CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: AUDACIOUS BEYOND MEASURE—SHE ACTUALLY DARED TO THROW AWAY HIS DOG?!

After a while, there were a few knocks on Summer Nolan’s guest room door. She got out of bed to take a look, and it was her assistant.

"What’s up?"

"Attorney Nolan, Attorney Spencer is looking for you..." Chloe Chase handed over her phone.

"I’m busy, no time to take the call. Let him know," Summer said and closed the door. She was indeed busy.

Elias Spencer heard her voice. Was she really busy, or was she deliberately avoiding his call? Could it be... she was jealous because Iris Lynn was staying with him?

He asked in a deep voice, "When will your work be finished over there?"

"I heard it will take many days," Chloe respectfully replied.

Elias only responded with a sound and hung up, frowning—was she angry because Iris was staying with him?

At that moment, Elias walked out of his bedroom and stood at the open kitchen entrance, glaring at Iris for a while, then suddenly bared his teeth and barked at her:

"Woof! Woof woof...!"

Elias didn’t like other women coming in here, nor did he like them using things here.

Iris was startled by the dog behind her, and the spatula in her hand fell to the floor with a "clack—"

Elias Spencer was also surprised. Elias was usually very gentle and never aggressive. Why was he being aggressive with the assistant?

After looking at the assistant in the kitchen for a moment, he called her, "Stop it. I’ll have the bodyguard take you to a hotel."

"Attorney Spencer... can I stay here tonight? I’m a bit scared..." Iris looked at him with pitiful eyes, tears welling up.

"You should find someone else to help. It’s not convenient here," Elias said as he stood up and first put the dog in its room.

Iris frowned. Was it because that damn dog didn’t like her that Attorney Spencer wanted her gone?

-

Four days later, in the afternoon.

Iris knew Elias Spencer was out socializing, so she went to his house and volunteered to the housekeeper:

"Aunt Shaw, let me take Elias for a walk today. You can stay home and clean, make sure to get rid of all the dog hair; Attorney Spencer is a neat freak."

"Will Elias listen to you?" Aunt Shaw asked skeptically.

"Of course, I’ve seen Elias many times. Rest assured," she said warmly with a smile.

The housekeeper saw her innocent and kind appearance, and since she was the master’s assistant, she brought Elias out for her, which was just as well because she needed to clean the house thoroughly.

Very busy.

Elias wasn’t very willing to follow this woman, but he really wanted to go out and play, so he couldn’t resist the temptation and went out with her.

Iris carefully led the dog into a taxi, giving it a hateful look... If it weren’t for it, she wouldn’t have been kicked out.

As long as she got rid of him, she would definitely have another chance to stay there—

Over an hour later, she nervously called Elias Spencer with a choked voice, "Attorney Spencer, something’s wrong, Elias is missing!"

Elias’ face instantly turned dark, and he asked coldly, "How do you know he’s missing?"

"I wanted to help take him for a walk today, but he wouldn’t listen to me at all and just ran off." She cried and explained,

"I just wanted to thank you for your help this time and do something for you, I didn’t expect... I’m sorry, Attorney Spencer, I-I really didn’t mean it..."

"Where did he go missing?" Elias asked coldly, not having time to blame her now.

"Centennial Park," she cried out.

Elias hung up the call, told the client he had an emergency, and immediately left. While driving to Centennial Park, he called Summer Nolan again.

It rang for a long while before it connected. Summer had just finished having dinner with Mr. Wright and the others and was on her way back to the hotel. Seeing him calling again, she hesitated before answering:

"Hello, what’s up?"

"Elias is missing..." Elias told her with a frown.

In the taxi, she immediately sat up straight and asked in a deep voice, "You’re not joking with me, are you?"

"Iris took him to the park for a walk, and he ran off. When are you coming back?"

Elias asked her. They often took the dog to Centennial Park, and Elias was familiar with the place. Would he know his way home?

Was it his assistant who lost Elias? Was it deliberate or an accident?

Summer tightly clenched her hand, "Attorney Spencer, if anything happens to Elias, I won’t forgive you or Iris, and in the future, please keep your women away from my dog!"

She said in a deep voice, then hung up the phone and immediately booked a flight. Luckily, there was a flight at ten o’clock that night.

Silently praying in her heart that nothing would happen to Elias.

She originally planned to stay there a few more days, but she really couldn’t stop worrying about the dog, who held deeper feelings for her than Elias Spencer.

It clung to her, always extremely excited whenever it saw her.

Two years ago, right after she got together with Elias Spencer, she hadn’t been to his place or visited the dog. Elias actually went on a hunger strike.

For four or five days, it neither ate nor drank.

Elias Spencer thought it was sick and took it to the vet, but the doctor said it was physically fine, just depressed.

The man explained the situation to her, forcing her to visit his house often—

Even if she didn’t want the man, she couldn’t bear to leave Elias.

Elias Spencer looked at the phone after she hung up, frowning, knowing how much she loved the dog. He called the Spencer family villa’s bodyguards, ordering everyone out.

At around midnight, Summer Nolan returned to downtown Stenham.

Meeting Elias Spencer on the roadside near the city center’s park, he said in a deep voice:

"Iris said he went missing in Centennial Park. I’ve had the bodyguards search the area and nearby places; we’re almost done searching all the parks in the city center."

Summer only gave him a cold smile and asked, "Does Elias not get along with her?"

"A little..." Elias Spencer muttered in a low voice.

She understood; the woman didn’t get along with Elias, and she suspected the dog was deliberately abandoned, so whatever the woman said had to be taken with a grain of salt.

Centennial Park was east; they could try searching the parks to the west. To the west were Mirewood Park and Obelisk Park, but Obelisk Park required an entrance fee.

"You go back, I’ll look myself. I won’t entrust Elias to you again," she said and got into her car, driving westwards.

Iris didn’t intentionally lose the dog; why was she being so aggressive? Elias Spencer sometimes disliked this aspect of her personality.

But it was already late at night, and he couldn’t rest easy with her running around on her own.

He got into his own car and followed her.

Late at night, there were very few cars on the road. Summer drove for over an hour to Mirewood Park, took out a flashlight, and got out of the car.

As she walked quickly into the park, she called out the dog’s name loudly: "Elias—"

"Elias?"

"Elias?!"

Wearing high heels, it was dark here, and the path was difficult to walk on, her heels were rubbed raw and bleeding.

Elias Spencer followed her, not understanding why she came so far to search?

"You go back; I’ll call the bodyguards. What if you twist your ankle?" Looking at her high heels, he grasped her arm.

Summer angrily shook off his hand, "I can’t sleep if I don’t find him. You can go."