Chapter 26
Chapter 26
Within half an hour, the assistant sent over the complete surveillance footage.
Just as Caleb rushed back to the hospital, he stopped, watched the video, and his expression grew increasingly frosty.
At that moment, a young man’s furious roar came from the ward, “Aria caused my sister to end up like this, and you just let her leave like that?”
As soon as Caleb left, Zoe called over Nathan, who had just gotten out of school.
Nathan loved his sister; he couldn’t stand Silvia suffering any injustice. As soon as he heard from Luke that Aria had hurt Silvia’s forehead, he couldn’t hold back anymore.
Luke humphed coldly, his tone full of displeasure. “Your brother is so protective of Aria, afraid we’d bully her.”
“Aria didn’t bully me; it was Delilah’s boyfriend…” Silvia hurriedly explained.
But she felt too embarrassed to continue.
“Silvia, stop defending Aria. Ever since she came back, this family hasn’t been at peace,” Nathan said.
Suddenly, Caleb pushed the door open, causing a loud bang. His usually gentle face was now icy cold.
Seeing such a Caleb, Luke couldn’t hide his schadenfreude. “Caleb, weren’t you seeing Aria off? Why so angry? What did she do again?”
Caleb swept his gaze coldly over the three of them. “Do you really not want Aria to come home? Nathan, do you hate your biological sister that
much?”
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The words “biological sister” hit Nathan hard. He blinked, looking away guiltily. “I called her sister on her first day back, but all she said was a cold hello. I’m not sick; why should I warm up to someone who gives me the cold shoulder?”
Nathan had always been a troublemaker, so the family strictly disciplined him. Whenever he made a mistake, he faced harsh punishment.
Only Silvia unconditionally stood by him, speaking up for him when scolded, kneeling with him when punished, shielding him when beaten…
To him, whether or not they were biologically related didn’t change Silvia’s place in his heart.
When he found out he had another sister, he was so excited he couldn’t sleep all night, thinking there would be another sister to protect him.
But the first time he saw Aria, he felt she resembled their father, serious and unapproachable.
He called her sister, but all she said was “hello.”
She was smiling, but her expression felt fake.
Once, he got punished for misbehaving, she stood coldly without saying a word in his defense.
He never called her sister again ever since.
Looking at them, Caleb let out a self–mocking laugh. “I think I understand why Aria rushed to get a marriage certificate with Liam.”
She felt it. This family didn’t welcome her.
Caleb gripped his phone, staring at Silvia. “Silvia, they won’t listen to your explanation, but I will. Tell me what happened today?”
Caleb had always been gentle with Silvia. But now his gaze was too cold. Silvia wanted to recount the situation, but her nose stung, and her tears
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wouldn’t stop.
Nathan’s face darkened as he stood in front of Silvia. “Caleb! Why are you forcing Silvia?”
Zoe didn’t want to see brothers at odds and quickly asked, “Caleb, did something Aria said make you misunderstand Silvia?”
At that moment, Caleb finally understood how isolated Aria must have felt. ‘Was she going through the same thing last month?‘ he thought.
Silvia wanted to explain but choked up and couldn’t form a complete
sentence.
In that instant, she saw disappointment in Caleb’s eyes.
“Look for yourselves! This is from the sales office surveillance.” Caleb collected himself and handed over the phone, expressionless.
Zoe took it in shock while Nathan and Luke leaned in, too.
Silvia widened her eyes, thinking, ‘If Caleb had the footage, why hadn’t he shown it earlier? Did he not trust me? Surveillance! Would they see how close Ryan came to touching me…
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