Chapter 256


    Valeria did not expect a text from Lamont.She thought she misread his name.


    Why did he contact her in advance even though there was still another day till their appointment? Could


    there be something else? Valeria stared at the text message for a while.


    She had to go and see him no matter what had happened, so she replied to the message immediately,


    ''TH be right there"


    "I need to deal with some issues, so please don''t alert anyone else ande alone, Miss Brown" he


    sent another message.


    She frowned and thought for a moment before agreeing with his request, "Okay, I''ll go aler."


    She immediately rushed to their meeting point after leaving William.


    It took her a while to find the exact address, but it was just an ordinary two-story house.


    She stopped the car and rang the doorbell.


    Valeria was shocked to see the person that had opened the doorbell, "Are you Aunt Lucian?"


    The one who opened the door was Lucian Barnbook, who used to serve her mother.


    Valeria didn''t have a deep impression of her, but she had been helping her mother with things before


    she turned eight, so she was equivalent to being her mother''s assistant.


    Lucian had helped her mother manage thepany as well as her personal affairs.


    However, she had left due to unknown reasonster.Her appearances had not changed much even


    though a decade had passed, so Valeria recognised her immediately.


    She weed Valeria with a gentle smile, "Miss Brown is here, pleasee in!"


    Lucian was not surprised to see her.


    Did she know that she wasing? But Lamont was the one who sent her the message, so did they


    know each other? Valeria followed her into the house with doubt.


    She was invited to sit on the sofa while Lucian poured her a cup of tea, but she did not drink it.


    She put the cup of tea on the table and said, "Aunt Lucian, do you know Lamont? I came here because


    of his text message.


    She smiled and said, "Miss Brown, I sent the text message."


    "You sent it? Why did you pretend to be Lamont?" Valeria asked in surprise.


    "I didn''t pretend to be him.He called me and asked me to send you a message, Lucian exined.


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    "You know him?"


    "Yes, I know him, and I even know why you are looking for him" She did not hide anything.


    "Are you in trouble now? Did Ronald reveal his cunning ns and hurt you? You were isted and


    helpless, so you remembered Madam Natalie''s words and looked for Lamont with the clues she left for


    you, right?"


    "How did you know?" Valeria was extremely shocked.


    "Because I know that Ronald is not a good person.I know that he would reveal his evil character sooner


    orter.I know that he would do horrendous things to you and Madam Natalie!"


    She gasped for breath and continued saying, "Miss Brown, I know that you will be very unhappy when


    you hear how I talk about Ronald , but I have to tell you some things.You won''t know how terrible he is


    if you haven''t experienced it yourself."


    If Ronald didn''t have a mistress and an illegitimate daughter, and if he had not taken actions against


    her, Valeria would have been furious at Lucian for running her mouth and ruining their father daughter


    rtionship.


    Instead, she listened calmly to her scolding without any emotion now.She looked at her very calmly and


    replied, "I’m not unhappy.So, can you tell me what you know, Aunt Lucian?"


    "Of course.Let''s start with why I left Madam Natalie.Miss Brown, you were still young then, so you


    probably don''t know why I left the Brown family, do you?" Valeria nodded.


    "Yes, I don''t know, and my mother never mentioned it either."


    "This is all Ronald''s fault.He set me up! I was already following your mother when he and your mother


    first got together.Your mother was a beautiful and noble person who was gentle and kind, but Ronald


    was nothingpared to her.He was a cunning man who wanted her for her status and wealth, and he


    could do nothing other than being mean and shameless! I was highly against their rtionship, but I


    was in a low position, so I could not control your mother''s decisions.Therefore, I could only watch your


    mother marry him without being able to do anything."


    Lucian sighed, "I had been secretly observing him after your mother married Ronald.I always felt that


    he was evil and had some ulterior motives.At that time, your mother had always been in charge of the


    company and I was the one assisting her.He couldn''t interfere with thepany, so he schemed


    against me instead."


    "How did he scheme against you?"


    "A contract.When I went to sign the contract, Ronald asked someone to drug my drinks and changed


    the contract when I was unconscious.Your mother lost a lot of money because of it, and I always


    med myself for it.I told your mother about my suspicions about Ronald, but she didn''t believe that he


    would be so mean and shameless, and she thought that I was making it up instead.I gave up and left


    the Brown family after I saw that it was useless to persuade her."


    Valeria thought for a moment after hearing her story and asked, "Did my mother ask you to stay?"


    "No, she did not! She gave me a very high wage of dismissal fee instead." Lucian replied.


    "Why didn''t she ask you to stay?" Valeria continued to ask.


    "I don''t know, perhaps she thinks that I''m not suitable to be her assistant? I''ve always had a problem


    with Ronald, so she probably felt ufortable being stuck in the middle"


    Aunt Lucianughed at herself.


    "Do you hate my mother?" Valeria asked again.


    "I don''t hate her, but it''s her fault! I don''t have any evil intentions towards her and everything I do and


    say is for her sake.However, she chose to disregard all of that and stuck up for Ronald instead.I would


    be lying if I said that I didn''t me her..."


    Lucian didn''t avoid the question at all, "However, I couldn''t me her at all when I knew that she had


    passed away.I regretted my actions now that I see you here.After all, things might have not turned out


    like this if I had gone back to look for her."


    Valeria frowned, "What do you mean?"


    "I mean that your mother might not have passed away so early" Lucian said with a remorseful


    expression.


    "She handed thepany over to Ronald to manageter as she had no credible assistants around


    her.She must have been shocked if she had found out about Ronald''s true intentions.As someone who


    likes to bottle things up, no one could help her as there was no one around for her toin and talk


    to.This should be the main reason why she fell sick."


    "Is that so?"


    Valeria frowned after listening to Lucian''s words.Her mother had been in good health, but everything


    gradually went downhill.


    However, they never found anything wrong with her when she went for an inspection in the


    hospital.She passed away very suddenly.


    They had even gone shopping before it happened, and she had been in good spirits at that time.


    However, those good moments did notst long.


    She suddenly fell ill at home and passed away after being sent to the hospital for two days.She had


    never suspected the cause of her mother''s illness and thought that it was an ident.


    However, after listening to Lucian''s story and thinking about Julie and her daughter, could it be that her


    mother''s disease was triggered once she had found out about Ronald''s affair?