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    “Go ahead,” he said suddenly.


    “What?” Ellie was taken aback, not following his train of thought. Kaiden, maintaining his aloof demeanor, acted as though he hadn’t spoken.


    Ignoring his sullen expression, Ellie pressed on with her question. “Why would the Thorpe family perpetuate the myth of Brisa’s death?” The very idea seemed like a cruel curse upon a living person.


    “What if it was the Thorpe family’s doing?” Kaiden replied, resting his chin on his hand and looking at Ellie with a rxed gaze.


    “What?!” Ellie was stunned, blinking in disbelief.


    How could the Thorpe family have spread such a devastating rumor about Brisa? Despite her unstable mental state, they shouldn’t have done that!


    Kaiden’s slight, cold smile only deepened Ellie’s shock.


    The truth was hard to ept, but it was undeniable.


    Then a thought struck Ellie. Jorge had been known for his romantic exploits before marrying Brisa, even caring for his first love postman-I age.


    “Why don’t you bring your mother home?” Ellie asked, her voice soft yet firm. It was clear that Kaiden, though distant, held a certain respect for Brisa.


    Surely, for Brisa, living with her son would be preferable to being confined in a sanatorium and presumed deceased by the outside world.


    Suddenly, Kaiden reached out, his hand grasping Ellie’s chin, examining her with newfound interest.


    Ellie met his gaze with a mixture of surprise and calm, waiting for what he would do next.


    Her eyes, though clear and bright, bore no trace of the same innocence that Brisa’s eyes held even during her lucid episodes.


    Kaiden was taken aback by Ellie’s unwavering integrity and unique nature. How had the Gordon family raised such an intriguing individual?


    Brisa, in her lucid moments, had often told Kaiden about Ellie’s intelligence, resilience, and kindness. She believed Ellie shared some traits with Kaiden himself.


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    Despite his intelligence, Kaiden couldn’t fathom Ellie’s capacity for gentleness after all she’d endured.


    He assumed everyone would be as calcting as him.


    “Ellie, you’re quite astute. Care to venture a guess?” Kaiden’s smile faded.


    “You’re the clever one, not me,” Ellie deflected with apliment.


    How could she possibly unravel such a mystery?


    Moreover, Kaiden wasuded as a prodigy in his youth. Ellie knew her own intellectual limits well.


    Kaiden, choosing to end the conversation, closed his eyes and feigned sleep.


    The car fell into an ufortable silence.


    Eventually, Ellie broke it. “Kaiden, Brisa once offered me support. It might have been trivial for her, but it meant the world to me. She’s so dignified and aplished. Her life shouldn’t be reduced to this.”


    Dignified? Aplished? Ellie held Brisa in such high regard?


    Kaiden found the notion almostughable.


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