Chapter 132

Charles’ expression grew abruptly cold, and his icy gaze swept over the other five people in the room before it finally landed on Tina. “The mare Sonia picked out was the tamest of the bunch, and I know this because I deliberately asked the stable attendant about it. Logically speaking, it’s impossible that the horse would go crazy all of a sudden, so I figured something fishy must be going on here.”

“Are you saying that someone did something to President Reed’s horse, President Lane?” Rebecca was quick to catch on as she asked with wide eyes.

“It wasn’t me,” Tyler interjected defensively with a shake of his head, waving his hands as though to bat away any accusation or suspicion that might be thrown his way.

Zane was calm as he sipped his tea and quipped, “It wasn’t me, either.”

“Well, it definitely couldn’t have been me,” Rebecca said, raising her hands.

As such, Charles’ gaze fixed on the remaining duo, who had yet to voice their denial. “That just leaves President Fuller and Miss Gray, but seeing as President Fuller went to Sonia’s rescue, I’m sure that he was not the one who pulled the dirty trick. After all, it’s not as if he would purposely start trouble only to solve it himself-no one has the time for that, which means…”

“Which means you’re suspecting me,” Tina continued his sentence for him. She dug her nails into her palms and looked so flustered that she might be on the brink of crying

Charles clapped in a flamboyant display of mockery as he sneered, “It looks like you are perceptive after all. You’re right-I am suspicious of you because out of everyone here, you’re the only one who would most likely go out of her way to hurt Sonia, and you have a track record to prove it.”

“I didn’t do anything!” Tina’s tears streamed down her cheeks. She grabbed Toby’s hand and pleaded, “You have to believe me, Toby! I didn’t do it!”

“I believe you,” Toby reassured her and squeezed her hand gently, signaling her to calm down.

Upon hearing that he still believed in her, she nodded and regained her composure.

 

Charles, on the other hand, rolled his eyes in exasperation as he accused, “Well, of course, you’d believe her. She could commit murder, and you’d let her get away with it as soon as she breaks out the waterworks. It’s not as if everyone here is oblivious to how overly-indulgent you are toward her!”

Rebecca and Zane nodded in silent affirmation to this fact.

Not even Tyler could deny this, and he nodded along as well. Toby does spoil her every now and then

“I believe in Tina not because I indulge in her every whim, but because she has a solid alibi,” Toby argued, though he did not seem angry even while everyone else refused to stand on his side. He eyed Charles darkly as he elaborated, “She did not come into contact with Sonia’s horse at any point of time, so why don’t you tell me how she managed to pull off a sabotage?”

In the beginning, Toby wondered if Tina’s other personality had been the one to orchestrate this incident, but upon careful analysis, he concluded that the opposite was true; the other personality never did come out at any point in time.

as he gave it some thought, he realized that

had indeed been nowhere near the stable when Sonia picked out the horse, and it wasn’t as if she could pull off the sabotage beforehand, given that there was no telling which horse Sonia would pick out of the bunch in the stable; Tina might

Tina taking it upon herself to sabotage every single horse in the stable, but if that were the case, their horses ought to have gone crazy as well. However, they rode around

one to offer a solution. “Why don’t we get one of the stable attendants to come over and ask him about this? We’ll know

shrugged indifferently. “That’s fine by

came over as asked, and when Charles pressed them on what had happened to Sonia’s horse,

 

horse was in heat.”

Everyone gaped at the attendant

lowered her head to conceal the

horse was in heat?” Charles was bewildered. “But it isn’t mating season for the

Rebecca, and Tyler were staring at the attendant, waiting

the animals would not go into heat. Sometimes, there are other factors that might stimulate the animals to go

low voice, “So why did Sonia’s horse go

for sure, but perhaps the horse picked up on any particular scent or took in a stimulant or something.

is not viable, seeing as the horse didn’t eat anything when it was led out

had been there when Sonia picked out the

his jaw as he suggested, “So the horse probably picked up

chuckled suddenly. “Please tell me the scent wasn’t Sonia’s

noises of doubt as their lips twitched, but

this mean that whatever happened to President Reed is just an

he was compelled to. Without another word,

 

Toby called out to stop Charles in his tracks, “Hold

and asked

Rebecca, and Tyler-and even Tina-turned simultaneously to look

by the hand as he insisted coolly, “Now that the situation has been cleared up, shouldn’t you

“Apologize? You want me to apologize to her?” He

and demanded,

I wrongfully accused her this time, but I didn’t for all the things she did to Sonia in

disdainful sneer on his face as he glowered at Toby defiantly. “She uses you as a shield after all that she did to hurt Sonia, and she never once bothered to make reparations. But you don’t see me demanding an apology for Sonia like what you are doing now for Tina.

me?”

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