Betrayed? I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278

That person got twenty years in prison. So the old lady tortured me from the time I was five until I was twenty five.

If Gavin hadn’t looked after me for those nine years in the middle, I probably would have died long ago.

I used to be so grateful for those nine years.

Now..

I just felt blindsided.

sat on the couch with that stack of documents for a long, long time. I didn’t even notice when Zane left.

Chloe sat quietly beside me, unsure how to comfort me.

On one side, Gavin. On the other, the person responsible for my parents‘ deaths.

Anyone would find it impossible to make a choice.

My phone, discarded beside me, buzzed twice in a row. Chloe picked it up and handed it to me. “It’s a message from Gavin. Do you want to see it?”

didn’t take the phone. I didn’t speak.

just leaned back on the couch, staring at the ceiling, my eyes so dry they couldn’t even produce tears.

It was late into the night when I finally got up on my own and walked to my room.

The next morning, I got ready and headed out at the time I’d arranged with the Sinclairs.

The moment I opened my door, I saw him standing by the elevators.

Gavin, dressed in a sharp suit, his face expressionless. His gaze was fixed on me. His voice was cool and detached. “You didn’t see the messages I sent?”

I saw them.” I looked down at the floor. My usually clear eyes didn’t meet his.

fearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched. “So, you’re just back to ignoring me. Is that it?”

…” My chest felt unbearably tight.

wanted to just ask him outright: Gavin, if it came down to me or your grandmother, who would you choose?

But the words died in my throat.

No matter how strained Gavin’s relationship with the Windsor matriarch was, they were still grandmother and grandson.

hat kind of ultimatum was like asking a man, ‘If your mother and I were both drowning, who would you save?‘

n the end, the only one who’d get hurt would be me.

When the elevator doors opened, I didn’t linger. I stepped inside.

At the Sinclairs‘, I went upstairs as usual to administer Mrs. Sinclair’s acupuncture.

Hannah lay on the treatment bed, not moving, but her sharp eyes noticed my poor spirits. “Elara, didn’t you sleep well last night?” We’d gotten familiar enough that she’d dropped the formal “Dr. Windsor.”

I was used to not bringing my personal life to work. I deftly inserted a needle and smiled. “A little.”

“What’s wrong?” Since learning I’d lost both parents, Hannah had become more protective. “Did something happen? Is there anything I can do to help?”

Chapter 278

After finishing the needles, I sat down in a chair beside her. “Aunt Hannah, there is something I might really need your help writs. 1 hati prite figured out how to bring it up, but since she’d asked. I wouldn’t hold back.

Relieved she could actually help, Itannah agreed readily. “Tell me. Whatever I can do, I will ”

This document.” I took the folder Zane had given me from my bag. “Could I trouble you to help me verify its authenticity?

eep down, I knew it was probably real. The logic all fit.

ut some stubborn, desperate part of me still wanted confirmation. Just in case. Just in case Zane was lying to me. Just in case this had nothing to do with avin’s family, and the old Windsor woman just hated me on principle.

lannah actually smiled. “That’s a simple matter. Should I have Benjamin look into it for you?”

Yes. Thank you so much.” After thanking her, a thought occurred to me. “About this… could you please keep it from Alden?”

he patted my hand. “This is your business. Keeping it confidential unless you say otherwise is only right.”

I’ll have someone bring these to Benjamin right away and have him investigate. You just wait for the news. And go home and get some proper sleep today. A oung woman needs her rest most of all.”

eeling the warmth from her hand, a strange sense of comfort washed over me. I nodded. “Okay!”

ately, Hannah had been insisting I stay for meals after the treatments, and I’d agreed. Alexander, busy with official duties, had returned to LA., and Benjamin ras always at the company during the day. I figured having company might help Hannah’s appetite.

ut I hadn’t expected the Sinclairs to take my request so seriously.

n just three or four days, Benjamin called. He had news.

t was evening. He suggested, “Shall we meet to talk?”