Chapter 7

"Your brother is so calculating. Even while locked up, he could still conspire with the manager to put on a show. With his arms and legs broken, how could he climb to the window and jump into the sea? Can't he come up with a better excuse when lying? It's disgusting, isn't it?"

"I bet he's doing this on purpose. He's probably partying it up with those guys somewhere else right now, that useless dog."

In the past, Alec had often made such sarcastic remarks, but Elowen never thought there was anything wrong with them.

But at this moment, she found them incredibly grating.

That was her flesh and blood, the little brother she had sworn to love doubly since the moment she found him. How could she allow an adopted son to constantly humiliate him without batting an eye?

What on earth was she doing?

She raised her head to look at Alec, whose face was full of disgust and disdain, and suddenly felt that his expression was utterly unfamiliar.