Armand suddenly hung up the phone. And Bella sighed frustratedly to her phone and was uncertain about what her uncle said.
While having dinner, she asked her mother-in-law prudently, “Mom, when do you guys return, can I go back with you?”
Blanche shook her head, “No, your husband asks you to return after you give birth to the babies.”
“I can give birth regardless of where I am. Doesn’t he worry that Celeste might kidnap me again? Don’t worry, I promise, If I go back home, I will not wander around outside and just stay at home. I won’t meet anyone before the babies are born.”
“Sister-in-law, it’s no use that you promise to us.”
Lena shrugged, “We are not your husband.”
“Then, I’ll go home first before telling him. You take me back, and I’ll explain it to him.”
“No way. It’s very likely to have premature delivery in the seventh month of pregnancy. What if you happen to give birth at the airplane, My brother would skin me.”
“That’s not possible, it won’t be so coincidental. Mom, please, let me go back…”
Bella begged her mother-in-law and sister-in-law for a long time but in vain. So she put down the chopsticks and said in anger, “Anyways, I’m determined to go back whether you agree or not. I will return home tomorrow!”
The next morning, While Blanche was just up, she saw her daughter-in-law carry her luggage from the bedroom. Blanche came to her in astonishment, “What are you doing?”
“I’ve said last night, I want to go back home.”
“You can’t.”
“I have my own legs, nobody can stop me as long as I want to go back.”
Bella stubbornly went downstairs. At this time, her sister-in-law was awakened by their talking, seeing Bella was about to leave. Lena got anxious, “Mom, I guess we have to tell her the truth…”
“Bella–”
Blanche called out.
Bella turned her head, staring at them standing at the stairs.
Lena came forward to her quickly, saying gloomily, “Bella, actually, my brother has been in a little trouble.”
Bella knew it would be this case! “What kind of trouble?!”
“It’s…It’s…”
“It’s what? Come on, tell me!”
Bella was extremely anxious and upset as her sister-in-law muttered and mumbled at this critical moment.
“He is now the suspect of murdering Celeste…”
“Murder Celeste? She is dead?” Bella was dumbfounded.
“Yeah.”
“What is going on exactly?”
Bella felt like she was on the border of a mental breakdown. When thinking that Kevin said to Celeste, “I will come for you.” at the rooftop of Pegasus Group on the day before she went abroad, her heart was stricken.
“It’s a long story.”
Bella grabbed her mother-in-law’s hands anxiously, “Mom, he is in such big trouble, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“Kevin doesn’t want you to worry about it, so don’t worry, it would be resolved soon.”
“Someone died, how can I not worry? I’m leaving, are you leaving or not?”
Bella was desperate to leave. No wonder her eyelids have twitched for the past month.
The plane landed in B City. Once they got off, Lena called her brother. Kevin rushed to the airport. Of course, when seeing Bella, he was very unpleasant.
“Who asks you to come back?” He queried in anger.
You are getting into a lawsuit, how can I not come back?!”
“What could you help?” He then glared at his sister, blaming her for gossiping behind.
Lena chimed in, “It’s none of ours business, we were forced to do it. Bella was determined to come back.”
“We’ll talk about this when we get home!”
He opened the car and took Bella in.
They drove back to Cloud Mansion. Those servants were astonished when seeing young mistress come back. But before they talked to her, she was immediately dragged upstairs by Kevin.
“You tell me, why did come back? Did you have my permission?”
“You tell me, what was going on with Celeste’s death?”
Oh, man…
Kevin rubbed his forehead, “You are about to give birth, is this what you should care about?”
“Why I shouldn’t? You are my husband!”
“It’s not a big deal, stop asking.”
“But I should know the truth since I’m back now.”
She was stubborn so Kevin had no choices but to tell her the truth, “On the 19th of last month, Celeste suddenly came to my office without warning. She was cornered at that time. The Anti-Corruption Bureau had issued the arrest warrant. She came to my office and started saying some provocative words to irritate me. I got exasperated. All of a sudden, she took a gun out of her pocket and put it to my hand, asking me to kill her. She kept challenging my bottom lines, I was angry so I took the gun, wanting to shoot her. But when thinking about your words, I held back from, doing it. However, at this time, something happened unexpectedly. Celeste saw me hesitate, she snatched the gun in my hand, pulled the trigger, and died in front of me…”
Kevin briefly recounted the event. Bella was in indignation, “Since she committed suicide, why would you become the suspect? Was it because she died in your office? Those who suspect you are fools? Who would kill someone on their own turf? And Celeste pulled the trigger by herself, wasn’t there her fingerprints? Besides, I have installed a camera at your office, haven’t I?”
