Honora\u2019s subtle suggestion was all Finley needed. His expression turned serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe engagement party is just around the corner. It seems we\u2019ll have to make good use of this information.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing he had taken the hint, a satisfied smile drept onto Honora\u2019s face. She thought, \u201cGo ahead and be smug, Larissa. Your engagement party will be the stage for your public humiliation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She glanced at Leopold, lying peacefully in the hospital bed. It seemed that before his accident, he had managed to do one thing right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley\u2019s gaze fell on the purse sitting next to the lunch box.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHonora, Leopold gave you that bag, didn\u2019t he?\u201d he asked casually.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Honora paused, then nodded. \u201cYes, it was my birthday present from him this year. Why?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley smiled. \u201cNo reason. I was just thinking that if you get tired of it, I\u2019ll buy you the latest model.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Honora beamed. \u201cI\u2019d love that. Thank you in advance, Finley.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After leaving the room, Finley walked to the stairwell where his assistant was waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHas the thief been discharged?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis check\u2013up today went well. He should be out soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood. Tell him to get to work tonight as soon as he\u2019s out. I want him to steal my sister\u2019s purse. Understood?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstood.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley couldn\u2019t shake the feeling that his adopted sister was far more calculating than he had ever imagined. Her comment just now felt deliberate, as if she were trying to use him to go after Larissa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before, he would have never questioned her motives. But now, thinking back on everything, a sense of unease settled over him. He tried to tell himself that Larissa had just been pushing him too hard lately, making him paranoid, but Honora\u2019s recent behavior was undeniably strange.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had to get to the bottom of it, to either confirm his suspicions or dispel them, so he could go back to trusting and caring for her without reservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
10-32\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 227\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the treatment, Larissa left the hospital. As soon as she got in her car, she received a text from Haskell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[\u2026\u2026..]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa: [?]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell: [Honora just came to see me.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa: [You can handle it.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
She tossed her phone onto the passenger seat. The moment it landed, it started ringing. It was Haskell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Confused, Larissa picked it up and answered on speakerphone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Honora\u2019s voice filled the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaskell, your engagement party is the day after tomorrow. There\u2019s something I have to say, or I\u2019ll regret it for the rest of my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then came Haskell\u2019s cold reply.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to hear it. You can spend the rest of your life regretting it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa snorted with laughter. Haskell\u2019s timing was impeccable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was a long silence from Honora\u2019s end. Larissa imagined her scrambling to find the right words after being so bluntly shut down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHaskell, I love you,\u201d Honora finally said. \u201cThe only reason I didn\u2019t stay by your side after your accident was because if you couldn\u2019t become the Palmer heir, our marriage would lose its value\u2013but that value was for my adoptive parents, not for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa scoffed. Honora was already shifting the blame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to marry you for you, not for your status. Even if you aren\u2019t the Palmer heir, I\u2019ll still love you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her delivery was, as always, pitifully endearing\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for her, Haskell didn\u2019t seem to think so.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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