Mr. Sterling, Mrs. Sterling is Multifaceted!-Chapter 272: I Don’t Want Ethan Sterling Anymore

Chapter 272: Chapter 272: I Don’t Want Ethan Sterling Anymore

Seraphina Redgrave listened dispassionately to all of this. Having just endured torture and the tearing of wolves, she was weak and trembling as her hands supported her weight.

Yet her words carried an undeniable force, "Sorry, for these four conditions, I can’t agree to a single one. If you want me to submit, you might as well kill me."

She was a fugitive from Veridian Isle, that was undisputable, but admitting guilt, she did not believe she was guilty.

Miles Harrington seemed to have anticipated her refusal and spoke again, "But you just let me see your weakness."

The few people from The Defiance Society seemed particularly important to Seraphina Redgrave.

"Yes, as you said, they are indeed my weakness." Seraphina curved her lips, "But everyone already knows they’re connected to me. Abandoning them is better than dragging more people down, isn’t it?"

She wasn’t as foolish as he thought.

Moreover, those few in The Defiance Society truly knew nothing, genuinely ordinary civilians. The magnates had no reason to kill them. If they did, it would harm their own reputation.

As long as she didn’t confess, the value of The Defiance Society’s testimonies about her crimes would be higher, giving the magnates even less reason to take their lives.

Miles Harrington couldn’t have overlooked this point.

He frowned, "Seems like you truly have other accomplices. Tell me, how far have you planned?"

Now, it no longer mattered whether to take Seraphina Redgrave’s life or not.

What everyone worried about was that there were others behind her. If she died, those secrets might get exposed at any time.

"I’ve said it before, whether to kill or carve, it’s up to you, but for me to agree to any one of those four conditions is absolutely impossible."

Seraphina Redgrave felt a metallic taste rising in her throat.

"Your life has long been in my hands," Miles Harrington fixated on her.

"No, I still can take my own life. You can announce to the outside that I committed suicide out of guilt. But if people outside find out I’m dead, how long those secrets can remain hidden, I cannot ensure. By then, they won’t follow my command anymore, and what loss that might cause to your Z Kingdom, I can’t guarantee either."

Miles Harrington was well aware of what worried him the most, which Seraphina Redgrave keenly pointed out, "But if you kill me, then I am willing to die. I can guarantee that within at least three years, Z Kingdom will not be affected."

"You—"

Miles Harrington surprisingly had no words to counter her.

It was clearly her who was in a prison cell, and yet he ended up being the one threatened.

He redirected his conversation to Nathan Ayers, "Besides the Shaw Family, does she have any other background?"

A single Ethan Sterling and the Shaw Family were already challenging enough to handle. If there were more, he really couldn’t promise to deal with it all properly.

Nathan Ayers looked at Seraphina Redgrave, unsure as he shook his head. He didn’t actually know. Based on prior investigations, there seemed to be no other background, but he dared not say, as it might, on the contrary, harm Seraphina Redgrave.

"I can’t persuade her. Maybe you can talk to her and see if she might change her mind." Miles Harrington was quite troubled.

Seraphina Redgrave watched the retreating figure with a light scoff.

Nathan Ayers supported Seraphina Redgrave’s back to ease her fatigue, anxiously looking at her, "Miss..."

He opened his mouth but found no words to say.

Seraphina Redgrave shifted her weight onto his arm and gently asked, "Were you able to come into The Directorate because of Ethan, or because you reached a consensus with Miles Harrington?"

She was too astute, always able to guess everything at the first moment.

Nathan Ayers felt guilty, lowering his eyes as he said, "Young Master Sterling is still abroad and cannot come back for the moment."

So, it was because of him.

Seraphina nodded knowingly, then asked, "Will Miles Harrington pose a threat to Ethan?"

She initially thought that her true identity being exposed would drag Ethan down with her, but looking at the current situation, that was not the case.

"No, I believe Miles Harrington wouldn’t. We three have known each other since childhood and have a good relationship," Nathan Ayers explained.

If Miles Harrington truly wanted to harm Ethan, then he wouldn’t be discussing with him but should instead join forces with the magnates to confront Ethan together.

Furthermore, even disregarding their friendship, many mutual benefits existed between Miles Harrington and Ethan. Considering his interests, Miles Harrington couldn’t possibly harm Ethan.

So that’s how it is.

"Mm, that’s the best outcome." Seraphina nodded, indicating her understanding.

Ethan Sterling, true to his name, remained unburdened even in such times, staying clean and untouched.

But this was for the best; it spared her from owing him even after death. If so, she would be unsettled even in the afterlife.

Seraphina Redgrave felt somewhat fatigued. Her once straight back slowly curled, and she couldn’t help but cough up a mouthful of blood. She calmly brushed away the blood at her lips and shut her eyes to rest.

Nathan Ayers couldn’t bear seeing Seraphina Redgrave like this, quickly speaking, "Miss, you don’t have to die. We have other ways."

"Just tell everything clearly to give Miles Harrington some assurance, let Young Master Sterling return to vouch for you, and the other magnates won’t dare to touch you lightly."

Nathan Ayers didn’t want Seraphina Redgrave to continue suffering in such a wretched place.

The Directorate, every extra day here was an extra day of torment, worse than death.

Seraphina wanted to lie down, but with Nathan Ayers beside her, she didn’t want him to see her so vulnerable. Her arm began to tremble increasingly.

She smirked, "This method means I have to betray everyone, personally bury everything I’ve schemed, let Ethan be restrained by all the magnates because of me, and then stay put at Hibiscus Garden, never to mention Veridian Isle again, dying there in old age, right?"

"..."

Nathan Ayers couldn’t deny it.

"Special Assistant Ayers, I remember you once told me long ago that one day I would be forced to choose between Veridian Isle and Ethan Sterling." Seraphina said weakly.

Pausing, she struggled to continue, "Now, I’ve made my choice. I choose Veridian Isle, I don’t want Ethan anymore."

After speaking, she smiled with relief, such a captivating smile, with only a hint of red at the corners of her eyes betraying her emotions.

Nathan Ayers’ heart ached with pain, "Miss, you don’t have to do this. Ever since Nanny Lynch saw you taken away, she’s been crying nonstop in Hibiscus Garden. Can you really bear to see her so heartbroken?"

"Special Assistant Ayers, let me level with you."

Seraphina looked at him, her breath fleeting, "What you can see is the full support of the Shaw Family for me, the Summit Society helping rally people to my cause, and entering The Law Council to become a member and revise laws, slowly rebuilding Veridian Isle. But that’s just what you can see. I haven’t left myself without an escape plan."