Chapter 17
Lucian casually continued, “I was curious, so I bought one of their new products, and sure enough, it had the card inside?”
“I thought, since you’re from the US, I’d ask if you knew about it.
In an instant, Colette’s heart jolted, and her entire body tensed. After all this time, they
by still couldn’t leave her alone.
Hadn’t she already done enough for them with Camille? She had caused no harm, yet here they were again, dragging her back into it!!
Colette forced a smile, trying to keep her voice steady. “What card? Can I see it?“!
Lucian handed her the card. “Here, take a look. They’re looking for someone with the same name as you
Colette’s eyes skimmed the card quickly, and the tension in her chest only grew. There was no photo of her on it, but the letter referenced the scandal once more, that same explosive news that had almost faded from memory. And now, it was being slipped into product packages and sent across the globe.
The apology letter, penned by Magnus and Spencer, revealed everything about the affair on Colette’s wedding night. They laid out the truth behind it, dragging it all back to the surface X
Not only did they confess to everything, but they also admitted the sins they’d committed after the fact, Magnus‘ affair during their marriage, and their pressure on Colette to have an abortion for Camille!!
At the end of the card was a QR code.R
Colette scanned it, and a video appeared. In it, the two men stood in the empty villa, pleading for her to return, begging for another
chance X
At first, Colette barely recognized them. They young masters of the Ferrero family now looked like shadows of their former selves.
A year had passed, but it seemed as though they had endured hell itself. Their faces were gaunt, their eyes hollow, and the anguish etched on their features was too raw for even makeup to conceal
Though they still wore their usual expensive suits, the vigor they once exuded had vanished completely.
In the video, their voices broke as they begged, their eyes brimming with tears, confessing their wrongs and pleading for Colette to return “If only you would come back “W
“We’ve searched everywhere, but we can’t find you. We had no choice but to resort to this…”
“Please, come back…”
Colette closed her eyes, the weight of the moment pressing down on her like a heavy fog.
She couldn’t make sense of it. If she had meant so much to them, why had they treated her so cruelly from thes callously taken her child from her?
start? Why had they so
Now, it didn’t matter that they exposed the truth, risking the company’s downfall and a global scandal. Nothing would bring her child back.
And neither would she return.
Lucian watched the emotions flicker across Colette’s face, a deep pit forming in his chest. His heart sank as he saw her struggle.
He hesitated, then spoke quietly, “I know, the name ‘Colette‘ is common in the US. There are many with that name.”
“Colette, this must be a coincidence, right? It’s not… you, is it?”
Colette didn’t respond immediately. She’d known him for so long, but the truth was too heavy to lie about.!!
She exhaled slowly, her eyes still closed, and finally spoke in a voice thick with resignation, “It’s as you sow.”
“On my wedding night, I was with my new husband’s brother. I remarried, become pregnant, and watched my child die.” “All of that was me.”X
The memones came rushing back, haunting her like ghosts, shadows of the past that refused to leave, carrying the weight of rejection
and shame
It seemed as though the next moment, the boy who had once eagerly shared his country with her and gone out of accommodation would, like all the others before him, tear her down with cruel words.ll
way to arrange her
But Lucian only looked at her with unwavering, steady eyes, his gaze filled with something deeper than sympathy, something that spoke of a promise.||
“Colette, will you forgive them?”
When Colette shook her head, Lucian’s resolve only grew
only grew stronger. His voice, unshaken, reached her again. “Don’t worry”
“ni keep you safe. I won’t let them hurt you again.”}
