Upon hearing Lucinda’s exnation, N’s lips curled into a sneer, and a bitterugh escaped her Lips.


    “Lucinda, if I proposed reconciliation, would you ept?” she asked, her gaze unwavering.


    Lucinda remained resolute.


    “No.


    You’ve wounded me repeatedly, like a broken lock beyond repair.


    No matter how you try to mend it, the damage is irreversible.


    You know better than anyone the depth of your malice and resentment towards me.


    ”


    N’s eyes darkened, acknowledging the truth in Lucinda’s words.


    Her hatred for Lucinda ran deep, ingrained in her very being.


    Yet, she still held one final card to y.


    Rising from Danilo’s embrace, N fixed her gaze on Lucinda.


    “I know the truth behind your mother’s demise, Lucinda.


    Are you curious?”


    Lucinda’s brows knitted together in a frown, and she shot a stern nce in Graham’s direction.


    Shock painted Graham’s features, evident in every line of his face.


    With determination, he vigorously shook his head, a clear deration of his innocence.


    Was there any alternative exnation for Lucinda’s mother’s death?


    How could N know something he hi


    mself did not?


    Lucinda remained incredulous.


    “You were just a child then.


    How could you possess such knowledge? Spare us the charade and return with me to the Simmons family.


    ”


    N’s tone was unwavering.


    “I speak the truth.


    My mother entrusted me with this secret.


    I understand that returning to the Simmons family today would condemn me to a lifetime of torment.


    I choose to keep this secret as my bargaining chip.


    ”


    Lucinda’s lips pursed as she contemted N’s proposition.


    Years ago, her mother’s passing had been attributed to illness.


    The grief had been overwhelming for Lucinda and her brothers.


    Now, N imed to hold the key to the truth behind her mother’s death.


    Should she ce her trust in N’s words?


    N’s gaze seemed to prate the depths of Lucinda’s thoughts as she spoke.


    “Lucinda, what stirs your fears? Are you hesitant to embrace the truth, or do you fear that my words may be woven with deceit?”


    After a contemtive pause, Lucinda’s voice remained steady as she replied, “I ce my trust in you once again.


    What do you seek in return for revealing the truth?”


    N’s demeanor exuded an aura of charm, her expression hinting at her contemtion of a favorable condition for herself.


    Lucinda gently reminded her, “I cannot permit you to depart Cadiered and apany Danilo to Zephyria.


    Aside from that, I am open to considering other terms.


    ”


    “I have yet to finalize the condition, but I do request that you apany me alone to the vi.


    There, I have something to share with you, something that will unveil the truth with a single nce.


    As for the secret surrounding your mother’s passing, it is solely to you that I wish to confide it.


    ”


    Lucinda remained silent, her thoughts veiled in contemtion.


    After a brief bout of coughing, Graham interjected, eximing, “Lucinda, reconsider.


    We can delve into other possibilities surrounding our mother’s death once we return.


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    Lucinda’s disbelief in him rang clear in her voice as she responded, “When Valerie drugged me and pushed me into the sea, you were aware, yet you kept it hidden for all these years.


    If there truly existed another exnation for our mother’s death, it would havee to light long ago.


    Is there perhaps a deliberate concealment at y? Who can say?”