Even though her defense against Anna's accusations had been watertight, Silas
was too sharp...
Would he really believe her?
As she panicked, the door swung open.
Silas walked in, radiating a freezing aura.
Isabella scrambled to her feet, hastily smoothing down her messy hair.
Silas's icy gaze swept over the shattered porcelain on the floor.
Isabella's face paled. She quickly put on a pitiful expression and stammered, "Silas... I accidentally bumped into the vase."
"Isabella." Silas's eyes were cold. "You know why I'm here."
It was a statement, not a question.
Isabella's heart dropped, but she kept her face composed, only letting her tear- soaked eyelashes flutter. "I know... It's about Anna."
She looked up, her face the picture of innocence, tears brimming in her eyes. "I don't know why Anna said I told her to hurt Grandpa, but I really didn't. I don't know why she would do something so horrible..."
"Ever since the racing incident, I've been trying to persuade Anna to get along with her sister. But... but I never imagined Anna hated Serena this much. I never thought she would use Grandpa..."
She laid everything out proactively. It was the best way to appear innocent and wash her hands of the whole mess.
She admitted that during the racing incident, she hadn't handled the relationship between Serena and Anna well.
And she had paid a heavy price for that.
So, she knew she was wrong.
She just wanted to be a good sister and persuade Anna to make peace with Serena.
Was that a crime?
In the past, the Vinton family might have actually believed this innocent act.
But now, Silas just stared at her blankly, as if looking at a clown.
He waited until she finished crying before speaking in a frigid tone. "I'm not spelling everything out purely Out of respect for your mother."
"You know exactly what you did during the racing incident. You know how you fanned the flames."
"And you know exactly what your real motive was when you were 'persuading' Anna."
"Anna is stupid and easy to use as a weapon." He scoffed, looking down at her with pure mockery. "I will send all the relevant security footage and records to the Lancaster family. I'll let them decide what to do with you."
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Isabella's face turned ashen, her lips trembling. "No, no, Silas, I really didn't! Please, listen to me..."
Silas felt disgusted just looking at her. He turned and walked away.
Isabella lunged forward, desperately trying to call him back.
But the door slammed shut in her face.
She threw herself against the door, frantically calling out his name,
swearing her innocence net
about how wronged she was
Outside, there was only dead silence.
Isabella slid down the door, collapsing on the floor, her clothes drenched in cold sweat.
No...
She couldn't let Silas send everything to her parents...
If the Lancaster family found out what she had done in the United Realmon States...
If they knew she had instigated Anna to kill Serena on the racetrack.
If they knew she had manipulated Anna into poisoning Holden, nearly killing him, just to frame Serena...
How would her parents look at her?
What would her grandfather think?