Chapter 22
Chapter 22
I was confused. “Huh? Why?”
“You silly,” Rogerio hooked his finger at mine. “Of course,it’s to support my wife.”
A surge of softness filled my heart,and the entire world seemed to warm up.
Five minutes later,I updated two photos.
The first was the divorce certificate,and the second was the censored marriage certificate.
Caption. “Hello,new life.”
The comment section quickly flooded with various messages.
Some were surprised,some doubted,some gave blessings,and there were even some lamenting.
“Wow,Charlotte Edwards,why did you jump into the grave of marriage again so soon? Look back at me!”
It turned out,yesterday’s dance had gained me a large batch of new fans.
Rogerio saw the comments and immediately called his assistant.
“Hurry up,why is it taking so long to verify an account? What are they doing?”
His impatient attitude was like he was ready to go fight with the netizens.
I squinted and smiled,my joy flowing like a gentle stream.
The annoying vibration sounded again.
It was from the same number that had sent the previous message.
After thinking for a moment,I pressed the answer button.
“Charlotte Edwards, the marriage certificate is fake,right?”
Charles’s heavy breathing came through the phone.
“You’re trying to make me angry on purpose, aren’t you? I know it,it must be like that.”
I spoke calmly. “Charles,deceiving yourself,is it fun?”
A loud crashing sound came from his side,as if someone had knocked over a table.
“I’ll give you one more chance,” Charles’s voice turned cold. “Divorce him!”
“Otherwise, you’ll regret it.”
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“Rebecca.”
Charles hung up the phone,and I tightly gripped my phone,my face ashen.
He called me Rebecca.
He was threatening me with that past!
“Don’t be afraid,” Rogerio stretched out his arm and hugged me tightly. “This time,I’ll be with you.”
I clutched his shirt. “But…”
“Rebecca,there’s something I have to tell you.”
Rogerio suddenly became serious.
“I found some strange things about your uncle and aunt’s case.”
The past was like a sharp knife stuck in my heart. Every time it touched me,it was an intense pain.
My parents were renowned biological medicine experts.
Back then,River Biotech was the leading company in the industry.
Their names frequently appeared in major news outlets.
I still remember that glorious title-“The Light of Biopharmaceuticals.”
When I was seventeen,my parents developed a drug for genetic diseases.
The early progress was smooth,and it attracted attention from the entire industry.
But after completing phase three trials, when it was officially used in clinical practice,the first batch of patients who received the treatment all died from drug poisoning.
After that,a series of pieces of evidence pointing to my parents came to light.
Things like greed for huge amounts of money,substituting materials; doing inhumane human experiments; and even claims that they were bribed by foreign forces.
My parents committed suicide out of guilt,and I was at school attending a sports meet when the terrible news came.
As a result,I missed seeing them for the last time.
I didn’t believe any of the rumors.
I thought my parents had just made a mistake in the treatment process.
They couldn’t bear the result of the patient’s death,and they took their own lives without thinking.
But Rogerio told me that the deaths of my parents were,from start to finish,part of a targeted conspiracy.
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My parents were deeply invested in medical research and didn’t pay much attention to running the business.
Many of the business matters were taken care of by our neighbor at the time who was also Charter’s father
In my memory Unde Carter was always warm and kind
And Aunt Carter, she often made delicious food for me.
There was a time when I ate all three meals at the Carter household and I gained several pounds because of it.
Charles would affectionately call me “Linie Pig Rebecca.”
That time was the sweetest in my memory.
Even when my family fell into trouble later,and Uncle Carter and Aunt Carter suddenly changed their attitude pressuring Charles to distance himself from me,I didn’t hold it against them.
After all, the Carter family and the Smith family were business partners. In that situation,they had to protect
themselves.
Even though I’m now estranged from Charles,deep down,I thought that when the time comes,I would take care of Uncle Carter and Aunt Carter in their old age.
So, when Rogerio told me that the case from back then was related to the Carter family,my first reaction was to deny
- it.
“Impossible. Uncle and Aunt Carter aren’t like that. They had a good relationship with my parents.”
Rogerio tightly squeezed my palm.
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