Evan was sitting on the sofa in the small living room on the second floor, surrounded by darkness, the chill in the air attacked Evan’s body, but Evan’s heart was abnormally hot and he thought over and over about how to deal with this matter with Duke Wilson. He repeated what he wanted to say countless times in his heart.

He sat there until he was a little stiff, and the big clock downstairs struck twelve times, and Evan heard the sound from the door open.

It was the voice of Butler Chris, his voice was a little low in the dim environment, “Lord Duke, you’re finally back.”

Evan trembled. He, he’s finally back!

After a long time, the Duke’s reply finally came, and his voice was hoarse, “Prepare hot water for me, I want to take a bath.”

Butler Chris responded in a low voice, then turned and left. Evan stood on the second floor as he watched the Duke walk through the hallway, through the living room and up the stairs.

He seemed to stop for a moment, but in a split second, he immediately walked upstairs again, and Evan finally heaved a sigh of relief. Evan went to the top of the stairs and stood there waiting for the duke.

A moment later, the figure of the duke appeared at the top of the stairs on the second floor. When he saw Evan, his whole body stiffened for a moment, but immediately, he lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, “Why are you still up? You should be resting.”

Evan’s heart sank, the duke’s indifferent words made him realize that the current situation is probably worse than he had thought before.

“I want to tell you something.” Evan’s expression was still normal.

When Duke Wilson heard him say this, he frowned. He glanced at Evan with some hesitation, and finally said with some difficulty: “It’s already so late, is it important?”

Evan smiled bitterly, “Lord Duke, this is something I have to tell you immediately, I want to ask for your help or I’m afraid I will have to leave Delanlier.”

Evan threw such a blockbuster and Duke Wilson was really stunned. Surprised, he looked at Evan. Although he still had a lot of doubts about Evan at this time, he still cares about this issue.

“You.. What do you mean? What’s so serious?” The duke looked at Evan doubtfully.

Seeing that the duke still cares about his whereabouts, Evan felt happy. It seems that the duke still has some feelings for him.

“Sir.” Evan looked at Duke Wilson with a bitter expression, his blue eyes seemed to contain thousands of emotions, making Duke Wilson a little dizzy.

“You should have noticed that Mr. Ford has an unusual relationship with me, right?” he asked tentatively.

When Duke Wilson heard him talk about Ford, his heartbeat rose. He held his breath and looked at Evan, thinking about how Evan took the initiative to talk about this matter, would Evan show his cards to himself or deceive him? Wave after wave of dark thoughts flooded Duke Wilson’s mind.

“I did see it.” Duke Wilson replied in a stiff tone.

Evan pursed his lips. At this time, he has to be absolutely careful. Every one of his next sentences may decide his fate. Although he guessed that the duke knows his details, how much does he know? This is still unknown to him.

“I’ve always found it a little hard to talk about this, but since Mr. Ford came last time, I have clearly understood that he won’t give up.” Evan sighed, with a smile on his face and with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Duke Wilson took a deep breath at this time but he didn’t even know what to say.

“You..you..” Every word of his seemed to be squeezed out through his teeth, “What’s wrong with you and Mr Ford?”

Evan lowered his eyes, looking a little lonely as he spoke, “When I was in public school with Ford, we had a very good relationship.” His tone was very low, “But I didn’t expect that Ford would fall in love with me.”

When he said this, Evan looked very puzzled. He looked at Duke Wilson blankly, and continued in a low voice, “This matter completely exceeded my expectations. He was my friend, so although I understood the feelings, I was still a little at a loss.”

Evan paused slightly when he said this, but Duke Wilson swallowed his saliva nervously at this time, he really said it. Duke Wilson was a little overwhelmed for a while. Since Evan told him about it, was the previous investigation all a misunderstanding?

“This..this is really surprising.” The duke’s tone was a little dry, “Then..how did you deal with it?” Duke Wilson asked tentatively.

Hearing him ask this, Evan sighed, “This matter was really beyond my expectations, I was very young at that time and I didn’t know how to deal with it myself, so I only did what I was used to and I still treated him as a friend and got along with him as usual, but..” Evan paused slightly, and there was a hint of hesitation in his expression.

“But, what?” Duke Wilson couldn’t resist asking since the matter had reached the most important point.

Evan sighed, a trace of struggle flashed on his face, “As I told you before, this matter is about my promise with a deceased person and I don’t want to break it, Mr Ford has clearly misunderstood me now. It has even risen to the point where he wants to take revenge on me so I really don’t know what to do.”

When he heard Evan say this, Duke Wilson’s eyes widened, Ford had even threatened him. Duke Wilson’s hands clenched, he really dislikes this man called Ford.

“Lord Duke, you should know that Mr. Ford’s father is an earl, right?” Evan pondered for a moment, and finally spoke, as if he had made up his mind.

Duke Wilson listened to him talk about this and he nodded with some doubt, “His father was indeed a worthy gentleman.”

