Chapter 314 She Couldn’t Resist His Gentleness
“Do you want to kiss me again?”
Cecelia had to admit that this guy always surprised her with his unexpected romantic gestures.
He knew exactly how to charm a girl.
And her heart was pounding from his teasing.
As Cecelia locked eyes with him, their proximity made it impossible for the man’s intense gaze to hide
his desire to kiss her. If he didn’t want to kiss her, what else could it be?
“Wrong!”
Remington put on a serious face and said, “Don’t think of me as so shallow! Can’t I think of something
other than just the two of us?”
Cecelia was speechless.
She was taken aback by his unexpected response. What was he up to?
His actions that followed proved that Cecelia had overthought. He set a romantic atmosphere and then
turned on the projector, starting to exin some clues he had discovered rted to the secret manual.
“Cece, take a look. These are some things I have investigated regarding the Collection of Fragrant
Clothes. We now know that several factions are vying for this secret manual. Apart from Kevin and the
Revenant Sect, there’s another force represented by Maggie Taylor.”
“I suspect that there must be a greater hidden power behind Maggie because my investigation reveals
that when she first arrived in the Center City of the Cathail Republic, she had no background to speak
of. Yet, she was able to create a sessful corporation like the Taylor Group. Don’t you think she must
have a powerful backer?”
“Yes, I think so too.”
“And I have a very bold spection!”
Remington came to Cecelia’s side, putting his arm around her shoulder and flipping through the pages
with aser pen in his hand.
“Look at the rtionship map I made! If we consider Jessica Kara as a breakthrough, we can analyze
things starting from her and Maggie.”
“The first thing we think of is that Jessica Kara might be Maggie’s undercover agent.”
“This way, it would make sense for them to steal Doris and kill Esmee.’
“But we haven’t considered the secondyer. What is the rtionship between Jessica Kara, Maggie,
your senior martial brother, and your master, Tobiani Bowman?”
Cecelia furrowed her brows under the soft blue light, able to see the man’s profound profile. “Are you
saying that you suspect they are all in cahoots?”
“My second spection is that Maggie, just like you, is also a member of the Dark Moon. Her powerful
backer might be your master, Tobiani Bowman.”
As Remington spoke these words, Cecelia remained calm on the surface, but inside, a storm was
brewing.
If it was really as he suspected, then she had been living in a huge deception all this time?
“Let me think carefully. Five years ago, on the night of the Linsey family’s big fire, Martin Dylon saved
me. When I escaped from the Linsey family, I had a situation and was desperate. That was when
Jessica and Kara appeared.
“They took me away and helped me safely give birth to four children. But Kara told me at the time that
the youngest child wasn’t breathing, and she kindly took the child away to deal with it.
“Afterwards, I gave the eldest child to you and took the remaining two children with me to the Swaxon
Kingdom.
“In the Swaxon Kingdom, I met their master. Tobiani Bowman. Through their introduction, I was allowed
to join Dark Moon.
“They kindly helped me raise my two children and provided me with training opportunities to be
stronger as well.
“I respected my master as a father and considered Dark Moon as my family. I also met Jersey
Bowman, who took good care of me and my children.”
As Cecelia recounted, she recalled all the years of her life and growth in Dark Moon.
Dark Moon was like a second chance at life for her, and she couldn’t believe that they could be the
maniptors behind the conspiracy! “When I said I wanted to return to the Cathail Republic for revengo
my master was very supportive, and Jersey said he would help me. “The first thing that made me
suspicious was the appearance of our daughter, Doris, who was raised by Maggie.
“If we follow your second spection, the life-saving favor from Jessica and Kara five years ago was
actually premeditated by them.
“They saved me and falsely imed that our youngest child died, but who knows what methods they
used to sedate her.
“They gave the child to Maggie to raise, and five yearster, my master helped me return home for
revenge. When I found the secret manual, Maggie used our daughter as a hostage, wanting to trade for
the manual.
“But she didn’t expect that we would n to make her n fail. Her weakness, Esmee, fell into my
hands, and she wanted to eliminate this threat. So Jessica and Kára secretly helped.
“In all of this, could Jersey also be involved?”
Cecelia really didn’t want to believe that her trusted Jersey Bowman had ulterior motives for her..
“Whether he was involved or not, if tonight’s n goes smoothly, there will be an opportunity to find
out!”