Kevin sighed, “I was too careless, I didn’t notice that Celeste had black gloves on her hands. She came there just to frame me up. She didn’t leave any evidence about her suicide and at some point, she turned on the recording when I was saying ‘You think I dare not to kill you?’, and then killed herself. Even if I had a hundred mouths, I couldn’t prove that I’m innocent.”
“What about the camera? It should have recorded the whole process?”
“It has broken already. The footage it has was three months ago and after that, it was all blank.”
Bella rubbed her head. This was big trouble…
“Who found the voice recording?”
“I said she came with preparation. She left her letter to her ex-husband, saying I wanted to kill her all the time. If anything happened to her, I must be the murderer. The footage was doing her great favor, not recording her malice words, but me holding my gun and pointing at her.”
“Why did you point at her?”
“How could I expect that she would pull up the dark scheme?”
Bella was speechless, gripping her teeth and saying, “This damned woman, she wanted you to be her accompanied sacrifice. She is truly evil!”
“But honey…” Bella paused for a while, “You didn’t pull the trigger, did you?”
Astonishment flashing by Kevin’s eyes, he asked, “Bella, what do you mean? Even you think that I have something to do with Celeste’s death?”
Bella knew she got his sore spot, explaining to him immediately, “That’s not what I mean, but back then…at the Pegasus Group…”
“I almost pushed her off, right?”
Kevin’s eyes turned apathetic, “It seems that you don’t believe me at all.”
He disappointedly turned around. Bella felt aggrieved, mumbling, “No, that’s not what I mean…”
After he left, Kevin didn’t come home even when the day was dark. Bella sat in the living room, waiting anxiously, while her mother-in-law accompanied her.
“Did you call him?”
“Yeah, but it’s power off.”
“Maybe he isn’t mad at you, maybe he has some business stuff to deal with.”
“But he doesn’t have to turn off his phone for it.”
“His phone might run out of battery.”
Blanche didn’t continue speaking. Bella bit her lips, “Mom, Kevin is in serious trouble, right?”
She didn’t expect that Celeste would take vengeance on Kevin by perishing together.
”Of course, all the evidence is unfavorable to him. How could he be stress-free? Fortunately, Master White and Kent have connections in politics. They have been helping Kevin clear his name.”
Bella has waited for a long time till Kevin came back. And her mother-in-law went to bed first.
He glanced at her but didn’t speak. She knew that he was still angry about the words she said unintentionally.
“Honey, where have you been? Why are you back so late?”
“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Please come home earlier next time, a pregnant woman shouldn’t stay up.”
“And about what happened in the afternoon, I didn’t doubt you. I just couldn’t accept that Celeste would resort to such an extreme measure of committing suicide.”
“So you suspected that I killed her?”
“No, that was not what I mean. I just wanted to confirm the fact with you so I can better take the fact.”
“Whatever, I’m very annoyed and don’t want to talk, stay away from me.”
She held him suddenly, “I would never leave you again. No matter how perfect Celeste’s scheme was, it must have flaws, and I will strive to find it for you.”
“How are you gonna find it? Don’t forget that you are about to give birth soon.”
“A pregnant woman can still do things. I have been thinking today that Celeste got a good plan but there is definitely a weak point and it is a person.”
“Who?”
“Her son, Louis.”
“How so?”
“My intuition tells me that if Celeste wanted to commit suicide, she would see her son and say something strange or explain something. She wouldn’t abruptly part from her son forever.”
“We are thinking about the same.”
Kevin took off his coat and sat on the sofa, “I’ve seen Louis with my lawyer, hoping that he would provide some clues that his mother died of suicide, not murder. But unfortunately, he didn’t provide any and was very unfriendly.”
“Louis loves his mother very much. Celeste’s death must crush him. But he can tell what is right and wrong. I believe, he will choose the right side after calming down.”