Rufus' POV:

"Rufus, I've actually thought about what you've just said." My mother's anger suddenly dissipated and she just sighed sadly.

I didn't say anything. I just looked at her wrinkled, fragile face and couldn't help but feel a hint of bitterness in my heart.

Once upon a time, my mother was a soft-hearted, kind woman. But time had hardened her into a sharp, heartless woman who pushed those closest to her away. Our relationship grew more and more strained as the years went by.

I had known that she was dissatisfied with Richard. In the past two years especially, she and Richard were like fire and water, unable to even be in the same room together.

As for her relationship with my father, they were on and off. As soon as they'd get close to each other, one way or another, they'd drift away. They always quarreled. I rarely saw them affectionate with each other, unlike before.

I knew this was taking a toll on her heart, but I also knew that there was no one who could solve this problem but herself.

be my wife, but I'm telling you now that it's never going to happen. Sylvia's the one for me. I'll only love her for

mother accepted Sylvia, it didn't matter if she didn't. Worst case scenario, the

father said the same thing when he proposed to me. But look at what happened. He still cheated on me and, not long after you were born, he brought a disgusting bastard child to

and helpless, as if she had lost the thing she held most dear. Her once fiery eyes now only had embers. "Rufus, you're my pride and joy. Every mother wished the best for her child. Love did nothing for me in this life. I can't allow the same

stubborn words made me sigh

planning had been useless. Her

so fragile, I couldn't help but walk

we haven't been this close in a while now.

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I won't let Richard take the throne. He

stiffen, but she didn't

care of everything, okay?" I pulled away to look her in the eye seriously. "It's just like you said. I'm your pride and joy. So you

want to say

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