When I Left, He Found His Way Back-Chapter 59: Moment of truth 2

Liam’s POV

"You’re quite a hard nut to crack, aren’t you, Kristen?" a smile that didn’t seem genuine played on my lips, as I waited his response that took a long while to come, as he looked ’confused’.

"I, I don’t understand what you mean, Brother-in-law."

My annoyance was shooting higher by the second. But I didn’t want to lash out, so I turned to the ladies, "Leave." They quickly scurried out of the house. It seemed they were ready to leave as their luggage was right beside them. Perhaps, Kristen threatened them. But if they think I was merciful, believing they could betray me and go scotfree, then they must be living in a fantasy.

After the living room became empty, I expected Kristen to drop his facade, but he didn’t. He remained tight-lipped.

"Where is Maddie?" I asked. His pupil dilated but it lasted for split seconds before they became confused again.

"Who is Maddie?"

An unamused chuckle reverberated in my chest. "Right, you wouldn’t know. That’s fine." As I turned to leave, I casually stated, "Since you’ve lost your intellect and are plainly useless as it is, my team shall be negotiating for your company."

He probably thought I was bluffing because a small smile seeped onto his lips, but he wouldn’t speak.

However, he would realize by tomorrow that I meant every word I said.

Entering our bedroom, Jessica was sitting on the bed. And just when I entered, she began. "Liam, you said he was pretending. I waited all through your conversation but I didn’t hear him speak like one who was pretending."

I was expecting her to eavesdrop. And Kristen would likely think the same, reason he didn’t give himself away.

"Do you believe he wouldn’t know that you were eavesdropping?" her brows furrowed slightly as she thought about it. Closing the distance, I pulled her off the bed and led her to the walk-in-closet.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"You’ll find out soon."

Entering the walk-in-closet, I led her to a wall and placed my palm on it. The white walls split open, revealing a spacious control room.

Jessica gasped audibly, clearly surprised that such a thing existed in the house.

"What is this?"

"A control room."

"I know. I mean, why is this here?" she turned her head towards me, waiting.

Taking a deep breath, I explained. "I installed invisible CCTV cameras around the house, including Kristen’s room –"

"That’s unlawful. It’s a breach of privacy."

"Kristen has malicious intentions against you, Jessica. He knows you won’t believe a word I said. Jessica, he told me so himself at the hospital. He called you a jinx he made."

Jessica flinched at the mention of jinx and my brows creased lightly. Was she scared of that word? Maybe not.

"All I’m doing right now is for you to see his true colors. I already know him. He doesn’t put on a fake front for me, but he only does that with you."

"But why?" She asked. "Why is he deceiving me? Why is he going through so much trouble to make me feel sorry for him?"

"Because he’s into you, Jessica. He feels you did him something to him, and he’s out to get revenge on you."

"That’s ridiculous." She stepped away from me and entered the control room.

Indeed, it was ridiculous. I’d used my network to look into things relating to Kristen and Jessica but I found nothing. Even my brain couldn’t comprehend this matter.

What I found was that Evelyn was adopted from an orphanage that doesn’t even exist.

That’s right. Before the accident that befell her adopted mother, I approached her, wanting to know about Jessica’s adoption. I didn’t know that Jessica was adopted until recently. What a ’good’ husband I was... I truly don’t deserve Jessica’s forgiveness.

Jessica’s adopted mother didn’t want to tell me anything at first, but after pressuring her, she finally opened up. She claimed that her husband was forced by some stranger to adopt Jessica.

That stranger kept a close eye on them. They didn’t want Jessica to be loved, but Jessica was too cute as a child to be mistreated. Occasionally, they forgot that Jessica wasn’t their biological child, and tried to shower her with love, but whenever they did that, the stranger would appear again, threatening to do something to them.

One of those times, they killed her husband, only because he married Jessica into a powerful family like mine.

Mrs. Marshall claimed that her husband took advantage of the secret he had against my family, and proposed marriage between his adopted daughter and I. My grandfather didn’t agree at first, because he knew I was already in love with Zoey, but Mr. Marshall promised to expose our family’s secret.

Left with no other choice, my grandfather had to arrange a marriage between Jessica and I.

The revelation left me in shock. I didn’t even know that my family was hiding some supposed secret that could bring us to our knees. I wanted to know what it was, but Mrs. Marshall refused to tell me.

She gave me a condition. If I could find that person who was after Jessica’s life, she would tell me everything I needed to know.

I asked about the orphange and the woman gave me the name and address of the orphange and told me to be discreet.

Afterwards, I had my people look into the orphange but surprisingly, such orphange didn’t exist. In fact, the piece of land where the orphange was allegedly located, was replaced by a prosperous mall.

At first, I thought Mrs. Marshall was playing with me, but after what happened to her, I realized something was off.

"This..."

Jessica’s voice pulled me back from my thoughts and I walked in to see her watching a footage of Kristen crying in the living room. He looked extremely pitiful. I rolled my eyes - that bastard.

"What’s wrong with him?"

"He wants you to see him in that condition. That way, you’d spend the night with him."

"Does that mean he knows about the cameras?"

"It wouldn’t be farfetched, considering how twisted his mind is."

"Then, isn’t this all for naught?"

I shook my head. "How long do you think he can pretend without a slip? Knowing there are CCTV cameras would put him on edge. And soon enough, he will make a big mistake."

Jessica stayed silent for a moment. I could see that she was struggling to come to terms with everything. She mustn’t have understood what was going on. And I didn’t blame her.

"You have classes tomorrow, no?" catching her attention, I smiled faintly at her, "You should go to bed already..."

"Bang!"

A sound reverberated on the screen. Our gazes shot in the direction and saw Kristen throwing a tantrum in the living room.

"Jessica, come out! I’m scared!"

"He..." Jessica’s finger quivered. She was pointing at the screen.

I held her finger and pulled her into a hug. "Don’t listen to him. I’ll kero him company." Although I sounded calm and reassuring, my chest heaved with fury. That guy was calling for a beating.

She quickly pulled away from me and gave me a distance, then turned her face back to the screen. "What’s he doing?" It didn’t sound like a question, because the next moment, her eyes widened when Kristen hurled an object at the huge TV. "Had he gone insane?" Her voice was riddled with panic.

I wanted to hug her again, but just now, she didn’t receive my hug well, so I held myself back. "Don’t panic, he is wealthy. He’ll replace everything he damaged my dawn," I smiled, trying to calm her nerves.

"But–"

"It’s okay. Come, you need some sleep."

Jessica was hesitant to leave, but I pulled her away and tucked her in bed. It took me a couple hours before she finally fell asleep. Watching her sleep peacefully was like therapy to my restlessness. But unfortunately, I didn’t see this blessing when we were married. I could only regret it for the rest of my life.

My phone vibrated. Looking at the caller ID, I glanced at Jessica’s sleeping face once more before going to the balcony to take the call.

"Speak."

’Boss, she’s been found, but in a terrible condition.’

My gaze drifted back to the bed, "Send them in for treatment." After a pause, I asked, "And Hilda? Did you find her?"

’She escaped. Our people are chasing after her.’

"Hm." I ended the call and stood there, watching the night city. Everything is strange. Why would Hilda kidnap Maddie and torture her to the point of death?

Perhaps, she’s one of those people keeping an eye on Jessica, but why? Is Kristen part of this too?

Liam hissed when his head throbbed. He’s been thinking too much lately, agitating his illness.

Perhaps, it was time to talk to Kristen about what he claimed at the hospital. With that thought, he left the room and headed downstairs.

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