Female Novel
Chapter 220
Leah was seated on the couch as she flashed Blake a smile. “It’s been a while, Blake.”
Indeed, it had been a very long time. The last time she saw him, he was still a child, but he was thehead of the Hind Family now.
“Give us some privacy, Jake.” All Blake could feel now was astonishment. This woman wasn’t assimple as she seemed. Back then, she alone was enough to cause chaos in the entire Hind Family.Nobody will believe it if I tell them that. Yet, they’d have no choice but to believe that it is the truth.
Bence was head over heels in love with her, and the Hind Family sank into chaos because of that.Regardless, it’s been decades since she disappeared. Why did she suddenly return? And she evencame straight to my house. What does she want?
Meanwhile, Jake was full of questions as well because Blake had never once hidden anything fromhim, but why was he asking him to leave the room today? Nonetheless, he nodded and obedientlywalked out of the room.
Jake wasn’t even born when Bence was utterly obsessed with Leah. So, it was only natural that hedidn’t recognize her. By the time he grew up, nobody dared to bring up this matter because it was trulya humiliating ordeal for the Hinds.
The living room was so eerily quiet that Blake could almost hear his own heartbeat. He didn’t concealthe wariness on his face as he demanded, “What brought you here?”novelbin
“I’m here to ask you about something.”
“What is it?”
“Why did you try to assassinate my granddaughter?” Leah’s voice turned cold. Even though she hadleft the Pearson Family a long time ago, she was once in love with Terrence, and Olivia was her
granddaughter. So, of course, she had to interfere when someone kept trying to get at hergranddaughter.
Her ex-husband and son were murdered, and she was in the midst of finding out just who was thekiller. So far, the biggest suspect she had was Blake, and she was here today for two reasons; one wasto find out whether Blake was the murderer and secondly, she wanted an explanation from him forOlivia’s predicament.
“Huh?” For a second, Blake was lost because he never expected her to show up here for this. Althoughhe did send assassins after Olivia, it had been a while since he did anything to her. Instead, he hadnow devoted all his attention to killing Thomas.
Leah shot him a look from the corners of her eyes. “Blake, your father and I were friends. Yet, you sentsomeone after my granddaughter’s life. I guess there’s no need for me to tell you how dearly I valueher, right? Well, you have to give me an explanation today!”
Blood rushed to Blake’s face. Why did he try to assassinate Olivia? This was a question he couldn’tanswer. How could he bring himself to say that he and Bence had been using underhanded means inthe dark to eliminate the Pearson Family because Bence hated them after he failed to win Leah’sheart? It was upon Bence’s order that he sent someone after Olivia’s life because her death wouldcause the Pearson Family a severe blow. There was no way he could say all these out loud!
Meanwhile, the instant Leah caught sight of the look on his face, she thought with a fire of fury burningin her eyes, If it weren’t because of your father, I’d have you killed today! “I’ll ask you one morequestion. Did you kill Terrence and Norman?”
“I killed them?” Blake snorted coldly. “Leah, you can come directly for the Hinds if you want to makethings difficult for us. We’re not afraid of you, so you don’t have to try to frame us with that crime.”
Although he had to admit that he had sent assassins after Olivia, there wasn’t a single shard ofconnection between him and the death of the Pearsons. He did want to kill Terrence very badly, but hewasn’t that capable. Otherwise, why would he waste all that effort on Olivia instead?
From his reaction, Leah reckoned that he wasn’t pretending and sighed in relief. It looks like he’s notthe one who killed Terrence.
Leah was anything but an ordinary girl because she was born into the most influential family in thecapital city, the Wilkerson Family. For some unknown reason, she ended up in Irieson decades ago andsomehow lost her memory, which then led to her marriage to Terrence. However, she recovered hermemories after she gave birth to Declan. When she finally recalled her identity, she didn’t even leave aletter as she left without a word.
At that time, she was already engaged to someone else, and her fiancé at that time was her currenthusband. If she hadn’t returned, her family’s interests would be compromised, so she toughenedherself and left Terrence and their sons behind.
Harrison knew a little about Leah’s background whereas Quincy knew all the sordid details. Once,Quincy visited an old friend in Capitalis and saw the legendary Leah at a party. Just like Blake, he hadonly seen her in his childhood, but he could immediately recognize her with just one glance. So, heasked his friends for help before learning about her true identity.
After he returned to Irieson, he never brought this up to anyone from the Pearson Family because heknew Terrence’s temper. Terrence was exceptionally obstinate and would start a fight in Capitalis if helearned that his wife who left without a word for years had returned to Capitalis and gotten married toanother man. If that happened, then things would definitely get out of hand.
It was true that the Pearson Family was wealthy and powerful, but what about the Wilkerson Family?The Wilkerson Family’s status was beyond their imagination. They were the most influential family in
Capitalis, and when two tigers fought, one was bound to be hurt.
“Leah, I admit that I did send assassins after Olivia, but don’t ask me for a reason. As one of the SixGreatest Families of Irieson, do I need a reason just to get rid of a person? You have got to be kiddingme! I was about to succeed, but Thomas Clifford appeared out of nowhere and ruined my plans. If hehadn’t, Olivia would have been long dead!”
Blake was already in a foul mood today after getting a lecture from Taylor, to begin with. Then, he waspractically interrogated by this old hag after he returned to his own home. Why should I tolerate suchan insult? The one who loved you was my father, not me. Father may give in to your whims, but whyshould I do the same? How dare she question me, the head of the Hind Family? She’s not taking meseriously at all, is she? If I don’t teach her a lesson, she’ll never learn who’s in charge here!
“Oh?” Leah narrowed her eyes as fury engulfed her. “Blake, don’t think that I have no idea what you’replanning! Terrence may be dead, but I’m still around! Today, I’m letting you live for your father’s sake,but if you dare lay a finger on my family again, I’ll wipe out your entire family, including every living thingthat breathes. Try me if you don’t believe me.”
All her intense aura exploded out of her and into Blake’s face, as sharp as knives and as speedy as agust of whirlwind. How could Blake even come close to her? That was shown as he felt a shudder inhis chest, and his knees buckled as he stumbled to the floor, looking utterly unseemly.
Finally, she pointed a finger right at him as she bellowed, “To kill a mere family like the Hinds is as easyas killing an ant for me. I’ve already given you a great deal of respect by informing you about this.Since you’ve decided to poke the bear, you’d better accept the consequences as well!”