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.”

felt herself falling as her stance grew unsteady. Upon seeing that, Toby held her by

 

her limbs trembling. “H-How could Dad… do such an idiotic thing?” Sonia couldn’t believe that her father had drowned a young child. It explained why Titus had been so cruel to her father six years ago, for Titus

his actions were understandable—Titus had forced him into a corner, and it’s easier for one

squeezed her eyes shut. “He was way

odd about this whole

is it?” Sonia

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

point. “That’s true. Why is that so? Do you know the answer,

your father and Titus had some sort of agreement back then.

Titus’s daughter, Titus was the one who forced Henry to his death. The resentment between both of them might be gone since Sonia’s father was

filled with such anger. However, I know that I no longer have the right to help her get rid of this hatred.

her words, for he had managed to guess her thoughts through the hostility he observed in her eyes. “So?”

my affairs?” Sonia met his

What does she mean? Why is she looking at me like that?

to know your answer, President Fuller. Will you step in and support the Gray family?!” Sonia repeated her question when Toby didn’t respond to her the

him. “Of course not. I’d never support it if Toby were to stand

wished to help the Grays. It’d be great if he didn’t support them, but Sonia knew that she would attack them all at once if Toby were to support the Grays. She would give everything up just

begin with, so the Grays had to pay for what they had done. Toby knew that he wouldn’t let

you stick to your promise. If you go against your own words the way you did the last time, I’ll risk my life just to make sure that you suffer

pupils shrank as he clenched his fists tightly. “I won’t.” She’s serious this time. She’s surely going to make me suffer if I go against my words. For example, she might kill

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

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