Ch. 1421..1430

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1421-However, Tyler calmed down very quickly.

"Vicky, come home with me," he spoke calmly.

Vicky looked at him quietly as if she wanted to figure out his truest thoughts, but Tyler's handsome face was as cold as ever.

Disappointed, she thought it would be futile to talk some sense into him. Nevertheless, she wanted to give their relationship one last chance. "I'll go back with you if you let Harvey go."

A sinister glint flashed across Tyler's eyes. He could not control his emotions anymore.

"It's always Harvey! Is he the only person you care about? Just who am I to you, Vicky?"

Suddenly, he took out a gun and pointed it at Harvey. "What if I insist on killing Harvey today?"

The bright sunlight reflected off the cold metal of the gun.

Vicky's pupils shrank. A second later, she threw herself in front of Harvey. "You'll have to kill me first if you want him dead!"

Harvey's expression faltered. "Don't be rash, Vicky!"

"I'm not being rash." Vicky looked straight into Tyler's eyes, though she spoke to both Tyler and Harvey. "In fact, I've

never been this clear-headed in my life."

Hurt and disbelief flashed across Tyler's eyes. "You're going to protect him...no matter what?" he asked.

"Yes," said Vicky resolutely. ’

"Even if it means you'll die?"

"Yes."

"Does that mean he's more important than me to you?"

After a moment's pause, Vicky answered, "Yes."

Tyler broke out in a frustrated laugh. "So you're saying your ex-fiance is more important than your current husband?"

Vicky made no replies. Instead, she asked, "Can you let us go now?"

Tyler smirked. He looked condescendingly at Vicky and pointed his gun at her. "Let you two go? Vicky, do you think that's possible?"

Vicky did not waver. "Fine. Why don't you just shoot us now?"

Tyler tightened his grip on the gun, causing the veins on his hand to pop up. "Don't think I won't dare to kill you!"

"Then do it!”

Even though Harvey was a good head taller than Vicky, she stood in front of him like an immovable mountain.

Tyler fell into a trance when he saw her like that. Suddenly, he realized something.

"You knew from the beginning I won't kill you, right?"

Vicky smiled. "Yes."

Tyler's gaze hardened.

"I knew from the beginning you can never bear to kill me," said Vicky softly. Her voice sounded like it came from very far away.

At that moment, she knew she had Tyler in the palm of her hand.

He, who could not get her, no matter how hard he tried, and her, the only woman he had ever loved in his life.

Tyler gazed at her for a long while before slowly putting down his gun.

Seeing this, Vicky's face relaxed a little. She then turned back to look at Harvey.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1422-"Let's go," said Vicky to Harvey.

Harvey opened his mouth but then closed it again. It looked as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he simply said, "Okay."

Just when Vicky was about to walk away, she saw Tyler raising his gun again from the corner of her eyes.

Her expression swiftly changed. "Harvey, watch out!"

The words had not even left her lips for a second before a loud bang was heard.

Harvey quickly dodged to the side, but Tyler shot him again.

The sound of the bullets being fired threw the whole scene into chaos as men from both sides of the party came rushing in.

Vicky stood where she was as she stared at the men fighting around her.

Harvey had a gun too. He fired a few shots at Tyler in retaliation, but he was able to deftly avoid the bullets aimed at him.

Harvey quickly pulled Vicky away while Tyler was dodging the bullets.

"Vicky, it's too dangerous here. Let's go."

His voice snapped Vicky out of her shock. She nodded and immediately followed him out.

At that moment, another group of men in black came rushing in and had Vicky and Harvey surrounded, cutting off their escape route.

Vicky turned pale. It was obvious they were Tyler's men.

After all, they were in Stoneford City—Tyler's territory. He knew Harvey would be there so had stationed his men in all the escape routes. It was near impossible for them to escape from Tyler.

"We're outnumbered," said Vicky in a low voice after glancing at Tyler, who reeked of hostility standing some distance away. “There's only one way to get out of here safely."

She straight into Harvey's eyes. "Use me as a hostage.

