Chapter 567 Kenneth’s Voice?
The incident happened so unexpectedly that Elise didn’t come to her senses until a dozen seconds later. She quickly ran to Faye’s side in an attempt to give her first aid, but the instant she touched Faye’s wrist, she immediately gave up trying to rescue her. She has no pulse anymore, she thought.
While Elise was distracted, the car that had knocked Faye dead swiftly made a U-turn and disappeared from the nearest intersection.
Elise looked at Faye, who died with her eyes open. Wait a minute. Technically, it’s “me” who died with my eyes open. At the thought of this, she suddenly realized that the perpetrator was coming at her. Holding Faye in her arms, she quickly scanned her surroundings with her eyes before quickly focusing her gaze on the surveillance camera on the other side of the street. With the surveillance camera, everything would be easy, she thought.
Having called the ambulance, Elise hurriedly left the scene. Before leaving, she took off the mask on Faye’s face.
Half an hour later, photos of a car accident at the back alley of Sierra Hotel quickly went viral on the internet. Elise purposely edited the surveillance video, removing the second half of it so that the video received by reporters only showed Faye lying in a pool of blood while sporting her face. As a result, the victim of the car accident became “Elise.”
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Meanwhile, Kenneth was leisurely sitting on the couch in his villa while chatting with Layla.
Engrossed in the conversation, Layla produced photos of herself when she was younger, asking Kenneth to comment on them.
Taking the cell phone from her, Kenneth pretended to take a look at the photo before giving her a look of amazement. “This is clearly an angel that came down from heaven!”
“Hehe!” Pleased, Layla giggled with a double chin while not forgetting to take a dig at Quentin. “Aw, you speak so sweetly as if your lips have been coated with honey! Some people simply wouldn’t learn from this.”
Quentin was dismayed by Layla’s sudden criticism as he sat across from them. He smacked his lips, but he dared not interrupt Layla in the end.
After a brief pause, Layla let out a sigh and started lamenting, “Sigh, what’s the use of being good-looking in the past? Now I’m just a fat and old woman who’s despised by everyone…”
“Don’t accuse me of that! I’ve never despised you.” Quentin weakly defended himself. “And besides, what’s so bad about being chubby? Chubby people bring good fortune; a family will only prosper if the lady of the house is chubby!”
“Shut up!” Layla rolled her eyes. “You know nothing about women!”
“Can’t I even compliment you?” Quentin looked depressed. Isn’t Kenneth a man as well? Why doesn’t she say the same thing about him? What’s so good about him except that he’s younger, more handsome, and more muscular? Women are all creatures who judge men based on their looks! After patting his butt, he put aside the iPad he had used to read the news and stood up. Walking up to the French window, he had a stretch to let the sun make his helplessness go away.
Kenneth unconsciously compressed his lips into a faint smile as he watched the couple argue. They squabble sometimes and care about each other, but they’ve never let each other go. I guess this is what it means to be together until the very end of their lives. After a moment of silence, he crept to Layla’s side and whispered, “I have a female assistant who looked about as chubby as you are when she was at her fattest. In just two years, she’s become a lovable stunner. I’ll have her compile the process into a detailed plan and bring it to you personally later.”
Layla’s eyes crinkled in a smile. “Haha! That’d be great! You and Elise really have the same idea, huh? With her conditioning my body and you helping me search for ways to lose weight, I’m definitely gonna be able to slim down!”
Just then, Joey, who had been playing with her phone the whole time, suddenly whispered in a grave voice, “Oh, no! Sis had an accident.”
Upon hearing her words, Kenneth, who had been talking cheerfully just now, instantly became expressionless. He stood up and walked up to Joey in a big stride before reaching out his hand to her with a stony expression. “Give it to me.”
Joey was startled with fright when she looked up and met the man’s stern gaze. After coming to her senses, she slowly put her phone in his hand.
Lowering his head in silence, Kenneth quietly read the news reports of the car accident. The instant he saw the side of Elise’s face in the photo, he held his breath at once. Clenching his teeth, he gulped a mouthful of saliva before shoving the phone back in Joey’s hand. Then, he swiftly took out his cell phone and pressed the speed dial button.
Thomas answered the phone immediately. “What’s the matter?”
“I don’t care where you are. Text me your location now; I’ll have someone pick you up right away!” Kenneth said before hanging up.
After a brief deliberation, the man finally turned to look at the Fassbenders, who had no idea what was going on. “Please stay here and don’t make Elise worried. I’ll bring her back safe and sound,” he said before leaving in a hurry without even realizing he had been speaking in Alexander’s original voice.
It wasn’t until the door was banged shut that everyone gradually came to their senses.
Layla sensed that something was amiss. “Kenneth’s voice…”
Quentin had always been a little displeased with Alexander, so he didn’t think much about it either. Taking the phone from Joey, he said with a sigh, “Let’s wish that the victim only resembled her…”
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When Elise finished dealing with the surveillance video and arrived at the hospital, the doctor had issued the death certificate. Holding the thin sheet of paper between her fingers, she sat in the car and hesitated for a long time, wondering if she should tell Austin about it. After all, he had doted on Faye so much. Actually, now that I think about it with a calm mind, Faye died because of me. I’d say she got her just deserts, but if I hadn’t put the mask on her face today, she would probably have been able to live a few days longer. In that sense, I’m really sorry for what happened to her. Now that she’s dead, let’s write off all the old scores between us.
Just as she was about to leave, an ostentatious sports car suddenly charged through the entrance before coming to a stop in front of the steps leading to the hospital. When the car door swung open, she saw Kenneth’s familiar figure running into the building like crazy.
Could Kenneth have something to do with this? No, it wouldn’t be his doing. He had countless opportunities to kill me, so he didn’t have to wait until now. Before Elise realized it, she had unfastened her seat belt and gotten out of the car to follow the man.
From a distance, she saw Kenneth asking the medical staff some questions in a fluster before running all the way to the morgue. The morgue’s door was locked. As the man couldn’t wait for someone to unlock the door, he smashed the door open right away.
Covered with white cloth, Faye’s body was placed right opposite the door.
The instant Kenneth entered the morgue, he fell to his knees, looking as though he had lost his soul. For some reason, Elise’s heart clenched and ached terribly as she watched the scene. She slowly walked up to the man and called out to him in a soft voice. “Kenneth?”
The voice seemed to connect Kenneth’s world to reality. His dark eyes shone instantly, and his listless body straightened up all of a sudden as if he was alive again. The instant he looked back and met Elise’s eyes, he quickly got up, ran out of the morgue, and clasped her in his arms, holding her so tightly as though he wanted to blend her into his life.
This was the first time she was being hugged in such a rough and domineering way by someone other than Alexander. Elise’s heart thumped wildly and was somewhat out of control. Her reason tried to remind her to keep her distance from Kenneth, only to vanish without a trace after crossing her mind for only a second.
