Chapter 216
Who Was That Man?
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Who was that man? Who is the father of my child? Why had that man entered my room under the cover of darkness and taken me? Caroline felt like her entire world was crumbling.
“Ah–1”
She clutched her head, feeling as if it were about to explode. A piercing scream tore from her throat, the only outlet for the chaos inside her.
“Caroline…”
Nash took a step toward her, but Julia clung to his arm with all her strength, refusing to let go.
Caroline murmured to herself, her headache growing unbearable. “What is going on? Why… why do I understand less and less? If you weren’t there that night, then who was? Who could have entered my room so precisely?”
“You mean… someone pretended to be the buyer and took you that night?” Nash asked.
“Yes! There was a man in the room that night. At first, I had no idea who it was. Later, I thought it was you- everyone thought it was you!”
“But it wasn’t me!” Nash swore to the heavens. “If I had been there, if I had touched you, may divine retribution strike me, and may I never know peace!”
The situation had just become even more complicated.
If it wasn’t Nash, then who was it?
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” Caroline demanded. “I’ve been misunderstanding everything!”
“I thought you knew I wasn’t there, so I never brought it up. I never imagined something like this could happen. And I had no idea you were pregnant…”
Guilt weighed heavily on Nash’s face.
If he had explained things earlier, this misunderstanding would never have spiraled out of control.
And yet… deep inside, there was a trace of something else.
A sliver of hope.
Caroline had fought so hard to protect this child. Could it be because she believed it was theirs? Did she still love him, still hold a place for him in her heart?
If Caroline had really been carrying his child, and she was willing to keep it, Nash thought…
Then he would give up everything to be with her.
Name, wealth, status–none of it mattered.
As long as he had her.
“What about the Brooks family?” Caroline pressed. “Did they know you were the buyer? Did you ever reveal
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Nash shook his head. “No. I was afraid if they knew it was me, they’d raise the price or refuse to sell you at all. So I kept my identity hidden and had someone else handle everything.”
“Then… what if the Brooks family found out anyway? What if they figured out who you were?”
“Impossible,” Nash rejected the idea outright. “I even used someone else’s account to make the transfer, just to ensure everything went smoothly. This was too important–I couldn’t afford any mistakes.”
Then what on earth had happened?
Caroline had assumed the Brooks family discovered Nash’s identity and, after seeing that he never showed up, realized he had only been trying to rescue her.
So, blinded by greed, they had arranged a second buyer.
That would explain how she lost everything that night.
But now…
Everything was tangled in an impossible knot, twisting and looping in her mind with no clear answer in sight.
She had been wrong. She had never found the man from that night.
Everything had been a mistake.
Who had taken her innocence?
How could someon
so tainted ever hope for happiness?
Julia stood there, completely dumbfounded. “Caroline’s baby isn’t yours… then… then everything I did today… was for nothing?”
Panic flared in her eyes as she turned to Nash.
“Nash, I–I didn’t know! Look, even Caroline herself thought the baby was yours!”