Chapter 6
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I hadn’t expected Vanessa to be involved in this mess.
Damien, you really were unbelievably foolish.”
Having gotten the answer I wanted, I no longer had the heart to stay in the same room with him.”
As I stood up to leave, Damien hurriedly got up and called after me.”
“Elena, I know you hate me now. But whether you believe it or not, from beginning to end, I never intended to hurt you or your family.
I always treated Lily as if she were my own little sister…”
Tears slipped down from the corners of his eyes again.
I wiped my tears away, turned around, erased the questions on the writing board and picked up the pen again.”
[Does it matter if you ever thought about it? They’re dead, all because of you.]]
[Damien, you are guilty beyond redemption!]
Leaving the police station, Vanessa was also brought in under custody. Her face was panicked and she kept shouting, “What right do you have to arrest me? What crime have I committed? Let me go! Do you know who I am?“}]
When she saw me, her voice abruptly stopped.”
Ignoring the hatred in her eyes, I nodded to the officers in acknowledgment and walked away directly.”
After I left, Damien returned to the detention center and couldn’t sleep all night.”
Every time he closed his eyes, he saw Lily’s sweet smile as she called his name.”
She was only 19 years old. She should have had a bright future ahead. But because of him, everything was destroyed.”
Damien hated himself, but he hated those men and Vanessa even more. He belatedly realized that if Vanessa hadn’t deceived him, he would never have hired those scumbags.”
However, Vanessa refused to confess.”
She firmly denied ever knowing that Damien intended to do anything illegal when she introduced those people.”
After Damien learned of this, he sneered coldly and had his lawyer contact his older brother.”
The Cole Family had two children. Damien’s elder brother, Marcus, was a highly intelligent and capable man.”
When the Cole Family faced a crisis years ago, it was Marcus who turned the tide by advocating moving the family business
overseas.
Over the years, he not only expanded the Cole Family’s business abroad but also built considerable influence.
Within just a few days, Marcus had brought back the other three suspects from different countries.
It was the first time I met Marcus.
He bought back the company and the house I had once sold, placing everything in front of me.“]
“Back then, everyone thought the Cole Family was bankrupt and mocked Damien as a joke, but you stood by him without ever looking down on him. That’s why we trusted him to stay in the country and be with you. No one expected this kid to grow arrogant from favor and cause such a disaster.“}
“It’s our Cole Family that owes you. All these should have been yours from the start. If you want any compensation, just say the word. I don’t want to morally pressure you, but the Cole Family cannot have an heir who’s been to jail.“}
As he spoke, he slid a blank check across the table to me.
Looking at the check, I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.”
“Does the Cole Family really think money can fix everything? Marcus, I have no family left. Money, houses, what meaning do these things have to me now?”
“I will not issue a letter of forgiveness. If I did, I would never be able to face my parents and my sister for the rest of my life. As for whether the Cole Family has the connections to manipulate things, that’s your business.”}
I kicked Marcus out.
Along with that, I threw away the company’s equity transfer agreement and the property transfer papers.
Marcus didn’t contact me again, but instead hired a prominent lawyer with authority both domestically and internationally.
