Steven's expression changed when he heard Gwen's words. After a few seconds, he furrowed his brow and looked at Gwen. "I know my family and the Miller family have done you wrong. We can compensate you…"
"Compensate?" Gwen looked up and stared at Steven with a cold, hateful gaze. "What compensation can you possibly give me? Can you return Luke to me? Can you do that?"
Steven took a step back when he saw the hatred in Gwen's eyes, and his heart throbbed painfully. He knew she was devastated and that she had been trying hard to suppress her emotions vehemently. However, her suppression and anger were what made him heartbroken. A woman her age should not have to live the life she did…
"Answer me!" Gwen was about to lose her emotion when Steven did not reply. Her voice went off-pitch. "Tell me! How are you going to return a normal, healthy Luke to me?"
She missed him so much. It only worsened as she stared at this man who was a spitting image of Luke yet portrayed a look and expression that was unfamiliar to her. Every time she saw him, she thought about how cynical Luke used to be.
Steven furrowed his brow when he saw Gwen losing control. "Calm down, Gwen. Even without me, Luke isn't going to come back."
Even as Gwen glared at him furiously, he continued, "When Luke was alive, the one thing he wanted to do was to let you live on with his heart. Although my family and the Miller family did many things that we shouldn't do in the back… Without them meddling in the matter, is Luke going to be alive now?"
Even if the event developed into another scenario, the ending would still be the same, no? Luke died, and Gwen lived. The only problem was that there was him.
Undoubtedly, his family and the Miller family were guilty as charged. If Gwen wanted to sue them and expose them to the whole world…Steven could not bear to think of the consequences.
The Hughes family and the Miller family were both reputable families in Saigen City. If this got out, not only would their reputation be damaged, but their property values would go downhill to the extent that the Hughes family and family would never be able to walk with their head held high.
Whereas for him, he would receive attention and comment everywhere he went. He was never involved in the whole process, but it was still related to him. The Miller family and his family did everything because of him. Just because of that, he could not possibly ignore both families.
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