Chapter 23

“About Malcolm… Why didn’t you get a divorce after what he did to you?” Chadwick looked at her worriedly. There were touches of emotions in hist eyes that Tabitha could not comprehend. “Is it because you can’t let go of him?”

“Of course not.” Tabitha had a clear idea of love and hate. When she loved. someone, she could pour in everything and not expect anything in return, but once she decided to let go, she would never want to drag things out.

She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them again, the cloudiness in the depths of her eyes lifted. Now, hatred and determination. were clearly visible in her eyes.

“It’s because of Naomi. She killed my parents. I won’t let her have her way,”

she stated.

Chadwick had never seen that look in Tabitha’s eyes before and was shocked. He asked, “What happened?”

Tabitha pursed her lips and gave a brief account of the accident that happened eight years ago.

“I’ve been looking for witnesses to the accident that day but afterward, Naomi seemed to vanish into thin air, and I couldn’t find her,” she elaborated.

Behind Naomi, there seemed to be an invisible power protecting her. No matter how hard Tabitha tried, she seemed to make no progress at all.

Even the investigator Tabitha hired a few days ago ended up helping Naomi set her up.

Later on, she tried to look for the investigator named Vernon, but he disappeared. His phone couldn’t be reached, and the detective agency he was from had even closed down.

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any clues. It had been so long that

years were so miserable and felt extremely

“Have you mentioned this to Alaric?”

Tabitha would be in danger if she were to investigate

“No,” she answered.

yet. Although efforts were made to investigate after

Thus, after she married

find out the truth behind what happened back then, and I won’t let

indeed turn to

the last time Alaric found out that Malcolm was looking for a mistress outside, he was so furious that his heart disease flared up, If he knew that Naomi was her enemy, she did not dare imagine what hist

only elder who cared about her. She could not bear to be

listening to Tabitha’s explanation, Chadwick immediately offered, “I

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someone with a strong sense of justice. Her name is Colette Ingram. I’ll introduce her to you, and she might be able to

when can I contact Ms. Ingram?” she

called Colette and

know each other quite well, and Tabitha began to

lawyer who could be trusted.

regret, “Colette has just taken a case and is outstation. She’ll only be back

kind of thing could not be rushed in a short time either. “It doesn’t matter. I have waited for eight years, so a few

pause, she asked again, “About the

you on time,” he answered.

she

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