Nicole looked at Eugene as she spoke and she appeared fanatical while repeating, “Eugene, Penny’s the culprit! It’s her! She mentioned before that she wanted to kill Olivia. She was the insider who collaborated with Lara to plot the assasination!”
At that moment, Eugene reached out and grabbed Nicole around her neck before suddenly pulling her toward him. There was a cold sneer on his lips then.
“I’m glad you’ve maintained your conscience and didn’t frame Hayden for this. Penny did come here before and she was the only one with the strongest motive, but who told you that Lara was the one who hired the assassin?” After Eugene said that, he suddenly shoved her as she fell back to the ground involuntarily. Hayden was shocked by that and he quickly rushed over to take her into his arms. “Nicole, are you alright?”
At that point, she trembled uncontrollably and she started to consider the situation slowly in her dazed state. Yes, I’ve jumped ahead of myself! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have made such a careless mistake.
She recollected herself and continued to argue, “Everyone knows that Theodore is Lara’s butler, so who else could it be, other than Lara? This is just a logical deduction.”
However, Eugene coldly responded, “How could you logically deduce that someone serving a sentence in prison masterminded this? You went to see Lara on the second day of last month and transferred one million to Theodore. Do you need me to bring out all of the evidence and lay them in front of you?”
At that point, Nicole fell to the ground in a heap and she felt as if her heart had sunken into a darkened abyss. She could not seem to control the tears from streaming down her face.
Naturally, she was not entirely upset because of Eugene’s ruthlessness, but she was terrified more than anything else. Eugene has indeed uncovered the truth. I’m doomed! Things are no longer possible between me and Eugene, but most importantly, he’s not going to let me off the hook. I targeted his mom!
Suddenly, there was a tapping sound of footsteps coming from the staircase and everyone turned to look in that direction. It was Olivia and she was dressed in a white hoodie and black leggings with her hair pulled back into a ponytail. She looked quite casual, but her beauty shone through.
As soon as Eugene saw her, the originally angry expression he had dissipated and there was a surprised look in his eyes. He could not seem to contain his upturned lips. Subsequently, he got up and walked over in a few strides to take her hand to lead her down the stairs. “Why did
you come downstairs?” Olivia glanced at him and answered, “I came to see how things went with you guys. Am I bothering you?”
“No.” As Eugene spoke, he took her hand into his and led her to the couch to take a seat. He chatted with her without any regard for the others. “Where’s North?” ‘He’s playing chess with Brian.”
“Is Brian still not admitting defeat?” Olivia smiled and said, “Yeah, Brian’s not letting go anytime soon. They played for three rounds and he lost all of them.” Eugene could not contain his laughter. “He asked for it.”
She nodded and agreed, “Yes. He seems quite happy despite losing, though.” Everyone downstairs looked at the two of them with stunned expressions. Neither of them exchanged lovey-dovey words with each other, but their intimate relationship was one that no one could ever intrude upon.
At that moment, Nicole’s heart ached badly. So, this is how Eugene behaves when he’s in love, huh? He was no longer cold and distant but a considerate and soft-spoken man. It was evident as he looked at Olivia with tenderness and affection in his eyes. It would be such a blessing to be his woman, but… Why can’t it be me? Why doesn’t he like me?
Meanwhile, Hayden helped Nicole up from the ground as he piped up, “Eugene, have you. investigated everything clearly? There is not reason for Nicole to go after Mrs. Nolan. She is in love with you, so she wouldn’t bear to hurt your mom.”
Eugene held Olivia’s hand and sneered coldly, “Who does she love? She only loves herself. You’re right. She has no reason to target my mom. That’s why she made use of this point ’cause she’s so great at seeing through one’s. thoughts. She wanted to use Lara and get rid of Olivia on her behalf. That was why she worked together with her and supplied the map to Lara so that Lara could hire assassins to get rid of my mom first.
The next step would be for the assassins to get rid of Olivia. She plotted everything perfectly. Since she didn’t have any motive to target my mom, I would never have suspected her. By then, once I realized that the people who went after my mom were the same bunch of people who went after Olivia, I would naturally eliminate her from my list of suspects.”
