Chapter 1601 The truth


    “Those people were indeed sent by Erin. He wanted to scare you, but unfortunately your uncle


    overheard it. He immediately encouraged me to bribe those people and make them act for real. I was


    confused at the time and thought that if Erin’s reputation was ruined, I wouldn’t have to endure his


    insults anymore, so I reluctantly agreed…”


    Karen finished speaking with a pitiful expression, gently touching Ste’s face.


    “I’m really sorry, Ste. I wasn’t thinking clearly at the time. Erin deceived me, otherwise I would never


    have hurt you. After seeing what you went through, I deeply regretted it and felt incredibly guilty…”


    Ste remained still, letting Karen’s cold fingertips glide across her face. Her blood ran cold, like being


    trapped in an icy pond, unable to struggle free, only allowing the coldness to envelope her.


    She knew that Karen’s words were half true and half false, the only thing she believed was that Erin


    didn’t want those people to gang rape her, he just wanted to scare her. So that’s why Erin never


    exined anything?


    Suppressing her anger, Ste slowly lifted her vacant gaze and looked into Karen’s eyes, void of any


    cruelty. She asked calmly,


    “When you punished him using family methods, did he exin himself?”


    While Ste was in the hospital, she heard that apart from the thugs who fell into the water, the others


    who were caught and sent to prison didn’t reveal the mastermind behind it. Erin narrowly escaped.


    It was after Ste woke up that Karen forced her to use Erin. Erin was standing by her hospital bed


    at the time, wanting to exin something, but Thomas pped him several times and he chose to


    remain silent.


    Ste knew that after he was taken back by the Simpson family, he was severely dealt with. She didn’t


    witness it firsthand, but she saw Erin covered in blood when he came to her hospital room. He wanted


    toe in, but Karen wouldn’t let him get close.


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    Until Ste recovered and found out she was pregnant, Erin hadn’t seen her alone. Even when she had


    an abortion, Erin didn’t exin anything. If he only wanted to scare her, why didn’t he exin to her?


    Karen didn’t really want to tell Ste, but seeing that Ste didn’t me her, she reluctantly said,


    “When the Simpson family punished him, he did exin that it was just a scare, but he didn’t expect


    those people to take it seriously. When I heard him say that, I was afraid the Simpson family would


    believe him, so I pped him and angrily used him of making excuses. I questioned him, even if


    what you said


    was true, this whole thing happened because of him. If he hadn’t done it, how could you have been


    gang raped? So whether it was a scare or not, you were hurt because of him. He didn’t say anything


    after I finished speaking, probably thinking that it was indeed his fault and there was no need to exin


    anymore…”


    So that’s how it was. Because he also believed that he sent people, whether he exined or not didn’t


    matter. After all, the damage had been done. In Erin’s mind, he probably always thought it was his


    doing, so he never mentioned this incident to her…


    Even when they met again, Erin treated her the same way as before. He must have believed that their


    rtionship couldn’t be reconciled because of this, so he acted like a little boy bullying a little girl,


    surrounding her.


    Ste wanted revenge, so she seduced him and made him fall in love with her, intending to hurt him


    badly, thinking that this would be a sessful revenge. But she didn’t expect that the real enemy was


    sitting in front of her, looking at her with pity.


    This person even imed that Bart instigated her. How could Ste believe that? Bart wasn’t even in


    the country at the time, how would he know that Erin wanted to scare her?


    After understanding everything, Ste no longer pretended. She raised her finger, wiping away the


    tears at the corner of her eyes, and looked at Karen with cold eyes.


    “If I’m not mistaken, you had already bribed those people, but Erin identally fell into your trap…”


    As these words came out, Karen’s expression changed drastically. She didn’t expect Ste to figure


    this out, even though she had concealed the truth. How could Ste…


    When Karen tried to find an excuse to dispel Ste’s suspicions, she saw Ste gripping her skirt


    tightly, exerting great force as if she wanted to tear it off.


    Karen couldn’t tell from Ste’s actions and expression whether she was shocked by the truth or


    suppressing her hatred. She only felt that this child had also learned how to disguise herself and was


    ultimately unable to control it…


    But regardless of whether she could control it or not, Karen wouldn’t admit it and chose to remain


    silent.