"For how long do you plan to do this for Nicolai?" His mouth drops open in shock, and he slowly raises his gaze to look at her, having a shocked expression on his face. How did she know about that?

"You're speechless, aren't you? For how long do you plan to do his dirty job? For how long do you want to remain his puppet? Because you're scared? It was all your fault, father! It was your crime... You needed to have owned up to it, why then aren't you brave enough to do that? Because you're scared of what may happen? Did you think about that when you did...