That'll make him think twice about doing anything rash."

"No... I can't..."

Before Harvey could finish his sentence, Vicky cut him off." My life will be hell if he captures me this time while you'll probably die here. It's not a matter of whether you can or can't. It's a matter of you have to do it no matter what, Harvey."

"Vicky..."

"It'll be too late if we don't do it now," hissed Vicky. "We have to move fast before he completely gives up on me. We'll both die here once he decides he doesn't love me anymore."

Harvey had always been a decisive man. After thinking it over for a second, he agreed to go with Vicky’s plan. He put his gun to her head, and the two of them walked out from where they were hiding.

"Tyler, put down your gun!" he ordered coldly. "Otherwise, I'll kill her."

Tyler's eyes darkened when he saw Vicky had a gun pointed at her head.

"You want to kill her? She chose you over me, and she's even willing to die for you too! And you're using her to threaten me?" he asked sharply.

Harvey laughed. "What does any of that have to do with me? Gloria is the woman I love, not Vicky! The only reason I got close to her is so I can use her. With Vicky's help, not only did I manage to save my company, but we were able to hurt your company in the process too! Tyler, there's been lots of problems in your company recently, hasn't it?"

Tyler's expression darkened at Harvey's words.

"Okay, enough of the chit-chat. Let us go now," said Harvey emphatically.

"And what if I refuse?" Tyler asked coldly.

"Well, since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well bring Vicky down to hell with me," Harvey answered lightly.

"Don't you dare!"

"Try me," said Harvey with a smirk. "I'm willing to bet on

Vicky's life. Do you?"

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1423-Tyler was not surprised Harvey would use Vicky to threaten him since he predicted he would pull this stunt on him.

However, Harvey was right; Tyler was not willing to bet on Vicky's life at all.

"Let Vicky go,” said Tyler calmly, "and HI let you walk away.”

"As if I'll believe that. You even lied to Vicky before, so why should I believe you?" Harvey was no fool. "Put down your gun, and ask your men to leave."

Tyler's eyes darkened. After a few seconds of silence, he ordered his men to withdraw. Thus, the men who had Vicky and Harvey surrounded retreated.

"Your gun, Tyler," reminded Harvey.

Tyler's gaze never left Harvey while he put his gun down on the ground.

"Kick it over here," said Harvey.

Tyler did exactly as he asked.

After making sure the gun was out of Tyler's reach, Harvey- still holding Vicky hostage-walked outside.

However, everything changed in a split second when Harvey walked past Tyler. Swiftly, Tyler grabbed Harvey's hand that held the gun.

Harvey did not expect Tyler would dare to act so rashly, not when Vicky was held hostage, so he was caught off-guard.

By the time Harvey recovered from his shock, Tyler had stolen the gun and pulled Vicky away, too.

Harvey's eyes turned cold. He managed to grab Vicky's wrist just as Tyler was about to steal her away. He knew it would be impossible for Tyler to steal both the gun and Vicky at the same time. Besides, stealing a human was much harder than stealing an inanimate object like a gun.

Once Harvey pulled Vicky back, he lightly pushed her out of his way again as he knew Tyler would not fire the gun at that moment. They were too close for Tyler to take that kind of risk. Thus, Harvey did not want to lose this opportunity to engage Tyler in a close-combat fight.

Harvey was a good fighter, but since he had not fully recovered from his previous injuries, Tyler managed to get an upper hand after a few rounds.

Harvey's face turned paler by the minute, and his wound burst open again. Blood trickled down his chest.

Seeing Harvey was about to collapse, Vicky screamed," Tyler, stop! I'm going to shoot if you don't!"

Tyler glanced at her and saw she was pointing his gun, which she picked up from the ground, at him. Her fingers were trembling, but her face was calm.

Tyler was a little taken aback. "He pointed a gun at you, used you to threaten me, and you still want me to let him go? n

"Yes. Let him go now, or I'm going to shoot you," Vicky replied resolutely.

Tyler chuckled softly. "You really want him to live that much, huh?"

"Yes."

