Fiona''s eyebrows shot up in surprise as she turned to look at Lizetta.


    "Liz has developed a taste for spicy food? That exins it. Remington usually doesn''t fuss over the small stuff, but he specifically requested to add a few spicy dishes this time."


    Their conversation flowed seamlessly, as if they hadpletely forgotten about the presence of another person. Ste, no matter how thick-skinned, couldn''t stand being ignored any longer. She pinched her hand and managed a strained smile at Fiona, "I''ll leave you guys to your meal then. I''ll wait outside; I have a few things to discuss with Remingtonter."


    Without waiting for Remington to object, she quickly turned and made her way out. Fiona was still in high spirits, seemingly undisturbed. Whether it was to make Ste wait deliberately or he genuinely missed Lizetta, dinner stretched on for an hour.


    After the meal, Lizetta apanied Fiona for a leisurely stroll in the garden. Ste, who had been waiting in the living room, also followed them out, walking beside Remington. Remington, not wanting her to follow, deliberately slowed down and stopped to confront Ste. "Speak," he said, his voice cold and impatient, eager for her to finish and leave.


    Ste bit her lip, her left hand tightly gripping her right, where a few fingers were missing. "Remington, why are you treating me like this? Just because I called you away on the night Liz hadplications, you me everything on me? But what did I do wrong? I had no idea something like that would happen that night. If I had known, I wouldn''t have dared to disturb you, no matter how desperate I was. This isn''t fair to me!"


    Her voice was filled with sorrow and injustice, tears stubbornly clinging to her eyshes, refusing to fall. Yet, Remington''s gaze remained unmoved. "Ste, was Evelina Hawthorne''s miscarriage really just a coincidence?"


    Ste''s heart tightened as she looked up at him in shock, her tears finally falling. "What do you mean? Of course, it was an ident."


    "Why then did Evelina im someone had tampered with her slippers, causing her to slip in the bathroom?"


    Evelina was already in prison, but Ste knew that Remington had sent people to see Evelina twice. Yet, Evelina''s child was still with the West family, and they had warned Evelina. It didn''t make se for


    Evelina to lie.


    "How could that be? Remington, you might not know, but Evelina was confined during that time, and she wasn''t in her right mind. She was paranoid, thinking someone was out to get her. She must have been mistaken." Remington chuckled, "So, the fact that April, the maid who took care of Evelina, died in a car ident immediately is also a coincidence?"


    Ste was shocked, "April died in a car ident? I wasn''t aware of that. April was hired specifically to take care of Evelina, and after Evelina gave birth, she had already ended her contract with the West family."


    Ste''s expression was the picture of innocence, not missing a beat. Remington scoffed coldly. The West family had indeed handled the situation surrounding Lizetta''splication with clean efficiency.N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    He suddenly changed the subject. "Then exin to me, the night I went to pick you up, what was the purpose of you running outside to get caught in the rain?"


    That day, had Ste not suddenly<pe down with a high fever, he could have made it back in time for the wedding. He had always thought Ste''s fever was an unfortunate ident, but after Lizetta''s incident, he had everything re-examined and found out Ste had intentionally made herself sick to dy him.