Rouge Jarvis took a deep breath for quite a while before she spoke, "That daughter I raised is doing inhumane things, I should apologize to you."

She shook her head, "Everyone does things out of their own volition, no one else is to blame."

Rouge retracted her gaze, looking condescendingly at Chloe Vance on the ground, and continued, "After that, I started paying attention to your every move. You didn’t disappoint me, always sneaking off to make phone calls in the bathroom. Did you know I was right next door?"

May Sloane felt incredibly shocked inside, always feeling like these little brats couldn’t escape Ms. Jarvis’s eyes.

Tiana Thorne felt somewhat complicated emotions.

She thought, her mom must have been very sad these days, but she hid it all, not showing a hint of unhappiness.

At least, the Ms. Jarvis she saw was just as before, but the pain in her heart was something only she would understand.

Chloe Vance’s eyes widened in shock, looking at her in disbelief, "How could it be..."

Afterwards, Rouge Jarvis played a recording.

In it, Chloe Vance was on the phone with Meredith Ford plotting on how to kill Tiana Thorne, all of which was recorded.

Unfortunately, Meredith Ford’s voice was not heard.

Only Chloe Vance calling for Meredith.

Every call was ill-intentioned, her voice growing increasingly frantic, making one nauseous.

Once the recording ended, Chloe had no strength to struggle, like a dead fish, motionless, she knew she couldn’t turn things around at this moment.

Tears fell down.

She thought she had factored everything in, that no one would find out her and Meredith Ford’s plan, only to realize too late she had already fallen into Rouge Jarvis’s trap.

It’s clear, these days, Rouge Jarvis was only polite on the surface, while already hating her to death inside.

Chloe cried, "You clearly knew all of this, why didn’t you say anything, watching me like watching a clown, is it very amusing?"

"It’s not like, it is," Rouge Jarvis corrected.

Hearing this, Chloe felt even more hopeless.

Rouge Jarvis sneered, "Do you think you could marry my Maxim, ask yourself, are you worthy?"

"But I am Maxim’s childhood sweetheart."

"Shhh," Rouge Jarvis placed a finger on her lips, her cold and enchanting eyes full of disdain, "Don’t insult those four words, you’re not worthy."

"You... ah—"

Just as she was about to swear, the sister-in-law pressed harder with her foot, causing her to scream in pain.

Then, Rouge Jarvis turned back to Tiana Thorne, her eyes softened a little, "When I found out they intended to harm you, I originally planned to tell you about it, but I didn’t expect that you were smarter than I thought and already knew."

"Was it when I asked you to call Dr. Garrison over?"

"Mm," Rouge Jarvis nodded noncommittally, "I figured since you didn’t directly tell me, you probably didn’t want me to know for the time being, so after asking Nathan to meet you, I pretended I was going to see Julian Eames."

Tiana Thorne felt deeply moved.

Darn!

This mom is too good!

Even helped her by pretending not to know anything, keeping the secret still.

Tiana suddenly remembered the watermelon she bought, pondering over its meaning, "Did you mean the watermelon you bought back then..."

"Yes."

With that, Rouge Jarvis looked at Chloe Vance again, "When I said the watermelon was specially kept for you, it wasn’t a lie, how did it taste?"

At that moment, recalling the scene, Chloe could only feel as if she had been slapped hard across the face.