You won’t get a single cent from me, and I promise you this-
-as long as I’m alive, neither you nor your family will ever find respectable work in Haroland again.”
Murphy knew perfectly well that Evangeline did not love him. What she loved was his wealth and status.
She did not want to live in obscurity; she wanted to soar into a life of luxury and grandeur, to become a wealthy socialite surrounded by riches and indulgence.
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For someone as vain as Evangeline, the harshest punishment was not death–it was a life of poverty and obscurity. He would ensure she would never attain the life she
craved.
Sure enough, as Murphy’s words sank in, Evangeline collapsed to the floor and her face twisted in despair.
She laughed hysterically, and when she spoke, her voice was filled with bitterness.” Murphy, do you think I’m the one who drove Gemma away? No! You’re wrong! At most, I fanned the flames, but the person who truly pushed her away was you!”
Completely consumed by desperation, Evangeline lost all restraint and pointed at Murphy as she screamed, “I’m insignificant to Gemma. She didn’t care about anything I said or did.
“Even when I shouted in her ear every day that you didn’t love her or that you hated her and that you told her to get lost and stop being a nuisance, she was never hurt! She sure as hell wouldn’t have run away!
“The one who broke her heart and drove her to despair was you! You deliberately ignored her. You paid me to provoke her and even held a grand wedding to humiliate her. Haha, Murphy Townsend, you’re just a hypocrite in a suit!
“You say you don’t love Gemma, but you’ve been in love with her all along, haven’t you? You’re just too afraid to admit it because of her status as your foster daughter. Murphy, you fell in love with your own foster daughter. How sick is that?
“You’re not only sick, you’re a coward! Gemma had the courage to confess her feelings for you, but you? You could only love her secretly, too scared to say it out loud. Instead, you did all these ridiculous things and ended up driving away the woman you love! And she’s about to die!
“Haha! Murphy, you’re a fool! The biggest fool in the world!”
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