Modesty looked pale. Moving her lips, she explained, “No…it's not like that, I don’t have the intention of
doing that… I just want…”
“What do you want?” Dempsey narrowed his eyes, “As I see it, you are afraid to offend Clarence, so
you want me to take this responsibility for you!”
As he roared at Modesty, she felt that she seemed to stop breathing. She trembled uncontrollably and
did not know what to say next.
At that moment, Justin appeared behind her and said slowly, “Don’t be afraid. If you want to say
something, stand up first.”
Modesty’s mind went blank for a moment. When she turned her head, her pupils noticeably dilated and
constricted. But she still didn’t dare to move.
Justin gave a chuckle, leaned down and extended his hand to Modesty.
Modesty’s gaze fell on his palm. After hesitating for a long time, she tentatively held his hand and
slowly stood up.
At the same time, Dempsey said in an unsatisfied tone, “Justin, don't always waste your kindness on
places that don’t deserve it.”
Justin replied, “There may be some misunderstanding in this matter. The last time we checked the
identity of the person who ordered the reporter to infiltrate the Conrad family, wasn't the person a
man?”
“I guess that he is her accomplice!”
Justin looked at Modesty, “There's still time, so tell us what is going on. Don't worry. If you didn’t do it,
we will definitely not make your life difficult.”
Modesty stood beside him and bit her lower lip strongly. After a long time, she said, “I didn't do it…I
don't know what is going on either, really...”
Dempsey hammered the floor strongly with his walking stick and scolded loudly, “There is concrete
evidence. You are still denying responsibility!”
Modesty was frightened and hid behind Justin instinctively. She said hurriedly, “This really has nothing
to do with me, but I know the man who approached the reporter last…last time. He has been…has
been…”
“What has he been doing?”
“He has been helping Stella to do things.” After making up her mind to continue lying, Modesty was
more composed instead, “Moreover, he was also the one who took Stella away from the Conrad family
at the beginning. I don't know how he has become my accomplice. It is most likely that I have offended
Stella at the designers’ contest this time, and she has deliberately said this in order to get back at
me…”
After hearing her words, Dempsey narrowed his eyes and did not speak for a moment.
On the day that Stella left the Conrad family, there was indeed a man in the car.
After further investigation, the man was not one of Clarence’s men.
If what she said was true, then the incident in which the reporter infiltrated the Conrad family was
planned by Stella!
He didn’t expect that women to have such clever tricks that could even fool him!
After thinking about it for some time, Dempsey asked, “How do you explain the incident involving the
recording pen?”
Compared to his previous voice, his current voice was much softer.
Modesty gritted her teeth. Since she had already started this, she would continue to do it, “It was…Ms.
Steward who instructed me to do so.”
Dempsey frowned, “Ms. Steward? Which Ms. Steward?”
“The young lady of the Steward Group, Phoebe Steward.”
“How did you know her?”
Modesty clenched her fist and spoke, “Just like Stella, I was a designer in SG Jewelry Magazine. At
that time when Ms. Steward was not yet engaged to Mr. Conrad, she already knew that Stella was Mr.
Conrad’s ex-wife, so she deliberately got close to Stella. She often used me to deal with Stella.”
Dempsey said, “The bribery of judges in the designers’ contest was ordered by Phoebe?”
“No. That was done by Aurora Barton.”
“Aurora Barton? How did she get involved again?”
Modesty breathed in, “Aurora was holding a grudge because Mr. Conrad had rejected her, so she
wanted to deal with Stella. She asked me to bribe the judges for her. But she casted me aside after she
had achieved her goal. After I had done as I was told, she didn't care about my situation. As a result, I
took the recording pen to Ms. Steward. She instructed me to say that the only person who is not afraid
to offend Mr. Conrad is Master Conrad, so she told me to come to you.”
She had been driven into a corner anyway. Since Aurora and Phoebe had kicked her aside, she would
just make reckless decisions to make matters worse by implicating them all. If she was going to be in
trouble, she would not let them rest easy.
After listening to Modesty’s words, Dempsey snorted coldly, “One is smarter than the other indeed.”
Justin said slowly, “If that engagement didn’t happen, these things would not happen. From Phoebe’s
perspective, she didn’t do anything wrong.”
“At this point of time, you are still defending her. Do you know what situation the Conrad family is in
now because of her?”
Justin replied, “As long as you pull back from your plans in time, Clarence will show mercy to us.”
Dempsey sneered, “I pull back from my plans in time? Don't forget how Stella lost her child! Do you
think Clarence will let your mother off the hook?
Justin didn’t say anything anymore.
Dempsey got up and went upstairs with the help of his walking stick. Before he left, he took a look at
his men, “Take care of this.”
Modesty took a few steps backwards and was afraid again.
Justin raised his hand to stop Dempsey’s men from taking any actions and looked at Modesty, “I will
send you out.”
Modesty looked at him uncertainly. But when she saw that the men who were about to step forward
had retreated to their original positions, she felt that her heart seemed to have started beating again.
Justin maneuvered his wheelchair and went out of the house. Modesty saw his movements and
hurriedly followed after him.
After reaching the garden, Modesty couldn’t help but to say, “Thank you.”
Justin said calmly, “No need to thank me.”
“You and Mr. Conrad…”
“I am his brother.”
After hearing his words, Modesty was quite surprised, “Does Mr. Conrad have a brother?”
After she had finished saying the sentence, the wheelchair stopped moving.
Modesty turned her head, realized that she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly said, “I’m sorry.
Before this, I just never heard of …”
Justin looked at the rising sun in the distance. There were no emotions on his fair face.
Modesty stood beside him and didn’t dare to speak.
After some time, Justin then said, “Just now, you said that the person who took Stella away had been
helping her to do things before?”
After her mind had gone blank for a moment, Modesty nodded while pinching the hem of her shirt.
“Do you know that person?”
“I only…know a little about him. I am not very familiar with him.”
Justin acknowledged her words and turned his head to look at her, “You know that Stella had a
miscarriage in a car accident because she got into that car, don’t you? The one who drove the car was
that person.”
Stammering, Modesty replied, “I am not really sure.”
“It's fine if you don't know about this.” Justin added, “Then, can you tell me the person’s name and
place of residence?”
Modesty opened her mouth but didn’t make a sound.
She had an intuition that if she told him Adolph's information, the man in front of her, who seemed as
gentle as a lamb, would not have mercy on Adolph.
Justin gave a chuckle, “Are you unwilling to tell me?”
For no reason, a chill went down her spine although the sun had clearly risen. Modesty hurriedly
opened her mouth and told him all the information she knew about Adolph.
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