The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 248

"Even before your accident, there were regular transfers between Phelps and Zack," Citrine said, pulling a stack of printed bank statements from her bag and laying them out in front of Manley. "Zack's daughter needed money for her medical treatment. She'd been waiting years for a heart transplant, but nothing matched until the very morning of your accident. That's when she finally got a compatible heart. Tell me, isn't that a little too convenient?"

Manley stared at the statements, his face darkening with every line he read.

Phelps had been his childhood friend-practically a brother-and after Manley's accident, the only one who still made the effort to see him.

Manley's hands shook as he clutched the printouts, his expression twisted with pain and disbelief.

Harsh as the truth was, Uncle Manley couldn't stay in the dark forever.

Citrine plugged a USB drive into the laptop and played the final piece of evidence —a surveillance video from the Jensen family's study.

footage showed Phelps lounging on the sofa, legs

gaze lingered on Zack, admiration flickering in his eyes. "You did well. This

he spoke, Phelps pushed a

his tone resolute. "All I care about is my daughter getting

already arranged. You did your part perfectly-this is just a bonus." He nudged the box of

Zack

Manley grew up together. You're supposed to be close. Why did

Phelps's smile vanished. His face went cold; a flicker of hatred flashed in his

come first, and I'd be stuck in second place. In college, I chased the same girl for three years-she never even glanced at me, but she clung to Manley like a leech. Even in the Jensen family, I was more qualified than that bastard, but my father would rather hand the company to a nobody than to me. Yet Weston allowed Manley to enter the heir selection process, treating him as an equal. I admit it—I'm jealous. Jealous enough to wish he were dead. Too bad the car crash didn't finish him off. Still, seeing the

sneered, his face twisted with rage. "Watching him become a

frozen, his body rigid as the video