Chapter 179
Caroline, You Misunderstood Us
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“And I understand in my heart that marrying Caroline into the Ellison family was unfair to her. I feel guilty about it. I knew that once she married, she and Mr. Nash would have no future together. So, for a moment, I softened. I thought… this isn’t really a transaction–it’s just two people who love each other. After receiving that sum of money from Mr. Nash, I never touched it. It’s been sitting in the account all this time. I know we should never have taken that money. We don’t deserve it. When my husband and I pass away, we planned to leave it for Caroline. It belong to her. We won’t spend a cent of it. Besides, Mr. Nash was truly bold. He even arranged for everything to happen on her wedding night. He wanted us to send Caroline to him first before delivering her to the Ellison family. He must have thought that, at the time. Mr. Ellison, you were as good as dead, that you wouldn’t be a threat. He did it deliberately. But he never expected that you, Mr. Ellison, are a man of great fortune. Fate had other plans…”
Bang!
David slammed his palm against the table, cutting Samantha off mid–sentence.
He couldn’t listen to this any longer. And he didn’t need to. So this is the truth. The real story.
Matthew and Samantha trembled, not daring to make another sound.
At this point, even they weren’t sure what David was thinking. Would he believe this lie… or not?
Either way, this was the only story they could tell.
Otherwise, the Brooks family was finished.
Samantha quickly signaled Elizabeth. Right now, only Elizabeth had any chance of speaking up in front of
David.
Catching Samantha’s hint, Elizabeth immediately walked over to David, crouched beside him, and began her performance.
“Mr. Ellison, Caroline has misunderstood my parents all along.” Elizabeth said. “They’ve been anxious and guilt–ridden this entire time. You can see how much they’ve aged because of it. They never wanted things to turn out this way, but they had no choice.”
David cast her a glance.
Elizabeth continued, “They had planned to take this secret to the grave, to bear the burden of being the villains and accept the consequences. But my sister was too resentful–she exposed everything without hesitation. So…. my parents had no choice but to tell the truth. Mr. Ellison, please, don’t blame them.”
Silence fell over the living room.
Despite so many people being present, not a single sound could be heard:
Caroline collapsed back onto the sofa, her palms marked with deep crescent–shaped imprints from her nails. The Brooks family’s scheming and manipulation… it was beyond anything I imagined. What do I do now? Would David believe her? Or would he believe their lies?
Samantha’s eyes flickered as she added fuel to the fire. thought Caroline already knew that the man who bought her that night was Mr. Nash. After all, they were in the same room, face to face–she must have seen him clearly. I just assumed she accepted it. Otherwise, how could Mr. Nash have forced her?”
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“You’re full of nonsense” Caroline snapped, unable to hold back any longer. “You drugged me in the car! I was completely unconscious–how the heck was I supposed to fight back?”
This is insane. If I let Samantha keep talking, she’s going to ruist this into some ridiculous story where Nash and I staged the whole thing, making it look like the Brook
family had nothing to do with it. I have to shut this down. Now
“What? Drugged?” Samantha gasped, feigning shock. “That can’t be… I had nothing to do with that. I don’t know anything about it.”