Carmen put down the fruit basket and knelt slowly, then she began to slap herself. "I am sorry, Adela, it's my fault, I shouldn't have messed around with Edgar when I knew that he has wife."
"Speak louder. I can't hear you." Although saying so, Adela's rage would not disappear because of Carmen's apology.
Adela had a hot temper, but she was loyal to her husband and cherished the family. She vaguely knew that Edgar enjoyed having affairs, she had never known that he messed around with Ben's wife, and their children had grown to this old!
What hurt Adela was not Leo’s stab, but the truth revealed. The wound was not on the heart, but her heart was bleeding. She even could not shout her pain out as nobody could really understand the pain she felt.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I'm a b*tch. I shouldn't sleep with a married man, and I shouldn't break your family." Carmen slapped her face hard, and the slapping sounded loud in the room.
The slapping wouldn't change anything that had happened, it would at most make the Lin family a bit more comfortable.
Within a few moments, Carmen had slapped tens of times. For showing sincerity begging for mercy, she slapped really hard on herself.
From the beginning, she could feel pain. Gradually, the sense of pain faded as her face went numb and there was only heat left.
Back then, Adela would grasp the opportunity to enjoy Carmen's slapping while cursing her. Now she had just experienced death. With a calm heart, she said nothing.
She just looked at Carmen silently, as if Carmen was a funny stranger. Without Adela' s permission, Carmen didn't dare to stop.
"Enough, it's me who created the mess. If you want to punish, do it to me!" Edgar finally couldn't bear to see this scene and he rushed in to stop Carmen.
As said, Edgar held Carmen tightly in his arms. Adela blinked her eyes. If she was not hurt, she may rush toward this b*tch couple and separate them.
Now she found it unnecessary. Although having been accompanied by Edgar for twenty years, Adela had never owned this man’s love.
Edgar married Adela was for borrowing the power of the Lin family. On the surface, Edgar was obedient to Adela. In fact, he never did this out of love.
None of them had ever faced the truth, especially Adela, she had always pretended that Edgar loved her so much.
"What? Are you distressed?" Adela looked at Edgar indifferently. She had officially started the divorce process, but she knew clearly how reluctant to let go.
"Adela, I'm sorry for you. I'm a bastard. Leo is my son. I can't watch him being locked up in prison. Please forgive him for the sake of me and my service to you these years. I would like to bear any punishment."
Edgar was usually a waggish guy, but he made a very serious plead just now, however, not for his family members but for the outsiders.
Especially he called Leo "son". Adela got hurt much by this word. Somewhere hidden in her heart cracked again with a huge amount of blood spilling out.
"Your son! Good! What about Carl? Isn't he your son?" Adela gnashed her teeth.
Edgar clenched his fists with a twisted look, opening and shut his mouth.
"Okay, since things had become like this, I think it's time to tell you the truth." Edgar was struggling to say it out for not making Adela as sad as Ben when he knew a long-buried secret suddenly.
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