Her voice was laced with a chilling mix of disgust and fury, making it painfully clear just how angry she was.
Samuel sat beside her, watching Lionel with a thoughtful expression, eager to see what kind of excuse he could possibly come up with.
Quennel, on the other hand, remained silent, looking like a bystander quietly enjoying the show.
“I'm not trying to deceive you. I'm telling you the truth. When I got it, the name on it was Quennel's. At the time, I thought that maybe this thing was…”
Lionel once again tried to steer the conversation back to the altered name, as he considered it the most important point.
“He might have been trying to use me to drive a wedge between us. And I was also worried that if I went to confront Quennel, and it turned out to be fake, he would run to you and complain, and you’d hold it against me.”
He explained his reasoning for sending the letter to Hannah.
But he noticed that as he spoke, Hannah's expression only grew colder, which made him rush to continue his explanation.
“So, the best solution I could think of at the moment was to give the letter to you and let you decide. But I still don't understand why the name on it became mine. If it really was mine…”
Hearing him trail off and repeat the same point, Samuel clicked his tongue in disgust.
“Can you stop talking about the name change? Can't you see Hannah doesn't care about the name? Hannah wants to know why you gave the letter to her.”
Samuel raised his voice, scolding him. “So you were afraid it was a setup, afraid that you’d get into a fight with Quennel, but you weren't worried that Hannah might actually believe it and confront him herself? Is that it?”

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