The Real Heiress's New Family Adored By All novel Chapter 294

Chapter 294 The Truth Behind the Tragedy

Zora had just stepped out of the car when another vehicle pulled up right behind her.

The window rolled down, and Zora saw Leighton sitting inside.

“Get in.”

He pushed open the car door and waved her over.

Zora climbed into the car, and Leighton drove toward the underground parking garage.

The vehicle from Hale Manor had no registered access, so it couldn’t enter the private basement.

“Where did you go to have fun?”

Leighton’s eyes fell on her, glinting with a soft smile.

“I went to Hale Manor,” Zora answered without hiding anything.

“Miss your mentor?”

Leighton glanced at her downcast face.

He had never known who bought the Hale Manor before, but now he had his answer.

Asher had purchased it in secret.

“A little.” Zora nodded.

She had no idea where he was right now.

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There were still plenty of candies left in the jar, and she had no clue when he would come back.

“Want to lean on my shoulder?”

Leighton shifted closer to her.

“I’m not about to cry, so why would I lean on you?”

Zora shot him a quick glance. A faint, cool mint scent drifted over from his body.

She moved slightly to the side and took a small breath.

“What perfume are you wearing? I want it.”

The mint fragrance was really nice.

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After spending so much time with Leighton, Zora had grown comfortable around him and spoke her mind without any restraint.

“I don’t know. My assistant bought it. I’ll have him get you a women’s version when we get home.”

Leighton never said no to her requests and agreed right away.

He moved closer again, gently cupping the back of her head and resting it on his shoulder.

“You can lean on me whenever you’re upset. And if you feel like crying, I won’t laugh at you.”

“I don’t cry,” Zora mumbled slowly, her head resting on his shoulder.

She wasn’t on the verge of crying at all, but her heart felt a little heavy.

Her mentor had been born into an extremely wealthy family with endless luxury and fortune, yet he had ended up living with her in a tiny rural village.

He’d had to do everything by himself and take care of her, a little burden, all those years.

He’d been just a kid himself, taking care of another tiny kid.

“Leighton, how’s your investigation into the Hale family going?”

“The Hale family’s downfall was planned by Frank Hale, your mentor’s paternal uncle, who teamed up with an overseas underground organization.

“On the day of the tragedy, your mentor’s mother had just undergone surgery and couldn’t move. The whole family was celebrating her upcoming recovery, so they let their guard down around the manor.

“Your mentor’s father trusted his younger brother deeply and never expected him to betray and harm their family.

“Frank had always been jealous of Marvin and his family.

“After he colluded with the foreign underground forces, they planted bombs all over the manor, burning the entire family alive.

“As for how your mentor survived, we still haven’t found any clues.”

Leighton had dug up all these details about the Hale family incident.

The Hale family had held immense power and status back then. Everyone’s attention was focused on Marvin, and his younger brother Frank had always simmered with jealousy.

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After the family moved overseas, the power dynamics among foreign forces grew chaotic. Marvin had been busy taking care of his sick wife and running the family corporation, leaving him with unavoidable blind spots and oversights.

Frank had lurked in the shadows all along, waiting for a chance to seize the family head position.

Eventually, the underground organization reached out to him. They had long coveted the Hale family’s massive wealth and assets.

They set a perfect trap, striking fatally when Sabrina’s health was improving and the whole family was off their guard.

Jensen had also been investigating the incident for years. The two of them combined their findings and pieced together the full timeline of the tragedy.

But there was no logical explanation for Asher’s survival. With the entire manor blown to pieces back then, he should have had zero chance of living.

“Is that underground organization still around?”

Zora clenched her fists tightly after hearing the whole story.

“It’s gone. A mysterious force wiped them out five years ago. After analyzing all the clues, Jensen and I suspect it was Asher.”

Leighton shook his head.

Major news headlines across Mevoria had covered the incident five years ago. A foreign underground organization was brutally destroyed in an extremely ruthless manner.

The leader was killed horribly, and the entire organization was burned and blown into complete ruins.

Leighton chose not to tell Zora the gruesome specifics.

The entire underground force was eradicated without a single survivor.

Countless people who had suffered under their tyranny celebrated the fall of the organization.

The incident was so huge that newspapers all over the world reported on it, including domestic media.

Jensen and Leighton had guessed back then that it was Asher’s revenge.

Jensen had immediately sent people overseas to investigate the truth.

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