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Story: Twice Betrayed
Before leaving, I thoroughly cleaned the house and removed all of my belongings.
I had only taken a small portion; the rest had been thrown away.
After all, I should not have come to this house in the first place. Since I had decided to leave, I would do so with a clean break. Mason stared numbly at everything before him until Jameson asked, “Mason, will the wedding still take place?”
With the bride missing and the groom dejected, how could the wedding go on?
Mason intended to punish me, to remind me that he had rescued me from the contempt of Marinegate City’s residents, and to warn me not to become arrogant in my privileged position.
Yet now it appeared that he had punished himself.
Mason Reid’s wedding had been highly anticipated in Marinegate City, but this was how things had turned out. Mason straightened his posture, “We’ll proceed!” I don’t think Tessa would leave!”
Camilla called just as he had finished speaking.
Camilla said her stomach hurt and asked Mason if he could come back for a while. After much deliberation, Mason decided to leave.
Jameson sighed as he watched Mason’s retreating figure. “I suppose this is fate!”
In his haste to get to the hospital, Mason accidentally bumped into someone.
“Mr. Reid?”
Only then did Mason realise he had run into Dr. Warren, my father’s former attending physician.
Mason’s unease grew as he saw Dr. Warren, and he nodded briefly before leaving.
“Hi, isn’t Tessa with you today? How’s she doing?”
“What is wrong with Tessa?””
Mason felt anxious and concerned when he heard my name.
He started to wonder if I was sick; why had I gone to the hospital and not told him?
Dr. Warren then told Mason about my hospital visit the day before, and he concluded by advising Mason to help me overcome my grief.
Mason stood stunned after hearing that, knowing I had discovered the cause of my father’s death.
A wave of dread washed over him, and Mason quickly asked Jameson to check the safe in his study for the contract from his previous partnership with Quinn Enterprises.
The contract had ended, as expected.
Mason leaned against the wall, staring blankly at his phone; the safe’s password was Camilla’s birthday.
He knew I’d figured it out and had taken the contract, which revealed how he had set up a trap for my father.
I now understood what had happened back then.
With this realisation, he took heavy steps towards Camilla’s hospital ward.
Just as he got off the lift, he overheard two young nurses gossiping.
“The woman in the VIP ward… She has already had at least two abortions, if I recall correctly!”
“Let me tell you a secret: the baby is not her husband’s. And yesterday, the man who came to stay with her was Mason Reid, the financial media darling!”
I had only taken a small portion; the rest had been thrown away.
After all, I should not have come to this house in the first place. Since I had decided to leave, I would do so with a clean break. Mason stared numbly at everything before him until Jameson asked, “Mason, will the wedding still take place?”
With the bride missing and the groom dejected, how could the wedding go on?
Mason intended to punish me, to remind me that he had rescued me from the contempt of Marinegate City’s residents, and to warn me not to become arrogant in my privileged position.
Yet now it appeared that he had punished himself.
Mason Reid’s wedding had been highly anticipated in Marinegate City, but this was how things had turned out. Mason straightened his posture, “We’ll proceed!” I don’t think Tessa would leave!”
Camilla called just as he had finished speaking.
Camilla said her stomach hurt and asked Mason if he could come back for a while. After much deliberation, Mason decided to leave.
Jameson sighed as he watched Mason’s retreating figure. “I suppose this is fate!”
In his haste to get to the hospital, Mason accidentally bumped into someone.
“Mr. Reid?”
Only then did Mason realise he had run into Dr. Warren, my father’s former attending physician.
Mason’s unease grew as he saw Dr. Warren, and he nodded briefly before leaving.
“Hi, isn’t Tessa with you today? How’s she doing?”
“What is wrong with Tessa?””
Mason felt anxious and concerned when he heard my name.
He started to wonder if I was sick; why had I gone to the hospital and not told him?
Dr. Warren then told Mason about my hospital visit the day before, and he concluded by advising Mason to help me overcome my grief.
Mason stood stunned after hearing that, knowing I had discovered the cause of my father’s death.
A wave of dread washed over him, and Mason quickly asked Jameson to check the safe in his study for the contract from his previous partnership with Quinn Enterprises.
The contract had ended, as expected.
Mason leaned against the wall, staring blankly at his phone; the safe’s password was Camilla’s birthday.
He knew I’d figured it out and had taken the contract, which revealed how he had set up a trap for my father.
I now understood what had happened back then.
With this realisation, he took heavy steps towards Camilla’s hospital ward.
Just as he got off the lift, he overheard two young nurses gossiping.
“The woman in the VIP ward… She has already had at least two abortions, if I recall correctly!”
“Let me tell you a secret: the baby is not her husband’s. And yesterday, the man who came to stay with her was Mason Reid, the financial media darling!”