Rosetta opened her mouth, but she couldn't say a word.

Lucian sneered one last time and turned his back on him. Josiah quickly shouted, "Don't go! I did it, not your mother or brother. They're innocent. I'll give my life to you, but please, just take care of them."

Rosetta was a weak woman. She had been a full-time housewife for more than a decade now, so she couldn't live independently. His son was only a teenager who couldn't even fend for himself. If Lucian were to attack them as well, they would end up in hell.

His conspiracy was exposed, and it cost him his future. He would use what was left of his life to give his family a good life.

"You'd give your life to me?" Lucian stopped in his tracks and looked at him. "And why would I want that? Would that bring my father and Raphael back? Will Caitlin forgive me? You made me lose the people I love, so I'll make your family live through hell. That's only fair."

He wanted to kill himself every time he thought about his foster parents, and when his thoughts turned to Caitlin, he felt his heart getting torn asunder.

He didn't love this world; all he loved was Caitlin. He could lose everything, but not her. As he was the Owens' adopted son, everyone looked down and spat on him, but not Caitlin.

She saw him as her brother, and anytime anyone tried to abuse him, she would be angrier than he was. Eventually, they fell in love with each other and became a couple. Caitlin was an outspoken lady whenever she was outside, but every time they were together, she would always be gentle and ready to listen to him.

He didn't like that everyone called him a slave to the Owens, so Caitlin would always make him feel welcome. Every other girl would act like a spoiled brat around their boyfriends, but Caitlin spoiled him instead. Anything that would be good for him, she would always give them to Lucian.

Caitlin loved him deeply, and she also told her father she wasn't interested in running a company, so she recommended Lucian as heir. Thanks to that, Raphael took him along for the ride when he was a teenager so he could learn and even introduced him to all the people whom the Owens knew.

He was also generous when it came to money. Not only would he give Lucian a big sum of pocket money every month, but he would also give him seed funds every year after he said he wanted to start a business at sixteen.

Caitlin was the one who helped him get to the point where he could kill Raphael. Without her help, he wouldn't have been able to destroy Owen Holdings.

Caitlin loved him with all her heart, but he was the reason her parents died. Will she ever forgive me?

If there was a time machine in this world, he would give anything to have it. He wanted to go back to the time when the Owen couple was still alive.

All he wanted was for the Owen couple to live, and for Caitlin to still love him.

Eventually, he decided to push on and leave, ignoring the screams of Josiah, despite how desperately he was calling out to him.

He came back to Oasis Law Office and saw Caitlin. She used to smile all the time, but now all she had was a scowl on her face. All the color was drained from Lucian's face, and he couldn't even say a word.

She said coldly, "I thought it was urgent. If you have nothing to say, then leave. I don't want to see you."

She wouldn't even have come to see him if not for the fact she wanted to hear him admit that her father wasn't a killer and confess his mistakes. They were no longer friends or family.

Lucian gulped, and he suddenly knelt before her.

It took her by surprise, but only for a moment. She then looked at him icily.

Lucian hung his head low. Choking up, he said, "I'm sorry, Caitlin. I'm sorry. The one who killed my dad was Josiah, not your father…"

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