No Remarriage for us Stay Away by Livia Storm

Chapter 296 The Past Events

Chapter 296 The Past Events

After ending the call, Susanna dialed another number.

"How is it going? Have your people made it to the border yet? If Gaston falls into Lenora's hands, then we..."

The man on the other end of the phone said, "He's gone, currently, Gaston's whereabouts are unkno

Susanna let out a sigh of relief, a glint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. "If I had known that Lenora could dig up the case from ten years ago, I should have..

Get rid of her as well.

The man on the other end of the line fell silent.

Susanna laughed mockingly. "When your Fuller family adopted her back then, you certainly didn't anticipate today, did you?"

Johanne said. "It was me who suggested to Grandpa that we adopt her."

At first, Gerald simply wanted to financially support Lenora to continue her studies.

It was his suggestion to bring Lenora to the Fuller family, to be raised as their adopted daughter.

Gerald held a great admiration for Fernando. Upon hearing the news of his death, he was filled with sorrow. Back then, he had made a point to bring along his eldest grandson, who was already working, to attend Fernando's funeral. Back then, Johanne only knew that a friend of Gerald had passed away, so he accompanied him to the funeral.

When he arrived at the funeral, the sight of the large black and white photograph left him frozen on the SPOL

The memorial photo was unremarkable, yet he felt as if the man in the picture was eerily staring straight at him. Watching the sorrow etched on the Gerald's face and the other mourners, Johanne was in utter agony

He saw Lenora. Back then, she was only about sixteen or,seventeen, young and naive, her innocence still intact.

Upon learning that Fernando was the last living relative of Lenora, a sense of compassion rose within him. He then suggested the idea of adoption to the old man

Gerald had accepted this suggestion.

After Lenora arrived at the Fuller family home, she found Johanne to be warm and friendly, in stark contrast to Tamara's indifference. Gerald was extremely pleased with Johanne's attitude-

As for Zachary, at that time, his girlfriend had just experienced a crisis and he was also trying to compensate for the losses caused by the leak of his company's research and development project. He only

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Fuller residence on the night Lenora arrived, visibly distracted, and didn't return to

grin faltered, her expression turning to one disbelief. "Y-You don't actually have a soft

you? No wonder I told you to get rid of

What a busybody!

If

have found all the

I'm not as ruthless as you. You fear exposure, so you'd readily kill someone, talking about it as if it's the easiest thing in the

really? You know exactly how your grandfather died, but you pretend to be clueless. Isn't it just What truly infuriated Gerald was not the minor issues concerning Zachary, but rather the actions of Johanne in

conveniently shifted all the

hearing her words, Johanne immediately hung up the

end of the line, a hint of sarcasm flashing in

not recognizing Johanne's true colors

in the same situation, except,

Lenora found that Sophia

down on the sofa, raising an eyebrow. "Finished

party." Sophia rolled her eyes. "Nora, you're free tonight, right? How

asked, seeing her displeasure

there as well and that I should go have a chat. I had no interest in blind

in the evening, Lenora and Sophia

billed as an evening party, it felt more like a cocktail gathering. Numerous successful individuals, resplendent in their suits and polished shoes, huddled

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and headed straight to

your

a bite of

approach the two attempting to strike up a

messages and saying. "He's here, I'll be

left, heading toward the balcony, while Lenora

a

many years, and it was intricately linked to the case

and Fernando's car accident. The person Lenora

To avoid inadvertently alerting

belonged to Dard. Meanwhile, another team was dispatched to investigate at Richie's biological father's home, simultaneously examining t They were simply waiting for Susanna to step forward and

the phone that Richie had

it accurately, he had

afternoon. Feeling something was off, the officer, under the guise of a home improvement supplier, decided to knock on Richie's door, only to Connor had gone to work, oblivious

Richie's wife, was taken to the police station for questioning, she discovered for the first time that her husband was a kidnapper. His supposed work abroad was actually a ruse to evade investigation. The revelation left her trembling and breaking out in a cold sweat, she was at a loss for words and could