CHAPTER 80: CHAPTER 80: THE TRUTH—DAMIEN DISCOVERS HE WRONGED IVY SUMMERS

"I...that’s because she changed her mind at the last minute, Damien. At that time, I was hanging out of the cable car and was struggling to hold on. If I had managed to hold on or the fall wasn’t fatal, as long as I’m alive, I would reveal her attempt to kill me. And if she saved me, everyone would believe her, just like you do now, Damien. It’s her ploy."

Rachel Shaw said this, seemingly overwhelmed by injustice, with tears streaming down like broken pearls.

Damien Lancaster frowned tightly.

"Damien, I’m clearly the victim here. Why? Why are you questioning me like this in the middle of the night? Did Ivy say something to you? You believe her and not me?"

Rachel Shaw cried so heartbreakingly that Penelope Page, worried, came in. Seeing the tense atmosphere, she immediately went to protect Rachel.

"Damien, what are you doing? Rachel is still injured, how can you question her like this?"

"Mom, it’s not Damien’s fault, it’s mine, it’s my fault... If, if I hadn’t held on so tightly, and I had died from the fall, maybe Damien would have believed Ivy tried to harm me... I would rather die than be misunderstood like this."

"Silly child, what nonsense are you saying."

Penelope Page stopped Rachel Shaw’s words, looking at Damien Lancaster, "Damien, I’m not blaming you, but Rachel is your future wife. For the sake of a despicable woman, you doubt her. How can Rachel’s father and I entrust her to you in the future?"

"Despicable woman?" Damien Lancaster’s eyes flashed with a chill, and a surge of anger welled up as he glanced at Penelope Page.

The oppressive glare made Penelope Page nervously shrink back.

She feared Damien might hit her.

But she didn’t know what she had said wrong.

"Say that again."

"I...

I... I..."

Penelope Page forced a smile, turned to glance at Rachel Shaw, then looked at Damien Lancaster in panic, not daring to speak another word.

"Don’t let me hear that again, and..." Damien Lancaster glanced at Rachel Shaw, "I won’t marry you."

Rachel Shaw’s eyelashes trembled fiercely, thinking she was hallucinating.

But the words echoed clearly in her ears. She clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms, the pain making her realize it was reality.

Did Damien Lancaster say he wouldn’t marry her?

Him? What does it mean?

Rachel Shaw’s voice trembled, "Damien, you..."

"Get some rest, stop running around. I’ll investigate this matter again and make sure no one is wronged."

After saying this, Damien Lancaster didn’t even look at her, turned around, and left, the door closing with a "click."

Rachel Shaw gritted her teeth, belatedly realizing that Damien Lancaster actually said he wouldn’t marry her.

He had never said he would marry her before.

But he also never said he wouldn’t marry her.

Since Ivy Summers left, Rachel Shaw became the only woman by his side.

Everyone believed they would be together.

Rachel Shaw thought so too.

Rachel Shaw dreamed of him proposing to her, marrying her, but at this moment, her dream was completely shattered.

"Damien, don’t go..."

Rachel Shaw struggled, falling off the hospital bed. Her leg was fractured, and the fall left her face pale.

Penelope Page was scared out of her wits, while Rachel Shaw just stared at the door, her mouth overflowing with painful sobs.

Penelope Page quickly hugged her daughter with heartache, "Rachel, he’s just speaking out of anger, all out of anger. He won’t not marry you. Our families have long-standing ties, you two grew up together. You’re the only woman by his side. Mr. Lancaster has already discussed your marriage with your father, and Mrs. Lancaster even sees you as her daughter-in-law. How could he not marry you?"

"It’s all Ivy Summers’ fault, it’s all her fault. If she hadn’t come back, Damien wouldn’t treat me like this, it’s all her fault."

Rachel Shaw cried out loudly, anxiously grabbing Penelope Page’s hand, "Mom, mom, did Dad find Ivy’s phone yet? Did Damien discover something? Why is he questioning me like this?"

