Liam glared at her, eyes blazing with fury. “Even if that true, you shouldn’t have just left to deliver food without telling anyone! Don’t you know Helen and I were waiting for you? We waited over two hours!”
What really got to him was that Helen had spent the entire afternoon looking around for Caroline–and even hurt her hand.
More and more, he felt that Caroline was just a walking disaster.
Whoever got involved with her would end up miserable
Hearing that, Caroline couldn’t help but sneer
Waited for her for two hours?
That sounded so touching.
Anyone who didn’t know the truth might actually be moved–moved by how patient he was, waiting there for hours.
“You were waiting for me, or were you just waiting for me to show up and sign the papers?”
Caroline’s words made Liam’s eyes flicker, though he still pretended nothing was wrong.
“I was waiting for you. Don’t try to twist the story just to dodge the facts!”
He was certain–he and Helen had never mentioned anything about the loan to her. Caroline couldn’t possibly know.
Just as he felt confident and righteous, Caroline’s next sentence drained the color from his face.
“You think I don’t know about your disgusting little scheme? If I’d shown up to that place again, I would’ve walked right into your trap and signed off on hundreds of thousands in loans without even knowing it!”
She deliberately raised her voice–not just so Edwin in the living room could hear but also for Miguel, who was out on the balcony trimming flowers..
She wanted them to hear it all loud and clear–just how low Liam could stoop.
Especially Miguel. He despised liars and manipulators the most–let’s see how he reacted to this.
The living room fell into a tense silence when her words dropped.
Edwin turned to look at Liam, eyes narrowing. “Liam, what’s this about the loan?”
He did know Liam wanted Caroline to take out the loan And honestly, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.
After all, they’d raised her, fed her, houséd her.
Helping with a loan? Totally fair.
But if Liam was trying to trick her into it, now that was different.
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Even Miguel, who’d been quietly pruning flowers, stopped what he was doing. His expression shifted as he turned to stare at Liam, waiting for his answer.
He’d always kept himself out of factory matters–but hearing Liam try to manipulate Caroline into unknowingly signing off on a huge loan? Even he was shocked.
And he wanted to know if it was truc.
If Caroline was telling the truth, then Liam had gone too far.
So many eyes locked onto Liam that he momentarily lost his composure.
He clenched his fists and slammed one down hard onto the coffee table with a loud thud, trying to hide the panic in his heart.
“Caroline, stop spewing nonsense! I’m not some lowlife who’d pull that kind of thing!”
He prided himself on being a decent man. So what if he tried to be selfish just this once?
It hadn’t even worked out–yet she had the nerve to call him out in front of everyone!
So humiliating!
Faced with his denial, Caroline gave a soft snort and leaned back lazily into the couch, switching into a relaxed pose. “You’re not scared of lying through your teeth–what, don’t think you’ll have nightmares tonight?”
“Don’t you start with that smug tone!” Liam snapped. “I haven’t even gotten mad at you, and now you’re flipping the blame on me?”
Just as the tension spiked again, Edwin cut in with a harsh bark, “Enough! Both of you, quiet!”
Each of them had their version of the story, but he only trusted what he could see with his own eyes.
And what he saw today did match what Liam had said Caroline had been acting weird, talking back,, refusing to cook dinner.
That alone was enough to prove, in his mind, that she was just trying to push responsibility and smear Liam’s name.
Having made up his mind, he turned to Caroline, his gaze stern with judgment. “I won’t get into what happened today or what you’ve done while I was away but starting tomorrow, I want everything to return to how it was before I left. Can you do that?”
His words were phrased like a question, but his tone left no room for argument—it was an order.
Caroline’s dark eyes curved slightly, her lips lifting into a half–smile as she stared at Edwin’s ‘stern father figure‘ act.
Exactly what she expected.
So he didn’t believe her. Big deal.
It wasn’t just Edwin–she could live without them believing her. She didn’t care.
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She’d already died once. What else was left to lose?
In this life, she’d be the one to love herself–completely fiercely.
She didn’t need anyone else’s love. And she wouldn’t beg for it either.
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Off to the side, Liam saw she still hadn’t answered and snapped coldly, “Caroline! Edwin is talking to you!”
She used to ignore everything he said, but now that Edwin was back, let’s see if she still dared act like this.
