âEarl is not the same as Duke. They are two completely different people!â Catherine yelled in a low voice, âBefore you knew Earl, he had already been with countless women. His female companion changed everyday, and they are never the same. Heâs treating you well because he finds you fresh.
When the novelty wears off, you will be abandoned by him, like me.â
âIs that so?â Adina smiled. âIâm more beautiful than you, and I have more dimensions than you. I donât think Iâm not even able to make him fall for me. Like now, Iâve asked him to send you out of Sea City, and he is doing it without saying anything. I asked him to leave the room, and he obediently went out.
Youâve met Earl for so many years. Have you ever seen him acting upon the whims of a woman like that?â
Adinaâs words stabbed Catherineâs chest like a sharp knife.
She clenched her fists tightly to suppress her grief, discontentment, and jealousy.
âAs long as Earl can treat my kids as his own, I can live the rest of my life with him,â Adina continued.
âHe looks identical to Duke. When he is gentle, even their smiles are identical. As long as I hypnotize myself, I can treat him as Duke and the man I love the most. Either way, life will still go on no matter who I live with, and I donât really care.â
Catherine started shaking.
She had waited for Earl for so many years. She had waited for him to come out of the shadows, waited for him to start being an upright person, and waited for herself to marry him.
fantasized about was being taken forcefully sent her away just to give in. She If you had not cooperated with him to kill my husband, I wouldnât even have spared him a glance,â
I say Duke is not gritted her teeth and in Adinaâs cold and desolate was true or fake, but she was willing to before she scoffed and said,â Everyone says heâs dead, and now youâre saying that he if Duke is really still alive, will âThere is no ifâ¦â
Adina looked down and suppressed the trembling of her fingers.
âEarl himself is actually unsure whether Duke is dead or not. More precisely, Duke is missing, and his status is unknown.â Catherine lowered her voice and softly said, âA month ago, on your wedding day, Earl set up a trap to lure Duke, and Duke was caught in my apartment in the end. Earl ordered me to wash away Dukeâs memories over the past twenty years, but guess what?â
Catherine looked at Adinaâs eyes. âDuring the process of washing his memories, Duke was calling your name. He kept calling your name again and again to strengthen the memories where the two of you met. Because of this, I failed to wash his memories away. The process was very painful, and he was very strongâwilled and refused to cooperate. In the end, he could not bear it, and he fainted.â
Adina was completely stunned.
She looked up in disbelief. âIs everything you say true?â.
âIf Ilie, I will die,â Catherine said in a deep voice. âDuke loves you so much. Even when his life was threatened, he refused to forget you. But youâre actually willing to commit yourself to Dukeâs elder brother just to have a worryâfree life. Are you worthy of Dukeâs love?â
Adinaâs long eyelashes trembled. âYou failed to purge his memories, so where did he go, then?â