Chapter 14
Two months later, it was not until Brent heard those words deeply hidden in Adeline’s heart that he finally remembered what she had said when he asked her to apologize to Mariah after she got
burned.
“I didn’t splash Mariah. If you don’t believe me, you can check the surveillance footage.‘
He finally began to doubt the truth of that incident and decided to check the surveillance footage of
the restaurant at that time.
Due to a two–month gap, the surveillance footage from that time had long been overwritten. However, he stubbornly wanted to seek the truth and hired professionals to recover that footage.
Finally, I also saw the truth that he had ignored at that time.
The surveillance couldn’t hear any sound, but only by watching the video, it was evident that the person who had a smug and disdainful expression after leaving to answer a phone call and kept talking incessantly was Mariah.
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The woman who glanced at herself and suddenly picked up the scalding soup and poured it on
herself was Mariah.
The truth, like a powerful slap, fiercely struck Brent’s face.
How stupid could he be to not even see through such poor acting, and to make Adeline apologize, causing his Adele to hit her head and get fifteen stitches?
But what was he doing back then? He left Adeline and never went to see her again just because
Mariah shouted in pain.
The day she was finally discharged from the hospital, she saw him. However, he made the culprit who framed her sit in the passenger seat and gave Mariah the jade pendant she had given him.
How much Adeline must have been heartbroken back then?
And now, Mariah stood in front of him, looking embarrassed, and tried to blur the facts, covering up the truth from the past. “What thing, what trap, Brent, what are you talking about? Why can’t I
understand?”
She carefully observed his expression, sat down beside him, and wanted to grab his sleeve.
Just like every time in the past, as long as she acted coquettishly, he would no longer care about anything.
After all, the person he loved was her, wasn’t it?
Just this time, her wishful thinking fell completely flat, just like the hand that tried to grab his
sleeve.
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“Mariah, this is your last chance. You should understand that I wouldn’t come to you if I didn’t have any evidence.”
He gave her a cold glance, his distant and rejecting demeanor making Mariah feel a lump in her throat for a moment. Finally, unable to contain herself, she turned away with a pout and moved
back towards him again.
“But Brent, you were going to get divorced sooner or later anyway, I just wanted to make her give up and leave early. I know I was wrong, please don’t be mad at me~
The elongated ending sound revealed a coquettish posture, but this time the previously foolproof
trick did not yield the same result.
“Who told you I was getting a divorce? You’re making assumptions!”
He breathed heavily and pushed her away as soon as she approached. Mariah was caught off guard, was pushed back, and fell straight backward.
“Ah!”
At the moment when the exclamation sounded, Brent had already stood up and was ready to leave. Seeing that he had no intention of staying, Mariah was truly aggrieved this time. Her eyes turned
red, and tears kept swirling in her eyes. Finally, big drops fell. Her voice was filled with incredulous questioning, “If you don’t plan to divorce, then why did you come to find me?”
Brent paused for a moment, but in the end, he still didn’t turn back and continued walking towards
the door.
“Mariah, I just saw you as a friend, it was you who overthought it.”
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