Remington had a thought and cupped her face, asking, “What would you do if your senior brother was
also involved in the conspiracy?”
Cecelia didn’t answer, and she just looked at him quietly.
Knowing that she was struggling to decide, Remington leaned closer to her and said, “Forget about
him. Can you just think about me? Em? Cece?”
He gently kissed her, and she didn’t resist, so he became bolder.
The man was gentle and romantic, making it impossible for Cecelial to resist. He didn’t know that it was
his gradual tenderness and patience that had melted her cold heart.
A silent night.
A few security guards at Bluebell Mansion were ying cards in the duty room.
They were not neglecting their duties, but following Mrs. Linsey’s
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orders to only y cards here at night.
They were ying lively when suddenly the surveince screen. flickered and then went ck.
“Did something just sh on the screen?”
“There was nothing,e on, let’s continue ying! Whoever loses treats!”
In the darkness, Jessica, dressed in ck night clothes, appeared at the mansion gate. Taking
advantage of the guards ying cards, she sabotaged the surveince and sessfully infiltrated the
mansion.
Cecelia didn’t live here, so the main vi was pitch ck. Jessica sneaked into the main vi, using a
small shlight to light her way as she climbed to the second floor, searching for the study.
Sessfully finding the study, Jessica opened the door and began searching for things on the desk
using the shlight’s beam.
The surveince footage must be stored on a storage disk, but she searched the desk thoroughly and
didn’t find anything resembling a storage disk.
Refusing to give up, she expanded her search and opened a drawer. When the shlight shone inside,
she was shocked to find a storage device.
But as she picked up the storage device, suddenly, the rm in the vi started ringing.
“Beep… Beep… Beep…”
Realizing the situation was not good, Jessica immediately tried to escape, but at that moment, all the
lights in the vi turned on.
A bright light illuminated the area, as if it were daytime.
The study’s door was forcefully kicked open, and the bodyguards instinctivély made way.
Then, a cold figure appeared before my eyes.
Cecelia stared at Jessica, dressed in all ck, with a fierce and icy gaze.
Jessica was shocked when she recognized the person before her. How could Cecelia suddenly
appear?
When she came, she confirmed that Cecelia would stay with the Nelson family at night, but how did
she end up here?
No matter what, her identity must not be revealed.
Jessica decided tounch a surprise attack.
But it was toote!
“Jessica, I knew it would be youing, so I had someone set up and wait for you in advance.
Surprised, aren’t you?”
Cecelia walked in from outside, her cold gaze like a knife, staring at the person in front of her.
She immediately exposed Jessica’s identity, giving her no way to hide.
Only now did Jessica realize how foolish she had been, she fell into Cecelia’s trap.
The information Cecelia deliberately leaked in the ward during the day was actually fake, just to lure
her in.
“Cecelia…”
Since Cecelia already knew that it was her, there was no point in hiding anymore. Jessica took off her
ck mask and revealed her face.
How dared she still call her Cecelia?
Cecelia asked with a fake smile, “So, did you find what you were looking for?”
Jessica looked at what she was holding in her hand, while Cecelia raised a storage device in her hand
to show her.
“What you are holding is an rm, and the real storage device you’re looking for is in here!”
Cecelia walked into the study, exining as she walked, “Although the main surveince at Esmee’s
residence was destroyed, you probably didn’t expect that there are hidden pinhole cameras in
extremely concealed ces.”
“I have already seen the contents of this storage device and confirmed that it was you and Kara who
targeted Esmee.”
“Jessica, I have always trusted you and your sister, treating you as my family. Why did you kill Esmee?”
In reality, the so-called contents of the pinhole cameras were just a ruse that Cecelia and Remington
had devised as a countermeasure. Everything was designed to expose Jessica and Kara!
And to test their initial assumptions!
In the face of Cecelia’s questioning, Jessica remained silent.
“Since you refuse to speak, let me speak for you!
“Is it because you and Kara have been working for Maggie all along?
“My daughter, Doris, did not die five years ago. It was through your maniption that her death was
faked.
“Afterwards, you handed the child over to Maggie for upbringing. And now, five yearster, when I
return to find the secret, you n to use the child to threaten me and demand the secret.
“So, you have been deceiving me all this time to help Maggie obtain the secret?
