Obedience No More He's the One I Deserved novel Chapter 408

Chapter 408 Afraid?

Chapter 408 Afraid?

“You can’t just joke like that, kid!”

Lucas’s face went dark.

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He snapped, “Even if your mom was disobedient she was still my sister! Why would I ever hurt her?!”

Dawn walked to the window, looking down at everything below.

This place was too high.

If someone really fell, it would be deadly.

She sighed. “But you did hurt her. Not only did you hurt your own sister, but today you’re trying to hurt her only daughter, aren’t you?”

Dawn didn’t turn around, so she couldn’t see Lucas’s face, only hear his fast, angry breathing and yelling. “Dawn, what are you talking about?!

“I’m your uncle! I can handle a joke, but how can you seriously say something like that to

me?!”

Before she could answer, Lucas changed his tone. “Tell me, did someone show you

something s

have seen? Huh? Did they?

“You’re a good kid. Don’t just listen to one side of the story. You need to let me explain. I could never hurt you or your mom!”

Dawn never turned around.

She just stayed still, like a statue.

Lucas was so worked up that his eyes were bloodshot. He gritted his teeth, clenching and unclenching his hands.

He couldn’t take it anymore and yanked Dawn around to face him.

“Tell me! Who said something to you? What do you know?”

Dawn’s eyes fixed on his frantic expression, her voice flat and calm. “Why are you so worked up, Uncle Lucas? What are you afraid of?”

Afraid of…

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Chapter 408 Afraid?

Those words seemed to bring Lucas back to his senses a little.

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He stared at her face. For a couple of seconds, he even hallucinated–it was as if that proud, unyielding woman had returned.

He suddenly let go of her, stumbling two steps backward uncontrollably.

He lowered his head, hiding his emotions.

“Afraid? Why would I be afraid?”

His voice was barely above a whisper, more like talking to himself. “Everything I did was for her own good. But her? Hah! She’d go against her brother for a man!”

Dawn frowned, watching his chest heave.

“Lucas.”

She called him by his first name, her voice firm. You don’t have to explain all that to me. What’s done is done. It won’t disappear just because you try to hide it with a few words. If your conscience is clear, you don’t need to worry about my mom coming to get revenge on you.”

Lucas’s eyes were bloodshot. He stared at Dawn, lost in thought.

After a while, he laughed.

“You’re right. You’re just a kid. Why am I even saying all this? Right is right, wrong is wrong. Your mom made her own mistakes, and death… was the consequence she had to accept. So Dawn, don’t be like her.”

Looking into his intense gaze, Dawn felt like she was seeing him clearly for the first time.

She took a deep breath. “What do you want to do?”

“What can I do?”

Lucas‘ eyes were fixed on Dawn. He walked forward, and Dawn instinctively stepped back until her back hit the old desk, and she couldn’t move any further.

“Dawn, you don’t know how much I regretted it back then. A huge fire killed everyone, and only you survived. Can you imagine how worried your mom must’ve been?”

Dawn’s eyes were red, but she said nothing.

She knew exactly what Lucas was about to do today.

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But if she could get him to admit what he’d done before it got that far, that would be a good thing

Lucas’s expression was very complicated–cruel, yet mixed with a kind of reluctance.

He was breathing hard.

His voice was hoarse. “I don’t do these things by choice–you forced me! You think I don’t know? You call me uncle, but you’ve never trusted me! Three years ago, three years later, you’ve investigated me countless times!”

Dawn pinched her hand and said calmly, “If you had nothing to hide, why would you be scared of being investigated?”

“I’m not scared, but-”

Lucas suddenly stopped talking, then looked up and laughed. “I know what you want to know, but I won’t tell you. If you have questions, go ask your mom!

“Dawn, I’ll tell you the truth.” He turned to look at the room with a slightly nostalgic look. “I never wanted to hurt either you or your mom.”

Even on the way here, he hadn’t fully made up his mind.

But now, he saw no need to hold back.

Since she was just going to be ungrateful anyway, why keep her around?

After all, it was Vera who sowed the seeds back then–it was only right for Dawn to reap what was sown. What’s wrong with that? Nothing!

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