Regrt 319

dden confession.

Megan rested her head on my shoulder. “My relationship with my dad isn’t good because his mistress came to the door. I hate him for betraying my mom.”

I was taken aback.

“When I was a child, I had poor health and just stayed in the courtyard. I would rarely go out of the house.”

Megan continued, “After that incident, we moved out of the Smith family’s residence, and I even blamed my brother for not leaving with me.”

I lowered my gaze. “He… must have been quite mature for his age.”

“Yes.” Megan sighed and spoke with self–reproach, “Later, I realized he was much smarter and more rational than I was. Only being like him was the right thing to do. Otherwise, everything that belonged to my mom and us would have been handed over to others. I was too immature and capricious.”

I comforted her. “You didn’t do anything wrong. As long as you don’t hurt others, it’s fine to make your

own choices.”

She must have been quite young at the time.

It would be hard for young people to think of the big picture.

“That’s not it. I made mistakes. I moved out of the Smith family while still enjoying the advantages that

came with their power.”

Megan shook her head. “And all of this was because my brother took on the responsibility that should

have been mine.”

I patted her head. “But he must have never blamed you!”

Frank seemed to not care about anything.

But it’s clear that he valued his sister Megan a lot.

After a moment of silence, Megan suddenly called out to me, “Charlotte.”

“Yeah?”

She hesitated for a long time before stammering, “Does Mr. Renolds… only like girls like you?”

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I was momentarily stunned by her openness and responded candidly, “I’m not sure, but what might reassure you is that I’ve made it clear with him that there will be no entanglements beyond friendship.”

“Then does he… have any hobbies or interests…”

“Megan!”

Frank abruptly interrupted through clenched teeth. “No matter what you’re thinking, you’d better give up on this. Otherwise, before you get tricked by him, I’ll break your legs first.”

His voice was cold and laced with a lingering roughness.

Megan was startled. Feeling both anxious and annoyed, she said, “How could you do this? You’re eavesdropping on our conversation!”

“Who said I was eavesdropping?”

Frank took off the earplugs and threw them at her. “Go ahead and leave a bad review. What a useless pair of earplugs! They’re worse than stuffing two pieces of air in your ears. At least air won’t hurt your ears.”

Megan stamped her feet in frustration!

“You’d better take my words to heart,” said Frank.

“Alright!” Megan responded unhappily and added, “I just think he’s gentle and considerate. If we could have a marriage alliance, it might be somewhat helpful.”

Frank said dismissively, “Am I doing that bad that I need you to sacrifice your own life for me?”

“Oh.” Megan’s response was simple, but her tone softened.

However, my intuition told me that she hadn’t given up.

She just didn’t want to provoke Frank.

After arriving in Jeswood, Frank first took Megan back to the Smith family’s residence and then headed straight to the Shaw family’s residence with me.

Madam Shaw was delighted to see us.