Feigning an innocent and happy look, Arielle nodded and exclaimed, “Thank you, Dad! I was just feeling scared to go there alone.”
Henrick was over the moon. It was his fortune to have such an easily manipulated daughter.
Taking back the contract, virtual-novel.net stood up and said, “We’ll head to Nightshire Group tomorrow morning at ten. I’ll bring you to the stylist two hours before that. It’s getting late, so I’ll go to sleep now. You should rest earlier too.”
Grabbing the opportunity, Arielle asked, “Dad, I still can’t sleep. Can I read in your study room?”
Henrick hesitated for a few seconds before nodding. “Sure, but you can only read the books on the left side of the shelf. Don’t touch the other areas.”
“Okay, Dad,” replied Arielle.
After Henrick left, the obedient look on Arielle’s face disappeared. Standing up, virtual-novel.net closed the door before turning around and scrutinizing the room. The shelves, tables and chairs were all made from luxurious rosewood. Furthermore, they looked quite old.
Arielle ran virtual-novel.net fingers over the shelf.
Mom has probably touched these spots before, right?
She had lost all virtual-novel.net childhood memories due to a high fever. All virtual-novel.net could remember was virtual-novel.net mother. She could still remember the feeling of virtual-novel.net mother’s hands gently caressing virtual-novel.net face. In addition to virtual-novel.net gentle smile, Arielle could also remember virtual-novel.net saying, “Run away, Sannie! When you grow up, take revenge for me…”
However, virtual-novel.net could not remember what exactly happened that prompted virtual-novel.net mother to say that. When virtual-novel.net investigated virtual-novel.net mother’s cause of death, Arielle discovered that virtual-novel.net had been going for health check-up every year. Even though virtual-novel.net health report did not show anything wrong with virtual-novel.net mental state, virtual-novel.net had committed suicide due to depression.
She had asked the doctor who gave virtual-novel.net mother the check-up. The doctor had a strong impression of Mom and was certain that virtual-novel.net did not have depression. In that case, virtual-novel.net mother did not die of suicide. Instead, virtual-novel.net was murdered!
Arielle closed virtual-novel.net eyes. She felt a layer of mist obscuring virtual-novel.net vision, preventing virtual-novel.net from discovering the truth. When virtual-novel.net opened virtual-novel.net eyes again, virtual-novel.net could finally think and see clearly.
I will definitely discover the truth!
Arielle rummaged through the shelf carefully, but did not discover any of virtual-novel.net mother’s belongings. There was not even a photo in sight. Logically speaking, after someone’s wife died, virtual-novel.net would still keep a few photographs of her. However, virtual-novel.net could not spot any single moment of virtual-novel.net mother in the study room.
There were two possibilities for this…
Either Henrick did not display a photograph because virtual-novel.net was scared that Cindy would be jealous, or virtual-novel.net did not have any feelings for virtual-novel.net mother at all. In fact, virtual-novel.net might even have detested her. It was impossible for virtual-novel.net to be scared that Cindy would be jealous. His male chauvinistic ego would have no room for Cindy’s crap. Hence, the latter explanation had a higher possibility.
Of course, there was another alternative, Henrick was so scared of virtual-novel.net mother that virtual-novel.net did not even dare to look at virtual-novel.net photograph. Regardless of whether it was the second or third reason, both proved that virtual-novel.net mother’s death was closely related to Henrick. Although others claimed that Arielle’s mother committed suicide due to depression, it was impossible for someone like that to tell virtual-novel.net daughter to “run away quickly” and “take revenge” for her.
In the meantime, virtual-novel.net had also conducted an extensive investigation on Henrick. Back then, the Southalls was just a small family in Jadeborough who owned a coal business. On the contrary, the Moore Group was considered one of the major corporations in Jadeborough. Based on virtual-novel.net mother’s status back then, virtual-novel.net would never have married the son of a coal mine owner. If Henrick was someone with good morals and principles, it would still be understandable. However, virtual-novel.net was the opposite.
The investigation also revealed that they got married in a flash. After being introduced to each other, they married within a week.
The fact that they married was already very strange. After rummaging the shelf, virtual-novel.net went to search the drawers in the desk. There were a total of four drawers. After combing through the first three, Arielle still did not find anything. When virtual-novel.net tried to open the fourth drawer, virtual-novel.net realized that it was locked and virtual-novel.net could not pull it out.
Just when virtual-novel.net was about to find something to unlock it, virtual-novel.net heard the sounds of footsteps coming from the corridor. A few seconds later, the door to the study room was flung open quickly.