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“Mr. Slater, here are the results of what you asked me to investigate,”
Danny said as he placed a document bag on the desk.
Vincent opened it and saw the hospital billing record from back then.
It clearly stated that when Kimberly was three, she had suffered from
a sudden critical illness that required umbilical cord blood to save her
life.
Keira’s birth had been for one purpose only, and that was to save
Kimberly.
Vincent’s grip on the document tightened slightly. He had always
been puzzled by the Yorks’ blatant favoritism, but he hadn’t expected
this to be the reason.
There was also an old, slightly damaged phone inside the folder.
Vincent recognized it immediately as the phone that Keira had once
used.
Danny had traced the final location of the phone’s SIM card through
its call logs. After he retrieved it, he handed over the device to the
tech team to restore the data.
Now, it had finally made its way to Vincent. He stared at the four-digit
lock screen code and hesitated for a moment. Trying his luck, he
entered the numbers 0616.
Following a soft chime, the phone unlocked.
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His eyes instantly reddened because June 16th was his birthday.
Keira had already logged out of all the existing app accounts. Only a few undeleted photos and messages remained.
Vincent opened the photo album and scrolled through the images
one by one. There were flowers by the roadside, various cloud
formations…
But most of the photos were of him. They showed him from their
school days to the time after his accident and temporary blindness.
Keira had carefully preserved every single one of them. There was
even their class photo from when they were in high school.
Bitterness welled up in Vincent’s heart.
During all those silent, unseen moments, Keira had been quietly
loving him with everything she had. Even when the Slater family had
abandoned him, she had stayed by his side resolutely.
He couldn’t forget the nights they had spent together. Nor could he forget the fervent sincerity she had shown him. »
Keira’s love had always been like that-silent, steady, and deep. It was like a serene, undisturbed lake that rarely rippled but held clear waters where one could look into the very depths.
Next, Vincent looked through the messages. He was surprised to find that the person who had sent the most texts to Keira was none other than Kimberly.
He scrolled down and saw that Kimberly had sent photos of wedding
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dresses, as well as snapshots of the intimate moments they shared.
The more he scrolled, the heavier his heart became.
Below the photos were several messages.
“Keira, I heard you went to find Vincent again. Do you have no shame?
He’s your brother-in-law now. What are you trying to do by seducing
him?
“Don’t you understand yet? The only one who can be with Vincent is
- Even Mom and Dad have agreed to help me. Stop being
delusional.
“You were born to be an accessory to me. If I hadn’t gotten sick, you
wouldn’t even exist. You’d better face reality. You have to let me have
whatever I want, and that includes Vincent. If you don’t, then you’re no
longer a part of the York family.”
Reading those texts made Vincent’s blood boil. The entire act of Kimberly posing as Kiki to gain his favor was far filthier than he’d ever
imagined.
Everything had turned out this way because of Kimberly’s incredible selfishness, which was further exacerbated by Frank and Melinda’s
blind indulgence.
They were the ones who caused him to miss out on reuniting with
Keira time and again.
Now that he had finally unraveled the full picture, everything became much simpler to handle.
Frank and Melinda had already come to him themselves. There was
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no way he would let Kimberly, the key figure in all this, walk away untouched. So, he ordered Danny to bring Kimberly in at once.
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Meanwhile, Kimberly, who had been cooped up and moping in her room, instantly lit up with joy when she heard that Vincent wanted to see her. She thought that her parents’ persuasion had worked.
Overjoyed, she changed into a fresh outfit and carefully did her makeup. She took her own sweet time to doll up before leisurely
stepping outside to get into the car.
“Hey, drive slowly. Don’t ruin the makeup I took so much care to put
on,” she said irritably as she checked her reflection in the mirror.
She had always been this condescending and haughty. The only time
she would be on her best behavior was when she was with Vincent.
Danny didn’t bother arguing or refuting. He merely cast her a long, quiet glance like he was looking at someone who was about to meet their doom. Because more than anyone, he knew exactly what kind of
person Vincent was.
It was highly foreseeable that a grim fate awaited Kimberly for what
she had done.