Hearing the duke’s evaluation of Ford’s father, Evan smiled bitterly, “He was indeed a worthy gentleman. After his death, even the king wrote a eulogy.”

Duke Wilson’s mind moved when he heard Evan’s tone. Could the deceased gentleman he mentioned be Ford’s father?

“It’s just that at the time, he was not so kind to me.” Before Duke Wilson could ask, Evan quickly continued, “The earl should have discovered the special feelings that Ford had for me. So one day, he invited me out. Right to my face, he clearly explained to me his dissatisfaction about this unethical relationship and warned me to stay away from Mr Ford.”

Having buried his face deeply in his palms, Duke Wilson felt a surge in his heart. It turned out that there was such a background behind this incident.

“Then.. how did you take care of it?” Duke Wilson still had doubts about the subsequent events.

Evan gave a bitter smile, “Later, Mr. Ford confessed his feelings to me. But I was a child at the time and because of the threat of the earl , what do you think I could have done?”

As Duke Wilson listened to his self-deprecating tone, he opened his mouth to speak but found that he could not say a word.

“According to the earl’s order, I ruthlessly rejected Mr. Ford’s feelings and I humiliated his special feelings in front of him, and then left the public school under the earl’s order.

Evan’s tone contained deep guilt and self-loathing, which made Duke Wilson’s heart tremble a bit. But Evan’s remarks were somewhat inconsistent with the news that Ederson had brought back before about the turmoil that had completely ruined Ford’s reputation, but Duke Wilson didn’t say a word about it.

Duke Wilson wanted to say something, but Evan took the lead, “If that’s the case, then I don’t need to blame myself but what happened later was completely out of everyone’s control. At that time when I was in public school, I had two best friends. They both seemed to have hatred for Ford, because at that time Ford was a very high-profile person and there were many people with superior backgrounds in the public school. These two looked like good friends but in fact, they had a dirty mind in their hearts. I was too young at the time to notice such a thing and I introduced them to Ford.”

Evan’s voice paused when he said this. After a while, Duke Wilson looked at him, and as if a feather was scratching in his heart, he hurriedly said, “And then?”

Evan hooked his lips covertly, it seemed that the problem really lay in this part.

“Those people grew to have a close relationship with Ford but Ford was too careless in his usual ways. Finally, on the day I left, Ford went out for a drink with them and as they kept drinking, Ford got drunk and he told them that he liked the same sex. The rumors about this spread in the public school and I was also implicated at that time, but fortunately for me, I had already left the school. So it didn’t cause too much trouble for me, but Ford became the target of public criticism. Rumors about how he went to different dirty social places also came out. Ford was finally expelled from the public school and he almost ruined his father’s name and reputation.”

When he said this, Evan’s face was full of shame, and he looked like he almost couldn’t continue at the end, “This thing was really terrible and I blamed myself for this incident. It was all because of my carelessness in making friends that caused this incident. At that time, when Mr Ford confronted me, I didn’t even have the face to deny it because it was indeed my fault, and now I really don’t know how to deal with it myself. Charles, can you help me?” (I have to say, Evan is a complete genius)

Evan’s eyes looked bright as he looked at Duke Wilson with a very rare weakness in his eyes.

Duke Wilson listened to the ups and downs of the past and the whole person was stunned. He did not expect that it would turn out to be such a reason. Did he misunderstand Evan before? As he thought of this, Duke Wilson couldn’t help but start to spurn himself, he was too impulsive. Evan did mention his promises and his sins before and now it looks like it’s his fault for not understanding.

Duke Wilson took a few steps forward. He walked up to Evan, looked at his unusually bright eyes in the dim stairwell, and said in an unbelievably soft tone, “Don’t worry, this matter, I’ll help you.” (Evan is an evil genius, the duke actually believes it )

He chose to trust Evan in this matter because it was so easy to find out whether the earl had approached Evan, and whether the two classmates had gotten Ford drunk. He only needed a little bit of information and with a flick of his finger, it can definitely be found out. Duke Wilson believes that even if Evan is the best liar in the world, it is impossible for Evan to deceive him in these two things. A dim light flashed in Duke Wilson’s eyes. Of course, he still has to investigate this matter. He didn’t dare to investigate before but now he has a lot of confidence.

Looking at Duke Wilson’s appearance, Evan breathed a sigh of relief. What he wanted to change was Duke Wilson’s preconceived notions. The earl did find the original owner, and the two also spoke about Ford’s unethical feelings, but the earl’s proposal was rejected by the original owner. The original owner regarded it as nonsense but finally agreed in order to use it as a bargaining chip to climb up. And the two people were also under the subtle influence of the original owner. With such a subtle influence, they found Ford, took him out to drink and deliberately manipulated his words. And even later, it was the original owner who made them aware of the fact that Ford went in and out of dirty social places.

It has to be said that the original owner, in addition to his poor character, still has a knack for doing these nasty things. (He’s a complete scumbag, that’s what he is)

T/N : I’m sorry this came late. It’s that time of the month and the cramps make it hard for me to do anything.