Love and Devotion No Longer His to Claim by Dream Fish

Chapter 305

"Dad, I never intended to go through with this. I wanted to come clean long ago. It was Elena—she told me to see it through. She said that since things had already come this far, I might as well go all the way. It was her-"

"Amber." Just then, Elena entered.

She had clearly heard Amber's accusations, yet her expression remained unchanged.

"Elena, you came just in time! Tell everyone whose idea this was! I'm not usually like this, right?"

Amber walked forward to grab Elena's hand, her eyes filled with hope. "I never planned to take my own life. You told me that whether it was slitting my wrist or exposing the situation, it was all to help me fight for my true love. You told me to do it!"

Everyone looked at her with complicated expressions.

Angela also watched her with a helpless look. So what if it was Elena? Elena valued her own reputation too much there was no way she would admit to it.

That was what everyone else believed, too, but they were all wrong.

With a gentle look, Elena stroked Amber's hand, sighing lightly. "That's right. I was the one who told you to do it. It was all my idea. Amber, this has nothing to do with you."

Overjoyed, Amber quickly turned to Russell. "See, Dad? You all heard that, right? About this whole ordeal, I was just "

suddenly slapped her hard

she

groan escaping her

looked up at Russell in shock. "You hit me... How could you hit

had never laid a hand on her, no matter how strict

to repent. How did I end up with such a

was utterly devastated. She slumped on the floor, silent momentarily, before letting out a bitter

stepped forward to help her up, but Amber shoved

emotion, a trace of heartache visible in

"Uncle Russell, Amber made a mistake in a moment of confusion. She was deceived; that's

out a cold snort, Russell stormed out of

and Dexter

truly

sorry to have troubled you

Du:

few days. If there's anything I can do to make amends, anything within

my brother's and my own reputation. The pressure