NOVPUBChapter 1190: 538 Apology (First Update)_1 Chapter 1190: 538 Apology (First Update)_1 “Click, click, click,” the pointed sound of high heels echoed through the room as they hit the floor.
The door was pushed open, and Isabella Foster, with a handkerchief over her mouth and nose, strolled in gracefully.
The room was in complete disorder.
Peter Aria was standing against the wall, veins popping out on his neck and back of his hand as though he was forcibly enduring some kind of pain.
At his feet lay a woman, her clothes in disarray, surrounded by fragments of a shattered flower vase.
Grinding his teeth, Peter Aria said, “So, it’s you.
What do you want?”
“My dear brother, you don’t cherish women, do you?
...
Knocking her out like this saves me the trouble of doing it myself.
Of course, a woman like this would never catch your eye, given your celibate lifestyle for the sake of your first love all these years.”
Vanessa Aria shifted her gaze and spotted a man lying unconscious on the bed.
A faint smile crossed her face.
“Maybe you’d like to guess what I intend to do?”
“You lured me here with Seraphine Moore, used aphrodisiac incense in the room, and used Violetta Gartia as the bait.
Have you gone mad?
Isn’t he your fiancé?”
“But he has already betrayed me!” Vanessa’s voice echoed in the room, filled with harsh intent.
She suddenly turned around and started walking towards Peter.
“Dear brother, despite my love for you, all you did was try to expose me.
So, I guess I must send The Arias to their demise.”
With a sudden move, Peter grabbed her hand, squeezing it tightly.
“The Arias have nurtured you for thirteen years, is this how you repay them?
Our mother loved you so much, can you bear to see her upset?”
“That old lady, she loved her daughter Vanessa Aria, not me.
Every day I had to grovel and tremble in her presence.
I’ve had enough of that.
Wouldn’t it have been better if you never returned home?
Then I could have continued to bear it all being Ms.
Aria, but you insist on making life difficult for me.
I don’t understand why you can’t turn a blind eye.”
Peter’s eyes were filled with contempt.
“Because you’re unworthy of impersonating Vanessa.
She was the best woman in the world, and you’re not even worthy of carrying her shoes.”
This comment touched a raw nerve in Vanessa.
“Well, then, watch as the family you loved so much perishes.
Everyone and everything you’ve protected will be destroyed by my own hands.”
Vanessa, with her backhand, seized Peter’s arm and gradually began to apply pressure.
Her eyes were filled with cruelty and mercilessness.
“Edric Lewis, the young Lewis, and the youngest daughter of The Cooks stumbled upon your illicit affair with Violetta Gartia.
Afraid your scandal would be exposed and you’d be reviled by everyone, you silenced them, framing me in the process.
You knew I was impersonating Ms.
Aria, and my existence was the biggest obstacle to you and your lover.
Only by getting rid of me could you be with your beloved forever.”
With each word Vanessa spoke, Peter’s eyes turned colder.
“So, this is your plan.
Drag The Arias through the mud, making them bear the wrath of The Lewis and The Cooks, while you escape unscathed.
Killing two birds with one stone, quite the cunning plan.”
A confident smile crossed Vanessa’s face.
“I appreciate your compliment.
The next steps won’t disappoint you either.”
It was a flawless plan.
Given Peter Aria’s celibate lifestyle over the years and his intolerance of women, everything made sense if he was gay.
As for Violetta Gartia, the man who had betrayed her had to be punished.
His “mutual affection” with Peter Aria was the biggest blow to her.
It perfectly explained why he had agreed to their engagement but never married her.
Vanessa was a perfect victim in this “illicit affair.”
All these factors together perfectly established Peter’s disdain towards his biological sister.
No one would suspect anything.
The fact that Peter had tried to expose her at the banquet even reinforced this narrative.
Vanessa almost wanted to laugh.
Peter was, indeed, a good weapon.
As if he’d just realized, Peter urgently asked, “The car accident that day, you did it on purpose.
You didn’t intend to kill him.”
Vanessa smiled faintly, “Brother, you’re indeed smart.
Yes, you’re right, I didn’t want to kill him.
Or, to be precise, Edric Lewis wasn’t supposed to die so easily.
He needed to die at the hands of The Arias.”
“Only by arousing the suspicion of Madam Lewis would she bring Edric to confront The Arias, providing you with the opportunity to make your move.
Each step interlinked with the other…
I really underestimated you.”
Vanessa gently touched her temples and said with a smile, “Brother, actually I didn’t want to resort to such drastic measures, but you refused to accommodate me, I had no choice but…
to strike first.”
