NovelUpdateChapter 170 Chapter 170 Anthony snorted again. He was not just angry with Gabriel 1e was holding a grudge against Matthew, too. The only reason Anthony hadn't called Matthew out earlier was that Sophie had already given Matthew a hard enough tBut now, hearing those words from Matthew's mouth, Benedict, who had been the only one trying to play peacekeepert whole time, finally frowned. That's not fair. Eliza didn't do anything wrong. Why are you dragging her into this?" he asked. clearly displeased.
Matthew and Anthony were both stummed. They had not expected Benedict to will be defending Eliza after everything "Benedict, you do realize she drugged me, right?" Matthew asked, voice low. "She used poison to control me." Benedict let out a long sigh. "Maybe she did. But did either of you ever stop to think? If you two hadn't plotted against her in the first place, if you hadn't snuck into Saint Grace Nummery and drugged her trying to force her to cback, do you really think she would have gone that far? Neither Matthew nor Anthony had a response. They had never really thought that it was their fault since it all started.
Especially Anthony, he still held a deep grudge against Eliza. She had made him a mute and a cripple for almost an entire month. He could not speak and could barely move.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEvery single day during that thad been torment. The helplessness and the frustration dragged Anthony right back to the darkest days of his life, to that night he burned with fever and nearly died.
It had felt like a nightmare cback to life. And honestly, the hatred he felt for Eliza ran so deep that there were moments when he genuinely wished he could kill her.
"We gave her the drug first. I won't deny that," Anthony said bitterly. "But we never meant to hurt her. And even if we crossed the line, why take it out on Sophie? What did Sophie ever do to deserve that?" "All Eliza did was force Matthew to speak the truth, Benedict snapped, unable to hold back any longer. His voice rose, edged with anger. "There was a problem with Sophie's birthday or rather, with her identity." Benedict had already suspected something before. Gabriel's evasive silence had confirmed it. Now that it was out in the open.
Benedict could not hide his frustration.
"What's wrong with Sophie's identity?" Matthew asked, confused. He had still been unconscious during that tense conversation in Anthony's room.
Benedict's face darkened. "Ask her yourself, once we find her." One thing was clear now. No matter what happened, Benedict was standing firmly on Eliza's side. From beginning to end, he was the only one who truly understood what had gone on behind the scenes. Benedict knew Eliza was innocent.
Matthew narrowed his eyes slightly.
"All right, since you've all made your positions clear, let's get back to the point," Gabriel cut in, his tone flat. Clearly, he had no interest in dragging that conversation on any further. "Even if Eliza had nothing to do with how this started, I now suspect she is connected to Sophie's disappearance." Benedict's face instantly turned cold. He thought his father was being completely unreasonable.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNow it finally hit him. No matter what happened in this house, everyone's first instinct was to blEliza Back when Sophie poisoned Matthew, Gabriel had led people straight to Saint Grace Nunnery to interrogate Eliza.
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If the king had not shown mercy in the end, they might've caused ann even biggenmess than they already En tud.
And now Sophic had gone missing, and again, they were pointing fingers they were! at Elizen.
For once, Benedics felt a real sense of frustration and distance from both his father and his two younger brothers. But what he did not know was that this time, Eliza really was behind it all.
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