Chapter 701

She lowered her head in fear and remained on her knees. She changed her words and continued, “Master Carter, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have lied to you.”

Odell asked, “What did Thomas do?”

A quick pause later, he sized her up with a frosty gaze and continued, “If you can provide any useful information, I might consider letting you live.”

Tara’s eyes shone hopefully and said, “Master Carter! Second Master Carter isn’t who you think he is! He came to me and said he could help me to win your heart again, so he instigated me to fake being chased by gangsters so that you can save me. He also instructed Spencer Weiss to kidnap me and forced you to choose me instead of Sylvia. He was the mastermind behind these two incidents.”

Odell narrowed his eyes. “What else?”

“Yes! Yes!” Tara looked up and met his eyes. “Do you remember Melanie? She’s actually my mother, not my aunt. She came to Westchester City when you and Sylvia just remarried. She said there was a mysterious person who had b