Chapter 180

“Sorry, Mrs. Ford. The Michael that you just described seems to be different from the man Stephanie described to me,” I interrupted Aunty Lois’s story because I refused to believe that Michael had loved me.

I shook my head and added, “Love isn’t about possessing or hurting someone. Yet, Michael had brought Stephanie nothing but pain. No matter what his reasons were, it doesn’t change the fact that Michael had lied to Stephanie and caused her significant

harm.”

Aunty Lois lowered her eyes and said, “Ms. Larson, Stephie loved Mike. She loved him deeply… Can’t you give Mike another chance, for Stephie’s sake? Mike’s the president of the Ford Group, and his reputation carries weight on the fate of the entire corporation. He cannot afford any tarnish on his record.”

Aunty Lois was trying to convince me that Michael had also loved Stephie. And so, I should give him another chance for Stephie’s sake.

“Why didn’t you tell Stephie the truth? You had so many chances…” I asked in a hoarse.

voice.

Was I blaming Aunty Lois? Perhaps a little….

“Because I loved Stephie dearly as if she were my own daughter. Since Stephie was in love with Mike, I was looking forward to the day Mike would marry her. Then, we could finally

be a real family.

“I prayed that Mike would one day recognize his true feelings and treat Stephie with care. I knew Mike loved Stephie too…”

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I laughed with my head down as welled up with tears.

Suddenly, I realized how selfish people could be at times.

Aunty Lois not notice the harm and emotional abuse

that I constantly felt like I was walking on eggshells living under someone else’s roof?

to do was tell me that Michael wasn’t the one who rescued me, and I wouldn’t have had to tolerate Michael out

M

had my own

known that I wasn’t indebted to Michael, I wouldn’t have let him

the freedom to choose whether or

bound by him. I could have called the police when Michael forced me to do things against my will and let him get

rescuing me and my parents‘ bodies. from that fire, I tolerated

w years

if Aunty

the name of love. One

other had claimed it to be love.

know who rescued Stephie, Mrs. Ford?” I took a deep breath, tightened my hands, and

me, I

anymore.

was the reason me and my unborn child had died! He and Yasmin had to pay

we arrived. There were no surveillance cameras on the bridge too, so no

witnesses, it was a teenage boy. I placed ads to find him, but no one came forward. I’ve never stopped asking around

lowered my

we can settle this in

wouldn’t sound so gentle anymore if I turned her

time.

running the company alone. She was a strong and

shook

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