The Barrister’s Love in Town ( Elias Winters & Amanda )
Chapter 284

Chapter 284

Chapter 284 A Story From the Past

Yacob nodded in agreement and faced Elias with a grave look on his face, waiting for him to make hisdecision. Alas, Elias’ mind was made. “I know what I’m doing. Both of you, please just do what you’resupposed to do and don’t cause more trouble for me if you’re really serious about saving Aiden.“

Amanda and Yacob shared a look, slipping into silence as they watched Elias returning into the ward tocontinue reading the storybook for Aiden.

Amanda stood outside the ward as she watched as Elias expression turned gentle in an instant. Hehad shifted to the role of a loving father in the blink of an eye as he patiently told a story to his son asthough the person who berated them earlier wasn’t him but someone else instead.

Then, Yacob dragged her to a corner. “Lord, you really went to the Momsey Residence! I thought thatyou’d leave when you found out that we weren’t there, but you actually went in after we left. This is asgood as rocking the boat!”

“I… Just don’t want to miss out on this chance.” She merely wanted to give it a shot, thinking that shecould convince Taylor with her charisma. Alas, judging from Taylor’s reaction, it seemed that she hadunderestimated how dire the situation was between Elias and Taylor.

Yacob was hopping mad. “Did you think that you could convince Taylor with your words? That’simpossible! You have no idea what kind of feud existed between Mr. Winters and him, and it was a feudthat can never be reconciled. That’s utterly out of the question.”

“I think it’s about his sister. Why does he hate Elias so terribly?” A curious Amanda couldn’t figure outwhat could have happened that made Taylor despise Elias so badly.

Initially, Yacob didn’t want to speak about this, but seeing how reckless she was, he had no otherchoice but to tell her about it. Therefore, he stole a peek at Elias in the ward and said, “Let’s talkoutside.”

So, she tentatively closed the ward door and followed him to the hospital garden.

In the garden, they chose a secluded corner without anyone, and Yacob started to tell her a story fromthe past, “I didn’t plan to bring this up, but I think it’s better for me to tell you so that you won’t keepgoing to the Momsey Residence and do something dumb. Once I finish telling you everything, I canrest easy knowing that you won’t do anything idiotic.”

Is it really that serious? Amanda thought, feeling a tight squeeze in her heart. In all honesty, she wasstill carrying a small glimmer of hope that Taylor would donate his bone marrow.

He sighed wearily as he slowly began, “This happened many years ago, and actually, it had nothing todo with Mr. Winters. It was Rosie Momsey that pushed herself off the edge.”

“Rosie Momsey? Is she Taylor Momsey’s sister?”

“Yes, she’s the one I’m talking about. Back then, this girl was courting Mr. Winters very aggressivelyand everyone in the circle knew about it. She was crazy about him, but he wasn’t interested in her atall. She started to pester Mr. Winters ever since they were in high school, and he had always ignoredher. Later, when he went abroad for studies, she insisted on following him abroad, too.” Amanda wasstunned to silence that she was so obsessed with Elias, and Yacob continued, “This girl… Even thoughMr. Winters had rejected her countless times, she kept bothering him. If any ladies got into contact withhim, or even spoke to him, she would make life hell for the women. In the end, no women dared toapproach Mr. Winters, and it was all because of Rosie. Then, when he returned to the country aftergraduation, she

continued with her ways and wouldn’t let him out of her sight. Once, he rejected her in public and totallyembarrassed her, hoping that she’d give up, but guess what happened after that?”

“What happened?”

“She attempted suicide by threatening to leap off a building! That woman created a really huge sceneat that time, creating such a stir that it even hit the headlines. If Old Mr. Winters hadn’t suppressed thenews, I think the entire country would know about it until this day.”

Amanda’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets in shock. “Suicide? Leaping off a building? So, shedied because of that?”

Yacob waved his hand. “Let me finish. This was considered the first time she made such a big sceneand Taylor came looking for Mr. Winters to help resolve the situation. Because it concerned a life, hewent and saved her. After that, things should have cooled down and she should have given up, but shedidn’t and kept bugging Mr. Winters. She wanted nothing but to be his wife and used all sorts of means,even going as far as spiking him. Do you think this is love? This is purely an obsession.”

“It is truly messed up, but then what? What happened afterward?” She couldn’t wait to replace out whathappened to Rosie and why Taylor hated Elias with every fiber of her being.

“After? After that, Mr. Winters kept rejecting her nonstop, and finally, he couldn’t tolerate her anymorewhen she stole his dirty laundry and slapped him. Then, she started crying and making a scene again.threatening to kill herself. But this time, she didn’t jump off a building and chose to take sleeping pillsinstead.”

Amanda balled her hands into fists in astonishment and thought. This girl is really tough on herself.

“She finished a bottle of sleeping pills and almost lost her life from it. After she was sent to the hospital,she was under emergency treatment for a few days and finally managed to stay alive. Unfortunately,her mind snapped after that incident. And now, she’s completely mad and locked up in a mentalhospital.”

Now that Amanda was aware of the full story, all she could think was that Rosie was a pervertedperson. who lost her mind due to her decisions. “So, Taylor hates Elias because of this?”

“Yeah. When Rosie was taking the pills, she threatened her family to get Mr. Winters to see her. If theydidn’t, she would finish the entire bottle. So, Taylor went to look for Mr. Winters again, but Mr. Winterswas truly annoyed because he was already overwhelmed with work after taking over the company anddidn’t have the time to waste on comforting Rosie. Hence, he didn’t even let Taylor into the house atthat time. Taylor waited outside the house in vain for hours, begging him to save Rosie, and still, Mr.Winters didn’t agree to meet her. In the end, she kept to her word and finished the pills. She almostdied from her actions and ended up losing her mind. Of course, Taylor bears a grudge against Mr.Winters for this.”

Finally, she understood the situation. “In other words, if Elias had agreed to meet Rosie that time, thereis a chance that she wouldn’t have taken the pills and become as mad as a hatter.

“She definitely wouldn’t have taken the pills because that was just her means to threaten Mr. Winters tomeet her. It’s an old trick of hers, always playing the pitiful card. On the other hand, Mr. Winters couldn’tpossibly allow himself to be threatened by her his whole life, could he? He doesn’t even like her. Whywould he spend any time on her? Furthermore, if that continued, he would be wrapped around her littlefinger.” Yacob himself couldn’t help but grit his teeth in frustration when he recalled Rosie’s face andeverything she did.

Amanda nodded in agreement, imagining that Elias was most definitely thoroughly annoyed at that timebecause a woman he didn’t like pestered him to that point.

When she fell silent in her contemplation, Yacob sighed helplessly. “Now you know everything. Taylor’ssister lost her mind because of Mr. Winters and Taylor had always been a very protective elder brother.There’s no way that he would donate his bone marrow to Mr. Winters’ son. You can forget about such anotion.”