Chapter 97 Why the Knife

"Are you able to keep her from avoiding me and ignoring my calls for a lifetime?" asked Nathaniel. "I doubt you have the power!"

"She isn't going to meet you," replied Carl, but he didn't sound very confident.

Violet had previously made herself very clear to him—she wouldn't stop seeing Nathaniel simply because of their relationship.

"She will," insisted Nathaniel. "By the way, please tell her that I'm her Big Brother xxx, and I've returned. She's sure to remember."

With that, Nathaniel hung up the phone.

Carl's heart suddenly turned cold.

xxx?

Wasn't that the guy Violet was secretly crushing on at the orphanage?

Hearing the monotonous beep on the phone, Carl sat down. The turmoil in his heart was making it impossible for him to calm down.

A question surfaced in his heart. If Violet had to choose, would she rather go for her childhood sweetheart or him?

Carl wasn't sure. After all, Violet had always harbored feelings for her Big Brother xxx.

But ... To think that the man she