My Wife Act Differently Behind Me novel Chapter 655

When Simon heard it, a look of confusion appeared in his eyes. He lowered his head, seemingly trying to think, but in the end, he shook his head. "I'm not sure."

He looked at Nicole. Her expression was calm and seemed trustworthy. Seemingly looking like she was encouraging him to continue speaking, he finally plucked up the courage to continue.

"Rhein told me not to supervise the work. He went behind me to make a deal with the Federals. I suspect that the reason he kept me out of the process was to do something behind my back."

Nicole looked at Simon's expression and figured that he was not lying. The latter was still in a state of surviving death, so his mental state was in tatters, and he should have no will to die.

He had already lost all confidence in Rhein and the others, so the moment he saw Elijah, he spilled the beans on everything.

Nicole turned to look at Jared. The two had an idea of what had happened at the same time.

She gently tapped her index finger on the table, seemingly in thought. Elijah, standing by the side, knew that she had already gotten what she wanted out of him, so he turned to Simon before him and sighed.

"Simon, it's too late for you to realize your faults now."

"You almost dragged the entire family into this quagmire for your own greed. Have you not considered that if Nicole had not come, and the other party got the traitor label to stick on us, how long can you be patriarch even if you manage to be one?"

Elijah's dark green eyes opened with a pained look within.

"The Turmann family can and will never forgive traitors. So, leave."

Thinking of this, Simon gave everyone a resentful look, especially Nicole. She was the one who had encouraged him to tell everything, yet when he spilled the beans, she refused to help him at all!

He could now see that the person Elijah valued the most was not his own son but this Nicole, who had popped out of nowhere. If she could speak up for him, even just asking for mercy, perhaps he might have a chance to stay in the family and continue to enjoy its wealth and power...

Simon looked at Nicole as he slowly spoke. His tone was, however, almost directive.

"Nicole, I've told you so much. Why you can't help me say a word or two to calm Elijah down and allow me to stay?"

Nicole had never heard such a plea before as she looked on impassively at Simon before saying, "I've not even settled the score of you sneaking into my room to steal the blueprint. I've only gotten you to admit what you did wrong so we can come up with a plan on how to salvage this mess. You think this is some sort of contribution?"