He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 276

They all wanted to know what Nelson's endgame actually was.

Nelson picked up the glass of liquor in front of him, his words dripping with venom. "I want her to suffer."

Juniper nearly dropped her glass. Even though she had guessed his intentions while on the phone with Brooks—realizing that Nelson simply couldn't stand seeing her at peace and wanted her forever trapped in the emotional mud—hearing him admit it out loud still brought an absurd surge of pain.

She had already suffered enough, Nelson just had no idea.

Hearing this, Julian propped his cheek on his hand. "Don't you think that's a bit psycho? You chase after her, just to make her miserable? Let me guess. You think she isn't obsessed with you enough right now, so you're waiting until she's madly in love, and then you'll ruthlessly dump her, right?"

Nelson didn't reply, but his silence was a clear confirmation.

Julian clicked his tongue and slowly set his glass down. "But that's so you. You've always been vindictive."

Back then, Juniper had allegedly caused Kieran Saint's accident, leaving the heir of the Saint family in a coma. Though Nelson had kept the truth completely locked down from the public and even from his own grandfather, this tight-knit inner circle knew the details.

Rumor had it Juniper was in the car with Kieran, yet she walked away and left him there to die. He was trapped in the wreckage and suffered a secondary impact, which was why his injuries were so catastrophic.

When Julian first heard about it, he was certain Juniper was a dead woman walking. She could never survive the wrath of the Saint family.

But against all odds, Nelson suppressed the news.

Julian had thought Nelson was letting her off the hook, but it turned out he was playing a long, psychological game of torture.

Nelson, bored with the topic of Juniper, leaned back and surveyed the extravagant feast. "What about you? How's the new marriage?"

Sitting in the next booth, Juniper glanced over at Zara. Zara's face remained entirely stoic, looking as if she couldn't care less about Julian's opinion of her.

Zara was remarkably calm regarding Julian. They lived together now, but Julian took the master suite while Zara stayed in the guest bedroom.

Zara was always busy, leaving early and coming back late, maintaining a rigid schedule. Since they got married, Julian had never once woken up to see her in the house.

He occasionally bumped into her when he came home late, but she was always in the living room doing work or taking strictly professional calls with Sebastian Sterling.

Julian had eavesdropped on their calls. They were always highly professional, but at the very end, Sebastian would always add, "Thank you, Zara. I really don't know what I would do without you all these years..."

And every time she heard that, Zara would freeze for a split second. It was subtle, but Julian caught it.

He laughed inwardly, thinking how pathetic she was. Didn't she realize Sebastian was just stringing her along?