Chapter 590\u00a0<\/p>\n
Normally, with Albus backing her, Diana decided nearly all major and minor matters in the Hutton family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even so, she had never openly defied Theodore. She had always been a dutiful daughter. What she said today could be considered the first time she had publicly embarrassed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Faced with repeated confrontation from his children, Theodore\u2019s expression stiffened. He took the recorder, his voice turning sharp. \u201cIs there some kind of curse in jouleston that\u2019s turned all of you siblings into this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Florence\u2019s expression grew colder. \u201cYou should listen to the recording first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was not the first time Theodore had defended Megan. This time, however, Florence had run out of patience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wanted only one thing: to bring her daughter, who had suffered so much outside, home as soon as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Theodore\u2019s face tightened slightly. He said nothing more and began listening to the recording.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The audio had been compiled from what Diana extracted from the maids during her last return to Brimcrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With each sentence, Theodore\u2019s expression grew more complicated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before the recording finished, Diana\u2019s phone vibrated. She stepped aside to answer it. \u201cAny news?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, but it isn\u2019t good.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After receiving the component analysis report, Nina had immediately mobilized every available resource. She traced the poison\u2019s origin and the whereabouts of the antidote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGo on,\u201d Diana said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nina briefly explained the poison\u2019s background before continuing \u201cThere is only one antidote, and it was purchased at a high price by Ms. Megan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the formula?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nina\u2019s explanation was concise. \u201cThere isn\u2019t one. The person who developed the poison died last year. His family believed he had committed too many sins, so they cremated both the poison and antidote formulas with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one expected that his former assistant had secretly kept a finished dose and sold it at a high price to Ms. Megan ten days ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana had not anticipated this outcome. By the time she ended the call, her face had gone completely cold. She did not even glance at Theodore\u2019s reaction to the recording.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her heels struck the floor sharply as she strode upstairs, each step landing with a sound that unsettled everyone who heard it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment she shoved the door open, Megan jumped in fright.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDiana, you\u2019re in such a rush. What is it?\u201d Her tone carried undisguised provocation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had already seen Theodore arrive from the balcony. Diana no longer frightened her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana had no interest in trading words. \u201cGive me the antidote. Name your price.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had to admit it. When it came to viciousness, no one surpassed Megan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Years ago, out of jealousy, Megan had directly caused two-year-ol Vee to disappear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the Huttons exhausting every possible means, it had taken more than 20 years to find her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, fearing that Vee\u2019s return would threaten her position, Megan had gone to extreme lengths to obtain a one-of-a-kind poison.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan curved her lips, as if she had heard a joke. \u201cAre you bowing your head to me? Someone like you is lowering yourself?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
With no one else present, she dropped all pretense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She knew better than anyone that the person in the Hutton family who disliked her most was Diana.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana showed no surprise at her true face. \u201cYou can see it that way\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lowering her head for her sister was not something she found difficult.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan folded one arm across her chest and wagged a finger. \u201cDiana, that\u2019s not how bowing your head works. Do you remember how I humbled myself back then, before your whole family finally agreed to let me stay with the Huttons?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana remembered it clearly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back then, Megan\u2019s parents had both died. They left no inheritance, only mountains of debt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Theodore first brought her home, he said it was temporary. Once her birthday passed, she would be sent away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Huttons thought a little help would not hurt. Letting her stay for a time seemed reasonable. Even transferring ownership of an unused apartment to her name and assigning a housekeeper would not have been out of the question.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They considered it a good deed for future generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No one expected that on her birthday, Theodore would formally propose adopting her. From that day on, she would be publicly known as the Hutton family\u2019s third daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aside from Theodore, who else could accept that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan had not wanted to leave. She had dropped to her knees on the spot, impossible to pull up, and tearfully begged every\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hutton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the end, Elizabeth softened. Unable to bear the sight, she finally relented.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Diana looked at Megan coldly and spoke evenly. \u201cYou want me to get on my knees?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Megan smiled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The door was suddenly kicked open, slamming into the wall before rebounding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond stepped in front of Diana. Behind his gold-rimmed glasses, his gaze was icy and his teeth clenched. \u201cYou want my sister to kneel to you? Do you think you\u2019re worthy? You\u2019ve leached off our family all these years, and you really started believing you were something special?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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