---- Chapter 773 Carly turned around and saw Nigel, Fiona, Adam, Celine, and Hailey standing by the door. Her eyes instantly widened in shock, and she froze on the spot. She blurted out in disbelief, "Why are you all here?" Adam stepped forward, coldly smirking as he said, "Well, we followed you here, of course." At that moment, a maid rushed in, not daring to raise her head. "I''m sorry, Ms. Warwick, Ms. Hampton. Mr. Hampton and Mr. Alvarez are here. I didn''t dare inform you in advance." After all, both Carly and Anne depended on Nigel for everything.

    This vi was part of the Hampton family estate, and all the house staff took orders from Nigel. He was the real master of the household. Carly was furious. She turned to Adam. "Adam, what''s the meaning of this? What do you mean you followed me here?" Anne was speechless. She truly felt like Carly was the worst kind of partner one could have. It was clear that Adam had set this up to catch them both red-handed. Celine stepped forward with a forced smile and asked, " ---- Ms. Hampton, you really don''t get it, do you?" Carly froze, then gasped in realization.

    "Adam, you never really neutralized the Heartstring Venom!" Adam nodded. "That''s right." "You''re still in pain whenever you''re near Celine!" "Correct." "So you already suspected me. You purposely invited me to dinner to give me false hope, then let me see you with Celine to crush my hopes, forcing me into despair and making me doubt the venom''s effects. "You knew I''de to find the person who applied it, and then you brought my mom and dad here to catch us both in the act!" Adam raised a brow.

    "Well, Carly, I see you''re notpletely stupid." Carly stumbled backward several steps, still unable to believe it. She and Anne had infected Adam with the Heartstring Venom, thinking they could finally control him. But in the end, Adam had flipped their ns around and made aeback. Celine''s eyes locked onto Carly with cold fury, and she spat, "You''ve really gone off the deep end! Just to get Adam, you stooped to using witchcraft ? Do you have any ---- boundaries?

    People like you are terrible!" Hailey chimed in, "Carly, I always thought you were just maniptive and duplicitous, but it turns out you''re downright twisted!" At this point, Carly had nothing to defend herself with. Desperate , she turned to Nigel and Fiona. "Dad! Mom!" Nigel roared, "That''s enough! Don''t call us that! We wish we never had a daughter like you!"" Carly staggered back a step in shock, then turned to Fiona. However, Fiona''s gaze was cold as ice. "Carly, did you know all along that Anne was the one who used the venom on me years ago?" Carly shook her head quickly. "No!

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