Chapter 872


    Chapter 872


    Feeling her heart in pain, Fia stared at Conrad nkly and asked, “Then let me ask you ever lied to


    me?”


    you. Have


    Conrad was stunned upon hearing this. He had lied to her plenty of times. The worst lie was about


    Thea Lawson’s project that he robbed from her.


    “Fia, sometimes… a lie could be a white lie.”


    “But a lie is a lie. A lie with good intentions? The so-called ‘good intention’ is just the liar’s selfish


    presumption!” Fia began to get agitated again, “You think you lied to me with good intentions but to me


    the fact you’re lying just means that you had ill intentions! The fact you hid Britney’s imposter in that


    apartment made me very ufortable!”


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    Conrad stared at Fia’s anguished eyes as he tried toe up with words to exin to her. It was then


    he realized something.


    Fia had been calling that woman “Britney’s imposter” or “fake Britney”. She had been avoiding to use


    her real name-“Esme Manning”.


    Marcus had told him. Esme was a knot that troubled Fia the most. Thus, she unconsciously refused to


    mention her name.


    “Fia, I promise you. I’ll definitely solve the matters involving her.” Conrad softened his voice and held


    her shoulders tightly. “Trust me. Okay?”N?velDrama.Org owns ? this.


    “For how long?” Fia snivelled, full of tears, “Tell me how much time you intend to spend to solve this.


    Things have gotten graduallyplicated over time and the lies that you’ve been telling me just keep


    piling up. It’s not that I don’t want to trust you but things keep happening one after another! I’m already


    at my limit!”


    Conrad stared at her speechlessly. He did not know just how much time he needed to resolve this.


    Right now, their enemies were not just Esme and Peter. There was a mastermind behind it all and they


    were lurking in the dark.


    “A week? A month?” Fia asked again tearfully, “Can you at least tell me a time?”


    Conrad frowned as he said to her cautiously, “I’ll resolve this the soonest I can. But, Fia, you mustn’t


    get involved. Like today, you shouldn’t have conspired with Sally to let Peter go. Can you promise me


    not to get involved like that anymore?”


    After pondering for some time, Fia nodded, “Sure. So long as you resolve everything quickly.”


    As long as this mess was resolved quickly and he did not leave her in the dark, she would ept how


    things turned out, even if the resolution was not something she had expected to


    see.


    “Are you hungry?” Conrad sighed in relief and said, “What’d you like to eat? I’ll ask Mrs. Taylor to make


    it for you.


    “I’m not hungry. I’m heading back to the bedroom to get some sleep”


    Fia pushed him away and walked out the door, not giving him a chance to say anything more.


    Staring at her, Conrad made up his mind. He would resolve this matter even if he had to take drastic


    measures.


    The next morning, Fia was woken up by her phone.


    Rubbing her eyes, Fia picked up her phone to check who it was. When she saw that it was from Sally,


    she immediately answered.


    “What did Conrad do?!”


    Fia waspletely woken up after hearing her furious voice. She took a look around. Conrad was not


    in the room. She had gone to bed quite earlyst night so she did not know when he went to bed or


    when he woke up.


    “What’s wrong, Sally?”


    “What’s wrong?!” Sally yelled into her phone, “My brother was left on our home’s doorstep this morning.


    He’s badly wounded! Not only that, he refuses to go to the hospital for treatment. He’s locked himself in


    his room all day, smashing everything in sight!”


    Sally broke down in tears and said, “My brother has always been kind and gentle. He’s never like this!


    Mom and Dad are so scared stiff!”


    Sitting up on the bed, Fia’s newly awakened brain was finally able to pick up on something.


    “Sally, don’t worry. If he can smash stuff, this means he’s not injured that badly.”


    Peter’s body was fine. The only thing that was wrong was his soul. Fia did not dare tell Sally that.


    “Fia, he’s got a concussion and yet he refuses to go to the hospital. This is nothing to joke about!” Sally


    said with a heavy heart, “He’s not your brother so of course you don’t mind it! I was hoping that you’d


    talk to Conrad so he’d calm down and… Sigh. Forget it.”


    ”


    Fia furrowed her brows and did not say a word.


    “Forget we had this phone call. I shouldn’t have asked for your help yesterday.” Sally’s voice calmed


    down as she said this.


    While Fia was trying toe up with an exnation, Sally had hung up the phone.


    Fia sat on the bed silently, thinking about the things that happened since she and Sally became friends.