Chapter 786: The Child Was Innocent

Stella was waiting for Clarence so late that she could barely open her eyes. But she eventually gave up
because Clarence still hadn't returned yet.

She heated up the herbal soup, drank it, and then went to sleep.

When she had just gotten in the bed for a while, a sound outside the door woke her up.

Stella slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes.

Clarence entered the bedroom and whispered, “Still awake?”

Stella's voice sounded tired, “I was about to fall asleep. But you came back and the sound woke me
up.”

Clarence walked up to her and rubbed her head gently, “Sorry for waking you up. Now you may sleep
soundly.”

Stella pouted her mouth, “You haven't told me yet.”

Clarence bit his thin lips slightly. He fell into silence for a while, “What about I tell you tomorrow?”

If he told her everything, she might have trouble falling asleep.

Stella wanted to kick his ass, “Are you fooling around with me on purpose?”

No one could bear the feeling of being kept in suspense, when the truth was one step away.

“You really want to know?”

Stella really wanted to punch him.

She said crossly, “Didn't you say that you will tell me when you come back?”



Clarence didn't say anything, he just took her in his arms.

Stella leaned her head on his chest, waiting quietly without urging.

She didn’t know how long it took. But eventually the man’s low voice sounded, “Do you remember what
happened after the death of Joanna Perez?”

Stella nodded, “Noah got sick, and the James family was involved. All the affairs of the James family
were revealed...”

What happened in the past few months could be summed up in a few sentences. But the whole
process was so terrifying.

Especially the time when the little one first showed symptoms, she didn't even dare recall those days.

Every time she thought about it, she was too painful to breathe.

Clarence said, “Do you think that a dead person is capable of doing this?”

Stella was stunned, a little puzzled, “But I remember she said before dying...”

“She did say those things. But Joanna didn’t have that much power. If she had the ability to turn the
James family upside down, she would have turned against me early.”

Stella bit her lips slightly without saying anything.

She seemed to gradually understand the reason why Clarence tried so hard to persuade her rather
than just told her the truth directly.

In City N, Clarence had many enemies, but there were few people who actually knew what happened
between him and the Conrad family, or got to know the existence of the James family.



Thinking of this, someone was leading them to find out the truth about the James family.

This person clearly knew the truth, but he didn't reveal it himself. He asked them to investigate it by
themselves instead. Clarence could tell that he had only one purpose.

What he wanted was not how Clarence would react to the truth, but the guilt inside Clarence while
seeking the truth.

And Clarence's final choice should be in his expectation.

That man knew Clarence very well.

And after this incident, he would get what he had planned easily without a fight.

After a while, Clarence continued, “It's Justin Conrad.”

Even though she had known the answer in her mind already, Stella still felt chocked when she heard
this. Her hand on the bed couldn't help but grabbed Clarence’s arm tightly.

Stella didn’t need to ask Clarence whether he was sure about the conclusion.

She knew better than anyone that how important Justin was in Clarence’s mind.

Now that he spoke out Justin's name, it proved that...

He was absolutely sure.

A strange feeling rushed to her throat. Stella's voice choked. After a long time, she finally asked, “When
did he...when did he know...about those affairs of the James family?”

Clarence said gently, “The James family tried their best to cover it up. No one knows these except for
Bancroft James and Hilbert James. But Caesar James, he was the one who grew up with Hilbert



James.”

Stella paused, “So... it's Caesar. He might have overheard them discussing about this a long time ago,
but he didn't take it seriously until he was expelled from the James family. For coincidence or other
reason, he remembered this secret again, and he went for Justin.”

At that time, Caesar was probably thinking that everyone should go down with him since he was having
a hard time. He even wanted to expose the whole disgusting affairs of the James family.

Probably from that time on, Justin put away the gentleness and kindness within his heart. Step by step,
he started his seven-year revenge plan.

Clarence said, “This should be the truth.”

Stella didn't know what to say at the moment, she could just hold Clarence's hand and lower her eyes.

In fact, from Justin's point of view, he just wanted to get revenge from those who had hurt him.

Both the Conrad family and the James family, they were the culprits who caused him to be disabled for
life and lived the rest of his life on a wheelchair.

But……

Clarence hugged her and planted a kiss on her forehead, “I know.”

Hearing his answer, Stella realized that she actually said out loud what she was thinking.

However, the child was innocent.

She couldn't imagine how Justin told them to do this with a gentle expression and smile on his face.



The little one tried so hard to survive the car accident and grew up healthy. Before she even had the
chance to take good care of him, Justin pushed the boy into the endless darkness again.

While Stella was thinking about that, her eyes started to swell with tears, and she choked up, “Did he
admit all these?”

“No.” Clarence said, “But there are evidences from my old man.”

“What evidence?”

Clarence said slowly, “Oh, by the way, I know that you’ve asked Adolph Miller to find Amanda. She is
also the doctor who helped Justin do the strengthened nutrition injection. From the beginning, it was
Justin who rescued Lyndon Steward and planned the whole thing. Now that Amanda is dead, there is
no proof.”

Stella opened her mouth, feeling too weak to say anything.

It seemed that she no longer cared about how Amanda met Justin, what deal Amanda made with
Justin, or how Amanda died and all the other bullshit.

All of these meant nothing to her now.

Her child had been put under threats of these people since the first cell of him come into being.

Each of them had their purpose.

All of them were thinking about trading the little boy’s life for their own benefits.

No matter Joanna Perez, Dempsey Conrad, or...Justin, they were all the same.

The little boy was just a tool for them to use for their revenge.



Stella also understood why Clarence didn't want her to give birth to the baby.

If she had foreseen such a result, she would not have insisted on it.

Clarence knew what she was thinking. He hugged her gently and comforted, “Come on, isn't everything
getting better now? Don't dwell on the things in the past. I can deal with them. Leave the rest to
me.”

Stella also understood why Clarence didn't want her to give birth to the baby.
If she had foreseen such a result, she would not have insisted on it.

Clarence knew what she was thinking. He hugged her gently and comforted, “Come on, isn't everything
getting better now? Don't dwell on the things in the past. | can deal with them. Leave the rest to

me.



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