Chapter 12
“Maya?”
Owen’s face changed suddenly, and he immediately took the box and opened it in front of everyone.
Inside, there lay a contract and a USB drive, both lying quietly.
Owen was stunned for a second, but when he saw the words on the contract clearly, his breath suddenly caught.
He was not unfamiliar with this substitute contract, but this time the name on the contract had been changed to someone else!
In the employer column, there was an unfamiliar name filled in: Liam Sullivan.
And at the bottom right of the contract, it was written neatly: Maya Heald.
Did Maya sign a body double contract with others?!
The assistant hesitated before speaking, “Mr. Keith, this Liam is the eldest son of the Sullivan family, the largest family in Chicago.”
Jessica laughed contemptuously, her eyes full of pride: “She does have some self-awareness, knowing she can’t destroy other people’s relationships.”
Owen’s hand clenched the contract, turning white for a moment, his
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eyes darkening with a hint of malice as he turned to instruct his
assistant.
“Contact Maya immediately and ask her what exactly is going on. Even if she is mad at me, she shouldn’t joke about this matter!”
The assistant hesitantly spoke up, holding up his phone: “Mr. Kecith, I couldn’t reach Ms. Heald. But I just tried contacting the staff at the stand-in company, and they told me that the contents of this contract are true. Ms. Heald did indeed apply to change employers a month ago.”
With a loud bang, Owen was struck as if by lightning.
One month ago?
It was the day when Jessica returned to her country!
Did Maya decide to leave him back then?
Realizing this, his heart felt like it had been suddenly stabbed by a sharp blade, causing him to gasp for breath in pain.
Owen’s mind was blank, but he still managed to keep his composure and instructed his assistant to retrieve the contents from the USB
drive.
The big screen lit up in front of me, and suddenly Jessica’s profile appeared on the screen.
And there was that familiar sound-
“He couldn’t have known, a few years ago I suddenly went abroad just
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to deal with this matter.”
As soon as the words were spoken, Jessica’s face changed suddenly, and she was about to rush forward to turn off the video.
“Turn it off, turn it off!”
Seeing her strange reaction, Owen suddenly had a guess in his heart and said sharply, “Grab her, don’t let her move the USB drive.”
The video continued to play, Jessica’s voice filling the entire auditorium. Owen stared at the screen, standing in the shadows, like the oppressive dark clouds before a storm.
Jessica’s face turned pale as she tried to explain, “Owen, this video must have been fabricated by Maya. She’s trying to sow discord between us…”
“Cover her mouth, Owen interrupted before she could finish speaking.”
Until the video finished playing, the whole auditorium was filled with a heavy and oppressive silence, and no one dared to speak a word.
“Intentionally seeking thugs to harm my grandmother, suddenly going abroad, getting pregnant…”
Owen looked at Jessica, with a chilling frost in his eyes, each word spoken laced with shards of ice.
“Jessica, what else do you have to say?”
The hand covering her mouth loosened, and Jessica’s voice was
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trembling: “No, it’s not true… Owen, you have to believe me! All of this is fake, you know me, how could I do something like that?”
All the anger turned into a short, cold laugh, with crimson swirling in Owen’s eyes.
“Are you still going to argue now? Maya didn’t know anything about my grandmother at all. This is something only you and I know.”
“Did you suddenly go abroad and then come back suddenly… because you were pregnant and had to come back?”
“No wonder I found those men you used to date familiar, turns out they were all the killers who murdered my grandmother.”
Jessica’s face paled, realizing she couldn’t defend herself. Her legs went weak and she knelt directly in front of him.
“Owen, I was wrong, I didn’t expect those thugs would actually kill your grandmother… It was those thugs who forced me, forced me to have a relationship with them, forced me to do all of this!”
“I could have immediately cut off the children and their contact. We have come this far through so many difficulties. Please forgive me this once, for the sake of our many years of relationship.”
“You forgave me so many times, we hurt each other so many times. I have never begged you before, I just ask you to forgive me this time, okay?”
She sobbed, trying to soften Owen’s heart, just like every time before: no matter how big a mistake she made, he would always forgive her in the end.
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Unexpectedly, after Owen finished listening, he just looked down at her with no warmth in his eyes.
“Later? Jessica, we don’t have a later.”
In those eyes, she saw a disgust she had never seen before.
This look deeply pierced Jessica, like the final straw that broke the camel’s back, her emotions suddenly spiraled out of control.
“Owen, you used to forgive me all the time! Since Maya appeared, you have been different towards me!”
“You must have liked her, you must have!”
This time, Owen did not deny.
“Yes, thank you for letting me know how important Maya was to me.”
Upon hearing this sentence, Jessica suddenly burst into a loud laughter.
“It’s too late! Owen, you had already lost Maya long ago.”
