought he misheard.
She let Naomi go?
“She tried to kidnap you, and you sent her back?!”
“On the surface.”
Eliza shrugged. “That baby she’s carrying isn’t even Nathaniel’s. Once that comes out, guess what’ll happen to her?”
With their resources, getting rid of Naomi would be a piece of cake.
But death?
That’d be letting her off too easy.
