NovelEnglishIf Anastasia did not get poisoned, she would have been much happier. She would have been a beautiful and confident young lady
with many friends instead of having low self-esteem and staying cooped up at hall the time.
All these years, she had suffered physically and mentally. Cameron was well aware of that. Although he said nothing much about it,
it hurt him to see how she was. However, Maria wanted to take credit for looking high and low for the miracle doctor. It was
ridiculous.
“Anastasia...” Maria knew what Cameron meant by that, and she finally understood that he would go by what was right or wrong
even though they were his relatives. Therefore, she thought of begging Anastasia instead and wanted to hold the latter's leg.
Anastasia moved away and stared at the teary-eyed Fabian and Maria before she looked at Cameron. “Daddy...”
“| told you I'll handle this. You stay out of it!” Cameron raised one hand, signaling for Anastasia to stay silent. He knew his
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtdaughter was soft-hearted and would give in to their request. Hence, he would be the bad guy this time.
“Dad. Mom. Stop begging him.” Rhea removed her hand from her cheek. She was calm, and there was no sign of panic or fear on
her face.
She looked up at Cameron before her and said, “Uncle Cameron, you're determined to putbehind bars, aren't you?”
“Anyone who commits a crshould be punished in the court of law,” Cameron justified.
“Okay. | agree with that,” Rhea nodded and continued, “I admit | was the one who poisoned Anastasia, but there are sother
things | want to tell you.”
“What is it?” Cameron frowned and looked at Rhea doubtfully.
“Sthings... about the institute,” Rhea said after stime.
Cameron was astounded, not expecting her to say that, and continued to ask, “What's with the institute?”
“You have suspicions about our institute, don’t you? You're right. We're indeed hiding something, and | know a little about it. Uncle
Cameron, I'd like to tell you about the secrets in exchange for your forgiveness. | hope | can atone for my mistakes by telling you
these secrets.”
The sudden change in her attitude stunned Cameron, Fabian, and Maria. Just a moment ago, she refused to admit she was wrong
no matter what. However, she wanted to use ssort of a secret to make a deal with Cameron now. She was probably calm
earlier because she still had a trump card, right?
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Still, Fabian and Maria had no idea what secret she was talking about. When they locked eyes, confusion was evident in each
other's gazes.
“Atone your mistakes with that?” Cameron scoffed. “The secret must be a mind-blowing one, then!”
In other words, Cameron was saying the secret must have been one with utmost confidentiality for it to make up for the harm she
had caused Anastasia over the years.
“Uncle Cameron, you're the decision-maker here. It all depends on how worthy you think it is. | won't have any objections to your
decision!” Rhea raised one hand, showing she was sincere.
Cameron stared at her for a moment, seeming to be judging the weight of the truth in her words.
Anastasia, who was by his side, was stunned. “Daddy...”
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