Who Provoked You
Emily kept quiet as she thought about it.
“I noticed that Christopher wasn’t poisoned overnight when I was here last time. It’s just that I couldn’t
tell you back then because Finn and Tracy were present. Since you said they already left a few days
ago, then they’re not the ones behind this because this needle mark is only one to two days old,”
Kathleen explained.
Emily was very confused. “Then, who did it?” She couldn’t think of anyone else. After a pause,
Kathleen continued,
“Mrs. Morris, have you forgotten about someone who cares a lot about Christopher?” Only then did
realization dawn on Emily.
“Astrid!”
“Was she here for the past two days?” Kathleen queried.
“Yeah, she comes every day,” Emily confirmed,nodding. Kathleen said coldly, “If she didn’t do it, then
one of the housekeepers did. This is all I can think of.”
Emily’s eyes were burning with hatred as she spoke.
“All the housekeepers are senior citizens, and I know their background clearly. There’s no way they’d
be bribed. It’s definitely Astrid! We received news some time ago that the Holloway family is most likely
the ones who hurt Christopher back then!” Kathleen wasn’t surprised by that. She felt something was
off with Astrid when she met the latter last time.
“However, if there isn’t concrete evidence, there’s no way we can get her to admit it.” Furrowing her
brows, Kathleen thought about it.
“Ah! I have an idea.” Emily’s eyes lit up.
“What?” Kathleen walked over to Emily’s side and whispered something to the latter. After hearing
what Kathleen said, Emily nodded.
“Okay! We’ll do as you say!” Kathleen then looked at the time.
“It’s getting late, Mrs. Morris. I have to go now.” Emily tried to get Kathleen to stay.
“Kate, you can stay here tonight since it’s late.”
“It’s fine. My kids are home, so I want to go home,” Kathleen explained. Emily nodded.
“Okay. Drive safely.”
“Mm.” With that, Kathleen turned to leave, going downstairs by herself. Coincidentally, right then, Aaron
entered the mansion. Ever since something had happened to Christopher, Aaron was the only one who
took care of the company’s matters. He always went home late when he was busy. The moment he
saw Kathleen, he was slightly taken aback.
“Kathleen?” Kathleen responded indifferently, “Mr. Morris.”
Aaron heard about Kathleen from Emily, and he knew that Emily heard it from Wynnie. However, he
didn’t expect to meet Kathleen so soon.
“Goodbye,” Kathleen said and continued walking toward the door. Aaron was still stumped, as he
initially planned to see her off. After that, he went up the stairs and entered Christopher’s room. At the
moment, Emily was wiping Christopher’s face.
“Darling, why did Kathleen come?” he queried, puzzled. Emily wore a cold look.
“Can’t she come?” He was startled by her reaction.
“Are you okay?”
Turning to him, she answered, “Let’s move out. If you feel bad about leaving your father behind, I’ll
move out with Christopher. I don’t want to stay here anymore.” Aaron approached her.
“Darling, who made you angry?” Suddenly, Emily burst out crying. She pulled Aaron over and showed
him the needle mark on Christopher’s toe web space.
“Look at this!” Aaron frowned.
“What’s that?” Emily sobbed.
“This is why Christopher can’t wake up! This needle mark is fresh, which means that someone has
been poisoning him continuously.”
“What?” Aaron was startled.
“Besides, there’s no way that our housekeepers are the ones who did it, so I’m sure it’s Astrid who has
been poisoning him! I tried to stop her from coming countless times, but she’d use your father’s words
against me and continue showing up here every day. If no one knows about her motives, they would
think she loves Christopher, but the truth is she doesn’t want him to wake up. I’m sure that he knows
something. That’s why she’s afraid that he’ll wake up,” she said aggrievedly. Aaron patted her shoulder
gently.
“If that’s really the case, I won’t let the Holloway family off. However, we need evidence in order to
sentence her for that.”
“I don’t care. I’m moving out either way! I’ve had enough of this! I won’t let anyone interfere with
Christopher’s life! No one can decide who he should love or marry, including you!” Emily yelled and
pushed Aaron’s hand away. After that, she turned around and left. Aaron sighed quietly. He understood
how she felt. Everything was fine with Christopher before the Holloway family came along.
How could he not be infuriated? Besides, he didn’t do everything he could, since he always turned a
blind eye to whatever Felix did. Back then, Christopher loved Kathleen. If it wasn’t for Felix, there was a
high possibility that Christopher and Kathleen would’ve gotten married by now.
Had that been the case, none of that would’ve happened. Emily’s right. Christopher has the freedom to
marry whoever he wants. We have no right to interfere. The next day, at the dining table in the Morris
residence, Aaron needed to announce something. Clearing his throat, he started, “Dad, we’ve decided
to move out.”
Felix’s face sank instantly. “What did you say?” Aaron explained, “I’m not asking for your opinion. I’m
just letting you know, officially. Since you like Astrid so much, and there’s no way Christopher’s
marrying her, why don’t you marry her instead? We don’t care who you leave your inheritance for,
anyway.”
Bang! Felix slammed the table.
“How dare you! Do you know what you’re saying?” Startled, Emily looked wide-eyed at Aaron. What’s
wrong with him today? Could it be that he actually listened to what I said last night? She lowered her
head in silence. Felix flicked his eyes between Aaron and Emily. Felix said quietly, “Astrid, she—”
Aaron snapped coldly, “Dad, Christopher will never marry her. Even if he wakes up, it’s impossible as
well. Besides, you heard about the news, right? I have nothing else to say if you still think that the
Holloways are innocent. However, don’t you dare try anything with Christopher, or I’ll sever ties with
you!”
“You!” Felix was infuriated. Aaron stood up and looked at Emily.
“I’m going to the company now. You can start packing first. Once I get off work in the afternoon, I’ll
make arrangements to pick you two up.” Emily nodded.
“Okay.” With that, Aaron turned and left the scene. Felix stared at her unhappily.
“What did you say to him?” Emily stood up.
“I didn’t say anything.” Right when she was ascending the stairs, Felix asked in a cold tone, “Emily,
you’d better think this over carefully. If we chase Astrid away, who will care for Christopher when we get
older?”
“You don’t have to worry about that,” she replied indifferently.
“Samuel is my nephew. He’ll make sure Christopher is taken care of.”
After that, she walked upstairs. Felix gritted his teeth as he yelled at Emily’s retreating figure, “You’d
better think it over properly! Christopher and Samuel almost had a fall out because of Kathleen last
time! Are you sure Samuel will care about Christopher?” Emily stood on the second floor.
“Samuel’s not a heartless person! I’m his aunt! There’s no way he’ll only stand by and do nothing!”
With that, she turned and left as soon as she could, not wanting to talk to Felix any longer. He’s already
senile! If he’s clear-headed, how could he let Finn return to that family? Because of that, Aaron had to
deal with another enemy like Caleb in the mall.
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