Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 738

Although Colton and Nicole received the answers to all their questions from Queenie, they still didn't visit William. Instead, they left him out in the cold for a week.

Meanwhile, they spent their efforts investigating Queenie. After all, even if they were just making speculations about such a hidden matter, her ability to blurt out that William and Madeline had switched seats was enough to show that she knew about this. What was more, the information might actually have come from her.

Hence, the two dug a little deeper and discovered that Queenie was actually staying at Bryan's place.

Colton's eyebrows were tightly furrowed as he looked at the newly obtained information. His facial expression was far from happy. In fact, he was looking severely gloomy. He only turned his head to look at Nicole after a long while and said, "It looks like Bryan was also involved in the incident that took place back then."

Nicole vaguely knew about the feud between the Gardners and the Kohlbergs. The Kohlbergs had always wanted to replace the Gardners and only got to turn the table all of a sudden a few years ago and prosper until the present day. A few years ago… At that time… A trace of surprise flashed across her eyes as she seemed to suddenly recall something, and she abruptly looked up at Colton.

"Back then, the Kohlbergs could turn the table precisely because of my Grandma's death and when the Gardners were still in turmoil." Colton's voice was a little grave. Finally, he lowered his head and intoned solemnly, "After my Grandma died, my Grandpa fell ill and didn't have the energy to care about anything else. My Dad, too, was devastated by her passing. Just like that, the Gardners, that was ever so powerful, lost the mainstay of the family for a period of time. Plus, there were quite a number of relatives who were cooking up some sinister plots. As a result, the situation in the Gardners was very chaotic at that time. The Kohlbergs noticed, took advantage of our weakness, and took over several of the Gardners' businesses."

Now that she heard his side of the story, everything instantly became clear to her.

Prior to today, she had always thought that the Kohlbergs were just lucky and coincidentally rose in power while the Gardners had encountered such a tragic event. At that time, Colton was still in school and wasn't involved in family affairs at all.

Later, the Kohlbergs occupied most of the market and forcibly suppressed the Gardners.

By the time the Gardners finished handling everything and processing their grief, the market had already been divided into two. It wasn't until Colton gradually took over the Gardner Corporation that the Gardners regained their prestige and swiftly returned to dominate the market.

"So the Gardners couldn't find any information back then wasn't because William could keep this matter hidden, but it was mainly because Bryan cleaned up his mess?" Nicole voiced her doubts.

Colton nodded as he confirmed her guess. No wonder it was fruitless no matter how the Gardners investigated this matter back then. Bryan was the real mastermind all along. Then, Bryan did this because he wanted the Gardners to be immersed in pain so that he could take advantage of this opportunity! "Yes. Bryan should be the one who disclosed that photo."

Nicole frowned as she contemplated this matter. Her eyes betrayed her emotional turmoil as she hesitantly said, "So Queenie discovered the surveillance footage through Bryan and wanted to use it to make Old Mr. Benedict despise me because she doesn't want us to be together?"

Colton nodded again. Never once did it cross his mind that the truth behind Ella's death was finally brought to light after so many years. At this moment, he didn't even have the words to describe how he felt. He also definitely didn't know what to say.