Brianna was beside herself with rage. "I said you''re a jinx! Harriet was barely cold in her grave and you were already seducing Castle! You even used Katy to get his attention! You''re a devious schemer!"


    ire couldn''t stand it anymore. "That''s enough, you crazy old woman! Your daughter Sue is the most shameless one of all! Trying to climb into her own brother- inw''s bed! Mrs. Joyner had just passed away and she was already trying to take her ce. She''s the disgusting one!"


    When it came to a shouting match, ire had never lost.


    Ever since marrying Jaxon, Brianna had maintained the image of a high-society wife. Her verbalbat skills had long since atrophied, and she was no match for ire.


    "Sue is the most shameless! The most disgusting! The absolute lowest of the low!" ire yelled at the top of her lungs.


    Brianna almost choked, clutching her chest and gasping for air.


    But now Noreen got out of the car and walked straight toward her. Worried Brianna might do something drastic, Dariel tensed, his eyes fixed on the woman.


    As Noreen approached, her expression darkened. "You just said that Seth once broke four of Sue''s ribs and sent her to a psychiatric hospital for five years?"


    Faced with Noreen''s imposing presence, Brianna''s bravado vanished. She stammered, "It''s the truth. Back then, Sue got jealous and threw you into the sea. Seth got so angry he broke four of her ribs. She was in the hospital for three months just to recover, and she still has scars on her chest from the surgery. She can''t even wear cutout dresses now..."


    Brianna kept rambling on with her grievances, but Noreen''s mind was a chaotic blur, drowning out her words. For all these years, she had believed it was Castle who had kicked Sue, and she had always been grateful to him for it.


    Only now was she finally piecing together the events of the past. As awful as Sue''s actions had been, she was still Mrs. Joyner''s sister. Castle, out of respect for histe wife, е would never have been so ruthless. It was just like the situation today. Even though Sue had drugged her, Castle for histe wife''s sake would at most have given Sue a warning or put her on lockdown. He wouldn''t have resorted to violence.


    So, the person who had jumped into the sea to save her all those years ago was Seth. And the person getting even on her behalf right now was also Seth. From start to finish, it had only ever been Seth.


    The realization threw Noreen''s mind intoplete turmoil. Ignoring Brianna''sints, she rushed back to the car and began to


    frantically rummage through bel


    for her phone She needed to call Seth. She needed to understand everything.


    bag


    ire saw the desperation in her eyes and picked up Noreen''s phone from the adjacent seat, handing it to her. As Noreen took it, her fingers were trembling.


    Meanwhile, in another location, Sue was being force-fed drugs, spewing a stream of vile curses. But Seth remainedpletely unmoved.


    After a futile struggle, Sue''s eyes turned crimson as she red at Seth, looking like she wanted to eat him alive.


    "Seth, you''ll pay for what you''ve done today!" Sue shrieked in a final, desperate threat. "I''m telling you, I''m mentally ill! I can kill someone and get away with it! I''m going to kill you! I swear it!"


    Thebination of old grudges and new hatred was pushing her already unstable mind to the breaking point. If she had a knife in her hand, she would have plunged it into Seth''s chest without hesitation.


    But Seth was unfazed by her threat. He even mocked her with a sneer. "What a coincidence. I''m crazy too, and I don''t get punished for killing people either. Want to test that?"


    A man next to him casually handed Seth a knife. He took it and slowly pressed the t of the de against Sue''s neck. The cold touch of the steel made her face turn deathly pate, and her lips began to tremble. "You... don''t do anything reckless."