Chapter 57

“Erin was not right, was she?” Seeing that Samuel was about to be fooled by the other person’s words, Ophelia coldly spoke up. “How do I remember that when my mom bought the house, your family hadn’t even come to Minston yet?”

“At that time, the reason she bought the house was because she liked the environment there, not because she bought it to lend to your family!”

“Since that was the case, how could she have said those words?”

“Could she really have had the ability to foresee that your family would suddenly come to Minston and that the house needed to be lent out?”

Erin’s heart skipped a beat. “Ophelia, you were so small back then; what could you remember?”

Hudson then said, “That’s right, you remembered it wrong!”

Ophelia’s expression was cold, and her words were sharp and fluent. “At that time, my mother first bought the villa, and after a week, the Herrera family came to Minston. Only then did my mother decide to lend them the house. If I remember incorrectly, we can just check the records from that year!”

“Although I was young, my memory was quite good. I remembered that on the very day we moved in, Gianna had broken her leg and was sent to the hospital, wasn’t she?”

She sat there with an imposing presence and said, “Find out the dates of the house purchase and when Gianna was admitted to the hospital, and see if they were a week apart. That will tell you whether I was lying!”

Erin and the Herrera family’s expressions suddenly changed.

Did Ophelia really remember?

“Dad, think carefully, do you have any impression?” Ophelia then asked Samuel.

Over the years, although Samuel married Erin, he still couldn’t bear to forget the memories he had with Harriet. He had taken out each frame of those memories and savored them repeatedly.

At that moment, hearing Ophelia’s reminder, he carefully recalled that when his wife had decided to buy that villa, she had indeed mentioned that she liked the environment and layout there. She bought the house first, and lending it to the Herrera family came later!

So how could I possibly say to Erin, just when I was about to buy a house, that I was afraid of implicating her family and that I would buy it in Hudson’s name?

Seeing the change in Samuel’s expression, Ophelia knew he had recalled something. She snorted coldly and then said,

“Moreover, even if we take a step back and say that my mom really said that, allowing you to buy a house using your brother’s name, what does it mean that after all these years since her passing, you still haven’t returned the house?”

“Also, she mentioned that it was just a temporary stay, right? Because your family came unexpectedly and had no place to stay, so they were given a place to settle for now, and they would move out once they found a place to live.”

“The result was that they had lived there for more than ten years and still had no intention of moving! How come? Did your family collectively forget? Or was so many years not enough for you to find a place to live?”

Ophelia’s words felt like slaps, mercilessly striking Erin’s face one after another.

Samuel also realized what was happening. He was filled with a mix of shock and anger, and suddenly raised his hand, delivering a hard slap to Erin’s face!

“Did you deliberately plot against Harriet’s house?!”

Erin screamed and fell onto the sofa. Covering her burning face, she was filled with disbelief. After all these years, it was the first time Samuel had hit her! He actually hit her!

She awkwardly looked up and met her husband’s gaze, only to find that the warmth she once knew was gone from his eyes, replaced by an unfamiliar coldness and strangeness.

Samuel indeed felt a sense of unfamiliarity. He had always thought that Erin was pure and kind, but now he suddenly realized that he seemed to have never truly seen the true nature of this person beside him!

“Mom!” Bessie rushed over and hugged Erin.

“Dad, how could you hit my mom?!”

The Herrera family was stunned, completely unprepared for the fact that Samuel would actually lay hands on Erin!

“I really misjudged you! Harriet regarded you as her best sister, and this is how you repaid her?”

Samuel’s eyes were filled with disgust and shock, as if he couldn’t accept that his pure and kind-hearted understanding flower was actually such a person.

Ophelia’s lips curled into a mocking smile. It was truly righteous and just, but how many years had Erin been with him? If he claimed that he really knew nothing about Erin’s true nature, she wouldn’t believe it!