"It's better if we stay friends." Carla nipped his idea in the bud.
"Why?" Harry frowned. "Is it because of Mr. Giblo?"
"It has nothing to do with anyone else." Carla smiled wryly. "Sometimes, there's nothing we can do to change the past. We should look ahead instead."
Harry clenched his fists in silence.
"Call me when you get the necklace." Carla stood up to leave. "I'm going now. You take care.""Don't you ever wonder about why your father died?" Harry exclaimed softly.
Carla stopped in her tracts and sat down. "Harry, do you know something?"
"You should ask Zayn when you get back." Harry's voice was grim.
"What do you mean?" Carla inquired anxiously. "Are you saying that Zayn has something to do with my dad's death?"
Harry had a troubled look on his face. After a long silence, he changed topics. "Forget it, your life is peaceful now. I don't want you to get into trouble."
"Does he really have something to do with it?" Carla widened her eyes in shock. "Impossible. It can't be true."
"Do you trust him that much?" Harry furrowed his eyebrows.
"You're not telling me everything." Carla grew desperate. "What do you know? Spit it out."
After some hesitation, Harry replied softly, "It was Giblo Group's hostile takeover that caused the Wigston Corporation to go bankrupt in three days. And your father couldn't accept it…"
"What?"
Carla felt as if her mind was blown by the news.
She remembered the first day she went for an interview at Divine Corporation. She met Mr. Larla who doused himself with kerosene and wanted to die together with Zayn.
At that time, Mr. Larla said that he had offended Zayn, who caused him to go bankrupt.
When she saw him then, he reminded her of her father. Come to think of it now, did Dad and Mr. Larla meet the same fate?
"I didn't want to tell you at first because there's nothing you can do to change the past. In fact, if you knew the truth, it might put you in danger. However, when I saw how close you were getting to Zayn, I felt the need to remind you…"
"I have to get to the bottom of this." Carla clenched her fists and declared emotionally, "If someone was responsible for my father's death, I will definitely avenge him."
"Revenge?" Harry grabbed onto Carla's hand by impulse. "Carly, the Giblo family is a lot more powerful than you can imagine. You shouldn't think about revenge. All you should do is stay away from Zayn."
"I know what I'm doing." Carla retracted her hand and raised her gaze at Harry. "Harry, let me ask you this, do Simeon and Alia have anything to do with my dad's death?"
Harry was dumbfounded. "What do you ask?"
"I found out that although my dad's company got into trouble, his personal assets were not seized. However, Gutra and the other shareholders told me that everything my dad had was taken while Simeon and his wife avoided seeing me."
Carla looked at Harry intently, "Do you know about this?"
"Not really." Harry responded calmly. "I don't know much about the Whytes."
"In that case, can you tell me why you married Lola then?"
Carla felt that all these were part of the mother-daughter duo's plans.
"I…" Harry hesitated and lowered his head. "After I saw the news about what happened to you at Stifling Night, I was devastated and had too much to drink. Then, I made a mistake…"
After a brief pause, he let out a sigh. "I wanted to compensate her financially. But, a month later, Lola was pregnant and both mother and daughter came to see my parents. At that time, your family was the talk of the town. Even my family was badly affected. Hence, my parents were extremely angry and wanted me to get married to stop the rumors. Therefore, I…"
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