Chapter 1406
Albert hesitated for a moment and whispered, “As long as you help me out, the Jewell estate will be yours. Your mother and I built the home together. Entrusting it to you rather than someone else puts my mind at ease. You can remarry Keegan once it’s in your possession. You’ll have a strong backing. And with this dowry, the Kane family won’t dare to underestimate you.”
Stella lowered her gaze and laughed. The timing of the laughter was rather peculiar. “It sure is nice of you to think of me at a time like this,” she said.
Albert could not quite figure out Stella’s meaning. “Having raised you for so many years, I’ve long considered you my own even though we’re not connected by blood,” he stated affectionately.
“Is that so…?” Stella pondered Albert’s words and looked at him coldly. “If you long considered me your own, why did you support Sophia when you knew she was framing me? Why did you want to give me away to those old men? How dare you utter such words to me when you did all those things?!”
Albert tried to defend himself, “Hylda and Sophia deceived me at the time. And I couldn’t see through their pla-“
“Shut up!” Stella said coldly. “You caused my mother’s car accident, leaving her bedridden for nearly seven years, only to die with a grievance. Why would I help you?! Huh?! Did you really think I came down here to help you? Dream on! I’m here to see what would happen to a piece of trash like you on behalf of my mother.”
Albert froze as he did not expect Stella to say such harsh words.
“Do you think it was Hylda who betrayed you?”
Albert was taken aback. “Was it not her?”
“Of course not. Hylda hadn’t even been caught yet when the police got to you.”
Albert suddenly recalled the strange expressions of the two police officers when he gave his statement. ‘If it wasn’t
Hylda who exposed me, then who?’
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