âFor revenge, to avenge your husband, you made up these stories and you canât sayââ
Mrs. Meyer was interrupted by a slap. She stared at what her husband did to her in disbelief, âYou hit me?â
âBella Bennett, youâre awful. My eyes are really blinded.â Finn looked at his wife like she was a stranger. He shook his head and took a step back step by step. Over the years, he couldnât forget Maria. He was blinded by hatred, but he thought he was treating this woman who was his wife kindly.
But he suddenly discovered that the culprit of everything was actually her, the person who was lying next to his pillow every night.
That time in the hospital, the doctor told him that the cause of Maria and his childâs death was by an injection. Sis-in-law was so frightened that she had to be admitted to the hospital too. He thought they were acting for him to see, so he asked the doctor not to tell them the cause of Mariaâs death. He secretly vowed to seek justice for Maria. But he didnât expect that after more than 20 years, he discovered that he had been looking for the wrong enemy.
Bella laughed instead. She knew that she still lost. She lost to a woman who had been dead for more than 20 years. That woman had penetrated into her husbandâs bones. Even if she treated him wholeheartedly for so many years, she couldnât match with that woman. How ridiculous.
âIâm awful? Finn Meyer, even though I am, Iâm not as awful as you. Your best brother, your brother who gives you whatever you want. You said you wanted to start your own business, he gave you a start-up capital, introduced you to business and supported you. But you were being ungrateful. You bought his trusted aides, deliberately restrained Hoyle Group, sold internal secrets to its competitors, and let them fight with their own. You want to surpass your brother, but you arenât as good as him and you donât have his wisdom. Youâre envy of him, envy of his outstanding son, but you have no heir. Your brother had chest pain, and with the pills you brought, you secretly replaced them with vitamins. Iâm cruel is because I love you, I want you. But you, your murder is invisible and youâre more awful than me.â
âSo thatâs how it is.â Alan finally found the most reasonable explanation for his fatherâs death.
Alan had always suspected that his fatherâs death was strange, but couldnât find the evidence. He never thought that a quarrel between them could spit out all the truth.
Finn knew that he couldnât hide from the situation anymore. Years of deployment and management were just a joke. He identified the wrong person and took revenge at the wrong person. Just like his spiritual pillar for many years suddenly collapsed. His whole person was obviously utterly depressed.
He also didnât want to justify what he had done.
Just one, he wanted to talk to Alan Hoyle.
âAlan, whatever you want to say, Iâll admit it all. Iâm sorry. But Ophelia, she grew up with you. Although she had done some wrong things, itâs fortunate that it didnât cause particularly serious consequences.
You and Ms. Steele have reunited too. I hope you see Opheliaâs love for you and let her go.â
Ophelia shed tears. What her mother said just now, for a moment, she really almost thought that her father didnât love her. That he just looked at her as an outsider and treated her good. But when she heard this, her tears couldnât stop falling.
âDad, what about mom? She did those things because she loves you too. Can you forgive her too and not be angry with her?â
âThese are two different things. Ophelia, apologize to Ms. Steele and ask for her forgiveness.â Although Finn resented his wife for what she did in the past, his daughter was always his. He once regarded her as a jewel in his heart. As a father, even if he had acted utterly devoid of conscience, his natural fatherly love still wanted to keep his daughter safe.
He deeply knew that since Alan would break off relations with his mother for the sake of Olive Steele, he knew how heavy the weight of Olive in his heart. As long as Ophelia got Oliveâs forgiveness, Alan was less likely to act upon Ophelia.
But Ophelia wasnât a person who would easily confess her mistakes. Her hateful eyes like daggers shot at Olive, âI donât want to.â
Asking her to lower her head and say sorry to this woman was worse than killing her.
âOphelia, listen to me.â Finn looked at her sternly and instantly pushed Ophelia to Oliveâs side.
This child, why didnât she understand that he was doing this for her own good? A momentary being humble was nothing. A person needed to be ready to give and take. She would understand this later.
Opheliaâs eyes were red and felt that she had lost her dignity. All thanked to the woman in front of her.
She hated her. So what if she lost? So what if she ever harmed her? It wasnât enough to quell the blazing hatred in her heart.
âOlive Steele, Alan and I were childhood sweethearts. Before you knew him, Iâve liked him for eighteen years. You stole Alan from me. Youâre completely the third person.â
Kentâs voice was like a ghost and laughed from the top, âIf unrequited love is a flower, this is a strange flower.â
Some crowd had scattered and they couldnât help but chuckled.
