Kieran followed Marlene into an empty room.

Marlene sat on the couch, really angry. She looked up and glared at her son, whom she’d always been so proud of, and said coldly, “When are you planning to get engaged to Rose? You need to settle this soon. Don’t wait until Rose is already pregnant to think about having a wedding.”

Kieran only said, “I had plans.”

Marlene looked unhappy. “What kind of plans can’t you tell me about? You should really appreciate Rose, she’s a good girl. She came all the way here; don’t be hard on her.”

Kieran went “Mm.” “I know.”

“You know what?” Marlene’s voice got a bit higher. “About Alarieka, didn’t you just wrong Rose? I came here now because I want to know, when can you finally deal with Alarieka?”

Kieran looked at her with his dark eyes and said in a low voice, “Did someone say something to you?”

Marlene pressed her lips together impatiently. “No one, I just wanted an explanation, is that not allowed?!”

Kieran pressed his thin lips together and didn’t say anything else.

Marlene frowned and said, “Alarieka liked you; you couldn’t have missed that, right?”

Didn’t know why, but Kieran suddenly remembered what happened back when Alaricka was still at the Argent’s villa.

At that time, Clarissa found a notebook full of his name in Alaricka’s room.

He originally thought he would see Alaricka’s blushing cheeks, but instead, Alaricka calmly and decisively tore up the notebook.

He also didn’t get why he remembered Alaricka’s look and what she said that night so clearly.

“Back then, I was wrong. I liked the wrong person. I was blind. I shamelessly liked you.”

“I knew I was wrong, and I would change.”

“But I definitely would never have those disgusting thoughts again. I absolutely, absolutely would keep my distance from you, and I would never offend you again.”

Alarieka’s eyes were way too calm, no embarrassment, just this urge to distance herself.

Maybe it was because he was still young; Kieran still easily saw the wariness and fear in Alarieka’s calm eyes, and also the deep hatred buried in them.

What was she afraid of?

What were you afraid of again?

Where did the hatred come from?

These two feelings weren’t for Roschelle and Clarissa, who were still there at the time, they were only for him.

In this situation, even Kieran, who always saw things clearly, couldn’t figure it out.

He asked himself honestly, during those years at the Argent’s villa, he was pretty good to Alarieka.

A trace of doubt flashed in Kieran’s eyes.

Where did Alarieka’s hatred for him come from?

Alaricka’s change wasn’t just for him; almost everyone could see her change.

Kieran’s eyes flickered a little and he said calmly, “You’re overthinking it. Alarieka and I weren’t like what you thought.”

Marlene looked a bit anxious. “Alarieka’s feelings for you were so obvious, and you still tried to cover for her? You were about to marry Rose, and Rose already had a kid. You should have solved this problem quickly and stopped Alarieka from doing anything else.”

As she spoke, a hint of coldness flashed in Marlene’s eyes.

If Kieran still didn’t make a move, then it was her turn.

If she stepped in, Alarieka would have suffered a lot more.

Kieran rubbed his brow, looking a bit tired, and said in a hoarse voice, “Got it, don’t worry about it.”

Marlene looked at her son in front of her, her eyes flickering a little.

The Argent family was big and had a lot of people. Kieran’s dad, Rolando, had several brothers and sisters, and there were plenty of cousins too. During holidays, there was always a huge crowd in the Argent’s villa.

When she just got married, she had already experienced the number of people in the Argent family.

A few years later, Kieran was born. When she brought a few–month- old Kieran back to the Argent’s villa for the New Year, she saw a lot of kids about the same age as Kieran.

At that time, she was already a bit on guard.

The Argent family was big and rich, but there were a lot of people in the Argent family, and even more grandkids. So when the family business got split up, each person in the Argent family only got a small share.

At Wallace’s place, there were two sons born to his first wife, and later, a son and a daughter were born to his second and third wives. Rolando was the third son.

Wallace respected his first wife more, and he also spoiled the two sons she had. Rolando wasn’t the favorite, so he got sent abroad.