"Ma'am, you wouldn't want both your husband and son to be thrown into prison, would you?"
Dean spread his hands on the sofa, looking down at the woman crying in front of him. His entire demeanor exuded the air of a villain—a shamelessly unscrupulous one at that.
The weeping woman was Fadili's wife, Teague's mother.
Upon hearing from Nellie that her husband had also been jailed due to his conviction, this petite, gentle-looking woman lost her pillar of support and could only clutch Nellie's small hand to wipe her tears.
Nellie's heart softened.
She could only quietly comfort the helpless woman while looking pleadingly at Dean, who sat nearby, jiggling his leg.
And so, the scene at the beginning unfolded.
Nellie's eyes widened as she looked at Dean.
