She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 574

"Miles, please, listen to my explanation! Leo really is sick! Look at his medical chart."

When she had bolted out the door, Teresa had frantically shoved the paperwork into her hands.

Miles glanced indifferently at the papers she held out. "Fine. I'll give you exactly one chance to explain."

Jade let out a breath of relief. At least he was willing to listen to her.

The two of them relocated to a café across the street, where a waiter quietly set down their tea.

"Miles, just look at the chart. It clearly states that Leo ate something bad..."

Before she could finish, Miles cut her off. "That's not what I want explained. I want to talk about the day of Macy's music conservatory event. The billboard that suddenly collapsed."

Upon hearing this, Jade's face instantly went deathly pale. Her eyelashes drooped in sheer panic, completely unable to meet the man's all-knowing gaze.

"Miles... why are you... suddenly asking about that?"

Her eyes darted away guiltily, her fingers curling tightly inward.

Had he... found something out?

No, that was impossible. Wesley had handled it personally. It wasn't like the time they locked Quinn in the hotel bathroom and used an outsider.

Convincing herself of this, a familiar layer of mist gathered in her beautiful eyes—her go-to weapon of vulnerability. She straightened her neck.

"Because someone saw Wesley at the school that day. He was carrying a toolbox and unscrewing the bolts."

"What?"

She clearly remembered keeping watch for her brother that day. Nobody had come close. How could anyone have seen him?

He had to be bluffing. She and her brother had been incredibly discreet; there was no way they were caught.

Summoning an innocent, tearful gaze, her voice trembled with profound, wounded accusation.

"Miles, what are you trying to say? Are you saying my brother... purposely unscrewed the billboard so it would fall on Macy?

"Only you know the true answer to that. You should know by now that I absolutely despise women who play manipulative games. You plotted against me and my family for one reason—so we would look at you as our savior, so we would be eternally indebted to you, right?"

"And your plan worked, didn't it? My mother and Macy practically worshipped you, terrified you might suffer even the slightest grievance."

"I actually spent time reflecting on my own behavior. Because of what happened at the banquet, I thought distancing myself from our childhood friendship was too harsh. I wondered if I was being too cold to you."

With her dark motives entirely ripped open, Jade's face flushed with the undeniable ugliness of her guilt, mixed with the raw panic of being caught.

"Miles... I... I never wanted to hurt Macy. I protected her perfectly! I was the one who got hurt..."

By now, Jade knew that further denial would only make him despise her more. She had no choice but to play the emotional card again, acting weak and defenseless.

Miles let out a low, mocking laugh at her claim of protecting Macy. "Wasn't that just you reaping what you sowed?

Jade, I always thought you had a pure heart. I never imagined you were this calculating, this utterly manipulative. You even managed to scheme against my own sister and mother!"

Jade's face blanched paper-white. Her voice was weak and desperate. "Miles, we grew up together. We've been close since childhood. How... how could you say such things about me?"