Only a few people continued, “We followed Mr. Galatea’s instructions to come and observe Ms. Palmer’s every move, and to assist Ms. Palmer in carrying out all her plans.”

I was startled.

So, my previous guess was correct. The mysterious person behind Kimberly is Matthew. Matthew helped Kimberly not because he liked Kimberly, but to use Kimberly to deal with Reynaldo! However, from when did Kimberly start colluding with Matthew?!

“Matthew,” Reynaldo chewed on the name, his hand on his knee slowly tightening.

Thinking about the time he almost died at the hands of Matthew abroad, a strong sense of unease rose in my heart. It seems that Matthew’s influence abroad is really not to be underestimated. With Matthew backing her up, Kimberly became even more difficult to deal with. With the honest confession of the people on the ground, I finally understood the true purpose of Reynaldo inviting Kimberly out tonight, which was actually to bring out the person behind Kimberly.

The people on the ground also admitted that they had just been hiding in the dark by the river, not actually to protect Kimberly, but to wait for someone to come and kill Kimberly, and then they only needed to film the scene of Kimberly being killed. That is to say, Matthew first helped Kimberly harm me and the people around Reynaldo, fueling our hatred and murderous intentions towards Kimberly, and then used Kimberly’s life as bait to catch Reynaldo or those around Reynaldo. What a cunning trick; Kimberly probably didn’t even know that her life had become the bait for Matthew. Even she didn’t know that tonight these few people on the ground were hiding in the dark waiting for her to be killed.

After the bodyguards dragged the few people on the ground out, the living room suddenly quieted down. Reynaldo’s brows furrowed, his face looking somewhat gloomy. He said coldly, “I should have killed Matthew off completely in the first place!”

I shook his hand and said, “Well, no one could have expected that he would escape abroad at first, and then come back to stir up trouble.” Speaking of which, it was because of me that you two formed such a deep enmity in the first place.

“Fool, how could I blame you?” When it comes to the events of that year, Reynaldo’s eyes are filled with deep regret and heartache. “Blame me; if it weren’t for me being clouded by jealousy and suspicion at that time, letting you go out to buy medicine for Kimberly, you wouldn’t have met Matthew, and wouldn’t have been bullied by him.”

Esmeralda, I often think, “If only time could turn back.”

“In that case, I will definitely love you well and never do anything to hurt you again.”

I smiled at him and said, “It’s not too late for you to start loving me properly from now on.” Although my words were light-hearted and joking, they still could not dispel the seriousness between Reynaldo’s eyebrows. I couldn’t help reaching out and gently smoothing his furrowed brow, asking in a deep voice, “Is the current Matthew more difficult to deal with than before?”

Reynaldo sighed and said, “Matthew, this man, had great ambitions, was arrogant and stubborn, but also very patient. When he escaped to Roxafito, he quickly infiltrated the largest gang in Roxafito and humbly served as a bodyguard for the young lady of the gang for several years. Now he is a prominent figure in front of that young lady, ruling the entire Roxafito with an iron fist.”

“But we are in Freybourne. If he can’t even go back to Yoripero, how can he stir up trouble in Freybourne?”