"They’re still looking, no results yet. He’s just suspicious of you, he has no evidence..."

"Suspicious without evidence, what if he finds evidence? No, we absolutely can’t let him find evidence. Get Dad to quickly send people to find that phone, we absolutely can’t let Ivy find it first."

"Okay, okay, okay, calm down, I’ll go call your dad immediately to arrange it."

"Mm." Rachel Shaw nodded vigorously, tears streaming down her face.

At this moment, Damien Lancaster’s words kept playing in her mind, leaving her devastated.

After leaving the hospital, Damien Lancaster’s eyes were dark and deep as he strode outside.

"Sir, are you heading home or?"

"To Ivy’s place."

Julian Jacobs checked the time and said, "Sir, it’s very late today. Miss Summers is probably resting."

Damien Lancaster raised his hand to look at his watch, realizing it was past two o’clock. In a few hours, it would be dawn.

Ivy Summers must hate him today.

He didn’t deny he was a bit hasty earlier.

But Ivy Summers had indeed gone too far.

Although...

Perhaps he wronged her tonight.

Ivy Summers’ words echoed in his ears, "There are many things that, if you investigate, you’ll find out what I’m saying is true. Why don’t you look into it?"

"You asked me before why I wanted a divorce. Damien Lancaster, look at my current state. That’s your answer. Because I’m in pain. Being with you means enduring a lot of malice and injustice. Do you know how hard that is for me?"

Each word pierced his ears, and Damien Lancaster’s heart felt tightly constricted.

"Go back for now."

Damien Lancaster dismissed Julian Jacobs, sitting alone in the car, smoking throughout the night.

Because of Ivy Summers’ words, he had to get to the bottom of this.

The next morning.

Damien Lancaster drove to Ivy Summers’ hotel, only to be informed that she had already checked out. He then went to Ivy Summers’ home.

What met him was chaos.

Damien Lancaster stepped inside, finding all the window glass shattered. The living room sofa, floor, and furniture all had scorch marks.

The place looked like it had been attacked by some horror scene.

Damien Lancaster recalled Ivy Summers saying it was the Shaw Family who first acted against her home.

Damien hadn’t believed it initially, but seeing this scene made him believe.

The mess on the floor spoke of the danger at that time, and it must have been terrifying for Ivy to face all this alone.

Damien Lancaster clenched his jaw, dialing Ivy Summers’ phone as he walked out.

But Ivy Summers’ phone was turned off.

Unreachable.

Damien Lancaster was starting to get anxious. He went to the auction house where Ivy Summers worked, only to be told she hadn’t been there.

Next, Damien Lancaster went to Sophie’s hospital room.

Sometimes Ivy Summers would come here.

But upon arriving at the room, the only people inside were Ella Morgan and Sophie, with Ella feeding Sophie breakfast.

Upon seeing Damien Lancaster suddenly barge in, both were taken aback.

With her cheeks stuffed from eating, Sophie still harbored resentment upon seeing Damien Lancaster and turned away with a huff, "What is the bad uncle doing here again? I don’t want to see you."

"Where’s Ivy Summers? Has she been here?"

"Miss Summers?" Seeing Damien Lancaster’s anxious demeanor, Ella Morgan stood up. "What do you mean? Is she missing?"

Ella Morgan’s response clearly indicated that Ivy Summers hadn’t been there.

The hotel, home, auction house, hospital—she hadn’t shown up at any of these places, and her phone was unreachable.

Ivy Summers was missing.

Just then, a call came in.

Damien Lancaster thought it was Ivy Summers, but it was Penelope Page.

Damien Lancaster’s eyes darkened, picking up, only to be met with Penelope Page’s cries, "Damien, Rachel is missing. I fell asleep last night, and when I woke up she was gone..."

"What’s she playing at now?"

Damien Lancaster’s words left Penelope Page stunned.

"You..."

"If she’s missing, call the police. What’s the point of calling me?"