Snare of Love novel Chapter 248

Charles White shook his head, “I’m not sure about it. She never told me anything about her. She only simply said that her adoptive parents weren’t good to her.”

Charles gazed at the rising sun outside the window and worriedly said, “How many orphans are adopted by good people?”

He was lucky to be adopted by Nathan White, a man who had never been married. Although he wasn’t as meticulous and thoughtful as a mother, he had fulfilled his fatherly love to his son.

“So you called me here today to tell me that she wasn’t the one who did it?” Dolores Flores tried to ask.

“Yes,” Charles was still willing to believe that Lacey Ward was still the innocent little girl.

Besides, Matthew Nelson was just guessing. What happened in the clothing store wasn’t enough for her to do this.

“The reason I called you today is for the two of you to clear it out face-to-face.”

Dolores looked at him. What did he mean by that?

Did he want Lacey to meet with her?

It wasn’t that she was hard-hearted or she wasn’t willing to let her go. It was just that after watching that video, she wasn’t sure who Lacey was anymore.

If she didn’t see that video, she would definitely believe what Charles said. However, she was extremely puzzled right now.

Matthew wasn’t a three-year-old kid who was guessing with no evidence. He only said that because he had evidences.

As a result from the investigation, she was indeed hiding something from Charles.

“Actually…”

Dolores was about to tell him what she saw, but suddenly, the door of the private room was pushed open at this moment. Lacey stood at the doorway. She was a bit shy as she lowered her eyes, “I hope I didn’t disturb you.”

Dolores stopped herself from saying what she wanted to say and pulled out a smile, “You didn’t disturb us.”

Charles asked her to come sit inside, “Ms. Flores isn’t someone who likes to make a fuss about things. Relax, make yourself comfortable.”

Dolores glanced at Charles, but she didn’t say anything.

“Actually, the reason I asked you to come was because I just wanted to ask you something. Have you been to the hotel these days?” Charles’ question was very direct and straightforward.

Under the table, Lacey’s hands were tightly held together. She didn’t expect the reason Charles asked her to come was to help Dolores investigate this matter. He was also suspecting her already.

She raised her head and looked at Dolores, “Did anything happen to you that you think I’m the one who did it?”

“No…”

“Nobody’s suspecting you. I asked you to come here today to clear things out and avoid misunderstandings,” Charles clarified it on behalf of Dolores.

Little did they know, Charles looked like he was protecting Dolores in Lacey’s eyes.

A strange emotion quickly flashed in her eyes. She shook her head, “I didn’t go.”

Regarding the clothing shop, she closed it on purpose at that time. Even if Dolores didn’t happen to enter, she still planned to close the clothing shop. It was just that she wasn’t able to find a proper excuse, so it kept on dragging.

The reason why she was adopted was because that family couldn’t bear a child, so they adopted her. At first, they were good to her. However, a year later, the wife who originally couldn’t conceive got pregnant. After that, their attitude toward her started to go downhill. Afterwards, they gave birth to a son, and they treated her worse.

This man was the guy who wore a leather jacket and asked her for money that day.

He was extremely spoiled by his family. He was still an underage teenager when he stopped going to school. He hung out with a group of street thugs all day long. He even frequently asked Lacey for money.

Ever since she accidentally met Charles, Lacey finally had the opportunity to open her own boutique. Originally, she just wanted to let herself live a better life. However, after she opened her boutique, her so-called younger brother became meaner at asking her for money.

Not only did she fail in making herself live a better life, she even became her younger brother’s cash cow.

She was extremely annoyed by his torment. Since she happened to meet her cousin who was looking for a job, she let her watch the store and used it to return a favor as well. Now that her younger brother couldn’t find her, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to ask her for money.

However, she regretted letting her cousin find out that she knew Charles.

She was afraid that Charles would find out about the existence of his younger brother. She was also afraid that her cousin might say something about her in front of Charles.

So, she took advantage of the incident that day and closed the boutique.

That way, she cut off the way Charles could learn about the secrets of her past.

She admired Charles. That day, she was jealous and envious as she watched Charles get angry because of Dolores.

Why was Charles still so good to her when Dolores was already married and had a child?

Just like a while ago, he was still defending her.

As she tightly clenched her hand, the veins on the skinny back of her hand swelled.