SPOILED GIRL, VOLUME 2 - Season 10 Episode 23

‘This is the essence of human beings! The love between families and couples is nothing but an illusion. Only when people meet real difficulty do they show their true nature.

Darren is one example and Rita is another!’ Ariel thought to herself.

“Three days from now, I will come to you!” Taking all of the files which Darren gave to her, Ariel determined a date with Darren and quickly left his room.

There seemed to be nothing wrong with Darren’s claims but Ariel still needed to check it out for herself. As the saying went, “Trust, but verify.”

Darren crossed his arms while watching Ariel leave the room, and his lips curved upward in an expression of deep satisfaction. ‘I have perfectly arranged everything this time. Ariel will not possibly find out the truth…’ he thought to himself contentedly.

“Michelle… I have been searching for you for a long time. It is all my fault! You were here with me but I failed to recognize you… It is all my fault! I should not have taken you to buy sugar-coated haws. If I had not taken you there, you would not have been lost. And if you had not been lost, you would not have suffered so much…”

Rita’s constant crying and self-blame piqued Ariel’s mind. Ariel looked blankly at the fragile woman in front of her and then her face darkened all of a sudden.

“Ma’am, you have mistaken me for someone else! My name is not Michelle. I am Ariel!” she said with a straight and slightly cold face.

‘Michelle died a long time ago! She died the moment you gave her to someone else! Now, I am Ariel! I am Ariel, the indifferent secret agent of RT Organization!’ Ariel added in her mind.

“You are Michelle!” Rita said with absolute certainty, and, though she cried a flood of grief, her eyes were filled with determination, and conviction shone like a holy light from her tortured soul.

‘Ariel must be my Michelle! No one else knew my nickname after my parents passed away! She must be Michelle! She must be!’ Rita stubbornly argued with herself.

“Ma’am, calm down, please. My name is Ariel and I am not your sister, Michelle!”

Fearing that she might have been compromised, Ariel repeated her words again. She refused to acknowledge the aching need for family in her own heart as she ruthlessly remained on mission.

Rita was just like a poor, orphaned child at this moment. Ariel desperately wanted to ask her why she would have chosen to abandon her, but she failed to open her mouth.

It was not that she was afraid of the truth. She was afraid of further stressing Rita out, as Darren’s potion had in fact been causing her mental disorder. Ariel was afraid that if she kept worrying Rita now, the stress might hurt the baby in her belly. Ariel had done many things of which she was not proud, but killing a baby was not one of them.

Ariel comforted herself that she was not worried about Rita, but that rather she was worried about the innocent baby in Rita’s belly.

“Michelle… Are you blaming me for not protecting you better all those years ago?

I really wanted to protect you, but no one gave me a chance. I was still just a child then and when I woke up, you were already gone…

Michelle… Michelle…”

Rita held on tightly to Ariel’s hands, as she was afraid that once she let go of her hands, Michelle would disappear again, like what had happened in their childhood.

‘I lost Michelle once and I will never let it happen again!’ Rita decided resolutely.

“You have mistaken me for someone else. I am not Michelle and your Michelle is dead…”

Ariel slightly moved to Rita’s ear and whispered softly in her ear. Her black eyes glittered with sorrow and her cold voice was like a sharp knife laced with poison as it stabbed into Rita’s aching heart.

“What? Dead…”

Rita repeated the words in her husky voice. She opened her mouth again to say something. But, all of a sudden, she felt out of breath and the world around her turned grey as her vision blurred. The Ariel in front of her gradually became the little Michelle of her memories, but then she disappeared, little by little… Finally the whole world fell into darkness as Rita passed out.

Ariel quickly caught Rita, and while cradling her in her arms, a single tear dropped onto Rita’s face from her eyes. Ariel held Rita a moment longer. Then, she ran from the room calling for help and trying to wake everyone in the house.

Rita was taken to the hospital and Ariel followed to serve as her personal maid. David also set aside all of his work to accompany Rita.

When Rita had calmed down, David carefully watched the security footage of the event on a monitor. Then, he went to ask Ariel about Rita’s abnormal behavior.

“Rita said that you are Michelle?”

David’s sharp eyes stared at Ariel intently. He had never really paid attention to Ariel before, but now, David realized that Ariel did indeed look like Rita.

“Mr. David, you must be joking. I am just a maid. I am not so lucky as to be the Lady’s sister. Recently, Miss Rita’s mood has not been stable and she is constantly mistaking others for her sister. When I took the soup with medicinal herbs to her today, she was not in a clear state of mind. So, she obviously mistook me for her sister,” Ariel explained slowly with hesitation.

Her manner was that of a frightened servant, and she played the part of her disguise to the hilt.

She knew that David had installed cameras in the room and that he must have heard everything except the last words that she had whispered into Rita’s ear.

David did not see any trace of a lie in Ariel’s expression but the end of the security video made him feel rather suspicious.

Ariel had moved very slightly to Rita, so, if David had not watched the video carefully, he would not have noticed it at all. However, Rita’s behavior had changed so dramatically after that and her mouth had moved slightly, as if she had been saying something before she lost consciousness.

David did not believe that it was just coincidence. He did not trust anyone except for Rita.

“Then, please do a DNA test with Rita.”

A DNA test was the most truthful way to establish facts, as David did not want to waste too much time chasing down a hunch.

Ariel paused for a second and then nodded her head as she replied, “As you wish, Mr. David.”

‘If I refuse now, David would be sure to be suspicious. Then I would have no choice but to do the DNA test anyway.

Now that I have caught David’s attention, I had better follow his instructions.

What’s more, it is just a DNA test. I have many ways to change its result, ‘ Ariel thought to herself.

David signaled to Stuart, who was standing behind him. Stuart walked forward and took a single hair from Ariel, placed it in a plastic pouch, and gave it to David’s security guard. Soon, the security guard left with the hair.

Ariel kept a neutral face, though she had noticed the security guard leave through the corner of her eye.

Before they started to talk again, Ariel noticed that Emily was running toward them in panic. “Where is Rita?” Emily asked anxiously.

Actually, Emily had heard the news that Rita was ill by mistake and she had even had a big quarrel with Jacob because of this. Finally, Jacob had had no choice but to bring her to the hospital to see her dearest friend.

David threw a brief glance at Jacob, whose face was rather gloomy, and quickly stopped Emily as she wanted to break into the ward. “Rita just fell asleep. We had better go to see her later. What’s more, her condition is not stable, so she needs to rest a lot,” David explained patiently.

“Fine.” Hearing what David said, Emily’s strained heart was forced to settle down. She had to accept that there was nothing she could do for Rita now.

Seconds later, Emily questioned David with a fierce expression, “What on earth happened? What were you thinking? How could you keep Nora and Rita under the same roof?!” Emily was furious as she had not known about the situation in Rita’s house until now.

Emily strongly believed that Rita’s condition must have something to do with Nora!

She could not believe that everything was coincidence. How could it have been so easy for Nora to escape from Darren? Why would Rita have suddenly developed a mental disorder right after Nora began living in David’s house?

Emily knew exactly what an evil and manipulative woman Nora was!

David fell silent. He had nothing to offer in defense against Emily’s raging accusations.

He did not know how to answer Emily’s questions as he had also suspected that there might be some connection between Rita’s mental disorder and Nora’s presence in their home.

“David, just tell us what on earth happened!” Seeing Emily so angry, Jacob also began to question David.

‘I am sorry, bro. I know almost everything that happened, but you know what? My girl is angry now. So, I have to do this. I am sorry, David, ‘ Jacob mentally apologized to his friend. But wives came before friends, or at least that was the case when that wife was Emily!
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