Downstairs her house, in a café nearby
The two sits opposite and looks at each other. Nancy Moore tries hard to suppress the impulse to run away, and pretends to be calm, asking, “How do you know my domicile?”
“I check your ID card in the reception of the hotel.” Lawrence Ellis tells her the truth. It seems that he has seen through her with his dark eyes.
Nancy Moore begins to sweat at the back, thinking, “I am done for. He even saw my ID card. This time, I will have to wind this matter up at the cost of being cut on the neck.”
“Sorry. I think it’s necessary to give you an explanation. On that night, I was drunk, and then …”
“Being drunk cannot be an excuse for a perpetrator to exculpate himself. He is still full responsible for the car accident. What do you think?” Lawrence Ellis picks up the cup and takes a sip in a calm and elegant manner. His movement is so attracting and tempting.
Nancy Moore doesn’t dare to look at him anymore and looks away. His face is definitely an enticement for a crime.
It must be that she was drunk on that night, and then she failed to restrain herself from his handsome face, and then she pulled him to go to the hotel and had sex with him.
“So, in this case, you can name your price!” The cup at the trembling hand of Nancy Moore collides with the cup saucer, making a tinkling voice constantly. This makes her more nervous and she puts down the cup in a hurry.
“Aha, do you mean the banknotes on the bedside table?” Lawrence Ellis sniggers when he think of those deformed banknotes.”
“No, I, I, I… At that time, I did not bring too many banknotes with me. Since such a thing has happened, I can only compensate you with money.” Nancy Moore wants to dig a hole on the ground to bury herself. She once thought that he would leave an ordinary yet peaceful life for a lifetime. She can’t bear the consequence if she is accused of rape.
“All right, now that you insist on compensating me, then you should give me one hundred thousand dollars.” Lawrence Ellis suddenly says these words, which frightens Nancy Moore so much that she almost faints.
She widens her eyes and fails to utter a word for a time. She just feels that there is a needle in her heart, which is quite painful.
“What’s the matter? Are you unwilling to compensate me?” Lawrence Ellis looks at Nancy and asks. A trace of smile flashes across his eyes. It seems that this woman is much stupider than his imagination.
Does she really think that he comes for compensation?
He is curious about how did she live during the past 28 years with such a low intelligence.
“Emmm, can you name a lower price? One hundred thousand dollars is really…” Although Nancy Moore is smiling, she is actually begrudging her money in heart. She tightly clenches her fists, but she dares not to get mad at him, let alone irritating this bastard!
“No way, you should give me all; otherwise, you’ll have to negotiate with my barrister.” In fact, Lawrence Ellis didn’t come for compensation, but her ginger, flustered and scared expression triggers his interest. It seems that things become funny in this way.
“Oh no, calm down young fellow. Don’t find a barrister. It’s not good to do this.” Although Nancy Moore has cursed Lawrence Ellis and even his ancestors for many times in heart, she has to put on a false smile and negotiate with him.
“You can pay in installments.” Lawrence Ellis suddenly utters these words.
“Ins, installments?” Nancy Moore gets lost in thought. She thinks that she is in a huge, deep pit, and she can’t climb out of it.
When she was considering, Lawrence Ellis takes out his phone and opens a high-definition photo. Then he slightly shakes the phone in front of her, “You have ten minutes to consider about it. If your answer is no, then let’s meet in the court!”
“I agree, but I have a request, that is, you cannot tell anyone about this. You can’t even say a word about this thing!” For the sake of her reputation, Nancy Moore can just grit her teeth and agree.
“I hope that our cooperation is a pleasant one.” Lawrence Ellis elegantly stands up, smiles, and then reaches his hand to her.
Nancy’s heart quaintly trembles because of his graceful bearing. She couldn’t refuse his invitation and can’t help reaching her hand to shake with him.
He vigorously shakes with her with his big hand.
The warmth of the hand reminds Nancy of the things happened on that night. She suddenly blushes and her face burns. When she finally comes to her sense, Lawrence Ellis has already left the café.