Justin turned to her, and saw how sad she looked. It made him feel sorry for her. "If you're tired, let me help you. Tell me what you want to do, and I'll help you do it. You can stay a hacker and lead a simple life. What do you think?�

"Do you want to help me do it?� Renee chuckled and turned to look into his eyes intently. "Do you dare to kill Stefan then?"

"You... want to kill Stefan?" Justin was flabbergasted. �Aren't they secretly in love with each other? Why has she changed all of a sudden?�

"Calm down. I won't ask you to kill people, let alone him.�

She felt a pang of guilt, ashamed that she was biased towards Stefan instead of Quinton.

"Did... you find something out?� Justin immediately sensed something was wrong, and asked, �Did you find out who hurt Quinton?"

Renee was speechless.

Renee did not broach that topic, feeling embarrassed to do so.

�Let me guess� Is it Stefan?� Justin instantly guessed from the look on her face, but there was one thing he couldn�t figure out.

�If he wanted to harm Quinton, why would he go to all that trouble to hire Owen? It doesn�t make sense.�

�Who knows? Maybe he wanted to make me let my guard down and then use a crueler way to get rid of my brother. If my brother�s gone, both the Everheart family and my brother�s status in Water Dock

will no longer be a threat to him,� Renee suggested.

She generally didn�t like to see the bad in people,but she had seen how complicated and wicked people could become with time.

�It could be, but I think you should ask him about it. He�s rather straightforward, so I�m sure he won�t deny it if he was the one who did it,� Justin said slowly.

Renee stared at him for a while, then smiled oddly at him. �You�re� weird.�

He grinned back at her. �I�m just being nice, okay?�

�That�s what�s puzzling me�� For the first time, Renee felt like she didn�t know Justin at all. He appeared to be cunning, but was in fact pretty naive.

�The Baldwin family is never on good terms with the Hunt family, but you gave up a great chance to create a rift between Stefan and I by advising me to ask Stefan about it. You�ll be helping him if this turns out to be a misunderstanding.�

�I don�t want to do that. It would be dishonorable even if I win.� Justin�s gaze was clear and sincere.

�I just don�t want to see you exhaust yourself with thoughts of revenge. You also can�t pretend that it never happened, and judging by the way you sat out here for hours, you�ll be feeling conflicted all day. JrNovels.com