Semua Bab He Chose Her the Night I Miscarried. Now He’s on His Knees: Bab 71 - Bab 80

Nathan’s POV:When I returned to the Bennett house, Mr. Porter approached me.He was one of the household staff, and now he handled most of the estate’s internal affairs, almost like a butler.“Welcome home, sir.”I asked him, “Where is Grace Keller?”“She has been isolated.”I nodded and headed back to my room.“What about Grace’s communication devices?”Mr. Porter followed me into the room and said, “Here, sir.”He held out a smartphone.I looked at it and asked, “Is it locked?”“No, sir.”I accepted Grace’s phone.“You may go.”Mr. Porter gave a small bow and left.Once I was alone in the room, I placed the phone on my desk and sat down.I stared at the phone and thought.Should I look at it first?So many truths had been uncovered today.Ryan’s death seven years ago had been caused by Sophie’s malice.Sophie had hidden Ryan’s allergy card and deliberately failed to tell Evelyn whether he had any allergies.A sigh escaped me.And after that, in Grace’s diary, t

Evelyn’s POV:I suddenly woke up.Where am I?That was right.I had lost consciousness.The room around me was dark, and my eyes had not adjusted yet, so I could not see clearly.But I could tell I had been properly laid down on the bed.The curtains had been drawn, and only a soft accent light glowed faintly in the room.“Evelyn.”At the sound of that voice, I turned and saw Lucas right beside me.“Lucas…”Lucas reached out and pulled me into his arms.As his large body wrapped around me, he asked, “How do you feel?”I rested my cheek against his chest and answered, “I think I’m okay.”I had shown him such a pathetic side of myself.I had thrown up because I could not hold it in.I had cried until I lost consciousness.Lucas stroked the back of my head and said, “I was really worried.”I smiled faintly.“I’m sorry.”Lucas slipped his arm beneath my neck and held me close.“It’s fine. I was responsible for my own feelings. I couldn’t help worrying about you.”He w

Sophie’s POV:Today, when I spoke with Julian at Salon de Orchid, I remembered my student days.Evelyn never even tried to hide her full chest, and I had felt inferior to her.I had been so jealous I could hardly stand it.That inferiority complex about my chest had followed me for years.I looked at my own skin.Now, I worked hard to keep my skin beautiful and took great care not to get sunburned.Maybe I had always had a lot of melanin, because the moment I spent time in the sun, my skin darkened quickly.That was exactly why I had to be careful to stay out of the sun.Evelyn, on the other hand, had been fair-skinned from birth.Even when she was in the sun, her skin only turned a little red, and after that, it stayed white.And if she ever did get sunburned, the entire household would make a fuss over it, while Evelyn herself simply smiled as if nothing had happened.As for me, even if I got sunburned and my skin turned red, no one said a word.Not even my own mother.

Evelyn’s POV:The contents of Grace’s phone had been sent over by Nathan.The camera roll contained countless photos of Sophie I never would have wanted to see.The title was “Queen Time.”“Queen Time, huh?”Lucas said it with a scornful smile.I could understand how he felt.If becoming a “queen” in a place like that was what satisfied Sophie’s vanity, then it was almost laughable.But the men photographed with Sophie included some people who would cause massive public scandals if exposed.It suggested that Salon de Orchid was deeply connected to political and financial circles.“Didn’t she feel any danger in leaving photos like this behind?” I asked.Lucas answered, “Well, Grace was probably the one who took the photos. Even if she sent them to Sophie, the two of them could keep each other in a mutual blackmail relationship. As long as the balance held, they probably weren’t worried.”As long as the balance held.“Grace went to the salon, was cleverly lured into illegal

Evelyn’s POV:Nathan led us deeper into the Bennett house.“I’ve never been here before.”When I said that, Nathan smiled bitterly.“This is the staff wing.”Only then did I realize we had already left the main house and entered what Nathan called the staff wing.Nathan’s family was old money, a powerful family with generations of history behind it.The mansion was enormous, and the estate grounds were vast.My own family, the Carters, stood on equal footing with the Bennetts in terms of status, but our estate was not as large as this.Seeing it like this made me realize all over again that Nathan truly was the son of the Bennett family.I had never been especially conscious of being born into a wealthy family myself.But for Sophie, who had been the housekeeper’s daughter, this position must have been something she wanted desperately.If she could become the lady of an estate like this, it made sense that she would use every tool she had to force her way in.Watching Soph