95 The Secret
Keira hurriedly stopped her. “Don’t say anything. Don’t go against your professional ethics.”
Holly paused.
Then she coughed to cover up her embarrassment. “Actually, it was okay to tell you about the recording. It had nothing to do with the case. I was just…”
She fell silent before finally admitting it. “I just wanted to make things difficult for you.”
Keira didn’t know what to say.
She rubbed her brow in resignation. “Well, then tell
me.”
Holly looked embarrassed. Her face was still serious as she spoke. “The last words were: dear niece, Connor knows the secret too. Please make sure his tuition fee
is covered.”
The room was quiet for a while.
Keira frowned. Even though she had guessed that
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Finley wouldn’t leave a message about any secrets and that Connor surely knew something, she still found the message strange.
She had gone to Finley intending to pay five million to buy the secret.
If she learned the secret from Finley, why would she still have to cover Connor’s tuition?
Or was it that Finley had never planned to sell her the
secret?
Keira shook her head, grateful for her arrangement.
She didn’t accuse Connor of being the murderer right after the crime, otherwise, she might never be able to pry the truth out of him.
Now, she would for Connor to crack under the
criticism!
However, Holly was a bit worried. “Keira, don’t overdo it. If he throws away his phone, you’ll lose the most crucial piece of evidence, and you’ll never turn this
case around!”
At this, Keira frowned.
After the incident, she was taken to the police station
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right away and didn’t get a chance to tell Samuel what needed to be done. She wondered if Connor had
changed his phone…
“No, he won’t.”
Lewis suddenly interjected. He said calmly, “After the incident, Connor threw away his original phone and switched to an identical one. I’ve already retrieved the
first one.”
A spark flickered in Keira’s eyes, and she smiled, “Impressive, Mr. Horton.”
Since taking over the company, Lewis had heard countless compliments, but the straightforward praise from Keira made his cheeks slightly flushed.
He smiled slightly. “You flatter me, Miss Olsen.”
Holly looked from one to the other and suddenly said, “You two are married, yet you call each other ‘Mr. Horton’ and ‘Miss Olsen’. I first thought you weren’t acquainted, but you actually seem to understand each other so well. Is this your form of displaying affection?”
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The room fell quiet all of a sudden.
Keira looked away from Lewis and seemed to be blushing.
She felt fine when others addressed her as Miss Olsen, but Lewis’s deep voice was like a feather lightly teasing her heart, bringing a tingling sensation…
She didn’t notice Lewis’s ears turning red.
Meanwhile, Connor had no idea what was coming for
him.
Shortly after leaving the hospital, he returned to his college campus.
He happily repaid his roommates the twenty-thousand cash he borrowed.
Some took six thousand and snidely commented, “I knew you seemed way too confident about being able to pay back the loan. So, someone was ready to pick up the tab for you.”
Connor didn’t understand what they meant, but another rich second-generation student threw the
money on the ground. “Hell no! I don’t want your filthy
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money. You earned it by selling out your own father! Do you have no shame spending it?”
Connor was stunned. “What do you mean?”
“You want to know?” The guy handed Connor his phone. “Check this out.”
Connor took over the phone and saw the footage of Samuel giving him money, and the video was now spreading on the internet. Everyone was slamming him for being an ungrateful son who signed a letter of understanding for money!
Connor waved his hands. “No, that’s not true. I didn’t take her money. This twenty thousand is what I borrowed from you guys. It was only an emergency fund she gave me because the police had seized…”
“Heh.” His roommates didn’t believe him. “If you say so, we’ll take your word for it.”
Connor thought they believed his explanation and let out a sigh of relief.
One of them picked up the cash left on the floor by the rich kid. “Don’t throw it away. You can buy us dinner with it!”
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The rich kid sneered. “Fine, let’s go.”
As Connor followed them to the door, intending to join them, someone stopped him. “Where are you going?”
Connor was taken aback. “Aren’t we going to have dinner?”
“Oh no, we would rather not have you. If you come with us, we’ll probably get interrupted by reporters. You’d better stay in the dorm.”
His roommates went out, leaving Connor alone in the
room.
He had a gloomy look in his eyes.
He moistened his lips, trying not to give it much thought. After all, having a father like that, he was used to the strange looks from others.
He pulled out his phone and called Isla.
As soon as the call was connected, Isla’s gentle voice came across. “What’s wrong?”
Connor remained silent.
Isla sighed. “I saw the comments online. Actually, it’s a
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good thing. It can force Keira to confess sooner, and you’ll be safe.”
Connor responded with a noncommittal, “Hmm.”
Isla comforted him. “Connor, you have to live with it. If you can’t bear it, everything will be revealed. You can’t go to jail. If you do, what will become of me?”
Connor’s expression softened.
Having a father like that was indeed painful. His neighbors and classmates all looked down on him.
Only Isla was different. She was like a beam of light that shone into his world when they were in junior high school.
She would bring him breakfast and tutor him when he didn’t do well in his studies. She told him not to mind the looks other people threw his way.
He only got into Oceanion University because of Isla!
Her gentle demeanor and the image of the girl next door made him admire her ever since he was a
teenager.
So when she appeared in front of him and said that his father had threatened her and asked for five million,
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Anyone know of anywhere else I can read this?...
It’s been 10 days since the last update…….is there going to be anymore updates?...
So Keira's mother is the daughter of mr martin and scott & keira are cousins? Interesting!...
Please give us more than one page at a time. We are faithful to you we deserve more than just a page a day. Too slow posting will make a reader loose interest and look for another novel....
Thank you for your hardwork. However, please we need at least 7-10 chapters everyday....
Im getting bored in this story with 2 chapters uploaded daily! Maybe I'll just come back after Keira's done with all the tasks to see what will happen...
What could be the purpose of the tasks given to Keira? Is it a prep for Keira to become the head of South fam or something else?...
Can’t you translate more than two pages per day please? It only took me a few days to get to here and I’m getting bored waiting for more....
How many more chapters before Lewis appears at the banquet?? Im waiting to know the Olsen brothers & Victoria's reaction upon knowing that gigolo is Lewis....
Thank you for the updates, please upload more chapters everyday. I Love this story...