Falling For My Accidental CEO Husband-Chapter 278: The Truth

Ella shuddered, her body trembling as she began to speak, her voice shaky but desperate to explain. "I... I never thought things would turn out like this. Aiden, that morning, Father asked me to take Kimberlee to Serena. He told me Kimberlee knew things about you—things that, if Serena found out, she’d break it off with you. I... I thought..." Her words faltered, her guilt tangible in the air. "I thought you had cheated on Serena and that she deserved to know."

She paused, her gaze flickering toward Aiden before quickly looking away. "I’m not trying to claim the moral high ground here or pretend I was worried about Serena’s well-being. That’s not what this was about. I wanted to break your marriage because I believed Serena was the reason you were slipping further away from me. So, I took Kimberlee to her."

Ella’s voice cracked, and she glanced down at her hands, twisting them nervously. A bitter smile touched her lips, though it lacked any humor. "Never, not in my worst nightmares, would I have imagined what Kimberlee would do. I... I was talking to Serena when it happened. Kimberlee attacked her from behind. I heard the sound before I saw Serena fall. Blood..." Her voice trailed off as if the memory was too much to bear. "I considered Kimberlee my friend. I trusted her."

Her throat worked as she swallowed hard, forcing herself to continue. "I was frozen. Shocked. Serena was lying on the floor, bleeding, and before I could even process what was happening, Kimberlee turned on me. She picked up the vase she’d used to hit Serena and threw it at me. I caught it without thinking—pure instinct."

Ella’s voice dropped to a whisper, her words now tinged with disbelief. "Before I could say anything, Father walked in. Kimberlee... she... she didn’t even hesitate. She told him that I was the one who hurt Serena. She made it seem like I attacked her out of jealousy. And Father..." Her voice broke, tears slipping down her cheeks. "The one person I had been fighting for, defending no matter what... He looked at me like I was a stranger. Like I’d done exactly what Kimberlee said." freewebnøvel_com

Her fingers clenched in her lap, trembling. "Kimberlee handed him the vase—the vase—and said she’d report me to the police. And then Charles Hawk..." Her breath hitched as she said his name, the bitterness in her tone unmistakable. "He said he’d testify against me. He said he’d tell them he had seen me standing over Serena with the vase in my hands."

"Believe me, I was in shock," Ella said, her voice trembling as she relived the horrifying events. "Then... Kimberlee said something. She suggested they could try to cover it all up. She told me she would take Serena’s place—pretend to be her—so we’d have time to hide the body. Later, they planned to claim that Serena had run away, that she didn’t want to marry you. Kimberlee said it would work because you’d be devastated, Aiden. You’d hate Serena for abandoning you, but eventually, you’d move on. You’d heal and forget all about her."

Ella shook her head in despair. "I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. These people, people I trusted, were talking about turning your life upside down like it was some kind of game. And I... I was too terrified to say anything, too confused to think straight."

Her hands clenched tightly, her knuckles white with tension. "Charles and Kimberlee—they were the ones who put Serena in my car. I didn’t even have a choice. They told me I had to get rid of her body, or they’d call the police and pin the whole thing on me. They made it sound like there was no way out, no one who would believe me. I was scared out of my mind, Aiden. Too scared to do anything but follow their instructions."

Ella’s voice cracked as she looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears that threatened to spill over as she pleaded with him. "Before I could leave... before I could drive away, father hugged me. He hugged me and patted my head, like he was comforting a child who had done well. Can you believe that?" Her laugh was bitter, hollow, filled with disbelief. "He hugged me, kissed my forehead, like he was showing me love—the love I had craved for so long."

She paused, her voice breaking completely as her tears fell freely now. "And in that moment, I realized. I knew. The one thing I had been chasing my entire life—his love, his approval—it was nothing but a tool for him. He was willing to give me that affection, yes, but only if it meant turning me into a murderer. Only if it served his purpose."

"In that moment, I understood. I wasn’t his daughter. I wasn’t Kimberlee’s friend. I was a pawn. A fool they used to carry out their dirty work. They took my own foolishness, my need for love and approval, and twisted it into something dark, something monstrous—all for their own gain."

Her words hung in the air, heavy with pain and regret, as she looked at Aiden, her eyes begging for some semblance of understanding. But the silence that followed was deafening.

He had already made it clear—he wouldn’t forgive her. She had lost that right.

The silence between them was suffocating, but she had to continue. She had to make him understand, even if it changed nothing. "On the way to the cliff, Serena... she started to move a little. At first, I thought I was imagining it, that maybe my mind was playing tricks on me. But no... she wasn’t dead. She was alive."

"That’s when I realized something else, right then, that they hadn’t killed her. Kimberlee and Charles... they hadn’t done it. They didn’t want to murder her. No They knew she was not dead when they put her in my car. They wanted me to be the one to kill her."

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