Chapter 678


    Chapter 678


    “Why?” Penny red at Olivia angrily. “It’s all because of her. If she didn’t show up, we would have still


    been the way we were in the past. Even though my mother always scolds me, and even though my


    father doesn’t have much of an opinion, they’re still doing fine. Now that they’re both in the detention


    center, my whole family is gone! It’s all her fault! All because of her…” She pointed at Olivia.


    Olivia was speechless. She felt like she was attacked even though she didn’t do anything. Eugene


    knitted his brows together as he refuted Penny’s words. “As I said, this has got nothing to do with


    anyone else. Even if Olivia wasn’t here, I still wouldn’t be able to remain like a family with your mother.


    I’ll never forget what your mother tried to do to mine.”


    “Why did you only start targeting my mother now? It’s all because of her.” Penny was still pointing at


    Olivia.


    Eugene’s eyes were filled with a deadly hatred for the other woman. “Do you think I didn’t want to do it


    earlier? I was afraid that Grandpa wouldn’t be able to ept it if I, his grandson, killed his son. You


    should be d that your mother’s still in the detention center. That only happened because Grandpa


    begged us to show some mercy to your parents. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be there at all.”


    Upon hearing his words, Penny was too shocked to even cry. Her tears stayed at the corners of her


    eyes as she spoke. “What do you mean?” But Eugene couldn’t be bothered to exin things to her. “I


    can’t talk to you when you’re being so emotional. You shouldn’t me others for any of this. Your mom


    deserves what she got! If you feel like there’s anything wrong, you can hire awyer to defend your


    mom. Now, I want you to get lost!” he growled.


    Penny took one look at Eugene’s determined gaze before she turned and ran off. Nicole nced at


    Eugene before she, too, chased after Penny. Alex, on the other hand, parted his lips to apologize. “I’m


    sorry, Eugene. It’s all my fault. I didn’t know about this whole situation, and I… I thought it’d just be the


    few of you on the ind.”


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    Eugene leaned against his chairzily. He didn’t feel like talking for a while. Even though he knew that


    Alex hadn’t done it intentionally, he’d be lying if he said that he wasn’t angry. At the start, Eugene only


    got Alex toe over because he wanted to help with Alex’s love life. However, Eugene hadn’t


    expected Alex to bring Hayden, Nicole, and even Penny along with him! The more people there were,


    the more Eugene’s mother would be harassed by these individuals’ words.


    Furthermore, the incident might cause a dy in the court sentence as the police would have to


    reinvestigate the case. It might even change the final sentence. / guess I’m at fault too. Maybe I should


    have reminded Alex about this, Eugene thought.


    Olivia noticed how quiet Eugene was, and she decided that she wouldn’t allow the awkwardness to


    continue lingering in the air. Since things had already happened the way they did, there was no reason


    for them to continue holding a grudge against Alex.


    “It’s fine. They would’ve found out eventually, anyway. Eugene had no intention of keeping his mother


    here forever,” she uttered. Alex wore a look of utter remorse on his face. “I know, but I shouldn’t have


    done this at such a time. I’m worried that it might affect the final verdict of the case!”


    “Don’t worry too much about it. I don’t think it’ll have much of an impact. Eugene sued her for


    intentional homicide, so it shouldn’t affect anything.”


    Brian scoffed upon hearing their conversation. “As I said, we should’ve dealt with this on our own.


    Then, none of this would have happened!”


    Ellen shot Brian a re. “How do you n on dealing with things? Why do you sound just like your


    brother? You guys keep thinking of using violence to resolve everything. It has been so many years


    now. I’ve let go of all the things that I love and hate, and I’ve achieved a state of inner peace within me.


    I don’t care about the court’s sentence as that man is just a stranger to me. You guys shouldn’t allow


    yourselves to get too worked up about this. It’s the new year, and it’s not worth it for our moods to be


    ruined by some guy like him.”


    After Ellen finished speaking, Jewel suddenly tugged on Ellen’s arm before sticking her thumb out. “You


    agree, don’t you, Jewel?” Ellen beamed.


    Jewel responded with a nod.


    “You’re right, Mrs. Nn. It’s true that we shouldn’t allow them to crush our high spirits,” Olivia uttered


    with a smile.