Chapter 342: The Cracks Deepen
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Duke goes to the courtyard and gives a call to Joey. He has to get the facts of this matter.
Who was the one who took a stab for him!
Joey quickly answers the call and for her topose herself, she pinches down hard on her thigh,
“Duke, you finally called…”
Duke takes a while to calm himself down and says, “Joey, you once said that the Star of the Sea was
given to you by your mother, correct?”
Joey’s heart skips a beat and suppresses her guilt and replies, “Yes, yes, why?”
“I just found out that on the Star of the Sea, there is a tree ring pattern. Did your mother engrave this to
make it more unique?” His voice is cold and concealing his usations and cannot be detected by the
listener.
“Yes, my mother loves me very much.” Joey sighs a breath of relief, thinking that he has discovered.
But why hasn’t she heard of Wendy ever mention that there was a pattern of any kind?
Duke raises the corner of his mouth, “Really? I even found a grain of rice with your name engraved on
it. Your mother really loves you!”
“Of course my mother loves me, that’s why she prepared such a gift for me… Hello? Duke? Are you
listening?”
Joey is still talking when the line is cut. And Duke’s phone is in pieces.
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The lost and found of the Star of the Sea has adversely affected Wendy. She will never put it on ever
again. Duke had it on him every day and even used it to propose to Joey. She detests it now.
Mr. and Mrs. Wales also did not force her to put it on, thinking that it has been missing for so long and
she has lost any attachment towards it. In any case, there are so many beautiful precious stones on
earth and they’ll just have another one made especially for her.
“Didn’t you miss your Star of the Sea? Why don’t you want it now?” Jamie picks up the ss of juice for
a sip. This is absolutely one of a kind on earth, it will be amazing if it can be suitably paired with an
evening gown. But it had been on Duke for so long and it’s understandable for Wendy to detest it now.
Wendy is about to answer when she sees Duke entering the living room. He walks directly towards her
and grasps her hand and pulls her out.
Mr. and Mrs. Wales look at Jamie, thinking that she knows what is happening.
Jamie apologizes andughs, “I’ll go and take a look.” She ces down the ss and walks out.
Duke forcibly drags Wendy out of the vi and she has no chance of breaking free. Though Wendy
knows some Judo, it won’t work on Duke.
“Duke, what do you want?” Wendy is getting upset.
Duke acts as if he didn’t hear her and pulls her towards the car park. He opens the car door and
pushes her into it and closes the door. He sits in the driver seat, turns on the engine, and left the Wales
residence.
“What the fuck, is this kidnapping?” Jamie quickly gets into her car and follows behind.
To prevent Duke from doing anything to Wendy, Jamie feels that she should call someone over.
It’s most suitable to call Eddie, after all, he is Wendy’s fiancé.
Jamie calls Eddie as she follows Duke’s car.
Duke’s car is moving very quickly along the road. It’s a good thing that the traffic is light at this time of
the day and Jamie can stay on his tail.
After about ten plus minutes, Duke turns into a business street and Jamie follows closely.
The ce where hees to is the ce where Wendy took a stab for him.
Jamie looks at the small entrance to the alley and the memories flood back. To think that a fight would
change the lives of three people.
Duke’s cold expression softens as he looks at the ce. Wendy gets out of the car and pats her chest,
relieved that Duke did not dump her body in the wilderness after finding out.
But this ce… She turns and looks and feels that it is very familiar.
Oh right, it was here that she took a stab for Duke.
Why did he bring her here?
“That time, the person who took a stab for me, was that you?” Duke turns and asks Wendy.
“No.” Wendy answers without any hesitation.
If it is possible, she would rather that all these didn’t happen and perhaps they will all be very blissful
and happy.
When she was young, she would do things without thinking twice. Once she feels like it, she will act on
it.
“You are lying!” Duke grabs on tightly to Wendy’s shoulder and forces her to look in his eyes. “If The
Star of the Sea is yours, then who else can it be?”
Wendy’s expression is very calm throughout without a ripple, “It’s Joey, haven’t you been thinking that it
was her?”
Her voice is very soft but it causes Duke to frown deeply in pain. That’s right, it is exactly why he
always thought it was Joey and never suspected the truth. He always thought that the Star of the Sea
belongs to Joey and that’s why Joey is the person he needs to find.
The Star of the Sea is correct but he is wrong about the owner of the ne. He was wrong for so
many years and was lied to by Joey like a fool.
But now, the truth is, the actual owner of the Star of the Sea is Wendy, the person who he wronged and
sent to the Police Station!
Duke is clearly in pain and closes his eyes.
When Jamie looks at this scene, her heart softens and her hate towards Duke diminishes.
She hates Duke because he once hurt Wendy but now, what Duke had done seems to p him across
his face.
He is the one who mistook the person’s identity. He has no one to me except himself.
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Duke has never allowed anyone to get close to him. When something happens, he will be very calm
and collected. Although he is fraught with an internal struggle, outwardly he still looksposed.
“I’m sorry.” He says after a while.
Wendy stares at him, she is surprised that Duke will apologize to her.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have mistaken Joey for you.” Duke’s voice is full of guilt and appears to be
begging Wendy for forgiveness.
Man, once the truthes out, he will think about all that has happened, those things that he didn’t
care about, all bes a critical wound.
The extent to which he loved the person who took a stab for him, is how much he feels guilty now. But
all these are not reasons for him to be forgiven.
“I’m sorry that I harmed you previously.”
“I’m sorry, Wendy.”
This is the first time in so many years that he called Wendy’s name.