Chapter 340

Winnie secretly rolled her eyes and said, "Of course I'm happy. Thanks to Rock running back and forth, helping me to collect evidence for this case."

Lawrence's eyes instantly grew cold, unable to bear it any longer. "Rock? Do you think he's qualified to help you?"

"Wasn't it him who ran errands, or was it you?" Winnie said coldly.

Infuriated beyond belief, Lawrence, not one to seek credit, found himself provoked by the woman's ability to drive anyone mad. Drawing nearer with his imposing figure, he coldly sneered and retorted, "Do you think Lymington has the ability to have a criminal released in court? What is Rock in front of the Supreme Court? A nobody!" If it weren't for seeing her pitiful cries and Elliott's undeniable injustice in this case, he wouldn't have had the slightest sympathy. After all, his mother was still lying on a hospital bed like a living corpse.

Winnie was slightly stunned, somewhat incredulous. It was him who pleaded on her behalf to the prosecutor.

Watching her expression, Lawrence squinted his eyes with satisfaction, proudly and coldly curling his lip. "Have you ever thought about why Jeremy changed his mind and helped you find Jeffery's daughter?"

Winnie was once again taken aback. That night, it seemed like Jeremy had mentioned someone wanting to help her. Initially, she assumed that it was Olivia who found Jeremy but her clenched fists tightened as she realized it wasn't. She hadn't expected that it was Lawrence who gave his approval for Jeremy to find Jeffery's illegitimate daughter. This left Winnie wondering why Lawrence, supposedly to be on Darcy's side, would take such a step.

As if guessing her thoughts, Lawrence pursed his lips and his expression darkened. "I'm not as black and white as you think. I don't know much about Elliott's case and I thought Jeffery was just a witness. If you wanted to find his illegitimate daughter, I was willing to help, to ensure a fair trial. It's just that I didn't expect that the Ordelia family was the real culprit behind it all."

Winnie suppressed a slight tremor in her heart and coldly replied after given it some thought, "So, you didn't anticipate that the Ordelia family was the culprit, and that's why you had acted fairly. If you had known beforehand, I'm afraid there would be no room for justice in your eyes, due to your affection for Darcy."

"Do you find it interesting to deliberately misinterpret people?" Contrary to what Winnie had assumed of him, he hadn't been biased toward Darcy in this matter at all; instead, he genuinely helped her, despite her not uttering a single kind word in response.

As a naturally proud man, his face turned grim. "You don't know any better. Perhaps I shouldn't have meddled?"

Winnie's gaze suddenly turned cold as she mockingly said, "What you did wasn't meddling, it was simply not aiding in wrongdoing. Have you ever considered why Mr. Ordelia would go to such lengths to have my uncle die in prison? What was the motive? What exactly threatened the Ordelia family?"

Lawrence also knew that this case was strange; he had suspected it right in the courtroom. The Ordelia family, one of the most powerful in Trento City, targeting a weakling like Elliott seemed perplexing. However, when he questioned Darcy, she knew nothing.

Winnie stared at his suspicious expression and sneered. "For your information, there exists a deep-seated feud between your beloved Darcy of the Ordelia family and my uncle, a member of the Granger family. The animosity runs so deep that Mr. Ordelia is desperate to silence my uncle, seeking to exterminate every member of the Granger family. The roots of this conflict lie in the invasion perpetrated by the Ordelia family against the Granger family, burdening them with guilt. Remarkably, despite the bitter history, my uncle chose to forgive his enemy three years ago."

As Winnie spoke, Lawrence's expression slightly changed. It seemed to him that Winnie was implying that the Granger family's original enemy was the Ordelia Group. Elliott had just misunderstood and retaliated against him instead. The thought of three years ago, when it was Elliott's mistake that caused him and Winnie to become sworn enemies, obscuring the fact that the true foe was the Ordelia Group. Lawrence's mind turned cold, a layer of chill directed at the Ordelia family for no reason.

Winnie softly glanced at his silent figure. "Lawrence, do you still think the Ordelia Group and Darcy are good people for ruthlessly targeting a disabled person? Take a moment to think, have you really gotten to know this family?"

Lawrence's distant and cold appearance faltered slightly. Up to that point, he truly didn't know about the Ordelia Group's rise in Trento City. His belief in Winnie's words was a separate issue altogether. However, he truly detested the Ordelia family's sinister actions toward Elliott. He also felt that perhaps he should reconsider his opinion of Darcy.

In his eyes, she had always been gentle, patient, and understanding. The last time his perception of her wavered was when Sidney was bullied. At that time, he was still believe that Darcy held some bias against her non-biological child, as she was, after all, a human being with flaws. But this time, the Ordelia family's harm to Elliott was a matter of character. Considering Darcy's upbringing in such a family, it raised doubts about her ability to stay untainted.

Lawrence suddenly looked deeply at Winnie; her eyes were clear, covered in the mist of the night, yet still starkly black and white, radiating with brilliance. Recalling how she treated Sidney throughout the night, if she had taken Sidney away back then, she might have been a good mother too. Perhaps, Darcy was not as kind as she seemed, and Winnie was not as cruel as she was three years ago when she deeply disappointed him.

He rubbed his temples lightly and withdrew his thoughts, his gaze still fixed on Winnie. He then immediately called Bryan, "If the motive for the Elliott case at the Ordelia Group is disclosed during the police questioning, send me a copy."

Winnie looked at the distinct contours of his jaw in the night, not fully convinced by his words. He still only believed in evidence, but she believed that she had planted a seed of doubt between him and Darcy, a development she deemed favorable. Winnie coldly pursed her lips and coincidentally caught the man looking back at her with deep gaze. She lowered her head to grab her clothes, clearly signaling an end to the conversation.

Unfortunately, this man stood in front of her, like a mountain, in a relaxed posture, still holding a cigarette on the railing, seemingly bored while watching her hang clothes.

"Lawrence, can you move aside? Don't delay my business."

He caught her face with his gaze. "About that. I helped with this case but received no thanks, only mockery. Can I make a request?"

Winnie remained silent. "What do you want?"

"For you to express gratitude."

Winnie refrained from uttering a word of gratitude. Instead, she straightened up, grabbed the clothesline, and moved toward him. "Are you going to move or not? Why don't you go back to your home? My home doesn't welcome you!"

"I want to sleep here with Sidney tonight. As his father, how can I feel at ease leaving him alone?"

Winnie's anger flared instantly. "There's no bed for you in my home, and I don't want you to sleep on the floor either."

"Then who will sleep with me?" he smirked, quick with his replies. His gaze locked onto her, somehow becoming darker again, as if he always had trouble controlling the lewd remarks that came out of his mouth when facing her. As her graceful figure swayed before his eyes, an evil fire and impulse burned within him.

Winnie pursed her lips, unbothered by his vulgar antics. She picked up Sidney's clothes and threw them in his face, smirking. "Since you have so much time, I'll leave the laundry to you."

"You..." Lawrence's face immediately turned dark. As someone with high cleanliness standards, he couldn't accept his son's little underwear being thrown at his face. "Damn it, take it away quickly!" He froze in place, unable to move his hands.