Chapter 449: Chapter 449: It Was All Their Doing
Leona Grant was genuinely stunned when he heard this. ’So that’s what happened!’
’They erased his memory and then sent Annabelle Linton away. No wonder he had no recollection of it!’
Vivian Yates’s face lit up with a smile. "Yes, yes, yes! Mom, you’re the cleverest. You’re truly a woman of both beauty and brains. Dad was so lucky to marry you; the Yates family must have done something right in a past life!"
’More like they accumulated bad karma!’ Leona Grant cursed inwardly.
Mrs. Yates’s booming laughter came through the receiver, clearly delighted. "My dear daughter, my greatest hope is for your happiness."
"Mmm, thank you, Mom!"
As they spoke, Annabelle Linton was being transferred away.
Leona Grant saw it all—
On the way there, the Leona Grant in the dream was injected with some unknown drug that erased his memory of Annabelle Linton saving him. Then he was taken to the hospital.
On the way, Vivian Yates deliberately cut her own hand and then bandaged it dramatically.
Mrs. Yates and Vivian Yates tearfully recounted everything to his family, describing how Vivian had led the police to rescue Leona Grant and how dangerous it had been, without mentioning Annabelle Linton even once.
The sky flickered from dark to light in an instant.
The Leona Grant in the dream woke up with no memory of what had happened. All he knew was that he’d been kidnapped and had somehow ended up here. He asked what had transpired.
His mother rushed forward, hugging him and checking him all over while repeating the lies Vivian Yates had fabricated the day before as if they were the truth.
After listening, he glanced around emotionlessly, as if looking for something.
The Leona Grant outside the dream watched all of this, his eyes devoid of emotion.
He finally understood everything. It had all been their scheme.
He remembered that after he woke up, Vivian Yates had insinuated that both she and Annabelle Linton had set out to rescue him, but Annabelle had gotten scared, run away to another city, and even sent him photos and a letter to prove it.
He had tried calling Annabelle Linton, but the calls never went through, or if they did, they were immediately disconnected!
’That must have been their doing too, right?’
After that, because of the kidnapping, his mother suggested he go abroad for his safety.
Vivian Yates then hinted that she wanted to go too, so he took her with him. His thinking at the time was that since Annabelle Linton could abandon him, he could abandon her too. Besides, Vivian had saved him.
Annabelle Linton had clearly saved him at the risk of her own life, only to be misunderstood like this...
’But honestly,’ he thought, ’if it all happened again, I’d probably still fall for it.’
Vivian had exploited Annabelle Linton’s trust, her selflessness toward him, and the perfect timing of it all.
That’s why he’d remained indifferent when Ashley told him Vivian Yates had stolen Annabelle Linton’s credit. The idea had just been too unbelievable.
’What a terrifying woman.’
Leona Grant lowered his gaze, and suddenly, he was in the same place as Annabelle Linton.
Annabelle Linton was covered in tubes, wearing an oxygen mask. Her breathing was faint, her face pale.
Scenes began to replay in his mind: Annabelle Linton being thrown into the river by him, being humiliated by him, being scorned and cursed by him. He saw her unconscious like this after having her blood drained, her eyes red from crying. Leona Grant’s own eyes began to burn.
"Annabelle Linton, I’m sorry..."
Leona Grant slumped by her bedside, placing his hand over hers and watching her for a long time.
’I’m sorry. I’m the one who wronged you...’
He held Annabelle Linton for a moment before another flash of light switched the scene again.
...
「That night.」
He arrived at the villa he shared with Annabelle Linton.
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