Chapter 379. A Shared Goal

DOVE

“Do you expect me to believe such a lie?” I asked, clutching my head in frustration at the situation.

I couldn’t believe that Larry and Carmen would try to deceive me like that. Her face and neck were stained with blood, and the first image shocked me. But then, I saw her eyes and there was an undeniable lie in them. She wasn’t a good liar.

John’s hand had been cut off. That was the only thing missing from my list of complications. I stifled a sigh.

“I’m sorry. It’s just that he… he was mistreating me. Larry had no choice,” Carmen said, her eyes brimming with tears. “He said horrible things to me. I don’t understand, I don’t understand why they despise me…

The only thing I never expected in my life was for her to be defending him. I looked carefully at the scene. Both of them seemed to be accomplices. Surely all sorts of rumors would spread around the castle. I didn’t know how they would react to that. In the eyes of everyone, most of the things La