Ivy patiently waited for Jessica to continue. Jessica took a shaky breath before speaking.
"The profits he made, he never shared with me… That's when I realized he'd been lying from the start," she admitted.
"But I still helped him… because I thought, if I cooperated long enough, he would finally transfer the permanent house under my name. But once we got deeper into it, I understood he never planned to give me anything at all. Instead, he blackmailed me. He said if I didn't keep helping him smuggle saline bottles, he would expose my involvement."
Hearing that, Ivy couldn't help the sharp laugh that slipped out. She looked at Jessica with a cold, incredulous expression.
"I've seen stupid people," Ivy said slowly, "but even then I kept hoping you would eventually grow out of your stupidity. But now? It turns out you're the dumbest person I've ever seen."
Jessica's face flushed, her fists clenching. "You can't call me dumb!"
