Chapter 854
Summoning her courage, she mumbled, "Yeah, for real.”
She was curious as to why Vincent wanted to go against Perkins Family. That''s why she suggested the deal as bait.
No matter what happened, she would leave him anyway in the future. It didn''t matter what she said now, she thought.
At the same time, Vincent stared into her eyes, examining her expressions carefully, as if doubting whether she was telling the truth or not.
At first, she could still look him in the eye. but his gaze was too sharp. After a while, her eyes started flickering around, avoiding his eyes.
Suddenly, Vincent spoke, "There isn''t a single good person in Perkins Family. Howard may be innocent, but me him for being born into Perkin''s
family."
Dumbfounded, she questioned, "Why do you say so? I think they are all kind."
"It''s just a facade.”
"What kind of bad things did they do exactly?" "Do you know why Howard is the only son in Perkins Family? That''s because his parents and
grandparents have done many terrible things in the past. It’s all karma now,” he snickered.
“Ronan Perkins is the worst. He was a brutal young man back in the days, and he was also very superstitious."
The corners of Vincent''s mouth curled up, revealing a hint of sarcasm. "He had a hard life. He married twice, but both wives passed away without
leaving him a child. When his third wife gave birth. she died ofbor. Luckily, his son grew up healthily even though their living conditions were harsh
Later, his son fell in love with a woman and they got together. Then, Ronan gathered the woman''s background and consulted an experienced fortune-
teller. The fortune-teller told him that his son and the woman he loved weren''tpatible with each other. If they weren''t separated, their lives would
be full of misfortune.”
Widening her eyes in shock, she almost forgot how to breathe. Curious, she prompted, "What happened then?"
“Ronan tried to break the couple up after listening to the fortune-teller, but his son disagreed and fought against him. It was so serious that they
almost broke ties. Ronan had only one son throughout his life, so for the sake of the family, hepromised. But ever since hepromised, his
son''s health deteriorated day by day, and he passed away about two yearster."Têxt ? N?velDrama.Org.
ine stared without blinking due to shock.
"After his son died, Ronan was sad and desperate, so he nned to take revenge on that woman. But unexpectedly, he found out that the woman
was pregnant.”
Something shed across ine''s mind instantly. She then grabbed hold of the thought in her mind and asked in disbelief, "Was she pregnant with
twins?"
There was a praising look in Vincent''s eyes. "That''s right.”
Now. ine understood that the pair of twins were Vincent and Howard.
"But... but why were you left to wander alone outside while Dr. Perkins grew up with Perkins Family?”
Caressing her face lightly, he snickered. His eyes were deep and dark. "When Ronan knew that the woman was pregnant, he locked her up and let
her give birth after ten months. On the day she gave birth, she died on the operation table. Instantly, Ronan was ted when he got two grandsons to
himself. He was nning to raise them both, but life told him otherwise." "What... what happened then?" "The two children looked the same, but their
body conditions were different. One got stronger day by day, while the other got weaker. When Ronan brought them beth to the hospital, the doctors
couldn''t find out the reason, so his superstitious mindset came to y. He then brought the two children to see a fortune-teller again. The forteller
told him that one of the children was born to bring bad luck to others, and the only solution was to abandon him. Otherwise, any one of them would
face the fate of dying young. If Ronan gave up on one of the boys. then the other boy would have the chance to grow up healthily.”
"So he sacrificed you..." ine muttered to herself.
Vincent nodded calmly. "Because Mr. Perkinspromised with his son, his son died at a young age. He couldn''t let the same thing happen to his
grandson, so he had to be merciless this time.”
While he narrated the story as if it wasn''t his past, ine eximed, "How could he? Babies are naturally weak at birth, so how... how could he
sacrifice an innocent child just like that? This is... this is too absurd!"
With a faint smile, Vincent asked, "Now do you think that he''s a foolish and wicked man?”
Pursing her lips, she couldn''t say anything.
She thought that he was a kind and lovely old man from the days they spent together.
Never did she expect that he had such a past.
"I know you must feel terrible after all these years, but... Howard has nothing to do with this, isn''t it? Can’t you spare him?"
Looking up at him, ine uttered, "He''s innocent. He knew nothing about those things."
"I didn''t say he was guilty," Vincent nodded.
"Then why...”
"I targetted him because he tried to approach you. I warned him to stay away from you, but he didn''t listen."
"Wh... what?”
ine''s jaws dropped when she heard that. She couldn''t believe that Vincent did that to Howard because of her.
"
How... how cguld you?!" ine was
uming. "Do you know how
miserable Bf Perkins is now? Not
only he''s suspended from the x
ospitahbut the media and thes’
ubli￠are criticizing him for harming
many people without professi onal
nics! They are saying that he
doesn''t deserve to be a doctor!
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Seeing how much Howard had to endure, she never thought that the reason behind all of it
would be her.
If she had known the reason earlier, she would have tried to leave him as soon as possible
"Are you still trying to defend him? Do you think he''s not miserable enough?" Vincent retorted with an icy look
"
0, no!" Afraithef provoking him,
ine quickl-apologized, '' ‘I''m sorry.
NY
It was myfault just now. I shouldnt
have spoken to you like that, but >
can''t you order the people whow
franséd Dr. Perkins to apologize to
hin? Then he''ll be free of guilt. "
ine thought that if she bowed her head to him and apologized, he would forgive her.
However, the expression on his face looked even worse after she had apologized.
The atmosphere was awkward.
Not wanting to make things worse, she simply shut her mouth and didn''t utter a thing
Vincent stared at her with a merciless look on his face, but it also seemed that he was trying to hold back his temper.
ine was so timid that if he raised his voice a little, she would definitely be scared to death, he thought.
With anger welling up his chest, he wanted to teach ine a lesson, but he was afraid of scaring
her.
It was ridiculous! He had always acted without thinking of the consequences, but now he had to deal with ine''s emotions before he took the next
step.
After a while, ine felt that his
stare was betoming unbearable for
her. Taking, the initiative, she =
changecMthe subject, “Okay, let’ g not
talk about Dr. Perkins anymore. Are
yOustill nning to attack Perkins
Family?" t to
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"Depends on my mood,” Vincent replied without any expression
What did that mean?
"If Ronan stops trying to meddle in and investigate everything, I might show him mercy. But if he continues, don''t me me for being cruel to him.”
Upon hearing that, she answered with a faint "oh".
Raising her chin, he looked directly into her eyes. "I''m a very petty person. Remember what you promised earlier. Otherwise. if you upset me, I won''t
treat you so kindly, understand?”
In a hurry, ine nodded her head, "Yes, yes. I understand."
Only then did his lips curl into a pleased smile. "In that case, then I should fulfill the first requirement of being a boyfriend.”
Boyfriend..
Requirement...
The corners of her mouth twitched as she asked, "What do you want to do?"