Seriously, How Did He Win My Heart
Chapter 854 Every Means or Small Tricks

Ezra put the phone away and threw himself on the bed.

It was the first time that he had ever felt it was hard to guess what a woman had in mind.

It was true that a woman's heart was full of secrets.

Ezra always believed that Maisie was still in love with him, that he was her only love, and that although they were not together anymore, he was still special to Maisie and she would still revolve around Ezra once he used some small tricks to attract her. But now, Maisie wouldn't even look at Ezra though he had tried every possible means, let alone some small tricks.

What was wrong?

Ezra racked his mind.

As for Maisie, after she had finished her work, she went to Daisy to check on her son.

Daisy hesitated for a while and said to her, "Mr. Cantillo was wearing a hospital gown when I was video chatting with him. It seems he's sick, and probably seriously sick. Otherwise, he would not end up in the hospital, right?"

"In the hospital?" While holding her son, Maisie was a bit startled.

"Yes," said Daisy, "I asked. And he said it was an old malady."

"Then it's probably his stomach," Maisie said blandly before taking her son for a shower.

Maisie was clear about certain aspects of Ezra. After all, Maisie had been with him for some time. She was not concerned about Ezra's condition for he had friends like Arthur. There wouldn't be any big problems.

Most importantly, Ezra's health was not something that an ex-girlfriend like her should be concerned with.

Ezra spent a whole night in the hospital tossing and turning, waiting for Maisie's call. But nothing happened.

He was completely discouraged. When the assistant came the next morning, he seemed to look worse than the day before.

The assistant was worried, "Mr. Cantillo, are you feeling well?"

How come his boss looked much worse after staying one night in the hospital? This hospital was no good.

Ezra, of course, was unable to confide his secret sentiments to his assistant. He merely said, "The disinfecting water is too strong. I did not sleep well."

Then, Ezra went to wash and have breakfast.

After breakfast, Ezra intended to go to the police station to discuss with the cops how to look into this case.

The moment Ezra and his assistant completed the discharge formalities, he received a call from the manager's daughter.

The shivering voice of the little girl came from another end of the phone, "Mr. Cantillo, I used my father's computer today to look for some learning materials. And I found an encrypted document, but I don't know how to open it."

"Instinctively, I feel that it might contain some secrets because I have never seen it before."

Instantly, Ezra turned serious. He lowered his voice and said to her, "Where are you? We will be there in a minute. It's okay if it's encrypted. We'll replace a way to open it."

The little girl was so nervous that she was about to weep, "I'm in the study, at home. I locked the door, but I think my mom's going to realize it soon."

"Please, come quick. I don't want my dad to die mysteriously."

"We are on our way." Ezra hung up the phone and hurried to the manager's home with his assistant.

When they arrived, they could only hear the shrill screaming of the manager's wife, "Get out! You are not welcomed here."

They were not allowed to go in.

Ezra and the assistant exchanged a glance. Apparently, the wife had found out that her little girl was behaving abnormally. She had lost her temper and was trying to stop something. Ezra and his assistant could almost conclude that she knew what had happened.

But the situation was not advantageous for them, since they could not get in to retrieve the computer.

Just as Ezra was trying to replace a way, the door opened from within, and a computer was stuffed into his hands. It was the manager's daughter, followed by her flustered mother.

Ezra took a step back to guard the computer, while his assistant and the little girl were trying to block the manager's wife.

Seeing that Ezra had the computer, the manager's wife sighed and sank to the floor with tears streaming down her face as if all her energy had been dissipated.

"Mom, please. Dad's gone. What are you trying to hide?" The manager's daughter sank to the floor as well, holding her mother and crying.

"If he was forced by someone, we have more reasons to collect evidence, don't we? Then we can bring the murderer to justice."

"You know nothing! Nothing!" After hearing what the little girl said, the manager's wife looked up and shouted at her.

The wife's shoulder fell down in a feeble manner after she shouted out. She cried out again, "You know nothing..."

Ezra, with the computer in hand, stood silently beside them. He did not speak until the mother and daughter calmed down, "Since you know the truth, are you going to tell us, or are you going to let us open the file ourselves?"

The daughter said resolutely, "I want to see what my father left."

Respecting what the girl had chosen, Ezra signaled his assistant to raise them up. He went into the room with the computer. Since Ezra knew how computers worked, he soon cracked the file.

The manager's daughter rushed to the computer immediately, and stared at the screen to exam every word, while her mother buried her face in her hands, crying.

It turned out that after the manager was targeted by Diana and Ruth. The manager fell into a trap set by Ruth when she was doing business here and slept with Anna after being drunk.

The next day, Anna condemned him for forcing her into sex and the next moment, Ruth came in, defending her little sister.

The manager had always been loyal and affectionate towards his wife and daughter. The sudden event made him both humiliated and desperate. Besides, Anna not only wanted to make a scene at his place but also threatened to tell her father.

The manager was so afraid that he agreed to cooperate with them. If he refused, he would lose not only his job and family but also his reputation.

And from then on, he was under their control due to that filthy secret.

When the manager decided to confess the embezzlement to Ezra, Anna came to him and threatened that if he dared to tell Ezra, she would make a scene at his daughter's school. As his daughter was about to take the SAT tests, it would definitely ruin her future if this thing got aggravated.

Moreover, his daughter's reputation would be in peril. Who would dare to make friends with her if her classmates knew that her father had raped a woman? And how could she ever get married?

Every word that Anna said was pushing him to hell. The manager had no other option but to resort to suicide.

He didn't want to die.

Though he was seriously ill, he didn't want to die. He was cooperating actively with doctors so that he could buy more time, so he could see his daughter take the exam.

If he could make it until the results came out, that would be more than satisfying.

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