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“Julian was like a real brother to me, he cared about me and looked out for me.”
“So you treated Julian just like a real brother?” Aedan asked.
Iris thought for a moment and nodded, “Kind of.”
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“Back then, I liked Heriberto, but Heriberto was too cold to me. I got along well with Julian and was really close to him. Maybe Heriberto was part of the reason for that.”
She also said, “Sometimes, I acted close to Julian on purpose.”
Liked but didn’t dare to show it at all, could only try to get Heriberto’s attention in other ways.
So, that’s why Heriberto thought she liked Julian.
Looks like a misunderstanding wasn’t caused by just one person.
It wasn’t all Heriberto’s fault.
“And now?” Aedan asked.
“What?” Iris didn’t get it at first.
“Back then, did you still like Heriberto?”
Iris shook her head, “When disappointment and holding back piled up enough, even the strongest love would get used up.”
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“Do you hate him?” Aedan asked again.
Iris shook her head, “If I didn’t love anymore, I didn’t hate anymore. either.”
Aedan lowered his eyes, gently rubbing her thumb joint with his own thumb, and didn’t say anything.
Because he knew, Iris didn’t have zero feelings for Heriberto.
At least, she still had some resentment toward Heriberto.
Otherwise, why did she hide the existence of Ezekiel and Isabella?
If she really didn’t love or hate anymore, she would probably just tell Heriberto all of this.
After all, Heriberto was the biological father of the two kids and had the right to know everything.
“What are the names of the two friends we’re going to meet?” he changed the subject and asked.
Iris gladly introduced Nathaniel and Danica to him.
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Beachbourne.
Heriberto went to see the place himself.
He promised Marlon that after he transferred his shares of Powell Pharmaceuticals to Iris, he wouldn’t let Katrina go to jail again for stealing the company seal and moving a huge amount of money from the Hale Group.
But he couldn’t promise that Katrina wouldn’t do something stupid to
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hurt Iris.
He went to see Marlon, first to let Marlon know the current situation of the Powell family, and to seriously warn Katrina not to do stupid things again.
Second, of course, the Powell Group–this broken big cake–was still valuable.
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