NOVPUBChapter 1194: 539 Truth (Second Update)_1 Chapter 1194: 539 Truth (Second Update)_1 Madam Dankworth pushed a disheveled woman to the ground.
“Mr.
Aria, Dr.
Aria, surely you two recognize her?”
The woman lifted her head, revealing her face.
Charlotte Aria gasped, “Auntie?”
Peter Aria watched with cold eyes, while Violetta Gartia seemed absent-minded, focusing outside the door.
Matthew Aria quickly stepped forward, helping up Vanessa Aria, “Sister, who has wronged you?
Tell your elder brother.”
Vanessa Aria’s unhurt left hand tightly clenched Matthew Aria’s arm, and she began to sob in grievance: “Elder brother, they humiliated me.
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I am the dignified Mistress of the Arias, how could I endure such a disgrace?
I’d rather not live.”
As she finished speaking, she lunged towards a pillar, Matthew Aria quickly pulled her back, turning to look at Catherine Liam, who had just entered, with an intense gaze.
Catherine Liam shrank her neck in response, shaking her head innocently.
She hadn’t quite understood the situation.
Madam Dankworth sneered, “Miss Aria, are you still playing innocent?
Would you admit it, or should I say it for you?”
Vanessa Aria looked at the spectators Peter Aria and Violetta Gartia, a malicious glint in her eyes.
Pointing at them, she said, “My lovely elder brother, my lovely fiancé, your deceit has caused me such hardship.
Are you satisfied seeing me in this state?
Fine.
I’ll grant you your wish.”
Matthew Aria exclaimed, “Little sister, what are you talking about?
What does this have to do with your elder brother and Violetta?”
Vanessa Aria let out a pitiful smile, appearing so weak and pitiful.
“If I were to marry Violetta, I’d be her co-wife.
Why did she choose me?
Only because I am Peter Aria’s sister.”
Her words sent shocks through the room, rendering it silent.
Madam Aria slammed her cane harshly on the floor, shouting, “Nonsense.”
For a moment, everyone’s gaze flitted between Peter Aria and Violetta Gartia, suspicion aroused.
Peter Aria was in such a good position in life, nearly forty, yet still single.
There had been previous speculation that he was gay, but without evidence, no one dared to confirm it.
Violetta Gartia was even more suspicious.
He didn’t seem to care about his fiancée at all and had just entered the room with Peter Aria.
If true, it would be a shocking twist in this soap opera, Vanessa Aria was a pitiful victim, betrayed by both her own brother and her fiancé, how desperate she must have felt.
Madam Dankworth was stunned, not expecting the events to take such an unexpected turn.
Peter Aria scoffed, “You still refuse to come to your senses.”
Vanessa Aria managed a desolate smile, “Madam Dankworth, you saw me with a strange man just now and assumed that I am a woman of loose morals, didn’t you?”
Madam Dankworth’s face flushed, she weakly nodded.
“Well, that’s a pitfall that my lovely elder brother and fiancé dug for me.
I really ought to thank them.
Without this, how else would their secret love affair have come to light?”
The crowd gasped, their gazes towards Peter Aria and Violetta Gartia changing.
Both were unexpectedly ruthless.
When the audience pieced together the context, the cause and effect became clear.
“Enough.” Madam Lewis interrupted Vanessa Aria’s woe-is-me act.
“I ask you, where is my son?”
Vanessa Aria shook her head, “Madam Lewis, I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Oh, I think I just saw Mr.
Lewis and Ms.
Cook heading towards the backyard.
They wouldn’t have stumbled upon your secret affair and been! They are still children for god’s sake, how could you have such a hardened heart.”
Brenda Lopez was taken aback that this wasn’t going according to plan, Vanessa was throwing herself under the bus?
This woman was willing to take drastic measures.
Given that, she decided to add fuel to the fire.
“Peter Aria, I never thought you were actually gay.
Fighting over a man with your own sister, you’ve really outdone yourself.
How blind I was to have set my sights on you.”
Brenda Lopez’s words served as the final blow for those still uncertain.
“You murdered Ms.
Cook and Mr.
Lewis out of fear your affair would be exposed, didn’t you?
You pair of dogs…” Brenda Lopez choked, unsure of how to curse them.
Madam Lewis’ suspicious gaze fell on Peter Aria and Violetta Gartia.
“Did my son’s disappearance have anything to do with you two?”
Peter Aria scoffed, “Romilly Powell, you really have reached an unspeakable level of shamelessness, I, Peter Aria, am upright and clear of any guilt, I won’t allow you to slander me.”
Who is Romilly Powell?
Everyone looked at each other, utterly confused.
Violetta Gartia took a step forward, his gaze falling on Vanessa Aria, but without a hint of tender affection in his eyes.
“Among us, born in lies, ending in betrayal, in front of all these guests, we end all ties.
From then on, we live separate lives, free of any concern for each other.”
