The housekeeper''s words sliced right through Sebastian''s pride, leaving a raw, stinging ache.


    He knew he had been wrong, but everyone kept reminding him that he had lost Natalie for good.


    The usation enraged him. He was trying so hard to change, to make up for his past mistakes.


    He turned to Sean, who had pushed through his exhaustion to follow them inside. “Sean, take the woman to the police station. Investigate everything thoroughly. All the stolen items, the money-give all the evidence to the police. Then go find her son. The vi, the car, everything in his possession was bought with money from selling what was stolen from my grandmother. I want every single thing traced.”


    The housekeeper froze, her face ashen. It had been a slip of the tongue.


    She instantly regretted her outburst. She shouldn''t have said those things to provoke Sebastian.


    He was a powerful man, and being insulted like that by a housekeeper had surely wounded his pride.


    She had lost control. Working as the head housekeeper here for so long had made her arrogant, used to feeling superior.


    Fear gripped her, and she began to cry and beg. “Mr. Griffith, I misspoke just now! Please, spare my family! I''ve taken care of the madam and the old master for years. I''ve given my entire life to this family! Doesn''t decades of loyalty count for anything?"


    "I''m begging you, I did everything alone. It has nothing to do with my son. The money for his vi came from savings the madam gave me..."


    Natalie cut her off furiously. "You have the nerve to say the money was a gift from the madam? Go ask around! What other housekeeper gets an entire vi! That was an incredible gift, a sign of immense favor! But do you know the meaning of gratitude? Not at all! You ungrateful snake. You actually had the nerve to poison her. Grandmother treated you so well, trusted you, relied on you. You stole diamond nes and jewelry worth tens of millions, and she was willing to turn a blind eye. But then you did something so wicked and unforgivable! Who do you think you''re fooling?"


    The housekeeper was taken aback by Natalie''s words. If she was willing to turn a blind eye, then why call the police?


    The Griffith family was rich. They had so much money, why couldn''t they turn a blind eye now?


    "Then why did you call the police on me?" the housekeeper demanded angrily.


    Natalie''s eyes narrowed, her gaze cutting through the housekeeper''s excuses like a knife.


    Her voice was ice cold. "You


    conspired with Joanna to poison_my grandmother, and you still expected her to look the other way? Housekeeper, you''ve got some nerve."


    The housekeeper''s face went deathly pale. So, they knew about that too.


    They knew she had been working with Joanna.


    She was finished. Natalie had brought up the poisoning. They knew everything.


    She sneered at Natalie. "Do you have any proof, Natalie? How dare you make such an usation?"


    As long as there was no proof she administered the poison, they couldn''t do anything to her. Her son knew thew.


    He had


    Sheher before that as long


    as she left no evidence, Sebastian couldn''t touch her, even if he knew she did it.


    Natalie saw her arrogant attitude. Did she really think they had no evidence?


    Natalie pointed to a tiny, blinking lens tucked into the crown molding. "Smile for the camera, Mrs. Lewis. We''ve been recording your little


    performances for quite some ne


    time


    now. Thest time I came to see grandmother, I discovered she was being slowly poisoned alsong overheard you in the garden on the phone with Joanna. Grandmother has always been against her marrying into the Griffith family, so Joanna decided to target her."