Chapter 96 I Never See You As My Brother
âSo what if sheâs my sister? If she continues like this, I donât mind not having this sister,â Waldron said,
running his hand through his blonde bangs. âAll these absurd things she has been doing lately are
because of you spoiling her. You didnât teach her what she should have learned, and thatâs how she
developed this princess syndrome.â
âElva is like this because sheâs afraid of losing us,â Derrick thought, looking at Claudia with a complex
expression. âAs older brothers, we should pay more attention to her men tal state instead of mocking
her.â
âWho paid attention to Seraphinaâs men tal state?â
âHow come Elva, who was also adopted, was so pampered?â
After Waldron finished speaking, Derrick instinctively glanced at Claudia and remained silent, pursing
his lips.
Waldron crossed his arms and casually said, âElva, itâs enough for you to have a good brother like me.
Ervin and I like Seraphina. Besides, we are brothers, so itâs not good to resort to moral blackmail or get
physical.â
Upon hearing the sound of action, Derrick furrowed his brow. Just as he was about to say something,
Claudia interrupted him, âDerriek, can I ask you a question?â
She stared at him fixedly, with clear eyes and a cold voice.
She was very close to Ervin and Waldron, but she was very unfamiliar with him.
Derrickâs eyelashes drooped, concealing the disappointment in his
eyes.
âIf next time, Elva says that I hurt her again, will you blindly take her side?â
She finished speaking, and Derrick was taken aback.
Claudia chuckled, âIf thatâs the case, please donât lecture me as my older brother.â
âBecause I never considered you as my brother.â
Derrick shivered all over.
He did not treat her as Derrick, so naturally he could not discipline her in the name of Derrick.
She acknowledged her father, acknowledged her mother,
acknowledged Ervin and Waldron, but she refused to acknowledge
him.
It is fake to say that I didnât feel uncomfortable.
He opened his mouth, and his heart felt like a heavy stone pressing down on it, making it difficult for
him to breathe, causing his face to turn pale.
Without waiting for his reply, Claudia had already left.
When she left, her hands were still in her pockets.
There were the same small gifts inside.
Originally, this gift was also intended for Derrick.
Now, there was no need for it.
The gift and the person, both had to be abandoned.
Derrickâs preference for Elva didnât make her feel sad, because Ervin and Waldron also favored her. Itâs
difficult to please everyone, but as long as there is someone standing by her side, she is not alone.
But she was not a pushover and could not be easily manipulated by
others.
Like Waldron, she also did not like being morally blackmailed.
She opened her phone, and just then, Pedro sent a survey.
She saw Elvaâs name at a glance.
Pedro said that the Clayton family did not give Rosalie 800 thousand dollars. The money used to hire
the hitman was transferred from another account.
And this account was Elvaâs card overseas.
âShould we continue searching?â Pedro asked.
Claudia lowered her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings.
âChecked.â
She hoped the outcome was not what she had expected.
If the hired killer was not Rosalie but Elvaâ¦
Iâm sorry about that.
She had already lost her family and experienced that kind of pain. Afterward, she never wanted to lose
again.
***
Derrick stumbled upstairs and as he opened the door, Elvaâs video call
came through.
After the call was connected, Elvaâs playful expression appeared on the
screen.
âDerrick, when you come to see me tonight, bring me some fried chickenâ¦â
Derrick interrupted her and said, âElva, I didnât go to the hospital tonight.â
The smile on Elvaâs face froze, and she nervously asked, âWhatâs wrong, Derrick? Didnât you say you
would come to see me every night⦠What happened?â
Derrick looked at her in the video and said, âThe police investigation results are out, Elva. Seraphinaâs
fingers never even touched you.â
Elvaâs face turned pale.
âYou said someone pushed you back then, if it wasnât Seraphina, who else could it be?â
There was a strong weariness in Derrickâs plain words.
Elva bit her lower lip tightly until the taste of blood spread, then she choked out, âI donât know eitherâ¦
but at that moment, I really felt someone pushing meâ¦â
âSince the police have investigated and confirmed, it definitely wasnât my sister who pushed, but
Derrick, I didnât lieâ¦â
âYou made me misunderstand Seraphina,â Derrickâs voice was faint.
When Elva heard these words, she was horrified.
Now the Friedan family no longer had anyone to help her, except for
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Derrick. All those people had sided with Claudia.
If she lost Derrickâs support again, everything in the Friedan family would be far away from her in the
future.
She enjoyed more than twenty years of being the center of attention and living a luxurious life, which
made it impossible for her to live frugally.
She was both flustered and anxious, âI was unconscious at that time, I had no idea that you
misunderstood my sister. Later, I explained it in the hospital, my sister couldnât have pushed me, but I
donât know why you donât believe it.â
Tears were clinging to Elvaâs long eyelashes.
Derrick stood still in his tracks, holding his phone.
Yes, at that time Elva was unconscious, and he instinctively blamed her.
No one forced him, it was he who determined that Seraphina was a bad person.
He couldnât blame Elva. The one he should blame, the one he should reflect on, was himself.
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Thinking of Claudiaâs words âI never saw you as a brother either,â Derrickâs hand holding the phone
went limp, suddenly feeling weary.
âElva, I was a bit tired,â he hung up the phone weakly before Elva could say another word.
Elva widened her eyes, unable to believe everything in front of her.
This was the first time Derrick hung up the phone on his own.
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Derrick was the person who loved her the most, he would never treat himself like this before, it was all
because of Claudia.
She looked at the chat box on her phone and suddenly frowned.
She heard that Craig came to Wyvernport University. Craig had once mentored her and regarded her
as his proud protégé. Every year, she would go to Craigâs place for further studies.
The Friedan familyâs main field of business is in real estate. She has been studying architecture since
elementary school. When Craig arrived, she naturally went to support him.
I had planned to wait for Derrick to come in the evening and discuss this matter with him, but I didnât
expect to wait for anything.
How did we get to this point?
She looked at the empty ward and suddenly felt a little lost.
The sound of knocking on the door rang out, and she snapped back to reality, coldly saying, âCome in.â
When Elva saw the person walking in from outside, she furrowed her brows and said, âWhy did you
come?â
A reserved couple stood at the entrance, with the middle-aged woman sporting red curly hair and
wearing a cheongsam, while the man was dressed in a suit. They both appeared to be meticulously
dressed, but he awkwardly carried a snakeskin bag, which seemed quite out of place.
Elva saw them, her face full of disgust and disdain.
âWhy are you dressed like this? Didnât I give you money? Donât tell me you donât have money to buy
clothes again?â
The middle-aged woman walked over with her head held high and chest puffed out, saying, âDidnât your
stepmother wear this dress before? I saw it in the store and bought it. How does it look? Your biological
mother wearing it, isnât she worse off than her?â