Chapter 740


    Alyssa said, "Dad, you don''t have to sugar-coat it for me. I actually like the kid too. He looks a lot like


    Jared did when he was a child. Seeing him takes me back to twenty years ago, when Jared was still a


    baby, clinging to me. Back then, he depended on me, trusted me. I was the closest person to him in


    this world, but now..."


    Tim said, "No matter what, you''re still the closest person to Jared. If it wasn''t for that woman''s trick


    years ago, the Whitfields wouldn''t be in this mess now."


    Alyssa bowed her head, "Dad, it was my fault what happened back then. After all, her mother died


    because of me."


    "You''ve felt guilty about this for so long. It wasn''t your fault at all. You say her mother died because of


    you, but did you force her to embezzle that money? Did you push her into corruption? She brought it


    upon herself. Why should you carry all the me? It wasn''t your fault. All you did was leaving two


    million dors there, it''s not your fault."


    Alyssa shook her head, "But I knew she was in financial trouble, and I knew how much that two million


    meant to her. I left the steak in front of a starving wolf, how could she not take a bite? I led her to


    Thinking of the past, Alyssa still couldn''t let it go, because the one who died was Julia, who was once


    her best friend.


    She knew Julia was on the edge of a precipice at the time, but instead of pulling her back, she pushed


    her off.


    In the end, she did harbour such malicious thoughts. She wished for Julia''s death. She thought that


    once Julia was dead, she would be free. But when Julia really died, she didn''t feel free. She fell into a


    never-ending hell.


    Tim didn''t know what to say to his daughter. She had always been kind-hearted.


    He had shielded her very well, keeping her gaze from the harsher realities of life. She had always been


    privy to life''s brighter aspects, untouched by world''s cruelties. So, at her brightest, she was attracted to


    a boy who lived in the shadows, exuding an aura of darkness.


    Then Julia died, and she took all the me onto herself, torturing herself with it for years.


    So all he could do was to keep her as far away from the past as possible. But as long as Agnes was


    back, Alyssa would always be trapped in her past emotions, unable to break free.


    He was truly afraid. Back then, when the scandal broke, Alyssa attempted suicide and nearly died.


    Thinking about it still made his heart ache.


    He only had this one daughter, and he had loved her to the core since she was a child.


    He always wanted to give her the best things in the world.


    Even though he was old now, his only wish was to protect her.


    "Anyway, I won''t agree to it. You don''t need to state your position on this. You can even stand with


    Jared. I''ll y the viin," Tim said decisively.


    "Dad, I know Jared''s character. He''s as stubborn as you and won''t easily give up."


    "He''ll have to."


    "Let it go, Dad. As long as Jared''s happy, that''s all that matters. Let him bring Agnes home today, don''t


    oppose it."


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    At the mention of Ryder, Alyssa''s face changed instantly.