The Seventh Miserable Bride novel Chapter 117

"I was too afraid to tell you. I was afraid that if you knew that my father was a murderer, you would look down on me. What's more, the incident at that time was very critical. The family of the deceased had spread the news that once they had found out who the murderer was, they would exterminate his whole family. My mother told me that except for the three of us, no one must know, including you. In order to save my father's life, I had to do as she said. But your father knowing about it was something that I didn't expect at all. I was in pain and confused. I didn't know what to do so I told him to give me three days to think about it. Those three days were extremely painful for me. I even thought of ending my own life. On one hand, it was my beloved father, and on the other hand it was my boyfriend that I loved so much. Losing any one of you would be devastating to me. On the third day in the morning, you brought me to a tattoo shop, and tattooed my name on your chest. I was standing by your side and my heart ached as I looked at the needle piercing into your skin, my heart was bleeding. Having a man who loved me so much, how could I let him go? So, I decided to convince my dad to turn himself in in order to protect my love. Although it was a selfish act, that was the only thing that I could do, because you meant too much to me..."

"But things were unpredictable and plans always fall behind changes. I returned home that evening and told my mother what I had in mind, but in return, I got a hard slap in the face. It was also at that time that I had learned about my identity. The truth was that I am not my father’s biological daughter. My mother was already pregnant when she married him, but my father didn’t mind it at all, and even treated me as his own daughter for more than 20 years, and gave me the love more than I needed. Such a man who is so affectionate and righteous, such a father who is so gracious to me, how could I be so selfish and sacrifice him for my own happiness? I cried all night and finally made the hardest and most unwilling decision in my life, that is to give you up. Whenever I came face-to-face with your father, my heart was so anguished and disappointed. Your father was so cruel. He had asked me to break up with you. He wouldn't even let me stay in B City. More so, he asked me to leave silently on the day of our wedding, because only then, you would hate me and give up on me entirely. In order to save my father’s life, I agreed to everything that your father had said..."

Abigail Tanner cried uncontrollably, and Sebastian Simons's heart felt like it was being pierced through with a sharp knife. He roared hysterically, "Why? Why did you hide all of this from me? Why didn't you tell me and let me solve it for you? You just foolishly followed my father's arrangement, instead. Don't you know how painful it would be for me if I were to lose you? Don't you know what kind of damage I would suffer if you left me? Don't you know how much I loved you?"

"I know, of course I know everything! Do you think that I felt any better? At that time, I was so exhausted. Your father was too powerful. Even before my father had hit someone, my mother was already lured into the casino. When she lost all her money, a loan shark would lend her money so that she could continue to gamble. When my mother didn't have the money to pay back to them, those people would come to my house and destroy everything. All of these were in your father's plan. His purpose for planning all of these was to force me to leave you. Those people who came to my house explicitly said that, if I didn't break up with you, there would be even more horrible actions taken. Moreover, your father was still holding the evidence of my father's hit and run. What could you do if I had told you? It would only make your relationship with your father turn sour and that your father would blame everything on me. For such a powerful family like the Simons family, a flick of the finger is enough to ruin our lives!"

Upon hearing this, Yasmine Taylor's mood immediately sank rock bottom. In her understanding, Old Master Simons was never the cruel and merciless person like how Abigail Tanner had described. But through her tears, one could tell that she wasn't lying. Abigail's heart wrenching cry was also her painful past.

"Did you know all of these?"

Yasmine questioned Ethan Zordon with a hoarse voice.

"I didn't know it at first, it was not until the second year after I arrived in France that I knew about it."

"Why did you leave with her? Was it her request, or did you do it out of willingness?"

"She requested it, and I was also willing to do it." "Then didn't you ask why she had made such a request?"

"I did, but she didn't feel like telling me."

"So you stopped asking just because she didn't feel like telling?"

"Yes."

Ethan nodded firmly. "You might think that I'm a fool, but this is how I love a person. I would do anything for her unconditionally without asking why until the day that she is willing to be honest with

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me.

"What if she doesn't tell you the truth for the rest of her life?"

"It wouldn't matter. She has her own reasons for not telling the truth but it wouldn't affect my love for her."