A sinister glint flashed across Tyler's eyes. "The more you care about him, the more I want him dead!"

He immediately lunged for Harvey’s vital point after he said that.

Bang!

Vicky shot at the open space behind Tyler. It was her first time shooting a gun, and she jolted back at the impact.

Though, she quickly recovered herself.

"Tyler, the next bullet will be on you if you don't let Harvey go now."

A never-seen viciousness appeared in Tyler's eyes. Vicky's threat did nothing to stop him. In fact, he started punching Harvey even harder.

Bang!

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1424-This time, the bullet pierced Tyler, and his blood swiftly stained his shirt. Stunned, he looked down at his chest and froze. i

After some time, he slowly looked up at Vicky’s unforgiving expression.

Her eyes wavered a little when their eyes met.

"Tyler, I've told you to stop," she forced herself to say calmly.

Tyler smiled mockingly. He looked at the half-unconscious Harvey and was about to punch him again when another bullet hit him in the chest.

Blood spurted everywhere and he staggered back involuntarily, causing more blood to drip down to the floor. It was as though red flowers bloomed wherever his blood landed.

Vicky quickly ran up and helped up Harvey, who had fallen to the ground. "Harvey, are you okay?"

"Never better," said Harvey weakly.

"Tyler is too hurt to summon his men back for the time being. Let's get out of here quickly."

With Vicky's support, she and Harvey left the place without a second thought.

Tyler clutched his chest and looked at Vicky's retreating figure before blacking out to the floor.

A month later, in a room inside a mansion.

Harvey turned to Vicky, who looked outside the window.

"Vicky, are you really going to leave?" he asked softly.

"Tyler will never forgive me for shooting him. He might even kill me out of hatred, so I don't see a way out of that other than leaving this place."

"I'm sorry. It's all my fault. If it weren't because of me, you and Tyler..."

"No. Things wouldn't have ended well for me and Tyler even if you weren't in the picture. Our marriage was already breaking, and you were just a convenient excuse," Vicky chimed in calmly.

Vicky did not seem to want to talk about that topic anymore, so she turned to Harvey and asked, "Has all the arrangement been made?"

"Yeah," said Harvey solemnly. "Stoneford City has been in a lockdown for the past month. People can come in but can't go out, so it's not that easy to get out of the city now. Still, our chances of being discovered will get higher the longer we stay. I've asked my men to look into the matter, and they reported back that it's best to leave today."

Vicky nodded. "Okay. Let's get a move on, then."

"As you wish."

Vicky walked out of the mansion with a tired expression when she spotted a familiar figure leaning nonchalantly against the car door from the corner of her eyes.

The figure was smoking a cigarette, and the smoke clouding his head made it difficult for Vicky to see his face clearly.

After the smoke had cleared, Vicky was stunned to see who it was.

"Tyler..."

Hearing her calling his name, Tyler slowly raised his head and looked at her coldly. "So, have you been enjoying yourself with Harvey for the past month?" he asked.

Vicky's eyes trembled with disbelief. "Tyler, you..."

Tyler smirked. "Come now, you're making it seem like you're the victim here when you shot me twice so you can elope with-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Harvey's angry voice cut him off.

"Tyler, can you please just come back to reality?! Stop making up things that didn't happen!"

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1425-"Vicky didn't elope with me, nor did she shoot you! Just look at her! Look at how frail she's become because of you!" shouted Harvey.

Tyler looked at him condescendingly. "That's funny. Tell me: Just how many bad guys would admit they're the bad guys?"

For some reason, Harvey started fuming after Tyler asked him that. His usually confident expression turned dark.

"Tyler, you-” He only managed to get two words out before Vicky pulled his arm to stop him. She shook her head apologetically at him.

Harvey quickly suppressed his anger when he saw the look in Vicky's eyes. He turned his face away and stayed quiet.

Vicky turned to Tyler. "Let's talk back home."

Tyler seemed a little surprised.

He raised his eyebrow. ’"Home? You're seriously thinking of going home with me after everything that happened?"

