Clent seed to have figured sothing out when he saw Michael’s reaction. He then asked, "Michael, don’t tell that you hunted down because you thought that I slept with Corrine."
If that really was the case, Clent felt like there was still hope for him.
"What exactly happened that night? Co clean with !" Michael moved his gun from Clent’s chest to his forehead. He then warned him coldly, "If you dare to lie, I will kill you."
"How could I lie in this state?" Clent exclaid as a sense of relief washed over him. He then started narrating what happened imdiately, "That night, Corrine invited to her house and spiked my drink.
"I’ve been visiting seedy places from ti to ti. There isn’t any drug or wine that I have never co across. Besides, I’m sensitive to drugs since birth. I can identify a drug even if it doesn’t have any taste or sll. So I didn’t take the spiked wine.
"I did plan to sleep with Corrine. "After all, she’s my type and I do like her a lot."
When Michael heard Clent say that he liked Wendy a lot, he couldn’t hold back his anger and he gave Clent a brutal kick. Clent was pushed backwards by the impact of the kick. He couldn’t help but cough, which intensified his pain. He then grimaced.
Clent cursed himself inwardly for provoking Michael in his current predicant.
He then continued. "Didn’t you arrive just in ti before I got to do anything? I didn’t have a choice but to leave. I didn’t even get to do anything."
He added on as he was afraid that Michael refused to believe him. "It’s the truth. I didn’t get a chance to do anything."
Wendy left her seat after hearing what Clent said. She then walked towards Michael. She was obviously agitated as she asked Clent, who was still on the ground, in a trembling voice, "Are you telling the truth?"
"What good would it do for to lie at this point?" Clent coughed helplessly.
"Perhaps you said all these just so that Michael would spare your life." Wendy was getting upset as she replied Clent. She was worried that Clent was lying.
"Corrine, aren’t you supposed to know if anything had happened to you?" Clent felt extrely helpless. "I have never expected this to be the reason of you hunting down. I didn’t even do anything. Is it even worth spending so much of your resources?"
"I..." Wendy lowered her head while clenching her fist. She then said, "But soone told that I was naked that day..."
Wendy was unconscious and wounded. So she didn’t know what happened to her.
"You were naked?" Clent didn’t understand what she ant. "What do you an?"
"It ans that all her clothes were taken off," Michael explained. He then emphasized, "All of it!"
"I have been wronged. I didn’t remove her clothes, I only took off her coat," said Clent. "I didn’t even get to take her clothes off. How could I possibly have done anything to her?"
Wendy and Michael looked at each other. They were surprised.
Wendy was trying to recall what happened that night. "If what you said is true, then who was the one who removed my clothes? I was unconscious. I couldn’t have done it myself."
...
"I have no idea who did it, but I can assure you that I wasn’t the one who removed your clothes," Clent said seriously. He was still afraid of being shot by Michael.
"Then what about the letters?" Wendy glanced at Clent as she asked.
"Letters? What letters?" Clent was confused. "I don’t know anything about any letter."
Michael and Wendy looked towards each other after hearing what Clent said. He didn’t know anything about the letters?
Michael stepped forward and stood in front of Clent. He then bent over and grabbed his collar as he said, "Repeat what you have just said!"
"Wh... what did I say?" Clent was quite confused. "I didn’t do anything to Corrine.
What do you want to say?"
"About the letters. Do you really know nothing about the letters?" asked Michael.
"No, I don’t," Clent was at a loss. He seed to be telling the truth.
Clent saw that his chance of survival had just increased drastically.
"Is there so misunderstanding going on between us?" Clent gulped as he asked with anticipation.
Michael and Wendy were no longer interested in Clent. Michael stood up and looked at Wendy in the eye. He then said joyfully, "Wendy, did you hear that?
Nothing happened that night."
Wendy nodded vigorously. She couldn’t hold back her tears of joy. The incident that happened that night had been tornting her for nights, giving her nightmares. She had been worried that the child she was carrying might belong to Clent. Now, she could finally rest assured now.
"If what Clent said is true, then what’s with the letters?" Wendy asked Michael while sobbing.
Michael reached out and wiped away her tears gently. His expression beca slightly more serious. He was thinking. When Michael looked into Wendy’s eyes once more, he could tell that she had probably figured sothing out.
