<b>Chapter </b><b>158 </b>


    <b>Peter </b><b>stopped </b>in his tracks. I even felt his body sway.


    <b>I </b>quickly helped him up. “Sir…”


    He turned to me. “Zoe. Why are you suddenly asking this”


    I thought of what Josh had said, but I couldn’t say it to Peter. I could only say perfunctorily, “I was just asking”


    Peter no longer had a smile on his face. He was quite scary like this.


    “Zoe, your parents‘ car ident back then was an ident. I police,” Peter said solemnly.


    ent to the scene personally. There were also records and an appraisal report from the


    I didn’t go to the scene of the car ident back then, so I didn’t know what the exact situation was.


    I knew that at that time, Peter didn’t let me go because he felt sorry regret.


    for me and didn’t want me


    to see


    that cruel side. However, it also became my lifelong


    “Zoe, if you have any doubts, you can check the records from that year.” Peter’s face was pale. He no longer had the joy of joking with me.


    I knew that he had a deep rtionship with my father. They were like brothers. When I mentioned my parents‘ deaths, it probably reminded him of the tragedy back then. He was sad.


    I took his arm. “No need. It’s not that I don’t believe you. I’m just asking.”


    Peter stared at me. I thought he would say something, but he didn’t.


    A momentter, he sighed. “Zoe, you can go down first. I’ll sit here for a while.”


    He had wanted to go downstairs with me, but he changed his mind. My heart instantly felt heavy. “Peter…”


    “I’m fine. Go ahead.” Peter waved at me.


    I left the study and did not go downstairs immediately. Instead, I leaned against the wall and spaced out for a while.


    Peter’s reaction was abnormal. I could tell that he was being honest. For a moment, I wasn’t so sure.


    After a while, I went downstairs and heard Michelle chatting with Josh. I was originally worried that they would get awkward or that Josh would be troubled by Michelle. However, when I heard Michelle’s asionalughter, I heaved a sigh of relief.


    I thought, ‘What was Josh talking about that made Michelleugh?‘


    I went downstairs suspiciously and heard Michelle say, “Zoe was very naughty when she was a child. When she saw me, she called me Mom, At that time, I said that it would be great if she was my daughter. Her mother said that she could have her marry Alvin or Philip. However, Philip was a little older than her, so she decided to have Zoe marry Alvin.”


    This was the first time I know why I was arranged to marry Alvin.


    “At that time, after Zoe’s mother said this, Zoe said that she


    wanted


    to


    marry Alvin. She was not shy at all,” Michelle said with a smile.


    It turned out that Josh wasn’t teasing her, but the other way around. What she said was probably provoking Josh.


    “That’s how Zoey is. She is very intimate with others.” Josh added.


    I was stunned. Then, I thought, ‘Why does he sound like he knew about


    Ime when I was young? He should have deliberately said that <b>to </b>provoke Michelle<b>, </b>


    <b>Chapter </b>158


    <b>I </b><b>went </b>downstairs. Michelle and Josh looked at me at the same time. f looked back at them. For a moment, neither of us spoke.


    A momentter, Michelle said, “Where’s Peter? Why didn’t hee down with you?”


    Thinking of how Peter looked just now, I said, “He said he would stay up there for a while.”


    Michelle looked at my face and seemed to have guessed something. “Zoe, he treats you as if you were his daughter.”


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