Chapter 445

When it came to herself, Allison’s tone was even more bitter. She had nothing. When she was very young, her mother despised her father for being poor and ran off with someone else. She and her father depended on each other. Later, the only person who was there for her, loved her, and protected her—her father—was gone too.

Stephanie placed her hand over Allison’s cold hand. “Don’t say that, you still have Yanis.” Everyone could see how much Yanis cared for Allison. Nobody dared to mistreat Allison with him around.

Allison didn’t say anything and just nodded.

Stephanie knew Sharon was prone to creating trouble, and there’d been a lot happening recently, which explained why Allison was feeling so down. She wanted to say a few soothing words to Allison, but then Ella called.

Stephanie answered, “Ella.”

“Stefi, when are you coming back?” Ella barely got a word in before she started crying on the phone.

Stephanie’s brow twitched. “What’s wrong?” Ella was crying so loudly.

Ella struggled to hold back her sobs and whimpered, “If I keep sticking around him, I’m gonna die. I almost died today.” She was sobbing breathlessly over the phone.

Stephanie’s mouth twitched. “What did Lorenzo do to you this time? Almost died?”

Although they control everything in the dark in Fiorenza, they frequently encounter dangers. So, following Lorenzo around, Ella might run into such situations quite often.

Ella cried, “He said he wanted to take me to meet someone, but I never got to see them, and I almost got attacked.” She started crying as soon as she began speaking.

Stephanie frowned.

Ella cried out, “Stefi, hurry back. I’m scared I won’t get to see you again. It really frightened me.”

Stephanie said nothing.

On the other end of the phone, Ella was trying her best not to cry out loud, but she couldn’t control it. She was really terrified. She had never imagined meeting someone like Lorenzo, but now it had happened. She was scared and didn’t want to live this way.

Lorenzo was sitting on the couch in the living room with a cigarette in his hand.

Bernard came down from the study with some files. As he handed the documents to Lorenzo, he quietly said, “Boss, she was crying a lot. Lorenzo heard it when he passed by Ella’s door.”

When Bernard said this, Cecil, who was sitting on the single sofa, raised his eyebrows.

Lorenzo gave Bernard a glance, his eyes deep and unreadable.

Yet Bernard, unaware of the situation, added, “Even Ella doesn’t trust you to keep her safe; see how scared she is.”

Cecil and Eric felt speechless. Both could clearly feel the chill coming from Lorenzo.

They gave Bernard a big hint with their eyes, but it was like Bernard’s brain was temporarily not functioning. He was already a bit slow on the uptake, and now he was even more clueless.

Lorenzo threw the folder onto the table, got up, and walked briskly upstairs.

Bernard called, “Boss—”

Before he could finish his sentence, Cecil quickly rushed over and covered his mouth. “Goodness gracious, are you really scared at all? You don’t hold back with gossip, do you?”

Bernard struggled to say, “I swear, I didn’t actually see it, I just heard about it.”

Lorenzo went upstairs to Ella’s door. He heard her crying inside, accusing him, “He’s a maniac who kills people! I’m worried he might decide to kill me too if he’s in a bad mood!” Ella’s voice was full of complaints and hurt as she cried.

With a stern expression, Lorenzo turned the door handle and pushed the door open.