James looked at Elizabeth nervously, but expectantly. In a trembling voice, he said with uncertainty, "I mean... I didn't do it. Do you believe me?"
Hearing this, Elizabeth slowly raised her eyes, looked at James bitterly and then smiled feebly, but the smile seemed to have exhausted all her strength.
Then, she slowly opened her clenched fist, and turned on the switch of the recording pen in her hand.
The next second, they heard a voice.
"Mr. Lu, this matter is a little tricky to deal with. You..."
Hearing this, James's face turned pale immediately. The pictures that he just picked up fell to the ground again and were scattered on the floor.
But the voice in the recording pen didn't stop because of this, it could still be heard.
"You want money, don't you? No problem! I'll give you another fifty thousand dollars."
"You know the rules in our circle. You need to... pay half of the money first."
"I know. Here are ten thousand dollars. Take it first, and I'll pay you the rest when you finish it. Remember, I want this matter to be done in an efficient way."
"Sure! Since we've received your money, we have to do it properly. Moreover, you must have inquired about me before you came to me. I always do things neatly, not sloppily."
"Is there anything wrong with the drug I asked you to prepare?"
"Don't worry! He will definitely lose his consciousness after drinking it. So, he will not know what you want us to do to him, and we will take pictures of it. I promise nothing will go wrong. But... Mr. Lu, there is one thing that I don't seem to understand."
"Ahem! You know that this is a perilous business, and we don't take everyone's order. We need to know something about our clients before we take the order... Isn't Xavier your cousin? Why do you... want to do this?"
"It's not something you should ask or care about. You only need to do according to my requirements. If you do a good job, I'll pay you more money. But if you dare to play any tricks, don't even think about getting a penny from me, and you have to return the money I gave you to me! As for other things, this isn't the first time that you've done something like this, and you should know how malicious my methods are."
"I see. Don't worry. Well... well go first. We'll have to make some preparations first. After all, we have to make extra certain.
"Wait a minute."
"Mr. Lu, what else can I do for you?"
"I'll give you another 50,000 dollars, but you can't let anyone else know about this. Do you understand?"
With tears in her eyes, Elizabeth pressed the button with trembling hand. Her eyes blurred with tears, so she couldn't see James's expression clearly at this time.
She suddenly closed her eyes and tears ran down her face, "You said that you didn't do it, and you want me to believe you... I want to believe you, and I want to lie to myself that those photos are all fake, but... how can you explain the recording?"
James opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word.
"Isn't this your voice?" Elizabeth was weeping, but she smiled. Her smile contained so many complicated emotions, and she said, "How can I mishear your voice?' "James... You..." Elizabeth bit her lip, "I always thought you were kind and warmhearted. Although sometimes you have a bad temper, I never thought you were a bad person. But now... what do you think I should do? Why are you so cruel?"
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