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Chapter 1324
Chapter 1324
?Chapter 1324: 611 That Year_1 Chapter 1324: 611 That Year_1 “It’s you.” Jobelle Callum’s voice was filled with endless hatred.
The black skirt of the young lady fluttered with silver lotus patterns, shimmering and rippling in the moonlight.
It was a mysterious and unpredictable beauty.
The young lady crouched down, with a handkerchief in her hand, gently wiping away the tears on Jobelle Callum’s face.
Her motions were so gentle, as if treating someone precious.
“Do you remember Ayana Philbert?”
Jobelle Callum’s eyelashes trembled slightly and she forcefully knocked away the hand of Aubree Groove.
The pure white handkerchief fell to the ground.
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“Get away from me, stop pretending to care.
Kill me if you want, do as you please.”
The young lady was not annoyed, she picked up the handkerchief and slowly turned around.
At this moment, Dallyn came out and said, “More than twenty years ago, the dignified and beautiful Ayana Philbert was selected by Granny Drake as her daughter-in-law candidate.
And Jayden Drake, a talented young man, was desired by many prestigious families for their daughters.
Their union was seen as a match made in heaven.
However, the appearance of a woman changed everything.”
The young lady told the tale, her clear and melodious voice like a poignant elegy slowly spreading in the night.
“One night, Ms.
Philbert attended a friend’s birthday party and returned quite late.
The next day, she was found disheveled on the street, and her compromising photographs were disseminated widely.
Ms.
Philbert was deeply humiliated, resulting in a mental breakdown, and from then on was constantly in a disoriented state.”
Jobelle Callum snorted coldly, “What does her misfortune have to do with me?”
“Really?” Dallyn sneered and quickly stepped forward, gripping Jobelle Callum’s chin and forcing her to look at herself.
“Even though it’s been over twenty years, your scheme wasn’t foolproof.
It just took a little more effort.
Bring the person over.”
Delan Sparrow subconsciously glanced at Aubree Groove, who was turned away from everyone, and waved his hand.
His subordinate brought over a pale-haired old man who was trembling, seemingly terrified.
Yet, when Jobelle Callum saw this man, she was taken aback, her eyes widened in dismay.
“How could it be….”
“Oh, you don’t recognize him?
Speak, what good deeds were you ordered to do by your mistress back then?”
The white-haired man stuttered, “The mistress… she told me to….”
“Shut up!” Jobelle Callum struggled to rush towards the man, wanting to stop him from speaking.
However, she was yanked back by Dallyn who had grabbed her hair.
“Stay obedient.”
The white-haired man glanced at Jobelle Callum and lamented, “Mistress, after all these years of hiding, I’ve truly had enough.
It will help fulfill a wish of mine to confess all of this today, otherwise even death wouldn’t bring me peace….”
He was already terminally ill, and this matter had been weighing heavily on his heart for over twenty years.
Day and night it tormented him, he had wanted to confess for a long time.
“Young Master Jayden Drake is a rare young talent.
Which famous lady on Coral Island wouldn’t fall for him?
This, of course, included my mistress.
However, Granny Drake favored Ms.
Philbert as her daughter-in-law.
My mistress held a grudge, barely finding a good opportunity until Master Jayden Drake came back from college in Lostswa, with a woman he insisted on marrying.
This upset Granny Drake greatly, and my mistress saw it as a golden opportunity, so she had me…
had me…”
The man gritted his teeth, “She had me gather a few thugs from society, and they… they… when Ms.
Philbert was returning home late at night…”
The man choked on his words, finding the facts too cruel to recount.
“That wasn’t enough, the mistress wanted to ruin her reputation as well.
Only that way could she break any possible connection between Ms.
Philbert and Jayden Drake.
The mistress pinned all of the blame on that woman, positioning her as a person of despicable character in Granny Drake’s and Jayden Drake’s eyes.
What she didn’t see coming was that Jayden was so in love, that all her efforts were to no avail….”
“You’re lying, shut up!…” Jobelle Callum shouted like a madwoman.
“I didn’t do any of these things, you can’t frame me.”
Dallyn shook her head, “You’re really unrepentant, but according to your character, these really seem like something you could do.”
“What does she have that I don’t?” Jobelle Callum could no longer maintain her disguise and roared in anger.
“I wanted her to be utterly discredited, so that she could never marry Jayden Drake.”
She was jealous of Ayana Philbert, jealous of her dignified elegance, jealous of her being favored by Granny Drake, jealous of her about to win Jayden Drake’s heart and body.
The ethereal voice of the young lady echoed in the night sky, like the pure sound of a buddhist chant, cleansing all the dirt and desire in this world.
“From ignorance, one commits all kinds of evil deeds, surely reaping the fruits of one’s actions.
All we’re experiencing now is simply the wheel of karma turning.”
Dallyn looked towards the moonlit silver lotus pattern in the darkness.
It rippled like moonlight falling on the sea-surface, breathtakingly beautiful.
“Such a person is not worth your salvation.
Let her reap the consequences.”
“No.” That person said.
Peeling away the years of fog, in the midst of the schemes and tricks, there was a hidden hand.
She slowly turned around, walked to Ayana Philbert, and placed a photograph in front of Jobelle Callum, “Do you recognize her?”
Jobelle Callum looked at the woman in the picture, her eyes somewhat confused.
She knit her brows in deep thought, the constant shifting of her gaze revealing the chaos in her mind.
“Who… who is she exactly?”
At last, Jobelle Callum found the woman’s image in the corridors of her memory.
“It’s her, it’s her….”
Back then, it was just one sentence from this woman that triggered her inner demon, prompting her to take action against Ayana Philbert.
Dallyn exclaimed in surprise, “Isn’t that…?” The mother of Nicholas Drake?
That ruthless enemy of the Rintos family, Madam Frost.
So it turns out, Granny Drake saw through her all along.
But this woman is really cunning, not staining her own hands with blood, and with a few words she disposed of her potential rival.
Aubree Groove shook her head helplessly, “It was really her.”
She was just guessing, but Jobelle Callum’s reaction confirmed her suspicion.
This was the real Virginia Frost.
She didn’t get her hands bloody, but she was still capable of killing.
Virginia Frost is a woman and she always knew how to inflict the maximum pain on another woman.
“Who is she really?” Jobelle Callum stubbornly asked.
“Her identity has nothing to do with you.
Regardless of who instigated it, it was ultimately you who dealt the deadly blow.
Just wait to face the judgment of the law.
The rest of your life will be spent in pain and regret.
Yet compared to the harm Ms.
Philbert suffered, it’s nothing.”
Dallyn coldly ordered, “Take her away.”
Jayden Moore glanced at the corner, “Who, come out?”
“Don’t react, it’s me.” Arwin Philbert emerged from the corner.
He raised his hand, “This lady dropped her earring.
I chased after her to return it and ended up eavesdropping unintentionally.”
Dallyn touched her empty right ear and glared at him, “Hooligan.”
Arwin Philbert scratched his nose, hesitantly glanced at Aubree Groove and carefully asked, “May…
may I ask you a question?”