Vicky nodded. She went up to hold Tyler's hand, but he shook her off coldly, causing Vicky's hand to freeze in midair.

"I don't want you anymore, even if you're willing to go home with me now. After all, I'm not desperate enough to take back a woman who's been living with another man for the past month."

He then looked at her. "Vicky, do you seriously think I must have you and no one else?" he asked with a smirk.

Not waiting for Vicky to reply, he suddenly opened the front passenger door and roughly pulled out a woman.

"Ouch! Tyler, that hurts! Can't you be a bit gentler?" the woman whined.

Vicky's eyes immediately shrank when she took a good look at the woman, who was smiling smugly back at her.

"Avery Yeager..."

"Ms. Shaw, we meet again," said Avery with a smirk. She then looped her arms around Tyler's and pressed her body against his before lifting her chin proudly. "I heard everything from Tyler. Not only did you steal Hart Corporation's trade secrets for Harvey, but you also shot Tyler. So, he decided doesn't want you anymore. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm his woman now!" i

She pressed her body closer to Tyler's, causing him to frown and subtly pushed her away. The smell of perfume made him want to puke. He even felt physically discomforted, and he wished for nothing more than to keep her as far as possible away from him.

However, he managed to suppress the urge to push her away since Vicky was watching his every move. At that moment, Vicky had turned pale and her eyelashes were trembling. She was obviously in a state of shock and disbelief.

Seeing this, Tyler suddenly felt a stab in his heart, but that feeling was quickly replaced by the adrenaline rush of getting his revenge.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1426-Tyler gazed into Vicky's quivering eyes. "You lied to me, Vicky. And you know what's worse? Is that you did it for Harvey. But do you really think you can keep all the men in the world in the palm of your hand?”

Vicky looked at him tiredly. "I’ve told you to stop seeing Avery, so why do you still..."

"Why should I listen to you?" cut in Tyler.

Avery's expression immediately changed. She grabbed Tyler's arm possessively.

"Just how shameless can you be, Vicky? You have no right to say who Tyler gets to see-not when you're cheating on him with Harvey! You're the most shameless woman I've ever met in my life!" she said shrilly.

"That's enough!" Harvey was at the end of his patience." Tyler, wake up! Vicky didn't elope with me. The reason she's here today is because you're sick! She's been trying to find you a cure all this while. You must be blind if you can't see how thin she's become because of you!"

Tyler smirked. "Are you sure it's because of me? Why do I get the feeling it's because she knew what she was doing was wrong and the guilt and stress must've got to her?"

Harvey was speechless. He could not believe just how out of touch with reality Tyler could be. It took him a while to finally find his voice.

"Tyler, have you forgotten what you've promised Vicky? You should know Avery is up to no good!"

"What right do you have for accusing me of going back on my words when you and Vicky are the traitors here? I must say, this is the most double standard thing I've ever come across in my life," replied Tyler mockingly.

He suddenly pulled Avery closer to him, despite him having to suppress the disgust he felt toward her.

"Avery's right. She’s my woman from now on." He looked down condescendingly at Vicky. "As for the divorce papers, I've already signed them. The only thing you need to do now is to come home with me to wrap up the divorce procedures. Then, you can live happily ever after with the love of your life."

Vicky suddenly burst out in tears, stunning Tyler.

Harvey’s face hardened when he saw Vicky crying. His first instinct was to comfort her, but he stopped himself after some thought.

"No wonder Vicky looks exhausted every time I see her," he muttered.

Tyler instinctively pushed Avery away and walked up to Vicky when he saw her crying.

"Tyler! This is just another trick of hers!" Avery shouted as she chased after him. "Have you forgotten how she lied to you in the past?"

Tyler stopped walking.

Seeing her words were making an effect on him, Avery continued, "She must've realized she couldn't escape and decided to play the victim again! She's only playing with your heart, Tyler! You must not let her get away with-"

Suddenly, Vicky slapped Avery harshly.

"Ah!" The force of the impact was so strong that it caused Avery to fall to the ground.

