NovelEnglishFelicia held the dish of peeled grapes, feeling a bit awkward under Imogen's gaze.
Then, she heard Imogen say leisurely, "Don't mind me. If necessary, I can pretend to be blind." Her implication was clear, telling Felicia to flaunt her affection all she wanted. She could just pretend to be blind.
Felicia was caught off guard and coughed slightly, only to have a cup of warm water placed in front of her by Stephan. He never concealed his care and attention for her, no matter who was around. Even when Imogen was at odds with Felicia before, Stephan's attitude had remained the same-open and unwavering.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Imogen, what were you two talking about regarding Archie and Johanna? What truth did you uncover?" Stephan asked.
The conversation between the two women had been vague, and he had only caught bits and pieces of information.
Imogen hesitated momentarily and chose not to reveal the full extent of the truth, especially the relationship between Archie and Johanna. Instead, she said, “Half a year ago, when the ship accident happened, Archie faked his death. I found evidence of it on his phone." Imogen took out her phone and pulled up a photo from her album. It was a screenshot she had taken from Archie's contacts.
"He saved this number under the n'Sir', and the call logs are frequent. I suspect he's working for this person or has made ssort of deal. Moreover..." She paused, struggling to continue, before gritting her teeth and saying, “He's been trying to trick information out of me. He made multiple attempts to get his hands on the Russell family's seal!" Stephan listened without much surprise.
Imogen was stunned. "You, You already knew?" "Yeah" "Since when? "Two years ago - Imogen was left speechless. Two years ago. That was when she had just started dating Archie. Back then, blinded by love, she had repeatedly urged Stephan to favor Archie.
She suddenly recalled Stephan's wamings. He had told her that Archie was too patient, the type to endure humiliation and bide for time, which meant that his ambitions were far from small, But at the time, she had been too enamored to listen and had only focused on paving the way for Archie.
How foolish she was Imogen berated herself internally before asking, "Stephan, what are you planning to do?* Stephan said softly, "Of course, I want to eliminate the problem at its root. But I was worried you'd be reluctant." He had wanted to act countless times in the past, but because of Imogen, he had always compromised, going so far as to give Archie opportunities to strike at him. Imogen took a deep breath and said decisively, "Do whatever you need to. I only have one condition-leave those two toShe wanted to personally make them pay-slowly and thoroughly.
H Stephan was genuinely surprised this time. Given Imogen's personality, was she really willing to give up on Archie? It seemed that Archie must have done something truly unforgivable to her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmA trace of cold, murderous intent flashed in Stephan's eyes before he quickly
concealed it. He replied, "As long as you've seen the in "Believe it or not, Archie tried to polsonthe very day he returned. He used a highly toxic substance. One shot of it could kill an elephant." the truth, that's what matters."
As he said that, he picked up the lab report from the deskbeside him and passed it to Imogen. He teared that she might waver and believe Archle once again Imogen didn't even glance at it. Instead, she said firmly, "I trust y defending those two scheming outsiders! That won't happen again! you. The past incident was my fault. I was so foolish that I didn't trust my own brother and kept
Imogen's eyes turned red.
Remembering how she had once threatened her ownXife in the rainforest and all the hurtful things.
she had said, she felt an overwhelming sense of guilt "I must have been out of my mind to say those things back then...”
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