Chapter 742 Who Exactly Killed Emily?
In the private room, Desmond was also a bit confused. "I feel a little weird."
"I want some ice cream too. You and Tom go together," Juniper told Desmond to leave as well.
Probably, Tom's personality was similar to Desmond's.
Desmond was a bit confused but still got up and left.
The room was left with only Juniper, Ethan, and Jasmine.
Jasmine glanced at Ethan, knowing Juniper had something to say.
For some reason, she felt a bit uneasy.
"Ethan." Jasmine held in Ethan's hand.
Ethan shook his head at Jasmine.
"Back then, to prevent the Douglas family's reputation from being tarnished and to keep his scandals from being exposed, William locked the news of your kidnapping," Juniper looked at Ethan. "The kidnapping was no small matter. It was clearly some low-level kidnappers, but with the Hamilton family's vast influence, they couldn't catch the kidnappers."
Juniper sneered. "Wesley knew there had to be some earth-shattering conspiracy behind it."
"Parents love their children and would plan for their future. Wesley feared this secret would affect you and Celeste, So he spared no effort and risked everything to find out the truth, inadvertently exposing the hypocritical faces of the Douglas family father and son," Juniper tightened her hand gripping the glass.
"William already had a wife, but for power and status, he abandoned his wife and son to marry the daughter of the chamber of commerce president, your grandmother. Later, Howard followed William and married your mother, Celeste." The men of the Douglas family had no sincerity. In Juniper's view, Wesley was as disgusting as Howard.
"Your grandfather knew that your and Celeste would have a hard time in the Douglas family. People like William are ruthless and merciless. So Wesley forced William to leave a will, giving the shares to you, but William held back. He protected Mark too well."
William was selfish. He gave the shares to Ethan, but he left the money to Mark! He secretly protected Mark, placing him by Howard's side.
William did this to give Mark a chance to defeat Howard and take over the Douglas Group!
William was never a purely kind person who loved Ethan from the start.
"Even Howard didn't know that Mark was William's son," Juniper sneered. "No one knew because Mr. Douglas protected Mark so well. He found someone to pretend to be Mark and sent him abroad, while the real son Mark was raised within the Douglas Group."
Jasmine's grip on Ethan's hand tightened.
"To prevent the Douglas family's reputation from being tarnished and to avoid being controlled by the Hamilton family, Mr. Douglas allied with the Hawthorne family and other families to attack the Hamilton family. Wesley didn't want to involve too many people, so he kept retreating, but they eventually killed him," Juniper's eyes reddened.
"Do you know how your grandfather died?" Juniper looked at Ethan. "It was your grandfather who killed him."
"That day, William came personally to apologize. They had an argument, and William lost control and pushed your grandfather down the stairs. Vincent was hiding in the room and witnessed the whole thing."
Jasmine looked at Juniper in shock.
William personally killed Wesley.
"Vincent was deeply traumatized by this. He was young and didn't dare tell anyone. I kept this secret with him, fearing Celeste couldn't bear it if she knew." Juniper continued. "After that, the Douglas family used you, who was a kid at the time, to control Celeste, effectively controlling the Hamilton family. Fortunately, Wesley had planned ahead, making sure all the Hamilton family members left, leaving only me, who seemed harmless."
Juniper sneered. "I didn't leave because I couldn't let go of Celeste. Shortly after Wesley's death, Celeste discovered Claire, which was a huge blow to her."
"Her father had just died, her husband cheated, and you were so young at that time. She couldn't accept it and her health deteriorated. I tried everything to persuade her to divorce, telling her the real culprit behind Wesley's death, and to leave with me and Vincent."
Juniper's voice choked when she mentioned Celeste. "We had agreed. She said she wanted nothing from the divorce, just your custody. She wanted to take you and leave."
"I prepared everything, sent Vincent to Muskow first, planning to bring you and Celeste over, but she changed her mind. She said she wanted revenge." Juniper smiled. "Of course, I supported all her decisions. Together, we planned everything. We wanted to find out who William's son was and find the vulnerabilities and weaknesses of them."
"But just the two of us couldn't deal with William and Howard." Juniper sighed. "We hid our hatred, waiting for the right moment. When we discovered Mark was the prime suspect, your mother was killed."
Celeste's death was likely because Mark knew his identity was about to be exposed and deliberately incited Claire to provoke Howard.
Ethan remained silent, head down the entire time.
"Vincent and I have been waiting, and finally, he couldn't hold back," Juniper sneered.
"Was destroying the Douglas family your idea or my mom's?" Ethan finally spoke, his voice hoarse.
"Everything I did was to fulfill Celeste's last wish," Juniper's voice was hoarse.
"Okay." Ethan nodded. "Even if it was to fulfill my mom's last wish, I can understand, but why hurt Emily, she was innocent."
Jasmine's heart tightened, instinctively looking at Juniper.
Emily, was she killed by Juniper?
"If I said I didn't kill Emily, would you believe me?" Juniper took a deep breath, looking down. "You need to be careful of Lily."
Lily was definitely not simple.
She had always been pretending to be kind.
"My people took Emily because she had evidence that Lily killed Xavier. Lily begged me to take her away. Knowing Lily's ruthlessness, I didn't make things difficult for Emily. My people released her shortly after taking her and even gave her a phone." Juniper explained.
She intended for Emily to use the phone to contact Jasmine.
But she didn't know why Emily didn't contact Jasmine and was instead killed.
So who killed Emily?
Lily also said she didn't kill her, that she was forced.
Who was lying?
"Lily's negligence led to Xavier's death, and since she's pregnant, her sentence might not be too severe," Jasmine said hoarsely.
She indeed found Lily somewhat terrifying.
"Amara." Ethan suddenly looked up at Jasmine. "Could it be Amara who killed Emily, deliberately pushing Lily to the edge and making us completely opposed to Lily?"
Jasmine was also stunned. Amara, yes, they had overlooked her.
She was also ruthless.
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