The twins had just been born. If Ronald''s schemes really left him with nothing, then they''d be in deep trouble!


    ...


    On the other end of the line, Cloudia was still at the hospital.


    Moments earlier, if it hadn''t been for the timely intervention, she might have not made it through.


    Who could have guessed? The person she trusted most ended up betraying her.


    She had cherished Urs like a precious gem...


    After calling ise, she let out a scream of pure frustration, "Ahhh!"


    Her cries were filled with rage and sorrow.


    Why? How did things end up like this? Why Urs? She was the one who brought that woman into thepany. And yet, it was her...


    "Why? Why did she do this to me?" Cloudia kept pounding her chest.


    The pain shook her to her core. She bolted out of the hospital, racing back to the Larkin estate as fast as she could, the fury in her heart had nowhere to go.


    But once she arrived at the doorstep, she suddenly fell silent. She closed her eyes, tears slipping down her cheeks.


    The wind brushed by, tousling her messy hair and chilling her heart.


    Inside the mansion, the butler handed over the photographs to Jaxon, who looked at them with a calm demeanor. He instructed the butler to give the photos to Urs.


    After seeing the photos, Urs was consumed by anxiety, waiting for Cloudia to return. Her inner fear had reached its peak.


    Cloudia stood at the door, silently staring at her, her eyes void of any emotion.


    Urs was in deep panic. "Mom..."


    She tried to form words with her shivering lips. However, three hours had passed since she''d seen the photos, and she hadn''t found any excuse to cover her tracks.


    Cloudia said, "You knew all along, you knew everything. Everything. You knew. And it was you who brought her to ourpany. Tell me why? Why did you betray me?"


    The suppressed fury finally erupted. Cloudia''s shouts echoed through the mansion.


    Urs flinched, "Mom, I..."


    Hearing her tone, Urs was thoroughly shaken.


    Cloudia continued, "That woman was with your dad, got pregnant, had twins, and you knew. You knew everything, you even facilitated it."


    The hysterical shouting settled into


    a chilling calm. At this moment, Cloudia, who had been so hysterical on the way here, had be eerilypose.


    Urs''s tears flowed freely as she instinctively shook her head.


    "Why you? Why you? For you, I even..."


    She trailed off, memories of what she did to Ste and that car ident shing through her mind.


    "Even with all the evidence in front of me, I chose to protect you, and now you tell me why the downfall of our family rests on your shoulders?"


    Urs found it difficult to answer.


    udia pleaded, "Why you? Tell me why it had to be you?"


    Now Cloudiapletely lost it. With each anguished "Why you", her emotions crumbled once more.


    Anyone in the Larkin family could


    betray her, except Urs. She had truly cherished Urs as if she were her own daughter, but why did it have to end like this?


    Urs''s tears continued to fall. She faced with Cloudia''s relentless questioning, her mind a nk te. Seeing her cry without speaking, Cloudia was even more devastated. "Tell me, why? Haven''t I been good to you?"


    "I''m sorry, Mom, I''m so sorry, I''m sorry..."


    Her repeated apologies, mixed with her flood of tears, now seemed painfully ironic. Such an apology, it was absurdlyughable, yet deeply cutting.


    Cloudia closed her eyes, her body trembling. "I hate you, Urs, I hate you, I hate you..."


    Hearing those words of hatred again and again, Urs felt like she could barely breathe.