Juliet is immediately angered by her mum's words. This is something her mum has been doing since Lucien left. If not that she has been stubborn, she would have been long married to someone she doesn't love by now!Her mum is just so greedy that she is ready to marry her off to any man, as long as the man has money and is from a well-known family.Take Brooks, for example, asshole is so proud, arrogant, disrespectful, and ill-mannered yet Avery didn't care about all that and still forced her to marry him! To top it all, he is also a womanizer and has no husbandly qualities!But Brooks is just the least of them. There were those worse than him. Especially, the one who had come drunk to make his interest in her known to her parents and while talking tried to assault her in front of everyone! If not that she managed to kick him in the loins and Brianna scratched him in the face with her long nails, perhaps she would have been raped that day. The most hurtful part is that all her parents d
Mr. Santiago had woken up at the exact moment Lucien wanted to go check up on him but got restrained by the overbearing Avery.At first, he didn't know where he was but with the help of the attending nurse that was standing before him at that time, he realized where he was and everything that happened to him and his wife gradually flowed in.He recalled how they were beaten to a pulp by Aston and his men till his wife lost consciousness.He also recalled he had faintly seen a figure that looked like Lucien come to their rescue before he finally blacked out.That was the first thing he was confused about as he woke up and couldn't help but begin wondering if the figure he saw was truly Lucien or if he was just hallucinating.But then if he was just hallucinating he wouldn't still be alive right?And if it was indeed true that he was mistaken who came to save them for Lucien then who was that and how did that person know he was in that position at that time?As far as he was concerned, h
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