I Read Their Tragic Fates, and My Family Reads My Mind?

’Just now, Mr. Rhodes mentioned that Mr. Lowe’s recent projects have all been sabotaged at the last minute. I guess the plot has progressed to the point where Henry Zeller is starting to suspect Liam Lowe and is secretly helping Liam’s rivals trip him up.’

’But it’s not too bad yet. This is all just small-scale troublemaking. At the end of the day, Henry Zeller can’t bring himself to truly go against his good friend of many years. It’s just that his sister’s death is a fishbone stuck in his throat, and he really doesn’t know how to face Liam Lowe.’

’If I remember correctly, not long after Liam Lowe’s accident, Henry Zeller found out the truth. The guilt he felt toward his best friend completely crushed him, and he committed suicide soon after.’

The few people who knew the full story of their feud: "!!!"

Arabella Donovan also found this deeply regrettable, while not forgetting to make a point.

’This just goes to show how important effective communication is in any relationship. You have a mouth for a reason—to talk! They had to let it get to the point of costing a life over something that could have been cleared up in a few sentences. I really don’t know what to say.’

Lillian Donovan nodded in deep agreement. ’Exactly. One dead, one injured—and if you wanted revenge, you wouldn’t even have a proper target. It’s all thanks to those two stubbornly silent mouths!’

The couple, Liam Lowe and his wife, were completely oblivious to the undercurrents flowing between the others. Hearing Arabella Donovan’s thoughts, their expressions changed, and they instinctively thought of Henry Zeller.

Lucy Ingram, however, was thinking, ’So it’s true, secrets always get out. Liam should have had an open and honest talk with Henry Zeller about what happened back then, instead of constantly avoiding the topic like this. Anyone can see something’s wrong.’

’We didn’t even do anything wrong, but we’re being misunderstood in the end. This is so unfair!’

Liam Lowe’s thoughts went even deeper. He subconsciously wondered if Arabella Donovan had heard something somewhere.

But just as Arabella Donovan had just revealed, Liam Lowe might appear modest and courteous, but deep down, he was a little conceited.

’I did a good job of covering up what happened back then,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, Henry wouldn’t have investigated for so many years without finding any real leads, only to be fooled by fake evidence fabricated by my rival.’

’But if she didn’t know beforehand, could she really have figured it out just by looking at me?’

Arabella Donovan saw the change in their expressions and lifted her chin with a mysterious air. "It seems you two already have an answer in your hearts. Now, Mr. Lowe, please extend your right hand so I can read your palm."

"You can read palms, too?" Lucy Ingram exclaimed.

But despite her surprise, she didn’t hesitate to do what needed to be done. She immediately pulled Liam Lowe’s hand out and presented it to Arabella Donovan.

Liam Lowe’s eyelid twitched, but in the end, he didn’t dare say a word in protest.

Arabella Donovan suppressed a smile and looked down at his hand. "The lines on the side of your index finger, near the palm, are called the ’villain lines.’ As the name suggests, these lines can give a rough idea of the villains you’ve provoked over the years, Mr. Lowe. The villain lines on your palm vary in depth, which means some of these grudges are from the past, while others are recent."

Arabella Donovan paused here, her fingertip moving to the center of Liam Lowe’s palm. "This is your career line, Mr. Lowe. From this line, I can see your career fortune is excellent. There are few setbacks; it’s an almost continuous upward trajectory."

"However, this line now has several horizontal offshoots, which means the presence of a villain is already affecting your career, Mr. Lowe. Projects that were going smoothly are now running into unexpected problems, and credit that should be yours is being easily stolen."

Liam Lowe’s expression shifted slightly. Weren’t his current projects running into problems at critical moments? ’Could it really be a villain causing trouble? But according to her, this villain is...’

Liam Lowe unconsciously clenched his other hand. He was extremely unwilling to believe that his good friend of nearly twenty years would betray him.

"It would be one thing if it were just a blow to your career, but I see that the horizontal lines on your career line have already spread to your life line..."

Lucy Ingram’s face paled slightly. "What does that mean?"

"The life line primarily reveals information about a person’s health and lifespan. The horizontal lines on your life line, Mr. Lowe, have appeared due to this villain’s machinations. Furthermore, the character for ’horizontal’ also carries the meaning of a violent or unnatural death..."

"Are you saying Liam is in mortal danger because of this villain?" Before Arabella Donovan could finish, Lucy Ingram shrieked, her grip on Liam Lowe’s hand tightening instinctively.

Although Liam Lowe was also shocked, his first instinct was to comfort his wife. "Calm down. I’m fine right now, aren’t I?"

"Fine now doesn’t mean fine later. When we get back today, you’re going to tell Henry everything about what happened to Sandy. If you won’t say it, I will. We absolutely cannot let this drag on any longer."

Family was Lucy Ingram’s bottom line. She would never stand by and watch her husband be endangered by someone close to him. This was non-negotiable.

Liam Lowe understood the gravity of the situation as well. He sighed and relented, "Alright. We’ll go talk to him together."

Only then did Lucy Ingram’s expression soften, and Arabella Donovan breathed a sigh of relief as well.

’It wasn’t that I was intentionally being an alarmist. Liam Lowe’s enemy really was after his life. It’s just that at the last moment, Henry Zeller’s heart softened, and he leaked the information to Lucy Ingram so she could save him.’

’But even so, Liam Lowe still injured his spine and ended up paralyzed, unable to stand for the rest of his life.’

’A golden child like him suffering such a drastic change overnight... it’s no wonder he fell into a depression and passed away a few years later, leaving his daughter to be tormented by scum.’

’As for Henry Zeller, because of his last-minute tip-off, Lucy Ingram grew suspicious.’

’Upon learning that Liam Lowe was paralyzed for life, she had a complete breakdown and blurted out the whole truth of what happened back then. That’s what led to Henry Zeller being consumed by guilt and committing suicide to atone for his sin.’

’Look at this domino effect. If just one of you had used your mouth, the ending wouldn’t have been so tragic. I just hope that after you talk things out openly this time, you can all live your lives properly. Stop all this pointless drama. It’s really not good for my mammary glands!’

Lillian Donovan and the others also sighed in relief, secretly nodding in agreement with Arabella Donovan’s sentiment.

"Besides having a villain in your life, I’ve observed that there seems to be a problem with your Palace of Children, Mr. Lowe."

"Another problem?!" Lucy Ingram was still thinking about Henry Zeller and his sister, so her mind was a bit slow to catch up. She hadn’t really heard what Arabella Donovan said, only catching the word "problem." She whipped her head around to look at Liam Lowe.

It was as if she were saying: Why do you have so many problems?

Liam Lowe, feeling rather wronged: "..." ’I don’t want to either,’ he thought.

Having been interrupted, Arabella Donovan also sighed and thought to herself:

’We’re just getting started. The real main event, the part that will truly break both of you, is about to begin.’

Mrs. Donovan and Caspian Rhodes: Pfft...

Lillian Donovan, unsure whether to pity her friend or be glad for her good fortune: "..." ’I know my friend is in a wretched spot, but why do I still find this so inexplicably funny?’ she wondered.