Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 671

Laura declared, “Exactly, my goal back then was simple: to drive a wedge between you and Jared. I knew your high–and–mighty character wouldn’t associate with the person responsible for your mother’s death. No matter how close you and Jared were, you would leave him.”

Agnes continued, “Laura, your brilliance back then was not just making me believe Alyssa was the enemy who killed my mother. You also set me up to expose the Whitfield family’s darkest secrets, leading them to think I wanted revenge on Alyssa. This way, Tim would inevitably also turn against me, cutting off my ties with Jared completely.”

Laura nodded, “Everything I did back then was for Beatrice and for myself. Unfortunately, Beatrice was a lost cause. I know what you want to know most is how your mother died. Yes, I bribed Lundy. As for Alyssa, your mother’s grudges with her were well–known. During the financial crisis, Starlight International Group was deeply affected. Your mother was borrowing money everywhere, and the two million was originally meant by Alyssa to humiliate your mother. Alyssa wanted your mother to ask her for help, but in the end, she deliberately smashed the two million into the charity foundation established by your mother instead of helping her. Your mother was upright and would naturally not use that money. So, I embezzled it to her personal account in your father’s name to maintain the liquidity of Starlight International Group, then bribed Lundy to expose this. Your mother died thinking she was taking the blame for your father, believing the money was used by him. So, she admitted guilt and her reputation was ruined.”

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Agnes clenched her teeth. She had considered many possibilities, but she never thought Laura could be so vicious back then. She had caused a rift between her parents, and her mother died without knowing the truth.

there’s something you don’t know. The reason your mother willingly took the blame for your father was because she felt indebted to him all her

bringing up was something Agnes vaguely knew but didn’t

always thought her parents

Laura and Beatrice shattered Agnes‘

Albert. Agnes realized that her parents‘

made sense

thinking

was in pain, so he had

a tangled ball of yarn, knotted tight

it unraveled, layer by layer, spreading out before Agnes.

of betrayal, regret, and sorrow as if they were her own.