Chapter 281


    “Who do you think I meant? Don’t you know who you killed? Do believe that I’ll kill you right now since


    you love killing so much?”


    After saying that, the man who had lost all sanity truly reached out and strangled his own father with


    both hands.


    “No, Mr. Sebastian!”


    Seeing that, Tim was so stricken that he hastily rushed over to stop him.


    At that exact moment, Karl, who came with Sebastian, streaked over and hit him on the back of the


    head.


    Finally, the living room went quiet once again.


    A few minutester, Frederick returned to the living room after having settled Sebastian in. He stared at


    Karl, who was still waiting there.


    “What exactly happened? Why did he suddenly go crazy like that? Also, why would he think that I was


    the one who killed Xenia ckwood?”


    “Wasn’t it you, Mr. Hayes?” the bodyguard blurted, momentarily taken aback.


    Hearing that, Tim’s temper red. “What absolute nonsense! Would Mr. Hayes ask you such a question


    now if he was truly the one who did it?”


    Karl was instantly floored by the revtion.


    What? It wasn’t Mr. Hayes? Then, who could it be? I didn’t make a move either, so how could it still be


    a bodyguard under Hayes Corporation who killed Xenia ckwood?


    He abruptly broke into a cold sweat.


    “Mr. Hayes, she indeed died at the hands of a bodyguard from Hayes Corporation. Both Sharon


    Goldstein and I witnessed it. Mr. Hayes already gave orders not to make a move unless it was thest


    resort, so I am certain that my men didn’t do it. But you’re also now iming…”


    “I had no idea of this matter, so how could it have been me?”


    This time, Frederick personally denied the allegation.


    His voice was filled with indignant fury, and his weathered face was flushed bright red.


    Once more, the living room plunged into silence.


    Due to the clearing of the air between two parties, the matter was now brought to light, making the


    atmosphere exceedingly strange. At the same time, a sense of spine-tingling chill hung in the air.


    Who was the real culprit if it was neither my men nor those from Hayes residence? Why did he


    masquerade as a bodyguard from Hayes Corporation? And what exactly is his motive?


    “Mr. Hayes, could it be apetitor of Hayes Corporation?”


    “Why would apetitor of Hayes Corporation involve the ckwood family? The ckwood family is


    already in tatters, so it wouldn’t yield any benefit to do so. If anyone were to be affected, then it’d be


    Sasha and Sebastian.”


    Frederick was rather perceptive, so he could tell right away that the matter would ultimately affect


    Sebastian and Sasha’s rtionship.


    But then again, Xandra and her aunt, Kelly, who wanted to fragment their rtionship, are now done


    for… So, who else could it be?


    Frederick had no answer, so he could only heave a sigh in the end. “Alright, I’ll go and exin things to


    her tomorrow. She’s been a smart one since young, so she’ll probably understand easily enough.”


    “She won’t, Mr. Hayes,” Karl unexpectedly refuted. “To tell you the truth, Mr. Sebastian actually went


    into such a frenzy because Ms. Wand said that she’ll never again believe him.”


    “Why?”


    “Um… Because she said her entire life had been a lie after her parents were gone—you tricked her into


    marriage with the Hayes family when she was eighteen, and she was toyed around by Mr. Sebastian


    when sheter came back. She said… she said she doesn’t want to see Mr. Sebastian anymore, never


    again for the rest of her life.”


    Karl articted the conversation he heard at the hospital entrance back then.


    Of course, he still kept some things to himself, afraid that Frederick wouldn’t be able to take it if he


    were too blunt.


    Unfortunately, he didn’t realize that he had already revealed the most crucial part of it. Just as his


    words fell, Tim, who was standing at the side, noticed Frederick’s face draining of color before he


    stumbled back several steps on his cane.


    “A-Are you okay, Mr. Hayes?”


    He hurried forward to steady Frederick, only to discover that the elderly man was now cold all over in


    mere seconds, and even the arm in his hand was trembling.


    “Mr. Hayes…”


    “She knows… she has finally found out the truth…” In the blink of an eye, Frederick’s voice seemed to


    have grown decades older, and he seemed so frail that it was as though he had been drained of all


    energy.


    When it came to Sasha, Sebastian’s remonstration of him after the Emmanuel family’s birthday party


    had actually struck his conscience.


    In reality, he didn’t really harbor zero guilt toward Sasha, nor was he totally unremorseful toward his


    best friend, Rufus.


    That wasn’t true at all, for it was the exact opposite.


    However, when it involved the safety of his son, Sebastian, sanity still took second fiddle. As such, it


    led him tomit mistake after mistake.


    It wasn’t until the day when Sebastian charged in and mocked him did he finally realize his blunder.


    Back then, Sebastian called him out for prioritizing him because he was his son when Rufus’ daughter


    was likewise precious to her father. And so, there was no reason to sacrifice someone else’s child for


    his own.


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    It was from then that he slowly let go of the resentment he held toward Sasha and started to ept


    her.


    In fact, his visit to Frontier Bay that day was the best evidence.


    Nheless, a past mistake couldn’t be erased by all the kindness in the world. Sasha had lost too


    much because of him, and now, even the ckwood family became part of the sacrifice.


    No matter the identity of the real culprit behind the murder of Xenia ckwood, this matter was still


    linked to the Hayes family at the end of the day.