“The culprit?” Mia echoed Incredulously, her mind racing to connect the dots. With a tter, she


    abandoned her utensils, the noise ringing out sharply.


    “So you’ve spent four years tracking me down just to interrogate me about the culprit? I’m appalled.”


    She grabbed a knife beside her and brandished it before him. “Mr. Barrett, what makes you think that I


    should put up with your baseless usations?”


    Though her memories remained elusive, her rage was unmistakable. If she were to uncover the extent


    of the injustice she had suffered, including how she had almost died from a hemorrhage during


    childbirth, she wouldn’t be able to stop herself from burning the Barretts alive.


    They were all fucking bastards!


    The cold steel of the de hovered dangerously close to Timothy’s face, yet he remained steadfast,


    meeting her gaze without flinching.


    “I just want to know the truth.”


    Everything happened in a blur back then. Someone had been apprehended, purported to be the culprit,


    yet the destruction of all security footage left gaping holes in the narrative.


    Mia’s gaze turned cold. She held the knife menacingly close to his neck as she hissed, “You’d do well


    to keep silent.” She was no longer her docile old self who tolerated all that bullying. Luna burst into the


    room, her eyes widening in horror as she witnessed the dangerous scene unfolding before her. “Stop


    right there! What are you doing, Mia? Are you trying to kill Tim?


    Shocked, Luna nearly tripped over her own feet when she saw the knife pressed against Timothy’s


    neck


    Mia withdrew her hand at once. Utterly speechless, she cast a mocking nce at Timothy.


    Timothy frowned and asked Luna, “Who told you toe here?”


    “Tim, you were in danger. If I hadn’t arrived when I did, who knows what might have happened? This


    woman is ruthless, nothing like the Mia we once knew. Be careful.”


    Mia snickered. She leaned backnguorously in her chair and nced up at Luna. “Oh, my


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    dear Lina, you’ve got it all wrong. We’re just having a little filetation,” she quipped, trading her foot


    provocatively up Timothy’s pant leg as she spolo


    Sensing that something felt wrong, he tensed. He shot Min a pusled fool, dumbfounded at how bold


    she’d be. He finally reached under the tablecloth, his hand pressing on her


    fool.


    His expression was awloward as he urged Luna, “You can leave now.”


    Lana stared at him in utter bewilderment, unable toprehend the situation. Min had just held him at


    knifepoint moments ago, yet he seemed strangelypliant, even telling her to leave!


    Mia shed a triumphant smile at her “Ms. Maynard, are you nning to thirdwheel us?”Copyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.


    Seething, Luna was on the verge of losing herposure. She scowled at Mia and said indignantly,


    “Tim, your mother is worried sick about you, especially with the news of the tsunami near Xanier Ind,


    Call her and let her know that you’re safe.”


    Mia waved Lama goodbye, further provoking her ire.


    Lama stormed out, her heels striking the floor with forceful steps.


    Luna


    The moment the door mmed shut, Mia ced her other foot on Timothy’s thigh.


    Timothy’s gaze turned dark as his jaw clenched tight.