Mrs. Avery's face is red in fear and embarrassment. Her breathing is precipitated and she has broken into a cold sweat all of a sudden. All these years, she has never for one day felt that Juliet and Brianna still remember that she used to cheat. It is a secret she had wanted to take to her grave because she knows how much her husband hates cheating and how she has nowhere else to go if he finds out and decides to divorce her. She had done everything possible to make sure he never found out. But now he knows and is staring at her with a hateful glare.Her heart is panting heavily against her chest, her palms are sweaty and her mouth is dry. It feels like a force is restricting her airflow.She doesn't know what to do. She doesn't know where to start. She doesn't even know what to say. If it was only Juliet that spoke, she would have tried denying it but now Brianna has also confirmed it. How then can she deny it? And for Brianna to say that the wife of the man is currently in jail
Mrs. Avery snorts in disgust, stands, and roughly pushes Lucien away from her. "What nonsense are you spouting? Has he charmed you too?" She glares at Mr. Santiago and then at Lucien. "This pauper here has done nothing but harm to us so how dare you stand there and say I should be thankful to him? I'll rather you divorce me than stand here and listen to your nonsense. After all, you are poor now. Hmph, what can you even do for me at this stage? You are now just a mere pauper like him! And about you letting me off because of him, do you think that will make me thankful to him and you? Why? Because I cheated?"For your information, Santiago, I don't care if you divorce me anymore. I guess I had thought you were still rich but I just remembered you are nothing but a piece of garbage now! And me, Avery can never be with someone like you! If you hadn't brought up the issue of divorcing me, I would have done it myself because I'm not born to suffer and will never allow myself to suffer!"Aft
Mr. Santiago's face is gloomy as those words leave his mouth and for a strong man like him, he is visibly sobbing before everyone. His tears are dribbling like running water and he neither has control over them nor over his emotions.He has always known that his wife is a vain woman. Heck, he has always known that she would do anything possible to get her hands on money and jewelry and also retain her status among her peers and friends but he had never for one day thought that she would go to the extent of cheating on him yet feel no remorse for her actions.It is shattering him. His heart feels so heavy. His head bangs so heavily and his heart is panting heavily against his chest."Tell me, Avery, what the hell have I not done for you? I often abandoned our kids' needs just to satisfy yours! The first time we went bankrupt, it was all because of you! Can you still remember what happened that time?" He casts a hateful glare at her and shakes his head as if regretting his action for t
Mrs. Avery is yelling uncontrollably with a vicious expression on her face and without minding the angry stare Mr. Santiago is casting at her, she continues to yell at Juliet. "I've hated you all this while because I'm not your biological mother at all and will never be! That is to say that you are not actually my daughter! You're just a daughter of a bitch your asshole of a father cheated on me with! And you know the worst part? He blamed his treacherous action on alcohol!"Even your name belongs to the bitch because he says you remind him of her! And it infuriates me even more whenever I call you Juliet and it takes me back to the memory of the slut he cheated on me with!"I know you think I'm the only bad egg here but your father is worse than me! At least I cheated with protection and accepted I did but he never did accept his actions until your bitch of a mum came knocking on our door! And also didn't use protection! Such a careless asshole! Our marriage almost got broken then but
When Lucien who has had his eyes pinned on his dear love, Juliet, sees her turn as pale as a sheet and start swaying unsteadily, his heart arches and he quickly goes forward to hold her. "Juliet," he calls and pulls her into his strong arms.Juliet is no longer the same anymore, she doesn't have control over herself or her emotions and if Lucien is not holding her in his arms right now, she would have probably already slumped straight to the floor.Mr. Santiago is livid and so much more agitated as he sees this and he can't help but grit his teeth and clench and unclench his fist as he glares at Mrs. Avery menacingly, feeling like ripping her apart. "Bitch, shut up! Only a vicious and vile woman like you would blame everything on an innocent child who knew nothing about that issue! Regardless of whether I accepted her on my terms or not, she's still biologically related to me and so is my daughter whom I love so much!"And I want you to know that I love her because of who she is and be
Juliet shudders and closes her eyes in despair as her tears trickle down her face even faster.Before Mr. Santiago replied, she still had the last trace of extravagant hope in her heart, hoping that Mrs. Avery was just telling an absurd lie as she always does to take revenge on her for revealing her awful secrets.But after hearing her dad's confirmation, her very last tinge of hope is crushed and she suddenly feels empty. Empty to the core.Brianna's heart sinks and sudden beads of sweat appear all over her as her mind begins filling with so many thoughts. If Juliet has such a history, what about her? Does she have hers too? The thought alone makes her shiver that not being able to hold back herself any longer, she stares down at her dad and asks nervously. "What about me? Do I have a different story too? Am I not your biological daughter? Or is she not my biological mother?"Mr. Santiago looks at Brianna with a complicated gaze and shakes his head. "You're different from Juliet. We
Seemingly thinking that the argument is getting so heated and that Lucien his dear soon-to-be son-in-law will get hurt by Charles who is already raging, Mr. Santiago scrambles to him and clamps his hands together in front of him with a pleading gaze on his face."Please spare the poor kid," he purrs and lowers his head. "He is only but a lad, what does he know? Please have mercy and spare him, don't deliberate on his arrogant behavior just now, please."Normally, Lucien knows he should be angry that Mr. Santiago went ahead to beg someone that can't hurt even a hair on his head! But to his surprise, his body is reacting differently and he is far from angry.In fact, he had always had just a little pinch of likeness for Santiago because just like the overbearing Avery, the man has been nothing but a pain in his ass. And he had been lenient with him because he is Juliet's dad. Apart from that, he would have long put the man in his place. However, he can't find it in himself to blame him a
The young man is bewildered by Brianna's response that he can't help but stare back at Charles Thompson for any divulgence as to why the small chick will mock him that way.Reason being that he isn't just any ordinary man and it's either Brianna is being nonchalant by acting like she doesn't know who he is or she is clearly trying to pass an information that Lucien isn't one he can afford to provoke.Seeing the look on his subordinate's face, Charles laughs and pats him on the shoulder. "How can there be any reason for you to doubt your strength? It's only unfortunate to them that they can't recognize you, that's why she can raise her voice and say such nonsense. Don't worry, I'll make them know who you are!" He turns to Lucien and the Pearsons and sneers evilly. "Since the Pearsons have gone blind after losing their properties and everything they owned, why not you do me the favor and allow me to open your eyes to the identity of the man before you? I know you all must have heard of