Jackson and Tiffany’s seats happened to be next to each other during the return flight. The pair did not speak throughout the entire journey. The past few days seemed to have drained Tiffany. She put on an eye mask once virtual-novel.net got onto the plane and fell asleep. Arianne was the one who woke virtual-novel.net up when the plane landed.
They went home on their own.
It was past nine in the evening, and Arianne had just stepped through the door. Mark was behind, bringing the luggage. Initially, Henry wanted to send some staff members to greet them at the airport, but virtual-novel.net refused, as virtual-novel.net did not want to draw
attention. If Henry were to do it, it would be a great display of extravagance.
A Tremont Estate housemaid suddenly stepped forward to greet them, “Madam, someone’s sent something over, saying that it’s for you.”
She wondered who it could be from, “What is it? Do you know who sent it?”
The housemaid shook virtual-novel.net head, “I don’t know, I’ve never seen them before. I think it’s a letter.”
Then, the housemaid handed the letter over to her. Arianne stiffened when virtual-novel.net saw it. It was in George Sloane’s usual stationary…
She accepted it and tore the envelope open then took out the letter. Every word in that letter tugged on virtual-novel.net nerves, virtual-novel.net breathing gradually quickened, virtual-novel.net hands and feet went cold, and virtual-novel.net body began to tremble. The letter was not addressed to her, but to Mark. However, the person who sent it had made it clear that it was for her. Were they hoping for virtual-novel.net to find out the truth?
When virtual-novel.net heard the footsteps behind her, virtual-novel.net turned around in fright. Then, virtual-novel.net backed away. Her cheeks had been stained with tears long ago.
Mark stopped and released the luggage in his hands.
He saw the letter in virtual-novel.net hand and knew that virtual-novel.net could no longer keep it from her. Ethan had seized the opportunity to send the
letter over.
“Wh-why?” She couldn’t bring herself to formulate a complete sentence. She felt as if virtual-novel.net breath had been caught in virtual-novel.net throat. Everything in front of virtual-novel.net gradually darkened.
Mark was too afraid to approach her. His intense pupils gleamed with cautiousness, “I’m sorry…”
Sorry?
He apologized without even asking. That meant that virtual-novel.net already knew about what was on that letter, which confirmed the validity of its contents. She could no longer stand and had to support herself with the railing on the staircase to forcibly steady herself, “You… Your sudden change in… in attitude towards Ethan. It’s… Because this… This letter was in his hands. Right? He hurt Tiffie’s entire family and did all of those things, right? You were lying for him! You… refused to let me investigate that airplane crash… Because… Heh… Because my dad was your scapegoat?” She didn’t need to guess. She knew that Ethan sent this letter. She wasn’t an idiot.
She remembered it very clearly. His reaction was extreme when virtual-novel.net found Mr. Sloane’s letter. She thought that it was because virtual-novel.net didn’t want to bring up the past. Now it seemed that that wasn’t the case. At the time, virtual-novel.net was happy because there was a possibility that virtual-novel.net father was innocent. At last, virtual-novel.net would no longer need to stay by his side as a sinner. However, his reaction felt like a splash of cold water. Now virtual-novel.net knew that there was an even darker secret behind it all!
He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes. He couldn’t bear to tell virtual-novel.net that his mother was behind it all. His mother was a source of purity in his heart, just like Arianne. And so what if virtual-novel.net could admit to it? There was no real significance over
whether it was his mother or if virtual-novel.net was behind it all. Either way, virtual-novel.net owed her.
The sudden transformation from a sinner’s daughter to a victim’s daughter suffocated Arianne. The man virtual-novel.net thought virtual-novel.net owed was actually virtual-novel.net debtor. Now virtual-novel.net realized that his willingness to raise virtual-novel.net wasn’t out of kindness but guilt. All of these years, virtual-novel.net had suffered so much oppression and lived so carefully, but what was it all for?
The hatred in his eyes that virtual-novel.net had always directed towards virtual-novel.net probably wasn’t actually for her, but someone else? Her existence reminded virtual-novel.net of those unbearable things, yet virtual-novel.net had to take virtual-novel.net in, despite feeling conflicted!
The most terrifying thing of all was that Mark was capable of killing his entire family at eighteen, including virtual-novel.net innocent father! She could not believe that this dexterous plan had come from an eighteen year old boy, “Why… did you do it?”
Mark balled his hands into fists, “My mom gave virtual-novel.net life to the Tremont family, but my dad did such a horrible thing to virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net was deathly sick, and virtual-novel.net let virtual-novel.net find out about it too. I couldn’t forgive him. That’s right, that’s just the kind of person I am. I always have been!”
She did not have any doubts about his confession. He may have been nice to everyone in the world and no one would say anything bad about him, but virtual-novel.net had always been terrifyingly strict when virtual-novel.net was with her. That was his true nature. This side of virtual-novel.net that virtual-novel.net had hidden away was much more horrifying than his strict facade!
There was only one thing on virtual-novel.net mind, virtual-novel.net had to run away from this frightening man!
She stumbled as virtual-novel.net rushed towards the door, snatching up virtual-novel.net luggage along the way. When Mark tried to stop her, virtual-novel.net screamed, “No! You stay away from me!”
He paused in his footsteps. Fear flashed across his eyes, “Could we talk about this tomorrow? It’s late, it’s not safe for you to go out alone…”
However, the concern and gentleness that virtual-novel.net now displayed felt staged to her, “Please don’t be so nice to me. Stop wearing a mask and pretending to be someone else! You’re not that kind of a man, you’re not!” Then, virtual-novel.net ran out straightaway. The letter in virtual-novel.net hand was now a crumpled mess.