"You’ve figured it out, yes?" asked Michael.
Wendy didn’t want to admit it.
Michael then started his analysis. "Todd Lewis," Michael hissed while gritting his teeth in anger.
"Todd has always had feelings for you. He wanted to use this opportunity to ruin our relationship. He thought that I would never accept the fact that you have been tainted by another man.
"If that were to happen, he would finally have the chance to get close to you and be together with you. But he didn’t expect my feelings for you to remain unchanged. So he secretly sent you all those letters to provoke you.
"He knows you very well. He knows that you are too proud to accept the fact that you’ve been tainted by another man. You would feel that you have betrayed and wouldn’t be able to get pass that even if I refused to break up with you.
"Todd wanted to use this opportunity to co between us. But his plan failed, which was why he showed his true colors the night before he knew we were leaving for Lake City, and he resorted to using force.
"Besides, Todd was at the scene during the night of that incident. But he left your room before I arrived. Seems like he had removed your clothes and went into hiding afterwards to cover up his tracks.
"Wendy, do you still rember that the reason why you knew that sothing had happened to you that night was because Todd kept reminding you about it. I had given Todd several warnings to stop talking about it in front of you. But he had deliberately continued to do so."
...
Michael’s analysis was spot on. Now that things had turned out this way, it was clear who the culprit was. But Wendy couldn’t believe that Todd was the one behind it all.
They were friends. Todd had been extrely helpful when she was in Rheinsville City. Why did things turn out this way?
Wendy took a deep breath. She was feeling rather depressed. Michael held Wendy’s hand as he tried to comfort her. But he didn’t know what to say to her. He then sighed helplessly after a while.
After listening to their conversation, Clent knew that it was all a huge misunderstanding. He then endured his pain as he said, "Since this is all a misunderstanding, isn’t it ti for you to let go?"
Michael turned around and looked at Clent when he heard his voice. He then said, "Although this is a misunderstanding, you did hurt Wendy. I haven’t forgotten about the fact that you were to one who had beaten Wendy up. She was covered in blood!"
Clent didn’t do anything inappropriate to Wendy that night. But Wendy did get hurt because of him. Michael could clearly rember the sight of Wendy being covered in blood. Since his wife was bullied, he must avenge her.
"Please be reasonable, Mr. Lucas," Clent said helplessly. "Corrine was the one who was trying to get close to in the first place. She was the one who approached . I was just turning the tables against her. Yet you are putting all the bla on ? Is that even reasonable?"
"Reasonable? Is there a need for to be reasonable with you?" said Michael grimly.
Wendy was indeed the one who was scheming against Clent in the first place.
Unfortunately, her sches were exposed by Clent. But Clent wasn’t a good person either. His hands were stained with the blood of many. If Michael were to let him off just like that, he would be letting a murderer go scot free.
"Even if I really did beat Corrine up, you have beaten up today as well. You’ve already avenged her," Clent reasoned as civilly as possible. He was still in the Michael’s hands, so he had to watch his tone. "Look at my injuries, they are several tis worse than Wendy’s."
"Since you’re working for Christian, wouldn’t I be looking for trouble if I were to let you off just like that?" said Michael.
"First of all, I don’t work for him. We are business partners. Secondly, our hatred is not so deep for you to actually kill , right? Besides, you won’t benefit from killing , so what’s the point?"
Clent added on, "I actually admire you. Are you really not going to consider being my business partner?"
"You are well aware that Christian and I are at each other’s throats. What would happen to Christian if we were to work together?" Michael scoffed.
Michael was rely stringing Clent along. He knew Clent would agree to terminate his partnership with Christian just to save his own skin.
Clent wasn’t soone with dignity, neither was he loyal.
As expected, Clent replied with a smile. "You are much more capable than Christian. If are willing to work with , I will throw Christian aside. Why do I need him when I can have a better partner?"
"Heh heh..." Michael looked down at Clent. He then asked, "What will we be working on then?"
"Erm..." Clent wasn’t an idiot. He knew what Michael was trying to do. He then tried to deflect the question. He laughed it off by saying, "I will tell you more about it once we start working together."
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