Chapter 6

Noticing the sharp look in my eyes, Nancy hurriedly tugged at Matthew's shirt and hid behind him with a pitiful look.

"Matthew, I didn't..." Kathryn's face turned pale as she hurried to explain.

Matthew sneered, "I leave for half a day, and you've already bullied Nancy like this. Now you're pretending to be innocent? Nice tricks."

I was immediately accused, and Kathryn's eyes filled with tears as she helplessly looked at me.

Remembering all the glittering luxury items scattered around the house, I quickly spoke up, "Matthew, how do you know it was Kathryn who bullied her?"

Matthew furrowed his brows in irritation and replied matter-of-factly, "Nancy told me herself. Can it be wrong? Clearly, Kathryn was using her position to bully her, and Nancy was so scared she cried!"

I sneered and quickly pulled up the morning's surveillance footage on my phone, showing him the evidence.

The footage was crystal clear, with multiple angles, and even the voices were perfectly restored.

Nancy's eyes flickered nervously, and she muttered under her breath, "This footage... it has sound?"

I thought, "Oh, so she thought she could falsely accuse someone as long as there was no sound, huh?"

I exaggeratedly covered my mouth and smiled, giving her a pointed side-eye.

"Well, well, well. Didn't you say our family is rich? But we wouldn't be so desperate as to use a silent surveillance system, would we?"

Seeing Nancy's face drain of color, I held up the phone again and pushed the screen into Matthew's face.

"See? She started the argument herself and even cried. Ridiculous!"

Despite the overwhelming evidence, Matthew still stood in front of Nancy, his expression cold and unyielding.

"Nancy's not good with words. You all were too aggressive, and that's why she only managed to retort a few times. She's alone and weak. Why do you have to pick a fight with her?"

I thought, "Okay, so all my efforts of digging up surveillance footage and explaining things were pointless, huh?"

I glared at him fiercely and decided to throw in the towel.

"Right, right, Nancy is the kindest. I apologize. Are you satisfied now?"

"Since you know you're wrong, then..."

Matthew didn't finish his sentence before Nancy screamed, "Lois, where's my duck?!"

She finally noticed!

I leaned back in my chair, content, and exaggeratedly burped, gesturing at the pile of bones on the table.

Nancy was on the verge of fainting from anger. "It wasn't for eating! It's my pet!!"

"Oops, sorry. I didn't mean to. You won't blame me, will you?"

I stood up, sincerely bowed, and innocently blinked my eyes at her.

Nancy, however, suddenly buried her face in her hands and collapsed into Matthew's arms, crying uncontrollably.

Matthew's face, which had just softened, immediately turned as cold as ice.

"Lois, I see now that our father has spoiled you too much! You're capable of anything!"

Nancy wiped away her tears, sobbing as she spoke.

"I've never had parents. My grandparents raised me. This duck has been with me since I was little. It's like family to me."

She looked at me through tearful eyes, her face drenched in sadness. "Ms. Campbell, I know you dislike me, but why did you have to hurt it? It's innocent!"

After she finished speaking, Matthew looked at her with heartache, then shot me a look filled with hatred as if I had killed a living person instead of just a duck...

Before I could say anything, Matthew suddenly took the initiative. "Kathryn, you must have encouraged my sister to do these things. Why are you so evil?"

I thought, "What does she have to do with this??"

"I will never marry you. So, you can just forget it!"

He then picked up the crying Nancy and marched out the door, not giving Kathryn a chance to explain herself.

That was the first time I saw Kathryn, who was always so graceful and elegant, appear so lost and distraught.