Chapter 1057: Chapter 1060

Chapter 1060

Vicky locked eyes with Elijah. “Did you and Tyler conspire together from the beginning when you came

to order dresses from my studio?”

Elijah hurriedly replied, “No. There was nothing like that at that time.”

“Not at that time? So… was it when you picked me up from the hospital?”

Elijah could not bear to meet Vicky’s gaze. “It wasn’t then, either… I was refusing to get married, and

Grandma was worried about me. To make me marry, she lied to me about having a terminal illness…

My fiance was indeed someone I hastily found to deal with the pressure. After the scandal about us

started circulating, my ex-fiance was furious, and we had a big fight. She even suggested breaking up.

At that time, I had already discussed with my family that I would bring my fiance home… It was only out

of desperation that I came up with the idea of asking for your help. When I heard you were hospitalized,

I went to see you… The things I said to you in the car at that time were all true. It’s just that…” Elijah

felt extremely guilty about Vicky and could hardly look into her eyes.

He had asked for Vicky’s help, and she had agreed. He owed her a favor, yet he ended up betraying

her.

Old Madam Harrisons intervened, taking over the conversation as Elijah seemed incapable of

continuing. “Let me explain what happened next. The day after Elijah brought us to meet you, Tyler

came to us. He proposed that we cooperate with him in putting up an act and promised the Harrisons

family some corresponding rewards.”

At that time, the Harrisons were indeed in a difficult situation, so Old Madam Harrisons and the others

did not hesitate before agreeing to Tyler’s proposal.

After all, pretending to accept Vicky into the family in exchange for the prosperity of the family was an

incredibly profitable deal, especially when the engagement was not real to begin with.

For the Harrisons, it was a heaven-sent opportunity.

Vicky looked at Old Madam Harrisons. “So, does that mean that the warmth and kindness all of you

have shown me during this time were all an act? None of it was real?”

Old Madam Harrisons fell silent for a moment. “Vicky, you should know that when I first met you, I

genuinely liked you and treated you as my granddaughter-in-law. I didn’t have high expectations for

Elijah, and I just hoped he could find a woman who genuinely wanted to be with him, even if she had

been divorced before.”

Old Madam Harrisons did not directly answer the question, but Vicky already had the answer in her

heart.

In fact, upon hearing the truth, she understood that no matter how kind and gentle Old Madam

Harrisons seemed, she would not hesitate to turn her back on Vicky if it benefited her family. It did not

matter if she was truly

engaged to Elijah or not.

In these aristocratic families, genuine feelings were rare, and interests always came first.

At that moment, the questions that had puzzled her before gradually found their answers.

Vicky turned to look at Missus Harrisons. “So, on that night when I went to the wrong room, you

changed the room number after I entered, didn’t you?”

She remembered clearly that she had gone to the room that Aurora mentioned, but the next day, when

she left, she found that the room number was different from what she had seen the night before.

Vicky never found out how that could have happened and was left with no options but to think of it as

her own mistake.

Thinking back, Vicky realized that Aurora tricked her into that room, and the Harrisons family changed

the room number afterward.

Missus Harrisons parted her lips and muttered, “Yes…”

Vicky asked, “When you were having a discussion in the living room about the Harrisons family

offending Tyler Hart, going bankrupt, and having to move out of the mansion overnight… That was also

an act, right?”

No one spoke and their silence confirmed everything Vicky had thought.

She chuckled. “What grievance it must have been for all of you to put up such an act only to fool me.”

As she laughed, tears began to well in her eyes. However, not a single tear rolled down her cheeks.

She stood from her seat and stepped outside stiffly.

Elijah felt guilty and stood to console Vicky, but Old Madam Harrisons stopped him by shaking her

head. Elijah ended up standing in place.