Marlyn looked at Cherry who was only quietly listening to her.

“All this time you’ve been loyal and supporting me without questioning or asking anything. Do you want to hear my side of the story Cherry? And maybe later you can try putting yourself in my shoes and if you were me… What do you think you would do?” Marlyn asked her.

Cherry sighed. She already had an idea of what had happened but she would rather prefer that her madame tell her everything exactly. She was good to her at that moment their paths crossed and she honestly cared for her like how the madame cared for her as well.

“Yes madame. Tell me your story…” Cherry answered and then her madame started narrating what happened before.

Cherry heaved a long deep sigh after madame’s narration ended. She had cancer and thought her life would end soon so for fear of missing out, she chose the love she wanted but, was it worth it?

Changing your face would not change the fact that inside her heart, she was still Claire… The woman who left an arranged marriage and her two children behind to follow her heart’s desire.

“I will also lose Brione now…” Cherry heard her weak murmuring.

Marlyn looked at Cherry and asked, “what would you do if you were in my shoes?”

It was a hard question for Cherry because she could not feel what madame was feeling at that time, but…

“Madame, I have actually heard it from old people before… They say love, as time goes by, fades but what keeps one’s marriage is you and your partner’s commitment to each other. I’m sorry if it isn’t the answer you were looking for, but you asked for my opinion.

For me, I can have different kinds of men in my life but nothing could replace the child I will give birth to. If, for some reason I really can’t live with my husband then I will leave him but not my child…” Cherry explained.

Marlyn let out a scornful laugh… She knew she was selfish but she never felt more happy in her whole life than when she was with Tony.

“Help me get up.” Marlyn asked. She had lost too much already and she did not want to lose Brione as well.

Cherry helped her get up and they went outside heading towards the library.

“I really don’t think that this is a good idea madame.” Cherry whispered because Miss Brione was always cheerful but when she arrived today, she looked really furious and scary, storming inside the house and asking for her father in an angry voice.

They stopped at the door that was left slightly opened. Cherry and Marlyn could hear Brione sobbing inside.

“Mom had a weak heart! How could you do that to her? You are practically responsible for her death! You and that woman. I really despise you and that woman, dad.

Now I understand my brother very well and why he couldn’t stand being with you and that woman ever. You both are murderers! You killed my mom emotionally. I would go separate ways from you now, I can’t stand being with you anymore.

I hope it makes you extremely happy being with her now since you are both selfish and perfectly match each other. Please from now on don’t try to contact me because I will never reply. I can’t act like nothing happened.

I honestly feel bad for my brother who kept everything to himself all through these years. I’m really disappointed in you dad and I hope your decision in having an affair with that woman is all worth it. You lost a son before and today you lost your daughter as well.”

Brione rushed outside the library, still sobbing. She saw her stepmother and could not help herself but give her a mocking glare as she said, “I do believe in karma Marlyn. No, I should call you with your real name Carie. You must be laughing at me inwardly all these years because you very well managed to deceive me into liking you.

Enjoy everything while it lasts, but surely God will punish those who deserve it in the right time and right way. Please do not look for me or whatsoever because since last night, you are just a stranger to me who I would avoid. I will appreciate it if I will not hear anything from you ever again.”

Brione immediately left because she did not even want to hear that woman talk. She might not harbor hate but she would definitely treat her as a stranger going forward because she could never acknowledge such a selfish and cruel woman as her mother. Her brother was right, that woman was the one responsible for her mother’s death along with her father.

That woman dared to visit her mother shamelessly despite knowing her mother’s sensitive heart condition and asked her mother to let go of their father and sign the divorce papers since their father did not love her at all.

Her poor brother witnessed everything with his own eyes. How much Brione repented that she even scolded him often for treating Marlyn badly.

Brione’s tears didn’t stop falling and she quickly rushed into Gavin’s embrace the moment she saw him waiting for her in the living area.

Gavin gently stroked Brione’s hair. He let her cry on his chest. His heart ached seeing her cry like this. But he was grateful that it was him she always asked to stay by her side whether in good or in bad. He wondered how many more years he should wait to overcome this friend zoned situation between them.

Back in the library, Tony Yu slumped on the floor as soon as Brione left from there. He did not know what to do. He was so lost and still in a shock with everything that happened.

It was so unexpected and he always thought that the past would remain buried into his grave. He never thought Brione would even find it all this time because he was aware that his son Noah was protecting her and keeping her from knowing the truth.

Brione was the only one left who acknowledged him. They even had a harmonious relationship together with Marlyn so how come everything came into this.

Today he lost his second child also just to be with the woman he loved all his life, because he could never live without her in this life.

Cherry shook her head as she watched the madame approach Senior Yu to console and hug him.

‘These two…’ she mused with a conflicted expression. She never thought that such love like them existed. According to her it was called a selfish love. She thought most parents were selfless when it came to their children but the two people before her were just the opposite of it.

In the end, if these two would balance out everything and reflect on themselves… they would realise that both of them had lost too much instead of gaining, for achieving their love to each other.

‘Was it really worth it?’ Cherry wanted to ask the both of them. She doubted if it was all worth it because those two obviously lost everything except for each other.