Chapter 147

Elton's POV

Elton Ross stood still, staring at the lifeless body in the ironically beautiful casket.

He couldn't believe it had been almost two weeks since he received the news that shocked him to his core. His only daughter had been shot dead by none other than a henchman he had hired.

The plan had been simple: shoot once to scare Nathaniel Hayes.

But the plan, which had been simple, had grown so complex the moment the henchman had decided that killing Nathaniel Hayes instead would scare the man, and that had brought Elton the most regret.

He could still see Piper's smile in his sleep, her smirk, and deep calculative frown, when things didn't go her way, which she had inherited from him. Her seductive stare as she was about to ensnare a man in her fingers.

He always woke up dreaming about her and the dreams always ended with that disappointing stare from his daughter. He had killed her.

How could he forget her nagging? She had gone to him a few days before her death to protest abou