Chapter 14
As he reminisced in the past, Emery suddenly covered his face and bent over, tears streaming down uncontrollably.
Carmen, who ranked top 100, got a bank card reward of 300 thousand dollars. Aubree, who topped the school, was punished to kneel all night, ending up in the hospital.
“Emery, I’ll definitely be as excellent as you and Byran!” Aubree’s dark, bright eyes flashed in his mind.
‘Aubree did it. She was truly outstanding.
‘But why did she hide it and claim she was at the bottom? Why silently comply with Bryan’s art school arrangement? Why didn’t she tell him?’ Emery was utterly puzzled.
Then, it suddenly came to him that Carmen must know about this.
Without wasting a second, he went straight to Carmen’s room.
As her door opened, he was a bit surprised to see Daxton still there so late, but he didn’t think much of it, as the two of them had always been closer to each other than the other brothers.
“Emery, what brings you here so late?” Carmen asked, dressed in cute pajamas, her rosy cheeks radiating the innocence nurtured by the indulgent care of the Wilson family.
Emery was momentarily dazed, thinking maybe Aubree’s maturity and restraint that didn’t go with her age were the real
anomalies.
“Carmen, do you know Aubree ranked first in her grade after the first monthly exam in school?” he asked directly.
Carmen’s panic didn’t escape his notice.
‘She knew it?’ Emery felt ice-cold blood run through his veins, every hair on his body standing on end.
Then, he thought of what happened at the inheritance party.
“Carmen, was Aubree pushing you down the stairs really just a misunderstanding?” he asked.
Some things, once left unthought of, now, upon careful reflection, revealed flaws at every turn.
His voice was hoarse, and his eyes were seriously intense.
Before Carmen could say anything, Daxton spoke up first. “Enough, Emery! It’s all in the past. What’s the point of questioning Carmen now?”
“You knew?” Seeing Daxton’s unsurprised reaction, Emery couldn’t help but shout out.
“Yeah, I knew. Not only did I know Aubree’s grades weren’t bad, but I also told her to hide the fact that she was doing well.” Daxton stood in front of Carmen, his eyes showing no guilt like he was just saying the weather was nice today.
Emery couldn’t help but step forward and grab his collar, gritting his teeth, his words almost squeezed out, “Why did you do
that?”
Daxton pushed him away impatiently. “The fact that she, coming from an orphanage, has suddenly scored so highly might make her parents question Carmen’s abilities. I just told her she did too well, way better than Carmen, and it would make everyone unhappy.
“I just wanted her to give a lower grade. Who knew she’d tear up her report card and say she got the last place?”
But Aubree’s move that time really satisfied him, and he even gave her a few good days.
Aubree also knew her place and deliberately kept her grades at the bottom of the grade.
“This has nothing to do with Carmen. She had no idea,” Daxton added.
Emery looked at him, then at Carmen, who seemed surprised, and felt all his strength drained.
Just to make them happy, even after being punished to kneel all night and getting a high fever, Aubree still hid her real grades in the next exam.
At this thought, his eyes stung badly. He never thought Aubree could be “so dumb.”
Ironically, if only the family cared about her a bit more, they’d know about her fake grades.
But no.
Everyone just took her low grades for granted.
He didn’t want to dwell on the stairs incident anymore; it didn’t matter. Whether Carmen did it on purpose or not, they really did hurt Aubree.
He wanted to go find her, but suddenly realized he didn’t even know where Aubree was staying now.
“Carmen, all those gifts Aubree brought out before, they’re with you, right? Give me the sapphire crown I gave Aubree,” Emery suddenly said.
He’d find her. This time, he wouldn’t let her be wronged for the slightest.
