After Stella got out of the elevator, she was taken by a assistant into CEO office.
In the office, Justin was sitting in front of a tea table, reading documents.
Hearing the knock on the door, he looked up and smiled, “Stella, it’s been so long.”
Stella just nodded.
Justin told the assistant, “Serve Ms. Radomil a cup of tea.”
After the assistant left. Justin put down files and asked Stella to sit down.
Stella went to sit in front of him.
“Stella, I've been busy recently and didn't find the time to pay a visit. How are you and Clarenc…” said
Justin softly.
Stella interrupted him flatly, “You set up my brother.”
It was not a question, but a statement.
Justin smiled with a little distress and confusion, “I’ve heard what happened to your brother. It seems
he had conflicts with Chassell Barret. One was hurt and sent to the hospital and the other to the police
station. I don’t understand what you mean. What does that have to do with me?”
“Chassell Barret should have been in jail. If it weren't for you who bailed him out, he wouldn't have
gone to find Chan?” said Stella.
“Stella, it’s only your guess.” replied Justin.
Stella knew he was implying that she had no evidence.
But Justin got the thing done so flawlessly, he wouldn't have left any trace behind.
So she continued, “I know why you did this. But no matter Chan or the two dead workers, they are
innocent! You shouldn’t have revenge on them.”
Justin only smiled.
He pulled a blanket covering his legs, “Did Clarence know you are here?”
“It doesn't whether he knows or not.”
Justin smiled, “If he knew, he wouldn't allow this. He has already thought I’m the bad guy.”
He paused and added, “Do you think so too?”
Stella remained calm, “Clarence and I regarded you as the only one who was different in the Conrad
family.”
“The Conrad family?” Justin laughed, leaning back in the wheel chair, and signed, “it’s the Conrad
family where breeds my hatred. Growing up in a family like that, how good can I be?”
“You should live a happy life, not living in hatred.”
“You may forget, since the accident I have been confined to a wheelchair, and my life no longer
belongs to me.”
Stella was lost for words.
Justin pushed himself to the floor-to-ceiling window and spoke, “In the last 20 years or so, I had never
blamed anyone for this traffic accident. I only told myself, it was my destiny. After Clarence came home,
my mother hated and insulted him. Whenever she beat and scorned him, I always stood in front of him
to protect him. My mother had told me that Clarence came home to compete with me for the family
assets. At that point, I thought it was harder for me to live than death. Money didn't mean anything to
me, I was still condemned to a wheelchair.”
“In those years, I had no hope and did not want to see anyone. I didn't want them to look at me with
sympathy and pity. The Conrad family, like hell, had trapped me there.”
“I also envied Clarence that he could go out of the Conrad family and pursued what he liked, and
wasn't affected by gossips.”
“Until Caesar James came to tell me my miserable life was caused by Clarence’s grandfather. In order
to take Clarence to the Conrad family, his grandfather set me up and wanted me out of the way.
Unfortunately, I didn’t die, only disabled.”
Then he turned back to her and the smiled on his face turned even bigger, “Stella, if you were me,
could you accept all of these?”
Stella frowned, “You can take revenge on the James family, on anyone who hurt you. But not the
innocent ones.”
“Innocent? Who?” Justin replied, “I only paid them back in their own coin. Why all of you see me as the
bad guy? What about the ones who hurt me?”
“No…”
“Lyndon Steward made all the efforts to get what did not belong to him, even having his own parents
and your mother killed. Shouldn’t he die?”
“So his death was in your plan.”
Justin chuckled, “Why? His death was no good to me. It was only a gift for you, do you like it?”
Stella asked, “Why did you kill Caesar James?”
“He is too reckless and impulsive.” Justin added, “I had indeed chosen the wrong ally. If I had known he
would be defeated by Darnell James so easily, I wouldn’t have wasted so much time on him.
“What about my kid?”
He turned back to look at her for a while, then signed, “Stella, you know, your kid shouldn’t have been
born in the first place. However, to a certain extent, he had shouldered part of the pain for you
Stella clenched her fist and glowered at him, “Did you do this to avenge your mother’s death?”
Justin smiled, “Certainly not. That’s her own choice. She thought she could use her death to induce me
to hate Clarence and thus live my life in the way she had wanted.”
Stella frowned and suddenly realized something, “Before her death, you already knew her plan, but you
did not stop her. You just watch her suicide?”
The smile slightly faded on Justin 's face, “In those years, she was the same as me, trapped in the
Conrad family and manipulated by hatred and jealousy. She hated Clarence but couldn’t kill him. She
even didn’t find the relation of the James family. She had lost the will to live in this world.”
Stella gaped. She found the man in front of her totally unfamiliar.
She had thought he was only against them, and had never expected that Joanna Perez’s death was
also a part of his plan.
Justin continued, “Since you have asked, I could tell you the whole story. The medicine bottle Clarence
found in her room, I put it there.”
Stella asked, “Why did you kill Caesar James?”
“He is too reckless and impulsive.” Justin added, “I had indeed chosen the wrong ally. If | had Known he
would be defeated by Darnell James so easily, | wouldn't have wasted so much time on him.
“What about my kid?”
He turned back to look at her for a while, then signed, “Stella, you know, your kid shouldn't have been
born in the first place. However, to a certain extent, he had shouldered part of the pain for you
Stella clenched her fist and glowered at him, “Did you do this to avenge your mother’s death?”
Justin smiled, “Certainly not. That's her own choice. She thought she could use her death to induce me
to hate Clarence and thus live my life in the way she had wanted.”
Stella frowned and suddenly realized something, “Before her death, you already knew her plan, but you
did not stop her. You just watch her suicide?”
The smile slightly faded on Justin 's face, “In those years, she was the same as me, trapped in the
Conrad family and manipulated by hatred and jealousy. She hated Clarence but couldn't kill him. She
even didn't find the relation of the James family. She had lost the will to live in this world.”
Stella gaped. She found the man in front of her totally unfamiliar.
She had thought he was only against them, and had never expected that Joanna Perez’s death was
also a part of his plan.
Justin continued, “Since you have asked, | could tell you the whole story. The medicine bottle Clarence
found in her room, | put it there.”
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