"Vicky Shaw, you b*tch! How dare you hit me?" said Avery angrily. She covered her painfully swollen cheek with her hand. "Kill her, Tyler! Kill this sl*t! Just think of how many times she cheated on you with Harvey!"

Tyler ignored her. He looked at Vicky with an indecipherable expression in his eyes instead.

Avery was about to continue fueling the flames when someone walked out of the mansion.

"Avery, I'm really disappointed in you." The woman looked down at Avery, who was still on the ground, with disgust." The existence of a doctor in this world is to help the sick. How can you break the Hippocratic oath in your selfishness? You should be ashamed to call yourself a doctor."

Avery looked at the woman dazedly, "l-lsabella?"

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1427-Isabella glared at Avery. "I never thought you'd do something like this, Avery."

A hint of guilt flashed across Avery's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by another emotion. "Isabella, I have nothing to do with this. Tyler was already sick to begin with... You knew that too, didn't you?"

"I'm guessing you read my notes without me knowing?" Isabella asked coldly.

It was a question, but her tone signaled to everyone she knew the answer.

Avery decided to continue playing dumb. "I have no idea what you're talking about! The only reason I'm here is 'cause Tyler asked for my help... In fact, I'm the most innocent party in all of this."

Avery instantly knew Tyler was only using her since he did not do anything after Vicky slapped her. Thus, it would be hopeless to think he would make Vicky pay for what she did.

Tyler frowned when he heard what Avery said.

"What are you two talking about?" he asked.

"Haven't you realized yet? Vicky betraying you and shooting you with a gun is just part of a false memory. Your memory is all jumbled, causing you to mix up everything. Everything you thought happened didn't happen at all.

"Vicky never shot at you. In fact, the gun wound on your chest was from the time when you were trying to save Vicky and Lincoln shot at you. If you don't believe me, have a doctor check on your wound, and he’ll tell you exactly when you got it," explained Harvey.

Isabella ignored Avery and shifted her attention to Tyler.

She looked sympathetically at him. "Mister Hart, Mister Sparks is right. Missus Hart has been working round the clock to find a cure for your sickness. The reason she came here today was because Mister Sparks knew some very talented psychiatrists, and she brought me along to explore possible solutions for your problem. Currently, the psychiatrists I've mentioned are still inside the mansion."

The psychiatrists felt it was not the best time to show their faces at that moment.

"So what you're all saying is...everything I thought had happened was just in my mind?" Tyler asked dazedly.

Isabella nodded. She blamed herself for what happened.

"Yes. Your hypnotherapy treatment-failed. And your memory has been in a state of chaos ever since then."

Tyler turned toward Vicky. "So you didn't betray me? Nor did you steal trade secrets from Hart Corporation to give to Harvey? You also didn't hide Harvey in your studio?"

Before Vicky could answer him, Harvey interjected, already at his limits. "Tyler, I understand your memory is all jumbled, but how could you insist Vicky would betray you? She'd

never hurt you for me!"

He pushed Vicky to stand in front of Tyler. "She's never once thought of leaving you, even when you kept blaming her for something she didn't do."

Tyler looked at Vicky.

Her face was riddled with exhaustion, which was made worse by how severely underweight she was. Even though she was wearing a scarf on her neck, Tyler could still vaguely see the bruises and bite marks on it.

"I...L..did that?"

"Who else but you? You'd hurt her whenever you mistakenly thought she betrayed you, and this happens quite often. Yet, she never once blames you. Instead, she'd patiently comfort you until you calm down."

Sometimes, Tyler would wake up from his confusion very quickly and feel remorseful for hurting Vicky. Thus, no matter how resistant he was to the idea of getting treatment, he still agreed to it because he was determined not to hurt Vicky anymore.

Alas, the treatment did not work.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1428-This was the best example of the treatment's failure.

While Tyler was clear-headed, Vicky told him Harvey knew talented psychiatrists. Of course, she would have Isabella investigate their backgrounds before all else. Tyler made no objections then, but he soon forgot about the whole thing. He even started imagining Vicky was betraying him.

