Chapter 141. Another Wicked Plot

Author's POV

She crouched close to the iron bars, wishing that she could bring them down and get her father out of there. "How are you doing, father?" Emilia asked, her eyes glazed with tears.

Leonardo shrugged, apparently tired of the situation. "How do you expect me to feel?" He replied, his tone cranky. "I've been here for almost two days just because I lost my temper with a man who deserved it. How can they allow their CEO to rot here like an ordinary man?" He whined bitterly.

"You mean that no one has visited you?"

Leonardo lifted his face, his gaze meeting hers. "I'm sure your ears are not placed on the sides of your head for fancy. Didn't you hear what I've been saying? The only person who came around today was Melissa, and she promised to get me out of here."

Emilia rolled her eyes and muttered inaudible words as she sprang to her feet. "And you believe that she'd come through for you?" She asked, her face forming a frown.

"I believe