No Wife, No Life Chapter 124

Emily was at her wit's end. Harper had all the evidence of their crimes tightly in her grasp. Was Harper really pushing them to their deaths?

She had already heard that Colin and Duke had been taken to the police station. Today's headlines were all about this news.

Colin and Duke had confessed to arranging for someone to take the exams on behalf of others.

If the police followed this lead, they would definitely be implicated.

Brad was out of options and had to call Harper.

On the phone, his tone had markedly softened, adopting an almost supplicating manner as he implored her to return home.

Harper didn't refuse; she agreed readily.

In fact, she had been waiting for this call. Even if they hadn't called, she would have.

Regarding the matter of Dennis, they must provide an explanation.

So, of course, she would go back, and she would bring Caden with her.

Caden naturally agreed to this request. He liked the feeling of being fully involved in Harper's life.

When the two of them entered The Orsini Villa, Brad was already in the hall, greeting them with a smile.

"Harper, you're back."

His smile was somewhat ingratiating.

He glanced at Caden and quickly greeted him as well, "Mr. Elikin, you're here too."

Emily was sitting in a corner of the sofa, not getting up to greet them, but she also had a gentle smile on her face.

A servant had already come over to serve tea.

Brad busied himself with inviting them to sit and have tea.

"Harper, I called you home today to discuss something with you."

In all these years, it was the first time he had been so gentle to her.

Harper didn't speak, responding with a cold expression.

She knew exactly what he wanted to talk about, but she didn't want to be the one to bring it up.

"The matter with Dennis was my oversight. I never expected Colin and Duke to be so malicious. They are the true culprits. Can you please stop pursuing this?" He said, fawning.

Finally, he got to the point. Harper let out a cold laugh, "Mr. Orsini!"

She spoke indifferently, not calling him dad.

"Harper, how can you talk like that? No matter what mistakes dad makes, he is still your father. How can you be so disrespectful?" Emily couldn't help but speak up.

Harper gave her a cold glance, "As far as I'm concerned, Mr. Orsini only has one daughter, and that's you."

"Harper, don't talk nonsense. You are my first daughter. I've always cared about you." Brad, eager to keep the peace, didn't care about anything else.

Harper laughed, her smile tinged with sarcasm.

"Brad, don't take me for a fool. Do you think I don't remembe how you've treated me? I don't want to say more now. Back then, I was right here on my knees, begging you to give Dennis a chance. What did you do?"

"You told me you found a happy family for Dennis, that he could live a normal, happy life. I didn't know it was all your scheme. You ruined him."

"Do you have any conscience? How could you treat him like that? You smiled and told me you'd spare him, but you never intended to. You're a real bastard."

Harper almost spat out the words through gritted teeth.

Brad had nothing to say in the face of these accusations.

But Brad wasn't ready to back down. He let out a cold snort, anger rising. "What did I do wrong? Why should I be good to him? That bitch Alvina betrayed me!"

He gazed at her with an unusual look, his voice hoarse. "You have no idea how I feel about her. But she dared to betray me, to hurt me, and even had a child with another man!"

At this moment, his emotions were running high, his eyes bloodshot.

He stared at Harper as if they were strangers. "Both you and Dennis disgust me!"

He spat out the words as if they were being squeezed from his throat.

"Feelings? What a joke! You dare to talk about feelings? You betrayed my mother first!" Harper retorted.

Suddenly, Brad burst into exaggerated laughter, like a madman.

"You actually have no idea what you're talking about. You think I betrayed Alvina? You really believe that?" He was almost completely out of control, roaring.

"From the beginning, she never intended to marry me. She found me because I looked like someone else. I was just a stand-in. Why else would a scientist like her marry me?"

He stared at Harper, eyes wide.

"Do you know why I hate you and that damned Dennis? She was already pregnant when she married me, and it wasn't mine."

"But I didn't mind; I loved her so deeply. Yet, she never truly reciprocated my feelings. She even told me that I could have sex with any other woman."

Harper was completely stunned, almost collapsing, but Caden held her up.

Her face turned pale.

It was the first time she had heard such things. Could it be that she wasn't Alvina and Brad's daughter?

"I truly loved her. I gave her all my love. But what about her? She wanted a divorce and had Dennis with another man. I hated her! I hated that damned Dennis even more. So why should I spare him?"

Brad then said something even more shocking.

"You think she's really dead? Her death was a carefully planned game."

His eyes were blank, but his expression grew more deranged.

"I think she's still alive somewhere, so I tortured Dennis even more. Maybe if she felt sorry for him, she'd come out to see me."

He seemed truly mad, laughing maniacally.

"Alvina, are you really dead? You're still alive, right? Come out and see me!"

He howled, his voice tearing through the air.

Everyone present was stunned by his words.

Harper felt dizzy.

The information was too overwhelming.

She wasn't Brad's daughter!

It wasn't that Brad didn't love Alvina and betrayed her; it was Alvina who didn't love Brad. She even faked her own death?

How could that be? She had seen Alvina's body.

It shouldn't be like this.

In her memory, it was Brad who always sought out other women. Now he was telling her that Alvina had betrayed their relationship first.

What was the truth?

Did Alvina really commit suicide? Or was she still alive?

If she was still alive, had she planned all of this?

Just thinking about it made Harper feel a chill down her spine.

Alvina's image flashed through her mind.

The beautiful, elegant Alvina in her memory was becoming more and more blurred, gradually replaced by a completely unfamiliar face.

No, it couldn't be. Brad was lying to her.