I’m Someone Else

Chapter 195

Through this incident, Olivia had come to accept an unpleasant fact: that her so-called family was never truly hers. She thought of them as her father, grandfather, and relatives, but all she was to them was just a tool for their own benefit.

They had managed to deceive her and exploit her trust to bring her home and arrange for a woman who looked exactly like her to stay by Thomas’ side. Their intentions were malicious.

Any remnants of fantasy Olivia had about having them as her family was utterly shattered.

“Okay.”

Upon hearing Olivia’s words, Thomas finally felt relieved. He was happy as long as she wasn’t angry with him.

He took a few bites of his meal before realization struck him. What did Olivia just say? She belongs to me? What… did she mean by that?

With that thought in his head, Thomas felt his heart beat noticeably faster, and he started zoning out as he ate.

Meanwhile, Olivia couldn’t help but joyfully steal glances at Thomas. He didn’t refute when I said I am his! He must have agreed that I am his woman! Yay!

After lunch, the two of them drove to Keyshire Property.

“That reminds me. You have to take back half of Keyshire Property’s business! The entire Keyshire Property is a gift from you to me. Nobody else can touch it! It’s mine!”

During the meal, Olivia was so preoccupied with looking at Thomas that she completely forgot about this matter until they were about to go to Keyshire Property for work.

Hearing that, Thomas turned his head and looked at Olivia sitting in the passenger seat. With her palms on her hips, she looked like an overbearing president of a company. “Alright,” he replied, amused. “Don’t worry. It’s all yours. No one can take it away from you.”

Thomas wouldn’t let the Pearson Family take advantage of him even without Olivia’s reminder.

Halfway through the journey, Thomas’ phone rang when Quincy called.

“Dr. Hofstead,” Thomas greeted.

“Thomas, come to the hospital. There’s something I have to tell you.” It was hard to read Quincy’s expression. The man still couldn’t believe the news he had heard.

The whole Irieson was abuzz because of the rumors. Terrence and Norman were dead, but no one knew who killed them. Quincy was also puzzled by how it was possible for anyone to kill two core members of a powerful family like the Pearson Family, especially when the murder happened in broad daylight at the Pearsons’ villa.

However, Declan told Quincy that the person who killed Terrence and Norman was Thomas! Declan returned shortly after Thomas left the Pearson Residence. He had planned to inform his father and leave Irieson to return to Capitalis. To his unpleasant surprise, he found his father and older brother’s cold corpses. He quickly checked the surveillance footage inside the villa, only to discover that it was all Thomas’ handiwork!

Quincy couldn’t believe it, but upon careful consideration, he realized that this was indeed Thomas’ way of doing things. It didn’t matter who or where his target was; he would go straight to their door and kill them!

He quickly warned Declan not to tell anyone about this.

Fortunately, Quincy was the first person to be informed of this by Declan. The Hofstead Family and the Pearson Family had always been well acquainted. Even though Quincy had a falling out with Norman because of Thomas, it was just personal beef between him and Norman. Declan understood this well, so after discovering that Thomas was the culprit, he immediately sought out Quincy, hoping that this brilliant figure of Irieson would help him seek justice.

Only then did Quincy realize why Thomas had asked for his assistance in investigating Gavin, Declan, and Yukine’s whereabouts the previous day. It turned out that Thomas, unsatisfied after killing Terrence and Norman, wanted to eliminate all core members of the Pearson Family.

Isn’t he too ruthless? What on earth happened for Thomas to resort to such extreme measures? Even if there was a falling out between Olivia and the Pearson Family, it shouldn’t warrant the annihilation of her entire family, right?

Upon hearing Quincy’s words, Thomas frowned slightly. From the looks of it, it seemed that Quincy had found out about his involvement in the killings of Terrence and Norman, and he wanted to confront Thomas about it.

But Thomas had to take Olivia to the company now. He couldn’t make it to Quincy’s.

“I have something to take care of right now. I’ll come to see you after I’m done.”

“Alright, I’ll be waiting,” Quincy replied and hung up the phone.

Olivia, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at Thomas unhappily. Why is he going out again? What is he going to do? How long will he be away?

Olivia wished she could be attached to Thomas’ side, not having to separate from him even for a second.

Thomas didn’t notice Olivia’s reaction. After dropping her off at the office, he bid her farewell and drove away.

As Olivia watched Thomas’ retreating figure, she let out a long sigh and quietly thought, “Please come back soon, or I’ll start missing you.”

When Thomas arrived at the hospital, he hurried to Quincy’s office and pushed the door open.

However, he froze in place as soon as he opened the door. Quincy wasn’t the only one in the office; John Morton and Samuel Peralta were also sitting there, and their expressions mirrored Quincy’s dark and gloomy one.

Thomas forced a bitter smile and walked in. It seemed they already knew about it.

“Thomas! Are you sick of living? You actually killed Duban Pearson?” Quincy stood up and asked, his voice sharp and demanding.

Thomas froze. “Duban Pearson? Who’s that?”

“What…” The corners of everyone else’s mouths twitched. Thomas didn’t even know that the person he killed was an expert from the Pearson Family! Does he even have a heart?!

“Ahem, Duban Pearson was an elderly man with profound and unfathomable strength. He was a martial arts expert of the Pearson Family,” Samuel explained to Thomas. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“Ah, you’re talking about him!” Thomas exclaimed as the realization sunk in. No wonder that old man possessed such formidable skills; I didn’t think he would be someone respectable in the Pearson Family.

“Forget how you killed a martial arts expert from that family; you actually went as far as killing both Terrence and Norman! Do you have any idea how reckless you were? The entire Irieson knows about this now. The other Five Greatest Families are discussing how to find the culprit together! Luckily, I had Declan destroy the surveillance in the villa in advance. You might already be a lifeless corpse by now otherwise!”

The Six Greatest Families of Irieson were not as simple as they appeared to be. Behind them were cunning old foxes who pulled the strings. Quincy wouldn’t have gotten angry if Thomas had merely killed Duban or Norman. But Thomas just had to lose his temper and almost wipe out the core members of the Pearson Family in one go! It would be a miracle if this incident didn’t force those cunning old foxes to get involved.

The rest of the people in Quincy’s office didn’t understand why Thomas had to do something like this. Just how deep were his grudges and resentment toward the Pearsons?

This was the first time Thomas had seen Quincy so furious at him. He quickly waved in an attempt to tell Quincy and the others not to get worked up for now.