Chapter 408

Claire shot him a sharp glare before quickly looking away, unwilling to meet his eyes. Still, she caught something important from his words — they weren't just anywhere. This was the Cooper family's old estate. The same place where Nelson was punished as a child. That cold, oppressive little room behind the old mansion under a massive tree on the back hill. She used to think Nelson was just forced to study there, locked away. It never crossed her mind that the place held deeper, darker memories. Thinking back, that room had been shut down around the time when Old Mr. Cooper's health declined and Nelson took over the Cooper Group. Turns out, he'd been quietly enduring all that mental torment without ever letting on. So then… But no, thinking about it now didn't help. It all happened already. Even if he hadn't done those things of his own will, the damage was done. Trying to justify anything now was just a way to make both sides feel a little less guilty. Claire didn't know how to put he