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Chapter 320
Chapter 320
Chapter 320
Chapter 320
Terrence was a very gentleman. When Seraphina wanted to have a private chat with Magdalen, He still managed to convince Magdalen to drop her off at the restaurant with Seraphina and then he left first. As Seraphina watched Terrence left, she couldn’t help thinking that Magdalen would be very happy if his last partner was such a man. Magdalen, however, was clearly not interested in speculating about what Seraphina was thinking. She just sat on the couch, looking at Seraphina with a cold gaze. “Say it as soon as you can. I think you know I don’t want to see you.”
Hearing this, Seraphina bowed her head slightly. After a moment, she just gave a soft laugh and said, “I’m sorry.”
“What’s your point?” Magdalen didn’t seem to have much patience.
Seraphina picked up the gift bag beside her, took out the gemstone she had just picked from the jewelry store, opened the box, and handed it to Magdalen.
“I heard from grandpa that you plan to marry Terrence,” Seraphina said. “I saw this emerald at the jewelry store and thought it would suit you, so… I’d like to give it to you as a congratulatory gift.”
Magdalen glanced at the gemstone. When her gaze fell on the two roses on it, her eyes paused for a moment, but she quickly looked away.
She didn’t refuse, but she didn’t reach out to accept it either. She just said vaguely, “Is that all? Okay, thanks for the gift. You can leave now.”
Seraphina just sat there without moving, just quietly watching her for a while, then called out, “Mom…”
“If you don’t leave, I will,” Magdalen suddenly stood up, ready to leave.
Seraphina gently closed her eyes, then said again, “Mom, I’m sorry.”
Magdalen’s footsteps paused slightly, but she just looked at her coldly.
Seraphina looked up at her, then gave a soft laugh, saying, “If I had known earlier that my existence caused you so much pain, I wouldn’t have shown up in front of you after I turned ten.”
Magdalen, who had been coldly watching her and waiting for her to finish her words, suddenly looked serious when Seraphina finished that sentence, her gaze falling on Seraphina’s face.
“What did you say?” For the first time, Magdalen, who had maintained a cold attitude since sitting down, took the initiative to speak to her.
“I said I’m sorry,” Seraphina was still smiling, but her eyes were slightly drooping. “I didn’t know before, so I did a lot of things that hurt you, but now I know…”
“What do you know?” Magdalen suddenly interrupted her, her voice tinged with strictness.
Seraphina closed her mouth, took a deep breath, then looked up at her. “I know… you’re not actually my mom.”
As soon as her words fell, Magdalen’s slap landed on her face.
After the slap, Seraphina was calm, but Magdalen was stunned.
She couldn’t comprehend why she impulsively hit Seraphina.
Even though she had abandoned Seraphina long ago, even though she wanted to end this mother- daughter relationship…
But when she heard Seraphina say that sentence, she couldn’t help but swing her hand.
Because she remembered the expectations and requests the man had made on his deathbed.
He told her to take good care of their daughter.
At that time, she agreed.
So now, even though she has long been desperate, given up, and showed disgust and hatred towards Seraphina, she still felt a hint of panic when she heard Seraphina say that
sentence.
Because by saying that sentence, Seraphina implied that she didn’t fulfill her promise, she betrayed his dying wish, she broke their promise.
Even if what Seraphina said… was the truth.
It was dinner time, and the commotion attracted the attention of the diners in the restaurant.
A waiter quickly walked over and asked them in a low voice what they needed.
“It’s okay.” Seraphina stood up with a faint smile, brushed off the waiter, then reached out to help Magdalen sit down. “Mom, sit down. Let’s talk.”
As soon as her hand touched Magdalen, Magdalen suddenly grabbed her wrist tightly.
Magdalen, such a frail woman, somehow had the strength to grip Seraphina’s wrist so tightly that it hurt.
It took Seraphina a lot of effort to get her to sit down, but she still held on tightly.
Seraphina took the opportunity to sit down next to her, looked down at the hand that was holding hers, smiled, and then said softly, “Mom, why do you have to bear this painful thing alone?”
“Who told you?” When Magdalen spoke again, her voice was urgent and strict, with a hint of tremor. “Who told you?”
Seraphina didn’t answer, just bowed her head slightly. When she spoke again, her voice was still calm, “You’re not my mom, that’s why you left me in Sunburst City, handed me over to the Reynolds family, you didn’t want to see me, you rejected everything I did for you… I didn’t understand before, but now I finally understand why.”
“Who told you!” Magdalen just repeated that sentence stubbornly, her eyes bloodshot, teetering on the edge of breakdown.
“No one told me,” Seraphina said. “You’ve hidden this thing very well, even grandpa doesn’t know. You bear all of it alone, even though you’re disgusted with me to the extreme, you still didn’t say it…”
Magdalen’s eyes were filled with tears, but they didn’t fall.
She just stared at Seraphina, motionless.
To outsiders, her gaze was full of terror, extremely sharp, but Seraphina knew she was just holding on.
The secret that had been buried deep in her heart for years was now out in the open, and she was on the verge of a meltdown.
But she had her dignity, she couldn’t just break down, especially…not in front of Seraphina.
Seraphina knew all her thoughts, she could totally get how she was feeling right now, and that’s precisely the reason why Seraphina had to keep her cool.
She couldn’t cry, because once she did, Magdalen would completely fall apart.
Truth be told, it had always been like this, Magdalen had always been loved by everyone, she was so pure and carefree, like a princess in an ivory tower, utterly oblivious to the pains of the world.
But such a woman had buried such deep grievances and secrets in her heart, even when she was in severe pain, she had never let a word slip.
“I thought you didn’t love me.” Seraphina said, “But…you’ve done so much for me, how could you not love me?”
Magdalen suddenly pulled her hand back.
This time, it was Seraphina who took her hand.
“You love me because you love my dad.” Seraphina said slowly, “You hate me because you hate that my dad’s real love is–”
When she mentioned Carney, tears suddenly slid down Magdalen’s face, and the next moment, she jerked her hand away from Seraphina, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, “Shut up!”
Seraphina didn’t listen to her.
“My dad really sucks, doesn’t he?” Seraphina continued, “How could he be so selfish, bringing home a daughter from another woman for you to raise and love as your own–” Magdalen gritted her teeth tightly, making no sound, but tears kept rolling uncontrollably down her cheeks.
“When I figured this out, I thought he was horrible too…” Seraphina said, “I thought you should hate him, hate him for the rest of your life…but mom, you got it wrong…you blamed the wrong person…”
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