"I'm not the only one who you thought Vicky was cheating with. There were also Noah, Alex, Sebastian... In fact, you thought Vicky was cheating on you with almost all of the guys she had contact with.

"She stopped talking to all guys after that! And if she had to meet a male client, she'd always bring others with her. She did all this to make sure you won't get triggered, but it was all in vain because you didn't get any better," said Harvey.

He then turned to Avery, who was still on the ground, with hatred and disgust.

"No one knows what Missus Hart, your mother, asked you to do that day. But according to our research, it has something to do with Avery. Not only is she the heiress of the Yeager family, but she's also under Valencia's protection as well. We can't make her talk or lock her up for interrogation..."

Harvey turned to look at Tyler. "But you should know that Avery has been secretly meeting up with you behind Vicky's back. Her motive is to fuel the flames of your imagination.

Vicky has told you more than once to stay away from Avery. Alas, even though you agreed to do as she said everytime, you just as quickly forget the promise you've made her.

"This time was no exception. All the times you think Vicky was going to betray, leave you, or meet up with another man ... It was all in your head."

Harvey's words echoed inside Tyler's mind. 'So everything was just my imagination?' He looked at Vicky once more. She looked visibly worn out.

She had not had a moment to rest ever since Tyler was diagnosed with a mental disorder. While he was suffering in his imagination, she was suffering with him in real life.

Seeing Tyler slowly regain his sanity, Vicky walked up to him and gently held his cold hand. "Let's go home. I'll tell you everything then," she said softly.

This was not the first time this happened, nor would it be the last. Every time, Vicky would patiently explain what happened to him.

Tyler's eyes slowly came to focus. It looked like he was back to being himself.

"I might forget everything again once we're back," he said self-deprecatingly.

Vicky looked at him. "It's okay. As long as you remember me, it's more than enough."

She decided to stay through everything, which not many could do. To her, the suffering was made worse by the lack of cure.

Tyler looked into her gentle eyes. His lips parted as though he wanted to say something when he suddenly hugged her tightly.

Even though he knew he brought her nothing but pain, he could not bring himself to let her go. In fact, he would never let her go.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1429-Avery, who was still on the ground, burned with jealousy when she saw Tyler hugging Vicky. She subconsciously dug her nails into her palms.

'It's okay, Avery. It's okay. Tyler will be mine sooner or later,' she mentally repeated to calm herself down.

Tyler had been poisoned by a very unique poison, with Avery being the only person in the world who had the antidote. The poison and the hypnotic control Tyler was under was a potent combination that could not be easily undone.

'They'll never have a day of peace as long as I'm alive! Sometimes, giving up is the better option since not doing so will only push one further into the abyss of despair,' thought Avery.

After calming Tyler, Vicky turned to Isabella and Harvey." The two of us will go now."

Both Isabella and Harvey nodded. They both knew this would not be the last time Tyler would go crazy again.

After that, the two of them walked back into the mansion, leaving Avery alone outside.

"Is there really no other way to cure him?" Harvey asked after shutting the door.

"I can only think of two ways," replied Isabella with a frown." The first is to make Avery give us the antidote and tell us what went down during the hypnotization process. However, judging from her attitude today, she'll never do that. The second way is to make Tyler hate Vicky since it seems like her love for him isn't curing him at all and-"

"No," Harvey cut in with a frown. "Doing that will be cruel to her."

"I know," said Isabella with a sigh. "That's why I haven't suggested the second way to her. I want to make sure there's no other option before resorting to that option."

"Vicky went through a lot of pain, stress, and suffering to find a cure for Tyler, so to make him hate her... Well, that's just too cruel," said Harvey deeply.

"But Mister Sparks, have you noticed something? All the confusion and fake memories Mister Hart had were projections of what he thought his wife was in the past. He didn’t pull them out of thin air. There is some basis for his fake memories.

"There were cracks in their relationship from the start, which would've been slowly repaired in time. However, something like this happened before the cracks could be fully repaired," said Isabella helplessly.

