Cesar’s first wife never saw it coming. Her son ended up dying in the explosion instead of Armand, and she nearly went mad. She then coerced Marilyn into shooting Armand, and that shot nearly hit Armand’s heart.
In the end, only when Armand’s grandmother stepped up and chided Cesar’s first wife then did she finally halt her plans.
While Armand was still on bed rest, he sent someone to secretly look into the matter and ended up with the same findings as Samuel.
Even though Armand was not a real Faulkner, he grew up in the Faulkner family. Furthermore, Cesar had been nice to him—among the children, he was the one Cesar doted on the most.
Regardless of what aims Isabella had to have killed Cesar, Cesar was dead. Armand did not want the media to ruin Isabella’s reputation and send the Faulkner family spiraling down into hell without a chance of returning.
As he was not sure if Samuel had something else planned before his death, he was cautious regardless of what scene Marilyn caused. He gave her anything she wanted, and he carefully protected her baby and her.
Those things had been things that Armand kept a secret the entire time.
It was only after Genevieve had a miscarriage did he finally tell Steven and Timothy about the matter.
After Steven was done explaining, he added, “Mr. Faulkner knew that Marilyn was the one who scalded you in the pantry the other day, but he could not hold her accountable for it. It was because the Faulkner residence was full of informants. Moreover, Marilyn nearly had a miscarriage, so Mr. Faulkner had no choice but to drive you away. To be honest, Mr. Faulkner has sent his men to keep an eye on you. When Patrick sent you to the hospital in the morning, he informed Timothy about it. He even called the doctor to find out more about your case after you all were gone. Queenie, too. Mr. Faulkner could not hold anyone accountable after his investigation either. Don’t assume that Samantha’s on Mr. Faulkner’s side even though she seems like she loves her nephew. It’s because Mr. Faulkner gave her Faulkner Group and Central Group’s shares and made her in charge of a few overseas companies. Samantha’s someone who would side anyone who gave her anything good.”
Genevieve kept her eyes lowered in silence as she listened to Steven’s explanation.
She never knew that Armand had carried so many matters on his shoulders.
“Mrs. Faulkner, Mr. Faulkner decided not to tell you about how you shared the same blood type as Marilyn because he was afraid that you would overthink the matter,” Steven said after glancing at Genevieve. “He has told Timothy a long time ago to take two bags of blood from you so that Marilyn could use them during her delivery.”
At the start, Steven thought that Armand had married Genevieve because of Marilyn, but later on, he realized he was wrong.
“Steven, you should have said these things to the past me,” Genevieve interrupted. “What’s the point of telling me these now? No matter how many things he has to bear, no matter how tough they are, those are just his matters and his alone.”
Hearing that, Steven froze.
He had seen how desolated Genevieve had been when the Rachford family collapsed. Later on, when she was with Armand, she had been careful around him. After falling in love with Armand, she began relaxing around him and started showing her stubborn side to him.
Steven could see how much Genevieve loved Armand during her time at Springwyn.
Yet, later on, Genevieve’s love turned out to be for naught. Patrick died, and she lost a pair of children.
The betrayal of her family—the betrayal of her lover forced Genevieve to toughen up. Now, she was much calmer than the moment when Cooper took everything from her. Now, her composure remained.
Steven knew that.
Genevieve was still with Armand only because she wanted to use him to crush the Wood family and avenge Patrick.
After finding out from the housekeeper that Armand had been in a serious car accident, Marilyn panicked.
She immediately changed, ready to rush to the hospital.
Just as she was about to leave the house, the housekeeper came over and handed her a phone. “Mrs. Faulkner, please look at these pieces of news first.”
“What?” Marilyn took the phone in confusion.
