He was so determined to leave that he didn't even look back at the young woman behind him who was in the rain. Did he know how painful and desperate her eyes were?
He didn’t know...
Everyone was being attentive and caring for Peyton, while Samantha, the genuine daughter of the family, was kneeling on the ground in the rain like a dog.
She was isolated by everyone in the Moore family, including him. He never gave her a smile.
Therefore, she had become more and more withdrawn, and she always looked at people indifferently.
Perhaps, he now understood why Samantha always expressed disdain to the Moore family.
She used to look forward to it with true heart, but no one cherished her.
Then she gave up and she became defensive. Those people who wanted to get close to her would easily get harmed by her.
She was like a walking hedgehog.
She was inflicted with the utmost malicious speculation by her biological parents.
And the person who caused all this was Peyton, who he always believed!
He would believe if anyone said that Samantha was bullied by Nia, but he couldn't accept that Peyton who was so nice to Samantha, would be the one who started it all!
Although it was the act of fighting for attention at a young age, the motive was too ... vicious.
He really couldn't imagine the malevolence related to Peyton's angelic face.
Peyton who was still crying in aggravation, ran over and pulled Ruben's arm, "Ruben, Nia is just saying nonsense, don't believe her. I didn't do these things, and you have to believe me."
Peyton was really scared, although these things were insignificant, but in the end, Ruben saw her dark side.
If he tracked down, then would everything she had done before be revealed?
Ruben, like a soulless statue, stared coldly at Peyton, as if his eyes could burn Peyton's face.
Peyton also held her breath, and her tears already welled up in her eyes.
It was a very pity look.
The prerequisite was he didn’t know that she had done these things before.
Ruben looked at her with gentle gaze stroking throughout every inch of her face.
He couldn’t understand why Peyton, who had always been kind-hearted, would do such a thing.
Peyton cried and begged over and over again. She was afraid that Ruben wouldn’t believe her.
Meanwhile, Samantha stood quietly on the side, waiting for Ruben's answer.
She wanted to see what he would do and say after knowing everything.
Would he return justice to her? Or would he ... believe Peyton without hesitation and firmly believed that Nia was lying?
The air seemed to fall into a long silence. She and Peyton were both tense, eager to hear something from Ruben's mouth.
She focused her eyes on his handsome face for a long time and not willing to leave for a moment. She was very nervous.
At this moment, she began a long wait. Every minute and every second of time passed was an unspeakable torment for her.
She was like a prisoner waiting for the judge to pronounce a sentence.
Finally.
Ruben opened his mouth. His cold voice was like the white snow was falling outside of the window. The coldness extended inch by inch to the deepest part of her heart.
Ruben who whole body filled with hostility scolded Nia on the side.
"Nia, what are you talking about in public? Is this how you hurt people with your words?"
Nia's face was shocked and she shuddered in fear, looking at Ruben in disbelief.
Samantha was even more shocked, she felt that her strength was slowly drained, the blood in her body froze into ice in an instant, and even her heart stopped beating.
At the time of hearing his voice, she heard in a trance something had fallen from a high altitude to the ground, the sound of shattering was deafening.
Her heart was cold and painful as if it was pierced by millions of arrows.
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