Carlos didn’t rush him. He watched while the old man worded his reply in his mind.


    “Okay. I’ll tell you everything. You and Stephanie grew up together


    Then, you two fell in love. I had already told the Elliot family that you would marry Stephanie. But then,


    you married Debbie. You didn’t tell us this until three yearster. Our son got married, but as parents,


    we knew nothing about it for three years. Just put yourself in our shoes. You would get angry too,


    wouldn’t you?” James asked.


    Carlos didn’t deny it. He waited for him to continue the narrative.


    James gulped nervously and went on, “So, I hate her. That year, you brought her to New York to meet


    us. She talked back to your grandma and made her angry so many times. She picked on Megan and


    made her cry every day. The most irritating part was that she thought you spoiled her, so she


    disrespected every member of the family with no regard for our feelings. Think about it. Who would


    have Liked her?


    Soon after that, Hayden hade to New York to meet her. They met ina coffee bar; they kissed and


    hugged shamelessly in public. You knew about it because you were there. You were so mad that you


    didn’t speak to her for days. Unexpectedly, you forgave her


    Just when I thought we could finally have some peace in our family, she seduced Lewis. You beat the


    hell out of Lewis and moved out with her.


    Your mother begged you to stay, but you didn’t listen.


    I hated Debbie even more after that. I wanted you to divorce her. After your ident, I staged your


    death and told her that you were dead. I wanted to test her loyalty. I wanted to know how much she


    loved you.


    And she failed, and then she med me for lying to her. Yes, I did force her into signing the divorce


    agreement, but I did it for your own good. Even though I’m not your biological father, I love you


    It was a shock for me when I found out that she hade back for you when she figured that you were


    still alive. She arranged a meeting with me after that and swore that she would get back with you and


    destroy me. To be precise, she would rather I die in the process!” James stopped to wipe his fake tears.


    It looked as if he had aged ten years overnight.


    “I hope you now understand that she is doing everything in her power to get back at me,” James


    proimed.


    “That has nothing to do with you having an affair with the housemaid and beating Mom,” Carlos said


    coldly.


    James burst out crying and Lied through his teeth, “Carlos, I beat your mom because she was cheating


    on me at the time. You know I have a temper. I lost it when I found out about her affair. I had to lock her


    up to stop her from seeing that man. But I didn’t think that she would get sick. As for the housemaid,


    your mom had secretly sent her into my room to make up to me. With the lights turned off, I thought


    she was your mom and—”


    Carlos stood abruptly and cut his act mid-way.


    “Enough! I’ll send you another copy of the divorce papers. Mom has agreed to leave you for good.”


    “Carlos, I won’t. I won’t agree to it!” James shouted desperately.


    Carlos ignored his pleas and left without sparing him a second nce


    Silence was restored in the ward. James let out a sigh of relief when he heard Carlos’ footsteps fade


    away. He was not sure if Carlos had believed his story. But he knew that it was time to save his own


    ass.


    ‘That wretched woman! *


    N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    He called his assistant.


    “Debbie is a singer, isn’t she? Which song of hers is a hit?” There was a pause. After a moment, he


    said into the phone, “Destroy her.”


    The next day, something huge shook the music circle.


    One of Debbie’s hits was used of being a giarized song.


    The user was Tammy, another singer from Star Empire. She had released her copy of the original


    lyrics in the news