I walked in closer to the couch and saw a picture frame placed upside down on the ground beside the balcony. There were shards of broken glass everywhere. Ashton cherished all his parents’ belongings. There was no reason for such a thing to happen. Didn’t he call for the maids to clean this up?

Driven by my curiosity, I crouched down and put the broken shards away carefully. The photo frame held a wedding picture of Ashton’s parents.

Only Ashton and I were here recently. He was the culprit who broke the frame because I wasn’t here to do it.

Why?

To avenge them, Ashton never let his guard down. Not even a second. Hatred followed him wherever he went. It was a constant and painful reminder that he had to seek revenge for his parents. This was one of their few photographs left protected by the frame, but he broke it into pieces.

Right when I was lost in a daze with the picture frame in my hands, a series of footsteps came from behind. They were light, but audible for me to notice someone was approaching me slowly.

I had many enemies in this world, but none would follow me here to the family home.

down my wild

were cold as though he didn’t recognize me. A suffocating hostility filled the

He was looking

of panicking, I blurted out,

came to the family home the most, so it wasn’t odd

however, shouldn’t be here. Instead of staying in my room

his gaze. His aloofness intensified by his silence. I finally

a few seconds.

mounting an investigation on me.” He sounded indifferent,

to a genius like him was equivalent

I was wrong. “Since you refused to tell me the truth, I can only look into it on my own. Was

furrowed his brows as anger filled his eyes. “I’ve told you before. You only need to take care of

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