Burning Passion: Love Never Die
Chapter 1017

Having been left at such a loss for words, Miranda stopped dead in her tracks. It was as though Debbiehad perfectly read her mind. In fact, that was precisely the reason why she had been treating her socold

ALL throughout these past three years, she would get upset every single time she thought of Debbie.

She used to have such a good impression of Debbie, believing that she was the one who had beendestined for Carlos. Be that as it may, from what she had been told, Debbie left Carlos after theunfortunate car accident and filed for a divorce, had an abortion, and in the end, eloped with anotherman. Getting so saddened by that, she felt so utterly disappointed in Debbie.

Miranda didn’t bother looking at her, and she didn’t give her any sort of answer as well.

Debbie went ahead and added, “James tricked me into believing that

Carlos didn’t make it, and pressured me into leaving Alorith. I know you may replace it so hard to believeright now after everything that happened. I completely understand that. But Aunt Miranda, if I can replace away to prove myself to you and that I’m telling you the truth, I hope that you will help me win Carlosback again. Would you please do me this favor? If I have to beg, then I’m willing to do that. This way,

Carlos will also end up being able to regain the executive rights to the Hilton Group. Isn’t that right?”

Everything that Debbie just said sounded quite believable and was within reason. As a matter of fact,James had won the support of the senior managers and successfully secured his position in thecompany while Carlos was still in a coma.

No one was capable of making him step down apart from Carlos. Having said that, James had donesuch a good job pretending to be a respectable father while Carlos was suffering from memory loss.

Because of that, the amnesiac Carlos had complete trust in him, and not once had the thought of takingback the Hilton Group ever come to his mind.

Whenever she would get the chance to speak with Carlos in private,

Miranda would always try to remind him that he could easily take back his position in the company.However, Carlos would just simply refuse considering the idea every single time. It even came to apoint where he actually gave her a fair warning not to sow the seeds of discord between him and hisfather.

Given that Miranda still wasn’t saying anything and just kept quiet,

Debbie tried asking once more, “There’s something else I’ve been meaning to ask you about, AuntMiranda. Was it also James who told everyone what the cause of the car accident was? Did he tell youthat it was because the truck driver had been extremely exhausted while he was driving?” With thecause of the car accident being mentioned,

Miranda finally turned around to look at Debbie. This was something she wasn’t expecting to hear, soher curiosity had gotten piqued.

A bit taken aback, she asked her directly, “What are you trying to imply from that?”

Seeming so resolute, Debbie peered straight into her eyes.

“Just two nights ago, James tried to run me over with his car. And as luck would have it, somehow, Imanaged to dodge it. But that incident reminded me of what happened that year. Being at the jaws ofdeath, I had a suspicion that it was…”

“Bite your tongue!” Feeling so anxious, Miranda Looked over towards the door. Upon checking throughthe glass window and making sure that no one was standing outside the room, she flatly said, “You

should be acting your age. Are you not aware that out of the mouth comes evil? Be mindful of what yousay. For now, why don’t you head back to Alorith?

And don’t come back until you could bring me some proof that would be enough to prove yourinnocence. If you can’t come up with anything to prove yourself, I’m telling you right now that youshouldn’t expect getting any help from me, and I will even help James get rid of you!”

With her eyes bloodshot, a smile crept onto Debbie’s face. Finally, she pulled it off and somewhatmanaged to convince Miranda to give her a chance. As her voice was breaking, she said with gratitude,“Thank you so much, Aunt Miranda. I will go back right away.”

As she watched Debbie walk away and leave the room, Miranda tried to catch her breath and ploppeddown on the sofa, losing the strength on her legs. Lowering her head, she reflected on the informationDebbie had just given her.

In Alorith

The moment Stephanie wrapped up her meeting and stepped out the conference room, her phonesuddenly rang.

“Hello?” she said upon picking it up.

“Stephanie, were you trying to reach me? I was a bit preoccupied earlier,” the person on the other endof the call responded.