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Chapter 1252
“Okay, I can help the Summer family this time, but whether it succeeds will depend on
you,” Zephyr said.
Harriet was overjoyed. As long as Zephyr was willing to help, the circumstances would
change.
“Zephyr, as long as you help the Summer family this time, we will never forget your
kindness. The Summer family will cede more benefits to the Scott family in the future
merger.”
However, Harriet’s words did not evoke even the slightest joy within Zephyr. No matter
how many benefits he received, it was nothing significant.
His joy had completely vanished in the car accident back then.
Riley didn’t expect that Zephyr would take the initiative to meet her.
She met Zephyr in the private room of a private club in Lommore.
Right when Riley stepped into the private room, she heard a buzzing in her ears.
Confusion flashed across her face.
Zephyr, sitting in a chair, explained indifferently, “It just destroyed and temporarily
disabled all the electronic devices you’re carrying on you. They will be functional once you
leave the room. I just don’t want our conversation in this room to be recorded.”
“What? Our conversation can never see the light of day?” Riley asked sarcastically.
Zephyr stared at the woman in front of him. The woman he had once loved with his entire
being was glaring at him with hatred burning in her
eyes.
They were only a few steps away from each other, yet it felt like a chasm had opened up
between them.
“I already know that it was the Summer family’s fault that you were sent to a psychiatric
hospital, but it was already done. You can’t change the past. Now, how about we talk
about compensation?” Zephyr offered, making it seem like a business negotiation.
“Compensation?” Riley suddenly burst out laughing. “You’re saying you want to
compensate me?”
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“The Summer family will only get a small slap on the wrist even if you continue causing a
scene about it, and it won’t do you any good. Your shares from before have already been
diluted to little to none after they had been transferred over and over again. Now, you
should be thinking about ways to gain sufficient benefits to continue with your life.”
Riley suddenly felt like she no longer knew the man in front of her, as if he was a complete
stranger.
Or maybe she had never known the real him in the first place.
Zephyr’s voice continued to ring in her ear. “I can ask the Summer family to return your
portion of the shares and compensate another 20 million dollars. You may choose to go
abroad or stay in Lommore. Both are fine. Your accommodation and necessities will be
arranged if you wish to go abroad. I can buy you a mansion here in Lommore if you decide
to stay here. It’s better than living in the simple rental home you’re currently staying at.”
“So, what do you need me to do? Don’t say you’re giving me all these benefits without me
having to lift a finger?” She looked at him impassively.
“All you have to do is announce publicly that you’ve fully recovered, move back into the
Summer residence, and reconcile with members of the Summer family. On the surface, at
least,” Zephyr listed.
“Zephyr, you knew Harriet and the others framed me, and I was forcibly admitted into the
psychiatric hospital despite my lack of insanity, but you still want me to lie that I used to
be a mental patient to the public? You want me to put on an act that the Summer family
and I have reconciled, and the only reason I recovered was because they admitted me into
the hospital, and I even have to thank them for it?”
The sarcasm dripping in Riley’s voice made Zephyr frown. “Those are already in the past.
What you should be thinking about now is how to live your life in the future. Do you think
you can rely on Rosalie and the Youngblood family for the rest of your life?”
“It looks like you can’t even differentiate right from wrong. You speak so lightly of my
trauma. Imagine you’re in your prime, and someone locks you up in a psychiatric hospital
for so many years. Can you still do as you said?” Riley asked.
“What do you want then?” Zephyr asked coldly.
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“What do I want? I want the public to know the truth and the Summer family to get what
they deserve!” she shouted. “Do you know how it feels for a healthy person to be forced
into receiving treatment in a psychiatric hospital? Do you know what it feels like to be
abused and tortured as if you’re an animal every day? Even…”
Riley suddenly raised her right hand. Her missing finger stuck out painfully.
“Do you know how my finger broke?” Riley questioned with a smile.
Yet, Riley’s smile evoked an inexplicable uneasiness within Zephyr, as if the truth was
something he couldn’t bear to know.
Zephyr’s mouth opened and closed before he finally uttered, “How… did it break?”
“Do you remember the wedding ring you gave me? You left the ring with me after you
bought it. On the day I was thrown into the psychiatric hospital, I happened to be wearing
it. That day, I slid it onto my finger. Sadness and sorrow drowned me because I knew you
had become the laughingstock after my car accident with Nicholas. I swore I would marry
and love you for the rest of my life if you believed that I didn’t betray you. If you didn’t,
then I will break off the engagement and shoulder all the criticism and disgrace so that
you won’t suffer any grievance.”
For Riley, it had been a decision she pondered and weighed hundreds of times. Yet, she
was so calm when she finally voiced it.
Zephyr wouldn’t know how nervous and scared Riley was when she decided at that time.
It was because Riley loved Zephyr and didn’t want him to suffer more harm from the
incident. She was willing to carry all the sufferings alone.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmYet, Riley didn’t expect that fate would play such a huge joke on her.
Zephyr’s face turned grave slightly as if he had never considered that she had made such
a decision at that time.
“You said you wanted me to trust you, but how could I believe you love me when you and
Nicholas acted like that?” Zephyr demanded as he stared at Riley.
Riley glanced at Zephyr nonchalantly. “It seems like we wouldn’t be together anyway,
even if I wasn’t sent to a psychiatric hospital because you never trusted me in the first
place.
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Chapter 1252
Suddenly, Zephyr felt wretched, but why would he even feel like that? He was still
superior, while Riley was just the eldest daughter of the Summer family who lost
everything.
Riley paused before continuing, “It’s up to you to believe what I’m about to say next. I was
forcibly admitted into a psychiatric hospital with this ring on my finger. Harriet claimed I
didn’t deserve to wear the ring. I struggled a lot when I was admitted to the hospital at
first, so my fingers were red and swollen, and the ring couldn’t be taken off at all. Do you
know what she did next?”
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