Chapter 426

“It was a suicide.” Joshua’s heavy words rang in my mind repetitively, and my brain buzzed with echoes. I suddenly recalled the message Zachary received earlier. I never thought the threatening message was serious. I also never expected she had such fearlessness. When she received our engagement news, she chose to commit suicide quietly! I panicked and looked at the man beside me. His dark gaze was veiled in a blanket of fog. Joshua’s eyes turned red. He told us, “Your mother committed suicide in the old mansion.” Zachary quickly turned around. I followed him downstairs hurriedly. He rushed out of the villa and got into a Black Bentley. Joshua and Martti followed him. I stood by the door and yelled Zachary’s name nervously. He looked over at me, but his eyes were cold and bloodshot. He shut his eyes and instructed, “Wait for me in Tong City.” Even though it was his adoptive mother, Zachary must have harbored certain feelings for her. At that moment, I wanted to stay by his side and accompany him, but he did not want me to follow him. I retreated backward and said obediently, “Alright. I’ll wait for you at home.” Martti tried to help me and voiced out, “Zachary, she’s your fiance now. No matter what happens, you guys should face it together. Let her follow you to the old mansion!” Martti was a sophisticated man who knew my inner thoughts. However, Zachary ignored him. He directly instructed Joshua, “Joshua, you drive. Hurry and rush to the old mansion.” I stood still, dumbfounded. Yara’s comforting voice rang, “He has his reasons.” I did not blame Zachary. In fact, I understood his considerations. After all, his mother hated me the most. Worst of all, she committed suicide because we got engaged! She wasted her life to give Zachary a stern warning! Obviously, she succeeded. All of a sudden, there was an unbridgeable gap between Zachary and me. However, Zachary had two mothers. Who was the one who committed suicide? When I was puzzled, my phone suddenly rang. It was an unknown dialer calling from Tong City. I walked back into the villa and sat at the dining area. I answered the call. “Who is this?” I heard an elegant and gentle voice. “It’s me, Noelle.” She was the one who called Joshua earlier. I pretended not to know anything. “Why did you suddenly call me?” I asked. “I saw Zachary’s post,” she said. Did she call me deliberately to talk about this?! I never replied to her. Noelle’s voice was full of envy. She said, “I knew of his existence since he was young. I finally met him in person when he returned to the Schick family at twenty years old. At that time, I finally knew what kind of person my future husband was. A handsome yet cold, heartless, and cruel man! “To be honest, I didn’t care about his coldness towards me. I only cared if I would become his wife. Obviously, your existence ruined my peace! When you first came to the Schick family, and when he hugged you tightly in his embrace on that rainy night, it was the first time I saw him treat someone with such gentleness. At that time, I finally understood. He was not truly cold-blooded and heartless. He just had no feelings for me. “I knew I was a loser from the bottom of my heart!”