PopularNovelShould she tell Hiram that Tricia was his real sister? That it was his own sister who had driven his family to ruin, step by step? What a cruel truth that would be for Hiram to hear.
Evander pressed his lips together, drew in a deep breath that made his chest rise, then slowly exhaled. "Have you ever considered that you're not actually the Sterlings' biological daughter?" She answered calmly, "I've known that for a long time.” "For a long time?" Charlotte stood, unhurried and collected, and faced him directly. “Yes, for a long time. Even though they were only my adoptive parents, I was the reason they were caught up in all of this. They could have survived, if not for me." Her composure finally wavered, her eyes reddening as she fought to keep her emotions in check.
Each tEvander heard those words, it felt like a lead weight pressing against his chest, a constant reminder that he was the one who'd set all this in motion.
He was the guilty one.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe stood there, motionless, letting her vent her grief and anger. Only when her trembling had faded a little did he finally speak, his voice hoarse. "I'm sorry." He didn't know what else to say. Apologies were all he had left.
Charlotte faltered, almost letting herself be moved by his regret. She clenched her fists tightly and avoided meeting his sorrowful gaze. "Save your apology for him." Evander's eyes lingered on her face, as if trying to see past her cold mask and catch sflicker of tenderness for him.
1/2 14.18 WS Chapter 299 After a long silence, he let out a soft, bitter laugh. "Alright." After fleeing the clinic, Tricia had been holed up in a shabby motel on the outskirts of town, too afraid to set foot anywhere near the city center.
The only person she dared contact was Loretta.
Loretta showed up in a cab, and found Tricia waiting outside the motel. Tricia wore a hat and sunglasses, her face almost entirely hidden. A slim cigarette dangled between her fingers, and judging by the smell, she'd already gone through several.
She'd picked up the habit from that man-smoking, something she'd carefully hidden from Evander to keep up her immaculate image. He'd never once seen her with a cigarette.
"You and your family got the money, right?" Tricia asked, voice low.
Loretta waved away the smoke as she ccloser, her tone annoyed. "Yeah, it all went to my dad's account. He won't lettouch it. I told him I wanted to buy a car, and all he gavewas three hundred grand." Tricia snapped her cigarette in half, staring at her. "Eight million, and you only got three hundred thousand?" "What can I do? He said the rest is for building a house, starting a business-who knows what he's really planning. He even changed the PIN on the account so I couldn't get to it if I tried." Loretta's story was partly true-but only partly. She wasn't stupid. She knew Tricia was only using her for a cut of the money.
Her father controlled the cash; neither she nor her mother could touch a dwithout his say-so.
Behind her sunglasses, Tricia's eyes narrowed, cold and calculating. If Evander hadn't already lost all trust in her, she would never have stooped to working with this girl.
People were greedy. She knew better than to trust a word from Loretta's 14:18 hapter 29y mouth.
"Don't forget, if it weren't for me, your family wouldn't have had even a shot at turning your lives around," Tricia said, her left hand covering the lace glove of her having on right, contempt flickering in her eyes. "Relax. I don't want your money. Eight million means nothing to me. I need you to be Evander's savior, to earn his trust, and to drive a wedge between him and his wife." "Mr. Howard... he's married?"
"What, did you think you had a chance?" Tricia sneered, hooking a finger under Loretta's Chin.civem known him for te ten years. We had a stormy, passionate affair for years, and even I never got a real chance. You think you will?" Loretta said nothing.
Tricia released her, her voice as cold as ever. "Don't go coveting what was never yours You're just an imposter, after all." Those last three words-just an imposter-snuffed out whatever hope Loretta had been holding onto.
Because it was true. She was a fake...
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