Hector averted her gaze. "You...what nonsense did you hear from those people?"
"Dad!" Tessa's tears instantly streamed down. "The truth will come to light sooner or later. This is something that the entire village knew. Do you think I will never find out in this life just because you brought me with you and we have moved away?"
Hector’s voice was trembling and there was a catch in his throat. He simply confessed. "I moved away taking you with me not because I wanted to hide anything from you. It was because I wanted to give you a good learning environment. You know about the quality of education offered in that village of ours. I-I'm already a useless person. I can no longer do that business with women in this life anymore. It’s also impossible for m e to have a second child., You are my everything. Of course, I don’t wish for you to study in the village. I wish you'll be well and can have happiness for life. I know that I am a selfish person with extremely bad character, and I am a person who has no credibility as I have always been lying! However, I am just this selfish. What can you do about it? I don’t have anything in this life anymore! I only have a daughter! Your mother! That b*tch! I could already tell when I first became a good-for-nothing person that your mother absolutely would not stay with me for life!”
Hector continued. "Since she was destined not to be m
y woman from a long time ago, then why should I spare her? In for a penny, in for a pound. I just wanted to drain that woman and let her serve my daughter for the rest of her life! I am selfish! I am evil! What's wrong with that?
"I have saved five million dollars for you in your card. It’s already five million dollars! Even if I die, you can also live well in this life. You absolutely can’t be sad for me. I have long been tired of taking medicine!"
Tessa was speechless.
At that moment, her pitiful yet incomparably unreasonable biological father, who was in front of her eyes, truly made Tessa feel a mixture of love and hate! He was detestable and had committed unforgivable heinous acts. However, behind closed doors, when it was only them, the father and daughter, what Hector said was also a truth. Even if he did not treat Hana that way, Hana would also leave Hector sooner or later. Then, Hector might as well go all out and drain Hana. At least this way, he could be together with his biological daughter every day, and h e could never run short of money to spend. That was killing two birds with a stone. It was devious and unethical, but who in this world would not look out for their own interests? Hana also did everything for herself! The child was hers! If it were to be any other outsiders, how could she be threatened?
In Hector's eyes and heart, he did not care about what was decided by fate or what was decided by human factors. He would not think about how innocent he was. He would not think about the fact that the reason he became a good-for-nothing person was not because of Hana. He had never thought over who should Hana ask to compensate for her grievances, as well as the family and the youth she had lost in this life? Hector would not think over all these!
He only thought that he and her daughter could rely o n each other. In a few years, after her daughter got married and had children, Hector, as a grandfather, could then take care of his grandchildren with a peace of mind. He could then continue living such a life until old age, which was very happy.
Not only was Hector thinking this way, but even Tessa also was thinking the same thing at that moment when she saw her father being so frank. She squatted t o help her dad up. "Dad! I have no affection for that woman!"
Hector was speechless.
There was a pause. "Tessa...you, are you telling the truth? You...you won't leave me?"
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