Chapter 536 The Reason (2)


    Scarlett recounted to Rosalie what happened to her in the past few years, including the incident where Lauren tried to marry her off to a widower with five children.


    "That slut! How dare she do that to you?" Rosalie said in anger upon hearing about the mistreatment her daughter had endured from Jonathan''s new wife. She was fine if Jonathan re-married, but knowing this new woman torturing her daughter made her blood boil.


    Since leaving Ind B, Rosalie had refrained from returning to Country W, fearing that Aistar might discover traces of her and learn about her daughter with Rnd. If Aistar had been aware of Scarlett, Rosalie was convinced he would have sent his troops to the ind to eliminate her daughter.


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    "Mom, rx," Scarlett assured as she held her mother''s hand. "Lauren has already faced her punishment... There''s no need to waste your energy on that evil woman."


    Rosalie smiled faintly as she nodded in agreement with Scarlett.


    "But, Mom, something happened to my dad, Aunt Lana, and the others who work at our house," Scarlett''s voice trailed off, her expression darkening at the memory of the horrific incident.


    Rosalie was surprised by Scarlett''s gloomy expression and her slightly red eyes. She could see her daughter was holding back tears.


    "Did something happen to them?" Rosalie asked, her voice maintaining a calm tone though her eyes betrayed concern.


    Scarlett struggled to contain her tears as she recalled the brutal murder of her dad and the others.


    After a few moments, she slowly raised her head to meet her mother''s worried eyes. She began recounting the events on the ind, asionally choking on her words as the horrifying images reyed in her mind, tormenting her emotions once more.


    Later, a heavy silence filled the air as Scarlett concluded her narrative.


    However, Rosalie''s voice shattered the stillness. "A-Aistar Parker, you are such an evil human being... T-Truly evil," she muttered, clenching her cold hand tightly, too enraged to fully absorb the terrible news.


    Rosalie took Scarlett''s hand and said, "Scarlett, don''t stop me... I will kill him with my own hands. Let''s find that bastard. How dare he kill Jonathan, Lana, and the others?"


    Scarlett was surprised to see her mother''s eyes re with emotion, and in a hurry, she shook her head. "No, Mom. It wasn''t Aistar who did it, but Jude Withers."


    Rosalie''s shoulders slumped at the mention of that name. "Jude Withers? How did he find out about you and Jonathan?" she asked, a fierce, murderous aura immediately emanating from her.


    "Mom, this is a long story..." Scarlett took a deep breath and then recounted how she discovered traces of the Withers family and met Noah Withers. When Jude learned about their meeting, he kidnapped Noah and impersonated him to visit her at B Ind. At that time, he devised ns to kill her entire family to lure her mother out of hiding.


    Rosalie, upon hearing Scarlett''s story, was utterly shocked. She couldn''t believe that so many dark incidents had urred in the past year that she had missed.


    "But don''t worry, Mom. I have also resolved Jude and the Withers family problem. Uncle Noah takes care of thepany while pursuing his political career. Xander''s people are helping him reorganize the Withers family business, the legitimate one, not the underground dealings." Scarlett exined everything happening with the Withers family now.


    "Scarlett, you are a truly amazing daughter..." Rosalie smiled tenderly while gently stroking Scarlett''s cheek. "Thank you for cleaning up after your ungrateful uncle and guiding the Withers in a new direction, something I wish I could have done in the past but, unfortunately, couldn''t."


    Initially, Rosalie had nned to punish her older brother Jude Withers, but she was too preupied with Aistar Parker.


    Additionally, she knew Jude was still unaware of Scarlett''s existence at that time, so she didn''t rush to deal with him. She merely kept Jude busy by providing information about his illegal activities to the authorities a few times.


    However, after surrendering to Aistar, she lost contact with the outside world and remained unaware of subsequent events.


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    Suddenly, Scarlett''s curiosity was piqued about Jude Withers. Why did he want to find her mother so badly? When Jude killed her family on Ind B, she clearly remembered his people searching for something in their house.


    "Mom, by the way, why did you run away from Jude, too? Why didn''t you kill him and offer thepany to Uncle Noah?" Scarlett asked curiously, knowing her mother was more powerful and intelligent than Jude Withers. That''s why she was chosen to be the future leader of the Withers Family.


    Rosalie shook her head slowly andughed a little, recalling her family''s dark matters.


    "That''s because your stupid uncle is too greedy," Rosalie nced at Scarlett. "He is greedy for power and money."


    "Didn''t he get it all? After detaining his father, he became the head of the Withers family and removed Uncle Noah from the family business?"


    "Hahaha, my dear Scarlett... what you see on the surface is not entirely true. The Withers family under Jude is only a small part of the current Withers power. What''s in X is just a branch. Not the main. Aistar wouldn''t use a small assassin guild from a country on the other side of the world to kill a king of M Country, right!?"


    Scarlett was shocked. What her mother said was indeed true. It was impossible for Aistar to just use the Withers Assassin.


    "Why is Jude hunting me down? Because Jude didn''t have ess to enter the real assassin organization." The light in Rosalie''s eyes shone brighter. "But, I have ess there. That''s why he wants to arrest me to get that ess. ess to real power and real money."


    "Mom, but why didn''t you use that power? To shut Aistar and Jude Withers?"


    "That''s because I failed my mission. I couldn''t kill your father... The main branch cut a tie from us. And since then, I also didn''t have ess to enter there to use their power," Rosalie paused to take a deep breath, feeling angry.


    After a few seconds, Rosalie continued. "As for Jude, he''s not a threat to me. I could kill him easily and immediately if I wanted him to die, but I was too busy with Aistar then. He brought the entire expert from Europe to hunt me." She smirked.


    "I fight alone. No Withers X Branch stands behind me; not even a main branch protects me. So, the only way is to hide and keep you safe. Once I have a chance, I will try to go back to deal with Aistar, but—" Rosalie''s voice trailed off, her eyes blurry when she met Scarlett''s gaze.


    "W-What, Mom? What happened?" Scarlett asked worriedly.


    "Do you remember what happened to you at the Canadian border?" Rosalie asked.


    Scarlett suddenly froze at her mother''s question. Of course, she remembered that incident; that time, she almost died.


    She nodded.


    "You probably already know that Aistar attacked you, right!?"


    "I know. He used his son, Theodor, to find me." Scarlett bitterly smiled.


    "He used the ident to threaten me," Rosalie said softly. "At that time, I was shocked that Aistar had discovered your existence. He used you to get me out by attacking you. And he vows, he will never stop until Ie out... so... I came out and surrendered."


    Scarlett couldn''t help but curse Aistar a hundred times in her mind.


    "After that, you probably know the story. I was exiled to Svalbard, and when Aistar found out that you had found traces of your father, he moved me to Portugal..." Rosalie concluded her story.


    Scarlett was silent momentarily, unable to speak, too shocked to hear all this.