When Olivia heard what Azalea had said, she frowned and said in dissatisfaction, “It’s entirely your fault that you ended up like this! Which country has laws that permit instigating crowds to harm others but prohibit people from turning others’ plans against them?
Even if we did make you part of the plan, we were just doing it to realize your daydreams and save you. It was your mistake to hire people who ended up bullying you. You weren’t even wary of your subordinates, so how can you blame other people for that?
We haven’t even held you accountable for your actions, but you’re already finding excuses!” Then, she looked at Eugene and uttered coldly, “She still has to work on her reflections. I don’t want to see her again, so please cut off all ties between you and her. Don’t forget, I saved your life, so you should repay my kindness now!”
Eugene immediately took her hand and coaxed, “All right, don’t be mad. I know you’ve been wronged, and I won’t do it ever again.” As he spoke, he glared at Azalea. “Are you going to deal with Cameron yourself, or shall I do it for you?”
Azalea looked up at him with tears streaming down her face against her wishes. At that moment, she truly felt an infinite expanse between her and this man; they could never be together. She had wondered why Shannon would suddenly wake up that day, and she realized that Shannon probably sensed something off about the water back then.
If not, how could they listen to her conversation in the restaurant? Shannon must have followed Azalea when she left. Hence, Shannon only recorded half of her conversation, which took place after the waiter left. By the looks of it, Shannon had probably bribed the waiter. However, Azalea had no idea if Shannon did it of her own accord or if Eugene told her to do it.
“How did you know about our plans? Could it be that instead of sending Shannon to protect me, you just wanted to keep an eye on me?” Azalea asked as tears streamed down her face in injustice.
Suddenly, Eugene’s eyes turned cold as if he were staring at a stranger. His voice was slightly nonchalant as well. “I never suspected you before that day, and even if I thought something was wrong, I never once thought of linking it to you. When I carried out an investigation and found out that you were the one who sent the three killers to Cardinal Tower, I finally started connecting the dots.
I trusted you so much, and now I’m completely disappointed in you! That day, Shannon happened to call me, telling me that you put sleeping pills in her glass and sneaked out. I told her to go after you purely because I wanted to know what you were trying to do, but I never thought I’d hear such a huge conspiracy!”
As soon as she heard that, she felt a crushing sense of loss, guilt, and pity. There’s still hope for my friendship with Eugene if I can curb my insatiable avarice. Olivia is right; I’ve blown every hand of good cards I’ve ever had!
“If you only targeted me, I’ll let you off the hook because you’ve previously saved my life. However, you had targeted my wife and children, so I cannot forgive you. I can hand you over either to the police or your brother. Make your choice!”
Azalea looked at him in terror. “Are you seriously going to hand me over to the police?”
“You’re the one who did this to yourself, and I don’t want people close to me spending their days in danger and fear. I believe I’ve repaid enough of your kindness, so Azalea, we won’t have anything to do with each other from now on. Even if we meet in the future, we’ll just be strangers. Of course, I hope I won’t see you ever again.”
She lifted her teary gaze and repeated, “Never see each other again? Eugene, I came here to seek refuge. How could you do this to me?”
