Chapter 7

"No! You're wrong! What you're saying doesn't make sense!" Arianna clung to her last hope, desperate to grab onto anything that could save her. "If Sabrina was already pregnant, why would Charles still want to kill her? Wouldn't that be unnecessary?"

Vincent, as though expecting the question, let out a cold laugh and turned toward Charles. "Shall I say it for you, or would you prefer to say it yourself?"

At this, Arianna panicked and grabbed Charles's arm, shaking him frantically. "Say something! It wasn't you! Tell them it wasn't you, Charles!"

But Charles stood there, motionless, as if his soul had been drained. He gave no response, no reaction—just a blank stare. His silence made everything clear to the onlookers.

Yet Arianna couldn't understand. She refused to accept the truth. "Say it, Charles! How could you be jealous of that boring, rigid Sabrina? You always said she was dull and that's why you didn't like her! Wasn't it she who kept making up excuses about changing her