My dad's face looked very unpleasant. He rarely smoked, but at that moment, he couldn't keep the cigarette out of his hand.

He didn't answer me, he just looked at my mom.

She wiped away a tear and said with a resentful tone, "He had an affair with his seductive secretary!"

Seductive secretary? I picked up a photo and looked at it carefully. I did recognize that woman. I then remembered having seen her once, it was when I went to the tea house with Greta and bumped into my dad and them. The secretary was there.

At that time, I was wondering, wasn't my dad's previous secretary a man? How did it suddenly change to a woman?

But I trusted my dad a lot and knew that he wasn't someone who acted recklessly, so I didn't tell my mother.

"Mom, please don't get angry. You know my dad's character well. It's been almost thirty years, and there must have been women who tried to seduce him, but he never indulged himself. This time could also be a misunderstanding." I sat beside her, patting her back to comfort her.

"Yes, I was framed!" My dad finally spoke up. He was somewhat agitated. "I was completely drunk. How could anything happen between her and me?"

My dad's position was not easy to handle. He had been cautious his whole life, afraid of making mistakes, and it was impossible for him to end up close to retirement only to ruin everything.

My mom leaned against me and started crying. I felt heavy-hearted, with a constant frown on my face that never unfolded.

"Dad, send someone to investigate this woman and find out who she is," I spoke up again.

"I have already checked, I have all her personnel information. Her name is Ashlee, she is from Crocus City, married with one child, but she is not around," my dad said, taking another puff of his cigarette. He looked several years older. "There are no useful leads."

Ashlee... I kept this name in my heart.

Although my dad had a problem, it hasn't been exposed by Ashlee yet, so he had to continue working as usual. Soon, only my mom and I were left at home.

I thought I would meet Ashlee for a while and see what she wants. If she just wants money, I can give her some to temporarily resolve the situation and buy time to find a permanent solution.

Suddenly, several fragments from my previous life exploded in my mind, leaving me frozen in place, unable to move for a moment.

In my previous life at this time, I should still be revolving around Frederic, without much concern for what happened in my own family. I only remember my parents having a cold war for a period of time, and in the end, when Frederic was destroying my family, one very important weapon he had was that he obtained some scandalous evidence of my dad, involving illicit relationships and such. The photos were all leaked to the media.

Because I was a bit obsessed at that time, I was solely focused on breaking up Frederic and Emilia, so I didn't pay much attention to that news. The picture above seems to... resemble the ones in front of me a little bit?

In the past, many things were being rearranged in the mysterious realm.

I grabbed all those photos and put them in my own bag. Ashlee must still have the negatives. I have to find a way to get them all, to completely resolve this matter. Otherwise, leaving the evidence in someone else's hands would be a potential threat to my family.

Even without Frederic, there would still be other people watching my dad.

"Mom, do you have Ashlee's contact information? Give it to me, I want to meet her," I calmly said to her.

"Yes, I will go with you!" My mom wiped away her tears, her face filled with deep sorrow and anger.

"You stay at home and rest, I'll go by myself." I don't want my mom to go. Women like her are definitely shameless, so my mom would probably be even angrier in the past.