After Summer said that, the room fell into a deathly silence.
The two of them stood face to face, staring at each other, neither of them were willing to compromise.
After a while, Leonardo sighed slightly and said with a rare hint of fatigue, "They have some misgivings about me. I can't let you take risks."
Over the years, he had not found a clue to his mother's case. Even if there came some clues, he couldn't trace them anymore.
He had also thought that perhaps he was overthinking.
Perhaps the kidnapping of him and his mother was just an accident.
What happened to Mr. Charlie changed his mind.
Before the accident, Mr. Charlie reached Leonardo and said that he would tell Leonardo everything he wanted to know after the New Year if everything went well by that time.
However, Mr. Charlie had not been able to pass that year peacefully.
On the morning of New Year's Day, he fell down the stairs. When he woke up, he had already lost his mind.
Afterward, she was framed as the murderer.
All of this was a warning from one of the Emersons.
He or she didn't want Leonardo to know the truth behind his mother's case back then. They kept threatening him with people around him.
Summer shook her head and said, "Even if I don't risk my life, can I not get involved in this?"
She added, "You know better than I do what happened to Grandpa. Even if I don't do anything, they won't let me go. I don't understand why they did everything they could to give you a hard time."
Summer also thought through all the stuff in the past few days.
After the accident of Mr. Charlie, she once suspected Michael and Violet.
On New Year's Eve, she saw the two of them sneaked into a room. Then, Mr. Charlie fell down the stairs, and she was framed as the murder.
All those seem to be well-planned.
She did not know why they did that, nor did she know what Leonardo was hiding.
After Rosie disappeared, it suddenly hit her that while threatening Leonardo, they also wanted to restrain him.
They wanted Leonardo to be obedient.
After Summer finished speaking, she looked up at Leonardo.
She thought that it would be good if Leonardo could tell her a little bit about the truth.
Leonardo only shifted her attention, "I'm hungry."
"Well, then you should go eating." She leaned to the side and signaled for him to leave.
Of course, Leonardo did not leave, and he sat down on the big sofa and said leisurely, "I don't cook."
Summer didn't waver at all, "Go to the restaurant."
The expression on Leonardo's face was the same as usual. His tone was both serious and rogue, "Foods in the restaurant are not delicious."
Summer walked up to him and said, "You just made up your mind to stay with me, didn't you?"
Leonardo leaned back and said deliberately, "We have already registered for marriage."
If she hadn't wanted to make Rosie a registered resident, she wouldn't have rushed to marry Leonardo.
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