Dead at Heart (Ariel and Jayson) novel Chapter 682

Ariel had never asked before.

Back then, she had always thought of herself as the one who "benefited". The details didn't seem important. After all, it was her family who had profited from the Larkins.

And at the time, she couldn't remember much anyway. She had been drifting along in a daze, pushed forward without much say. It was easy to overlook a lot of things.

But today's dinner had stirred something. It made her realize there were too many unanswered riddles.

Jayson had never once explained how she ended up in Room 6606.

Her question came suddenly.

He froze, and his thumb absently rubbed over the key. After a while, he replied honestly, "I knew."

Ariel was stunned.

Jayson didn't turn back, only lowered his gaze. "Plenty of people try to play dirty. But not just anyone can set me up."

Countless people wanted to climb higher. But only Ariel…

He still didn't look at her. His tone stayed even. "If Morgan hadn't pulled that stunt, the Sandersons and Larkins wouldn't have been on the same level."

Without that "leverage", the Larkin family would never have compromised so easily. Things between him and Ariel would have needed time, especially since there was no real foundation between them at the time. But this incident was an unexpected opportunity he could use.

Jayson admitted that he didn't always care about the process. What he wanted was the result.

Without any more explanation, he got into the car.

But his words gave Ariel a clear answer.

So he had known everything, which meant he had gone along with it willingly.

Ariel couldn't process it all at once, but part of her mind clicked into place.

It made sense. Without Jayson's "cooperation", how could Morgan have set him up so easily?

Yet back then, they had barely known each other.

Had Jayson been interested in her at that time?

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