Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1070

"Chloe, I'm old-practically have one foot in the grave. Let's just leave the past where it belongs,” Nemo said, sounding tired and worn out.

But Chloe wasn't about to let him skate by. She dove right in, not giving Nemo a chance to deflect.

"Master, the Grevenberg family-all thirty-eight of them. You didn't kill them, did you?"

At the mention of the Grevenberg family, Nemo's expression changed. For a moment, he just stood there in silence, then turned his back to her.

"So what if I did? Or if I didn't? Everything in this world comes down to fate. Sometimes we're close to people, sometimes we're just passing through. Who among us hasn't carried someone else's burden?"

Chloe didn't let up. She hit him with another hard truth.

"But Master, Jeffery didn't kill the Grevenberg family either. You've both spent all these years thinking you were carrying each other's sins. Have you really never considered that maybe fate just played a cruel joke on both of you?"

All the usual playfulness faded from Nemo's face, replaced by a rare seriousness. His eyes, usually so full of mischief, suddenly looked sharp and clear.

"What did you say?"

face and realized

to him last night. He was stunned-said the whole thing was a mess. After we pressed him, we

dark, heavy, like he was carrying a mountain on

"How is that possible?"

you carried out the task for him? Why did you think he

gone. He didn't answer Chloe's questions. Instead, he asked,

a moment. He'd been here before, more than once He knew Jeffery had been hiding out inside alone with his thoughts Nemo had visited plenty of times over the past year, but he'd always

the door was

stood inside, his back to the doorway,

of footsteps, he turned around

in the doorway, was

the two old men just stood there, silent, looking

instant, both of their

the strong one-never shed a tear, never let his kids see even a hint of weakness. But now, Jeffery's

you