Chapter 717: This Answer Took Her by Surprise

Footsteps could be heard nearby. Katherine Irving came over with a plate of fruit, placed it on the small coffee table, and couldn’t help but stare at Summer Shawcross’s slender finger, a look of confusion on her face.

"Madam, is there something on your finger? You’ve been looking at it all this time!"

Katherine’s words brought Summer back to her senses, and she replied faintly.

"There’s a scar on it."

In the sunlight, a scar was clearly visible on her index finger.

That scar, she remembered, was from when her brother, Sean Shawcross, returned to Narsus City, and she insisted on helping him, accidentally cutting herself.

At the time, her brother even helped bandage it.

Upon hearing her words, Katherine’s face showed a surprised expression, and she hurriedly looked down to examine her index finger before she finally saw the scar she mentioned.

"The scar is very shallow; it should fade away in a while," Katherine said.

"Yes, the scar is very shallow." Listening to Katherine, Summer also nodded.

But the peculiar thing about the scar wasn’t its depth; rather, it was because...

The wound on her finger was the only injury she sustained during that period.

And it was the only opportunity for someone to poison her wound.

She had previously learned at The Drexler Family that their poisons only spread when they come into contact with human blood.

That’s why someone had once become desperate enough to attack her in the street, and it was during that incident that Noah Drexler got poisoned again.

Thinking of this, a hint of bitterness suddenly appeared on Summer’s face.

Autumn Duval’s words before she died kept replaying in her mind.

Autumn had said she wanted to see how painful Summer would be once she knew the truth.

But in this world, there were very few things that could truly bring her pain.

One was Noah Drexler, and the other... was only her brother.

Sean...

During this past week since she returned, she had been pondering these matters daily, until this morning when the sunlight rose, she accidentally saw the scar on her finger in the sunlight, and remembered the details of that day with Sean.

She was stunned for most of the day, but... she couldn’t break free from the shock in her heart.

Noah Drexler had never admitted to her poisoning, and she couldn’t understand why he didn’t want her to know about her poisoning.

But today, she suddenly understood.

It was because the person who poisoned her was her closest relative, and he feared she would collapse like last time, so... he didn’t want her to know.

Thinking this way, suddenly... everything seemed perfectly reasonable.

However, this answer surprised her, and she couldn’t accept it...

She could never have imagined that her brother, who had always been so kind to her, could do something so painfully toxic to her; she couldn’t understand his motives.

This feeling made her a bit uneasy...

The world was far more complicated than she had imagined, even her most trusted, most gentle brother could harm her.

While Summer was lost in thought staring at her finger, Katherine’s voice came from beside her again.

"Madam, can I leave work early today?" Katherine looked at Summer expectantly.

Listening to her words, Summer lowered her finger, turned to look at her, and curiously asked.

"Where are you going later?"