Harvey looked at Isabella with darkened eyes. "What exactly happened that day?"

Isabella shook her head. "I'm not sure. Mister Hart still couldn't remember what happened that afternoon. Missus Hart did ask him the same question when he was clearheaded and he did ask someone to look into the matter, but

they all came up empty-handed."

Isabella looked at Harvey. "I'm guessing you've looked into the matter, too?"

"Yes, but all the leads have been wiped clean. I think..."

"Someone from the Hart family is in on this."

"Yes. I think Old Mister Hart is in on it, too." Harvey looked outside the window. "He's one heck of an old fox. He might not have done the dirty deed himself, but the fact that we came up empty-handed in our investigation is proof enough that this has his name written all over it."

"It sounds like everyone is staunchly against Mister Hart being with his wife."

"There's no end to Old Mister Hart's ambition. As much as he has come to admire Vicky, he'll never accept someone who doesn't bring benefits to the family."

Loving You In Secret Chapter 1430-Harvey smiled. "I heard Old Mister Hart had a teenage sweetheart from a relatively well-off family. They were about to get married when a girl from a richer family fell in love with Old Mister Hart. She promised him she’d help him achieve dominion over the entire Hart family if he agreed to marry her.

"Sad to say, Old Mister Hart didn’t even think twice about leaving his fiance at the altar and marrying the richer girl. My heart goes out to his fiance. Can you imagine being dumped on your wedding day?"

Isabella did not know much about the Hart family's secret history, so she simply listened.

Harvey decided enough had been said on the topic, so he changed to another one. "I know we still don't have a clue what happened to Tyler that day, but shouldn't we at least have something to go on after treating him for so long?"

They were just picking up where they had left off before Tyler came.

"Based on what I’ve seen, I'm pretty sure Mister Hart went through some sort of traumatic experience that afternoon. Also, there were signs of him having been under hypnotic control," replied Isabella.

Harvey frowned. "But Tyler isn't the type of person who'd be easily hypnotized, right?"

"Logically speaking, yes." A cold glint flashed across Isabella's eyes. "But if the hypnotist knows the exact condition that's ailing Mister Hart, he'll need to only worsen that condition to make it work. Throw in a couple of drugs, and it'll be easy to put Mister Hart under hypnotic control."

Apart from Isabella and Vicky, the only other person who knew the details about Tyler's condition was Avery.

"It's all my fault; I was careless. That's how Avery knew about Mister Hart's condition," said Isabella guiltily.

Even though she had talked about Tyler's condition with Avery before, she made sure to keep the details to herself. Besides, even if Avery knew the exact condition Tyler was in, it would still be difficult for her to accurately get Tyler to behave how she wanted him to.

"If my guess is correct, not only does Avery know about Tyler's current condition, but she must've gotten information from Missus Valencia Hart about the 'treatment plan' they forced Tyler to go through in the past," added Isabella.

Avery was a very talented psychiatrist, too. She was an even more talented psychiatrist than Isabella.

Isabella had no idea what kind of 'treatment plan' Tyler went through in the past. Only Avery did, and with her capabilities, it would be easy for her to work Tyler's condition in her favor.

However, all of these were only Isabella's guesses. She did not have any evidence that would conclusively prove Avery was the mastermind behind all this.

After a long moment of silence, Harvey finally said, "Let's not give up just yet."

Isabella turned to look at him in confusion.

"Why are you still willing to help him when he tried to make your company go under? He even sent a hitman to go after you."

Harvey smiled. "I'm not helping him; I'm helping Vicky. Besides, he wasn't in his right mind when he did all that. If I wanted revenge, I should go after the men who tried to set Tyler up so that we'll both go down to show them they messed with the wrong person."

Isabella smiled. "I now know why Mister Hart sees you as his strongest rival. After all, not many people can boast they possess the same level of compassion and intelligence as you do."

After they got home, Vicky explained everything to Tyler again.

Even though Tyler sometimes confused reality with fiction, he was still as smart as ever. Deliberately hiding the truth from him would only make him more suspicious of her.