Elsa suddenly turned to her face, which was initially calm, toward Sean. "Mister Ford! I had already processed the hatred on my own for more than thirty years! Please don't make me hate you again! Because you don't deserve it!"
"I..." Sean said.
"Mom, what the hell...happened back then?" Vireo had just met his father, and he had also just met his mother. However, he chose to believe his mother.
Elsa smiled miserably. "I was only twenty years old back then!"
Sean nodded. "Yes, you were like a budding flower back then."
“Did I ever actively seduce you?" Elsa asked rhetorically.
"You...I know that you liked me," said Sean
embarrassedly.
"I liked you! Is it wrong for me to like you? I was a twenty-year-old girl. You were ten years older than me. In order to obtain me, you sent someone to my hometown and deliberately frightened my grandmother to the point of her getting ill. Originally, my grandmother was able to support herself by farming and picking up scraps in my downtown. She was also able to watch over our small house in my hometown. However, after my mother had gotten ill from being frightened, she was unable to take care of herself anymore, so I could only bring her to South City. Both my grandmother and I were struggling in South City. At that time, I was very grateful to you whenever you showed me a little kindness back then. You went to visit my grandmother a t the hospital and you even sent her flowers. You told my grandmother that you were single and unmarried. My grandmother then urged m e to marry you every day. I asked you why you said that to my grandmother. What did you say at that time? Sean Ford! It was after a very long time that I understood what a despicable and shameless person you were!"
Sean was speechless.
"At that time, you told me you did that because you didn't want my grandmother to feel burdened and you didn't want the people a t the hospital to look at me with prejudice. You also said that it was just a temporary measure that suited the situation, and you only wanted to protect my reputation. Your words were so gentle. Your maturity and thoughtfulness made me gradually fall for you. I can't help but like you."
When Elsa thought of that bitter unrequited love she had back then, tears simply kept streaming down her face. She was a girl who came from a village. She had only fallen in love once in her life, and her whole life was ruined by it. Ruined!
"That's right! I liked you more and more. I liked you, but I had never dared to tell you. I could only make myself numb by working hard. I told myself that I must not disturb you. I certainly can't let you see how head over heels I was for you!" Thinking of that, Elsa smiled miserably. "But, how can I escape the trap that you had devised? Everything that you had done was to make me fall in love with you, wasn't it? You knew it very well since when I had fallen for you and how much I loved you, right? You knew me like the back of your hand. Therefore, when the time is right, you only have to signal to me with a finger a little, and I will no longer have the willpower to refuse you anymore. Isn't that right?"
Speaking of that, Elsa looked at Sean with a disdainful gaze.
Sean's face became completely flushed. After he had gotten older, he felt more and more guilty about the things that he had done when he was young. However, back then, it was during the time when he was full of vigor, young, handsome, powerful, and wealthy. At that time, Sean feared nothing. He feared
nothing and no one and was incomparably spirited. Also, as long as she was a woman that he wanted to have, he would always be able to get her. When Sean was young, other than his wife, all the other women might not even be considered as human in Sean's eyes. I n his eyes, they could only playthings. The beautiful one, the sultry one, the slutty one, and the lowly one. He had all kinds of women and they were all objects. He had never thought of caring for these women at all.
However, occasionally when there was a refreshing one who was not clinging to him, h e would then feel like he had a change of taste. Also, he would have a sense of curiosity about the novelty. He would also occasionally make a bet with a few young masters from wealthy families. They would bet on how long i t would take for them to get hold of that woman.
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