It was indeed cruel to be imprisoned for six years.
Just why did he talk to him?
It was as if in a flash, he figured out that Charles’ purpose for luring him here. So it had something to do with Nathan.
Cormac turned his head, and his eyes narrowed slightly, “Mr. White, is this what you lured me here for?”
Being caught by Cormac, Charles did not feel embarrassed, but burst into laughter, “I really can’t hide it from you. However, I think as long as you are willing to investigate, you will definitely find out a lot of things.”
“What good will it do with me?” It was obvious that Cormac did not want to get involved in this mess. If it weren’t for Loredana, he wouldn’t even be in a place like this.
Did he want to use him?
That was ridiculous!
Charles became serious. It was definitely impossible for him to use Cormac to investigate this matter without telling him something in advance. With Cormac’s intelligence, he would soon be able to figure it out.
Now, if he wanted him to be interested in the matter, he would have to throw out the bait that would interest him.
“My adoptive father, Nathan, never married in his life, only because he lost his first love. He and his first love were engaged to be married, but then, the two separated. I don’t know exactly because of what. I only know that his first love married your father, Jayden.”
“My adoptive father was imprisoned for six years, don’t you think …”
“What are you trying to say? My father stole your adoptive father’s woman?” Cormac’s face became more and more ugly. He didn’t have a good impression of Victoria in the first place, and moreover, everything that happened now had something to do with her.
This made him very unhappy.
Charles had also suspected that his adoptive father was imprisoned by Jayden back then. He imprisoned him in order to get Victoria.
He threatened Victoria by cutting off Nathan’s fingers, and if she didn’t stay with him, he would continue to hurt Nathan, which forced Victoria to stay with him.
This was why Nathan was imprisoned and his fingers were chopped off.
However, there was something else he couldn’t figure out. If Jayden did it, how did he get the Harris family to spare him?
Back then, Jayden and Jolene were a couple. He made such a big deal. Would the Harris family turn a blind eye to it?
So, there was a lot more to this suspicion that didn’t make sense.
“You never wondered if it was normal for your father to marry Victoria Forbis shortly after your mother’s death and your grandfather didn’t even interfere.”
Whether it was a respectable family or a commoner, who could tolerate their son-in-law marrying another woman soon after their daughter’s death, and without saying a word?
Either way, this whole thing was strange.
“What did you say, Victoria Forbis?” There was a thunderbolt crossing Cormac’s mind.
He had always been distant and cold towards Victoria, and never bothered to get to know her deliberately.
But he still knew her name. His father had also introduced her to the public as Victoria.
And now Charles was saying that her last name was Forbis?
Then why did his father hide her surname?
What was the secret of this?
He knew that Charles was deliberately letting him know and wanted to use his hand to investigate the matter. However, at this moment, even if he knew that he was being used, he was willing to do so.
He always felt that he was living in a huge conspiracy until this matter was clarified.
“Mr. Mendelsohn, are you interested in working with me?” Charles held out an olive branch to him again.
He sensed Cormac’s hesitation.
“I’m not going to lie. I can be where I am today because of my adoptive father. I have to repay him. He has passed away. All I can do is to make sure that the people who once hurt him are punished. Mr.
Mendelsohn, you also want to find out what happened between Victoria and your father, right? If we join forces, it won’t be difficult to figure it out. What do you think?”
Cormac laughed, “If I want to know, I can find out for myself. Why would I want to work with you?”
His subtext was that Charles didn’t have enough leverage to join forces with him.
Charles bowed his head and smiled bitterly, “Mr. Mendelsohn, you are not willing to take any loss at all.”
“I do have one more clue in my hand.” Originally, Charles was not going to say it, but now, if he didn’t say it, he was afraid that Cormac wouldn’t join forces with him.
“The master who can make Gambiered Canton Gauze is named Kevin,” It took him a lot of effort to find it out.
The Forbis family used to be brilliant, then died out. Even the people from the Forbis family lived in seclusion in this countryside.
Kevin, Victoria?
“If I’m right, Ms. Flores may already know the story.” In fact, under the pretext of going on business, he was investigating the car that was suddenly parked in the backyard that day.
He knew about it that day when Kevin took Loredana to see Victoria.
He knew Kevin was coming before Cormac did.
“She had spent a day and a night at the Forbis’ mansion before Ms. Flores came back to pick up her two children. And, Victoria was there too,” Charles said, telling the whole story of what he knew.
Cormac’s hands clenched in his pockets. Was this why Loredana’ attitude had changed?
She had been with the Forbis family for a day and a night. What had Victoria said to her during that time?
“Mr. White, is that all you know?” Cormac stayed calm. He had decided in his heart to cooperate with him but still remained aloof on the surface.
In any case, he would not let Charles have the upper hand.
Charles spread out his hands, “That’s all I know. If I knew all that, I wouldn’t have come to you to work together.”
Cormac pondered for a while. This matter seemed to be very complicated, and here was Charles’s territory. If Charles investigated what happened here, while he was in charge of the investigation in City B, and as the two of them worked together, it was not difficult to find out the truth.
“Daddy …”
Simona ran out and looked for Cormac. While Loredana was away, she got used to sleeping in her father’s arms. When Theresa washed her face and brushed her teeth to get her dressed for bed, she insisted on coming to Cormac, and Theresa had no choice but to bring her over.
“She didn’t want to get dressed,” Theresa said helplessly.
Cormac came over and picked up his daughter. As he stepped into the courtyard, he turned his back on Charles and said, “I’ll leave it to you here.”
Charles smiled, “Okay. Please don’t worry, I will find out as soon as possible.”
He knew that Cormac was agreeing to cooperate with him.
This was his territory, and it would not be difficult for him to find out what happened to the Forbis family back then.
It was just a matter of time.
As long as something had happened, even if it had been a long time, there would still be traces of it to be found.
“Daddy, when will Mommy come back?” Simona wrapped her arms around his neck. She missed her grandmother and kind of wanted to go back.
“Soon.” Cormac stroked her head, “I’ll take you to bed.”
“Mr. Mendelsohn,” Charles rolled his wheelchair and followed him in, “You’re the most generous man I’ve ever met.”
“Since ancient times, the children always follow their father’s surname. But you’ve managed to let your children take your wife’s surname. That’s very generous of you.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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