I see. So that’s what happened, Toby thought as he pressed his lips together. He knew that Henry kidnapped Rina in the past, but he had no idea that Titus was the one who forced Henry into it. It seems like I have to be more thorough when I’m investigating a particular matter; all these illusions might blind my eyes from the truth otherwise.

Titus’s expression had been filled with hatred when he last spoke to me about Henry, but I just find that hilarious right now. I can’t believe I completely fell for Titus’s narrative when he told me that Henry had wronged the Gray Family.

 

At that thought, Toby shifted his gaze toward Sonia. His eyes were filled with remorse and guilt. He felt sorry because he concluded that Sonia’s father was a bad man after listening to one side of the story.

Meanwhile, Sonia didn’t have the time to look at Toby’s reaction. She simply lowered her head to hold onto the necklace. “That’s why this necklace was in the Reed Residence,” she muttered. She figured that her father must have removed this necklace from Rina when he first kidnapped her.

“That’s right,” Rose said with a nod.

“How did Rina die in the end?” Sonia asked. She had a bold guess in her mind, but it was a guess that she didn’t wish to make.

 

Rose studied Sonia’s expression for a while before she slowly parted her lips to speak. “Your father drowned her in the river, right in front of Titus and Julia’s eyes.”

right, but the revelation was still a bombshell to her. Her vision turned black as she felt the world around her spinning. She felt herself falling as her stance grew unsteady. Upon seeing that, Toby held her

 

fine.” Sonia bit her lower lip as she replied to him in a weak voice. At the same time, Rose eyed the younger woman concernedly. “You should sit down,” she suggested. Thus, Toby helped Sonia to the couch, where she sat with her limbs trembling. “H-How could Dad… do such an idiotic thing?” Sonia couldn’t believe

to have done that. However, his actions were understandable—Titus had forced him into a corner, and it’s easier for one to do stupid things when

eyes shut. “He was

something odd about this whole story?” Toby spoke up

Sonia raised her

front of Titus and Julia’s eyes, why didn’t he end up in jail? Judging by how unforgiving and vindictive Titus is, he’d never let your father and Paradigm Co. get off so easily. Yet, that was what he did. Titus didn’t get the law involved after what your father did, and he even allowed your father to continue expanding

seemed to realize something at that point. “That’s true. Why is that so?

guessing that your father and Titus had some sort of agreement back then. There’s no other way to

bottom lip. Titus was the one who started the conflict between both families. Although Henry had killed Titus’s daughter, Titus was the one

the urge to get rid of the hatred that he saw in Sonia’s eyes. Her beautiful eyes shouldn’t be filled with such anger. However, I know that I no longer have the right to help her get rid of this hatred. Her icy voice sounded in his ears as he thought about his relationship

guess her thoughts through the hostility he observed in her eyes. “So?” Toby asked as he looked at

you going to meddle with my affairs?”

looking at me like that? Is she saying that she will go against me if I decide to meddle with

support the Gray

him. “Of course not. I’d never support

if Toby were to support the Grays. She would give everything up just

had to pay for what they had done. Toby knew that he

words the way you did the last time, I’ll risk my life just

me suffer if I go against my words. For example, she might

did you do in the past? Why did you break your promise to Sonia?” Rose turned

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