“Maggie’s leverage is Esmee, and you got rid of Esmee for her, didn’t you?”
Facing Cecelia’s spections, Jessica looked at her in shock.
She and her sister knew Cecelia was intelligent, but they never thought that Cecelia would figure out
everything just by deduction.
“And the incident where Kara took the bullet for me, that was also a deliberate arrangement by you to
gain my trust through self- sacrifice.
“Even if you don’t speak, I already know, because we have captured the person who attacked me.
Bring him here!”
With Cecelia’smand, her subordinates quickly brought the attacker forward.
“Speak up! Tell me everything you know, or I’ll send you to Hell right now!”
Cecelia aimed her gun at the attacker’s temple.
The attacker was terrified and pointed his finger at Jessica, saying, “It… It was her who ordered me…
She told me to shoot randomly and run… And she promised me $40,000 after it was done…”
Cecelia looked at Jessica and sneered, “Jessica, what do you have. to say?”
Under the testimony of the witnesses, Jessica couldn’t deny it. She finally fell to her knees in front of
Cecelia.
Apologizing with tears, “I’m sorry, Cecelia…”
“If saying sorry could make everything up, then can I just kill you now and then say that to your body?”
Cecelia’s eyes revealed a cold and stern look, and she directlymanded, “Guys, tie her up!”
“Yes!”
Her subordinates rushed forward and captured Jessica.
Throughout the process, Jessica did not resist.
Jessica was taken away, and Cecelia left the mansion, getting into a car.
Remington asked, “How is it? Did she confess?”
“No, she didn’t confess, but the killer has been determined to be the two sisters!”
Although Jessica didn’t say anything from start to finish, her actions were enough to prove everything.
Next, Cecelia had toe up with a n and used Jessica to break Kara’s defense.
In the hospital room…
Kara waited until the next morning, but her sister didn’te back. She couldn’t help but worry, ‘Did
she fail or something happened?’ In a state of anxiety, the door to the hospital room opened, and
Cecelia walked in with a cold expression.
“Cecelia?”
Seeing her, Kara tried to get up.
But the next second, Cecelia threw a bundle of ck clothes on her head.
Kara pulled down the clothes and recognized it as a night suit. She looked at Cecelia in surprise, not
knowing what she meant.
“Cecelia, what is this…”
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“What is this? Don’t you recognize it?”
Cecelia lowered her brows and stared at her coldly.
“I know it’s a night suit, but why did you give it to me?”
Kara pretended to be clueless, but she was already starting to worry. Could something have happened
to her sister?
“Yesterday, I received a phone call here, mentioning additional surveince content of Esmee’s
residence. I had it sent to my study in the mansion. Can you guess what happened?”
Kara didn’t say anything, and Cecelia continued, staring at her. “As a result,st night, I caught
someone breaking into the mansion’s study, trying to steal the surveince information. Can you guess
who that person was?”
“I… I don’t know.”
“It was your dear sister Jessica.”
Kara’s heart sank. Cecelia actually caught Jessica in the act?
Even though she was feeling a bit panicked inside, Kara still put on a facade of not knowing anything.
“My sister? How could she do such a thing?”
“Why wouldn’t she? This is how she looked when she was apprehended!”
Cecelia took out her phone and showed her a video. “The one I just threw at you is what she was
wearingst night.”
After watching the video, Kara was able to confirm that her sister was indeed in trouble. This was not
good. Not only did their n fail, but Cecelia also caught them.
Things were gettingplicated!
“Cecelia, this might be a misunderstanding… I believe my sister wouldn’t do anything to hurt you,” Kara
tried to exin forcefully.
“Heh…”
Cecelia sneered, crossed her arms, and red at Kara coldly. “I had already interrogated herst night,
and she confessed everything. She said that you and her conspired to murder Esmee. She also
admitted that my youngest child, Doris, whom I thought died, was actually given to Maggie to raise by
you, willingly.”
“So, saving me back then was totally a trap. You and Jessica are a team with Maggie.”
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Kara secretly gasped upon hearing this, feeling a chill run down her spine.
If Cecelia could kill her with her eyes, then she had already been killed.
Looking down on Kara, with a murderous look in her eyes, Cecelia demanded, “You better tell me, who
was the mastermind behind the whole n, Tobiani or Jersey?”