Finn stared nervously at Olive. He thought that he really had spoiled his daughter. He had always taught her to hold herself aloft, but he forgot that people sometimes need to bend their waist.
Olive wasnât angry. If she was, she would be fooled by this woman. She smiled a little, âMs. Meyer, just because you like that person, it doesnât mean that person will definitely like you back. Love is about two feelings being happy. Whether itâs unrequited love or a secret love, there is nothing wrong with the occurrence of love. But Ms. Meyer, I think your so-called love is just a toy in the shop window. Before you have the ability to have him, youâre not willing he was to be taken by others first and you try every means to keep him by yourself. So, you donât have the right to label me as a third person. And you donât know true love is. You donât even know how to love someoneââ
Ophelia impatiently interrupted her, âI donât need you to teach meââ
And Finn sternly interrupted his daughter, âOpheliaâ¦â
Olive took her words back, âMr. Meyer, you donât have to force Ms. Meyer to apologize to me. As long as she doesnât do any harm to me, my daughter, and my family, I have no intention to do anything to your daughter.â
As for how her husband wanted to deal with the Meyer, she felt that she had no place to intervene.
There had to be an end to these old diseases.
Simon led two burly eastern men in black quietly into their center. After giving a slight nod to Alan, he turned to face Finn Meyer, âMr. Meyer, Mrs. Meyer, and Ms. Meyer, since you all have admitted, then please go to the police station with us to record your confessions and go through the relevant procedures. I believe you know what is waiting for you, so I donât need to say it anymore.â
This sudden change of identity surprised everyone. Wasnât Simon Ace an assistant to Alan Hoyle?
When did he become a policeman?
Finn also frozen for a while, âHow are youâ¦â
Simon showed his work permit and arrest warrant, âMy apology. This is my true identity. I have permanent residency in China, which is what you call Chinese nationality. I actually have been investigating you for a long time. I also suspect that your company is involved in smuggling. I believe Iâll be able to prove you soon.â
Mrs. Meyer and Ophelia were extremely uncooperative. They were struggling hard when the handcuffs fell on their wrists.
The man in black said, âBe a little bit honest.â
Finn initiatively stretched out his hands, âCan you let me say a few words?â
Simon shrugged, âSure.â
Finn walked to Alan, âAlan, for the sake of Opheliaâs feeling for you, can you not sue her?â
Alan simply said, âIâll take a look at her repentance first. I canât let someone who is dangerous to my wife and children out.â
Finn opened his mouth and finally said out two words, âThank you!â
They had reached until this point. It was useless to say more.
He initially thought that Alan would use Kent Bai to destroy him. But he didnât expect that he would be punished legally. What kind of sentence he would get, he knew best. But Ophelia was still young.
Although she had made mistakes, it wasnât worth it to destroy her life.
The next day on Jiangchengâs newspaper was uproarious. Even the least eye-catching tabloids were all sold out.
What the streets were talking about was the sudden change of the rich. They discovered that Mrs.
Meyer, who appeared at the Buddhist Charity Gala, turned out to be a cruel two-faced person. Her so-
called worship to Buddha wasnât meant to pray for the dead, but it was just to ask for her own peace.
âThese rich people are worse than the other.â
âYes.â
âThey deserve it.â
âThey will rot in hell when they die.â
âDo you guys know that the plane crash turned out to be a fake? It was a smoke bomb that Alan Hoyle laid to confuse Finn Meyer.â
âHow can I not know? I heard that Finn Meyer found an international infamous assassin and made a group of lackeys to kill Alan Hoyle. The fight on the plane was terrible. But in the end, Alan Hoyle and his friend managed to control the situation and saved everyone on the plane.â
A woman looked at Alanâs handsome face on the newspaper and self-pitied, âWhy canât I meet such a remarkable man?â
Someone on the side laughed, âYou can just keep dreaming. Not everyone can have Olive Steeleâs life.â
âI donât want an outstanding man. Iâm satisfied with a great daughter. This child is way too cute.â
âYeah, yeah. You donât have that high-quality genes to pass on to your future daughter and you canât find such high-quality genes to pair with you.â
âCanât I just daydreaming? Donât you ever daydream about it? I dare to say it out loud, but you donât.
Hypocrite!â