Chapter 1907
Chapter1907
Then, suddenly, another thought stirred in her mind. Carola looked at Belinda again, her tone soft but serious. “Belinda, about your real father… I think I’ll go speak to Elwood about the matter in a couple of days. What do you say?”
As soon as Belinda heard the words “real father,” she pressed her lips into a thin line.
Her real father… could it truly be Elwood, the head of the Wright family?
That would explain it. No wonder the moment she saw him, a strange pull tugged at her, urging her closer to him.
But remembering how Carola and Elwood had drifted apart like strangers, Belinda couldn’t help but ask tentatively, “Carola, is there some kind of misunderstanding between you and Elwood?”
Carola didn’t even blink. “No. There has never been any misunderstanding.”
She paused, and for the briefest moment, hesitation flickered in her gaze. Then, turning back to Belinda, she asked softly, “Do you… want to know what happened between your father and me?”
Carola felt Belinda had a right to the truth since she was their daughter.
Belinda’s lashes fluttered, her eyes shifting uncertainly. Instead of answering directly, she asked, “Is it okay for you to tell me?”
“Of course,” Carola replied, a faint smile brushing her lips.
And so she began. She told Belinda everything—how she and Elwood had met, how their hearts had entwined, and how they had fallen in love.
But when the tale reached the turning point, her voice grew heavy, chilled, weighted with sorrow. Especially when she spoke of the day Elwood stopped believing in her—when his tenderness curdled into disdain. Every word carried the ache of betrayal, every syllable steeped in grief.
Belinda was stunned. She had never imagined her parents had endured something like this.
Watching Carola, so fragile in her pain, Belinda felt her chest constrict until she could hardly breathe. She reached out, her fingers wrapping around Carola’s hand in quiet comfort.
In a soft whisper, she said, “I was thinking… maybe when Elwood saw that scene, it caught him off guard. Maybe he panicked, couldn’t accept it, and spoke those words in the heat of the moment?”
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But Carola let out a dry, bitter laugh. “At first, I thought the same. So after crying myself empty, I ran straight to find him. But do you know what I saw? What I heard?”
Her voice shook a little as she continued, “I saw him holding Tasha in his arms… and he said he’d been sick of me for a long time, that he’d wanted to break up for ages. And now, finally, he had the perfect excuse. He could throw me aside openly and be with her.”
Carola closed her eyes, her face twisting in pain. “The very next day, Elwood broke up with me.”
Her breathing grew ragged, as if she were being dragged back into that moment—the day her world had collapsed. That day was a nightmare. That was when she realized her whole life had been nothing more than a cruel joke.
Belinda’s eyes widened in disbelief when she heard that, shock crashing through her. No… no, it couldn’t be.
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