Chapter 171

Candy's fingers clenched the bedsheet tightly, her nails nearly digging into her palms. "Vincent, what are you talking about? What truth?"

She forced a wounded expression. "Wasn't it Susan who incited that child to hurt me?"

Vincent's gaze turned sharp. "Candy, did that child really push you?"

Her heart skipped a beat. She never thought she'd done anything wrong, but his icy stare sent an inexplicable chill down her spine.

"Of course! If he hadn't pushed me, why would I have fallen?" She bit her lip. "But Vincent, don't blame him. He's just a child..."

Vincent suddenly let out a cold laugh, repeating the recording word for word: "Daniel, Vincent hates you, and he hates your mother Susan even more..."

Candy's face turned deathly pale.

She opened her mouth to defend herself, but Vincent continued, "The surveillance footage shows you fell on your own."

Her entire body trembled. She never expected there would be cameras in such a secluded spot.

"That's not true!" She frantically grabbed his sleeve. "My high heel twisted, and I thought—"

Vincent's expression grew colder. If she had just admitted it, he might have respected her more. But now, her pathetic lies only disgusted him.

All these years, he thought Susan was the despicable one. Yet the person who truly repulsed him was the woman he'd loved for so long—his fiancée.

"Candy," he said wearily, "as my wife, you'll want for nothing materially. But beyond that, I can give you nothing."

She clung to his sleeve, but the next second, he mercilessly shook her off.

"Vincent!"

In her panic, she tumbled off the hospital bed, her forehead slamming hard against the nightstand. But the man who once cherished her didn't even glance back.

Amid the searing pain, Candy's face twisted into something terrifying.

Susan, do you really think you've won?

Dream on!

Susan was meeting someone Benjamin had introduced to her tonight.

When she dropped Daniel off at Benjamin's place, the old man was enthusiastically preparing lesson plans. Ever since discovering Daniel's medical talent, Benjamin couldn't wait to teach him everything he knew.

"Susan, don't worry," Benjamin reassured her with a pat on the shoulder. "Daniel is safe with me."

She nodded. Earlier, the kindergarten teacher had repeatedly apologized, saying she hadn't noticed Daniel being bullied by other children. Susan didn't make a fuss, only reminding the teacher to pay closer attention in the future.

She wasn't taking this blind date seriously, so she wore only a simple white dress and a beige coat. Yet even so, she drew plenty of gazes when she stood at the restaurant entrance.

The private room at Elegant Joy was tastefully decorated, its sandalwood furniture exuding a faint fragrance. Susan waited for half an hour, but her date still hadn't arrived.

Just as she was about to call to ask, the door suddenly swung open.

Standing there was none other than Kevin Oak—the man who had framed her!