RedNovelRegret 85 Chapter 85 Hiram was stunned by what he'd just heard. When the shock wore off, fury took its place. He wrenched his arm free from Charlotte's grasp and stormed up to Tricia, voice shaking with rage. "You liar! You're the reason my sister got hurt! You promised you'd make a public apology, and now you're going back on your word?" "Hiram, don't-" Charlotte tried to hold him back, but it was too late.
Before Hiram could reach Tricia, Evander stepped forward and knocked him to the floor with a swift kick. At a signal from Natalie, two security guards moved in, pinning Hiram down.
"Let go of me! I didn't do anything wrong!" Hiram's voice cracked with anger and frustration. "If it weren't for her, my sister wouldn't have been attacked-she made it happen, I have the recording to prove it!" Evander's eyes darkened as he turned to look at Tricia.
Tears streamed down Tricia's face, her voice trembling. "It's not true, Evander. He forcedto say those things. He said if I didn't, he'd kill me..." "Miss Winthrop, I admit my brother was wrong to kidnap you. I can apologize on his behalf for that. But he's not a killer." When she'd first heard about Hiram kidnapping Tricia, Charlotte hadn't been afraid for Tricia's life. She knew her brother-he would never go that far. Her real fear was that Hiram, reckless and impulsive as ever, might seriously hurt Tricia like he had with that college classmate, ruining his own future in the process.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Dr. Sterling!" Tricia's voice rang out, strong and clear. “I was the one who was kidnapped! Of course you'd defend him-he's your brother!" "That's exactly why-" "Enough!" Evander cut her off, his patience clearly worn thin. His eyes were cold as ice.
"He kidnapped someone. That's a crime. Are you really going to defend a kidnapper?" Charlotte fell silent, frozen where she stood. Of course-kidnapping was a crime, plain and simple. If Evander pressed charges for Tricia, Hiram would go to prison, even if he hadn't physically hurt anyone.
1/2 08:45 Chapter 85 "Evander, he recordedwhen he forcedto say those things. I'm afraid he'll use those recordings to threatenin the future..." Tricia's jaw clenched. She couldn't let that recording beca weapon against her. Evander nodded to the guards.
They moved in to take Hiram's phone, but he clung to it desperately. "This is the proof my sister is innocent! Don't touch it! Give it back!" Despite his resistance, the guards eventually pried the phone from his grasp and handed it to Evander. Tricia's heart leapt with satisfaction. "Evander, may I have it?" Hiram thrashed, his face flushed and wild. "Don't touch my phone! Don't give it to her!" Charlotte, watching her brother's desperation, finally realized how important something on that phone must be. "Miss Winthrop, if you're truly innocent, why worry about the recording? If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Why do you want my brother's phone? Are you trying to destroy evidence?" Panic flashed in Tricia's eyes. She despised Charlotte in that moment.
It wasn't just the recording she needed to erase. There was her secret deal with Mrs. Fontaine-she couldn't let Evander discover it.
Her eyes reddened further. "Dr. Sterling, you're still protecting a criminal. Or did you put him up to it?" Hiram exploded, his voice hoarse. "How dare you accuse my sister like that, you witch!" Evander's expression grew even darker. Without hesitation, he handed the phone over to Tricia right in front of everyone.
A glimmer of triumph passed through Tricia's eyes as she took the phone.
Did they really think they could beat her? Charlotte caught the look and clenched her fists. "Evander, what if there's evidence on that phone?" ortant Evander's reply was cold and calm. "Evidence of what? Kidnapping?" Charlotte faltered, breathless. "Hiram wouldn't do something like this for no reason...
08:45 Chapter 95 "Does a kidnapper ever need a reason?" His words left no room for argument.
Whenever it cto Tricia, Evander was always this ruthless. He'd rather trust her blindly than ever question En.
her motives. Tricia quickly erased the phone's memory, then let it slip from her hand, sending it crashing to the floor.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." she murmured, instinctively shrinking behind Evander, as if terrified of E Hiram.
Staring at the shattered phone, Hiram.
laughed-a hollow, broken w, broken sounds All the evidence he'd worked so hard to collect was gone. It was all gone. 08:45
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