Chapter 545:
Alexa’s breath hitched. Her heart pounded violently in her chest.
So Linsey remembered.
Linsey studied Alexa’s expression carefully before shifting her gaze away. Her voice was steady despite its quiet rasp. “When I saw you tonight, I remembered that night. You’re just a servant in the Lawson family. We shouldn’t have any deep entanglements. And yet, you wanted me dead.”
Alexa forced herself to breathe evenly. She needed to stay calm. “You misunderstood. You’re here because you angered Miss Lawson.”
Linsey turned her head back toward Alexa, her piercing gaze unwavering. “Then tell me—how did I anger Carol?”
She didn’t wait for an answer. Instead, she went on, her voice slow and deliberate, as if piecing together a puzzle aloud. “The first time I met Carol was at the Lawson family banquet. At first, we only bumped into each other—an accident. She’s spoiled and temperamental, so she lashed out at me. That, I could understand. But everything changed when she saw the invitation in my hand. That’s when she started to hate me.”
Her voice softened as she asked the real question lingering in her mind. “Is there something about the Lawson family’s invitation that I don’t know?”
She thought back to that night. Because of an accident, she had sprained her ankle and never got the chance to ask Collin about it.
But now, she was certain—there was something on that invitation, something that explained why Carol’s hostility had turned into outright malice.
Alexa hesitated, struggling to follow Linsey’s train of thought.
At the last Lawson family event, she hadn’t even met Carol. Because of that, she had no idea what Carol had been thinking back then.
Eventually, she did meet her biological daughter, Carol. To keep the truth about her and Linsey’s origins hidden, Alexa had to weave a lie—that Linsey had repeatedly sought out the founder of CR Corporation with ulterior motives.
It was the only way to sway Carol to her side, turning her against Linsey, the rightful daughter of the Lawson family. After all, Carol’s interest in the founder wasn’t a secret within the Lawson household.
But now, after watching Carol lash out at Linsey, doubt crept into Alexa’s mind. Did Carol know something? Something deeper? Was that why her hatred toward Linsey ran so deep?
Still, Alexa was sure Carol remained unaware of the real truth. If she knew Linsey was the Lawson family’s true daughter, given her fiery temper, she would have already made Linsey’s life unbearable.
“Linsey, don’t expect to get anything out of me. I’m just a servant of the Lawson family,” Alexa said coolly, drawing a deep breath.
Linsey met her gaze calmly. After a brief pause, she spoke with conviction. “So, you don’t know the real reason either.”
Alexa’s heart skipped a beat.
Linsey was sharp—too sharp. If she kept piecing things together at this pace, it was only a matter of time before she uncovered the truth about her own origins.
A sudden wave of fear gripped Alexa. She had made a mistake. She shouldn’t have lingered here with Linsey. She should have left with Carol.
As Alexa pulled herself together, her eyes landed on the deep, blood-red wound on Linsey’s hand.
Pressing her lips together, she said dryly, “I’ll get you a first aid kit. Stay put.”
Without waiting for a response, Alexa turned and walked swiftly toward the supply closet, almost as if she were fleeing.
Linsey’s gaze followed her. As Alexa reached the door, Linsey’s eyes flickered—she had noticed something.
The hallway was empty. Carol’s bodyguards must have left with her.
