Chapter 880
âWhy?â Vicky asked.
âThatâs because when he first returned to the Hart family, not a single one of them welcomed him back.
In fact, he was ostracized by everyone there. After all, he didnât grow up in the family. Besides, whoâd
welcome a person who suddenly appeared to fight for the familyâs inheritance?â
Vicky already knew Tylerâs biological parents were not kind to Tyler, but she could not help asking,
âWhat about his parents? No matter what, heâs their biological son, so they mustâve welcomed him.â
Aria scoffed. âThanks to you, Tylerâs relationship with his parents is very strained. In the beginning, his
parents had someone in mind for him to marry once he was back. This was their way of showing him
they cared about him.
âHowever, for people like you and him who think love triumphs over all, you guys think that itâs
ridiculous to be in an arranged marriage in this day and age. In a family like mine, itâs something quite
common. The familyâs survival trumps everything, Vicky. Only then do we have the time to think about
other things such as matters of the heart.
âAt that time, Tyler had just returned to the Hart family. The fastest way for him to gain a firm foothold is
to form an alliance with another family through marriage. But he was dating you then, and he refused to
break up with you. In fact, he even said that he could do without the Hart family, but
not without you.
âHis parents were enraged. They felt that Tyler didnât understand that with his status at that time, heâd
be as good as dead if he didnât return to the Hart family as the rest of the family would never allow
someone like him to exist.
âThus, to make him understand the importance of power, his parents decided to make his company go
under. They were confident that Tyler would have no choice but to grovel himself before them after he
was left with nothing.â
Vicky was shocked to hear all that. âAre you saying that the period where he was dealing with one
problem after another in his company was because of his parents?â
âYes,â said Aria. To destroy a company that Tyler built with his sweat and tears over the years was
nothing but childâs play to the Hart family, who have all the power and
resources in the world. However, to let him experience what true despair tastes like, his parents
deliberately gave him some hope that his company would survive the attacks before dealing him the
fatal blow.â
Here, Aria paused for a while and looked straight at Vicky with eyes filled with contempt.
âFortunately for his parents, it was at that time you told him you wanted a divorce. Not many wouldâve
survived the loss of a company and marriage at the same time. However, to everyoneâs surpriseâ¦â
Aria shook her head and sighed lightly. âHeâd rather give up the whole world than give up on you.â
Vicky felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She never knew these things.
Aria smirked and said, âHis parents had many tricks up their sleeves which are more than enough to
deal with a poor, powerless girl like you. Iâve seen you from afar in some of the banquets youâve
attended with his mother. My, my, how those who only know how to suck up to those more powerful
than them bullied you.
âOf course, you were one tenacious woman, Iâll give you that. You didnât back down and kept persisting
in the face of all difficulties. After that, she knew itâd take more than that to make you give up your
marriage so she changed her tactic â¦and in the end, you did break up with Tyler.â
By then, Vickyâs breathing had become labored, and she sweated profusely.
âDo you knowâ¦what tactic she used?â she asked.
âFor those who like money, you can give them money. For those who arenât confident, you only need to
bring down their self-esteem. And for those who passed every test⦠Well, letâs just say their love must
be real,â Aria answered.â Your weakness was Tyler, and his parents only needed to manipulate him for
you to do what they wanted.
âAlthough the two of you were indeed forced to break up, the hurt you caused him during the process
was very real to him. Moreover, poisoning him was the most unforgivable sin you made against himâ¦â
Ariaâs voice gradually became blurrier as if it was coming from another world, until the words became
completely meaningless to Vicky. While this was all happening, she suddenly got a splitting headache
before finally passing out.
Aria, who was still talking, was startled by Vickyâs sudden fainting. At first, she thought that Vicky
pretended to pass out so that she could frame her. However, she turned to look back at the door and
did not see Tyler.
She nudged Vickyâs body just to make sure and realized that Vicky genuinely had fainted. It was then
she, in a panic, went to look for Tyler.