Lucas had actually seen that before I sent that “let’s break up” message, I had sent a video clip.
He just hadn’t watched it yet.
At Rachel’s prompting, he took out his phone.
Then he saw the chat log between him and Wendy.
“How… Ivy never looks at my phone…”
Hearing Lucas’s words, Rachel’s face showed a hint of mockery:
“You brat, you should be thankful you’re my son. If Ivy’s family were still alive, how could they allow you to deceive her feelings like this?!”
Lucas still wanted to deceive himself:
“No, I never meant to hurt her..”
Rachel wasn’t going to indulge him:
Then tell me yourself, what were you planning? Were you thinking of marrying Wendy while keeping Ivy by your side?!”
Lucas moved his mouth but couldn’t speak.
“Five years ago when you first got together, I wanted Ivy to leave. If it wasn’t for that child saying you two loved each other and firmly refusing the consultation fee, plus seeing that you had genuinely developed feelings for Ivy, I wouldn’t have let you ruin someone else’s daughter!”
Lucas asked in disbelief:
“Mom! Are you really my mom? How can you say such things?!”
Hearing this, Rachel sneered:
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“I wish you weren’t my son! I thought you would marry Ivy and bring her home. Who would have thought you’ve been pining for that Summers girl all along! As soon as she came back, your stance wavered. What a waste of Ivy’s years of devotion to you!”
Rachel adjusted her breathing and continued:
“Back then, I promised Ivy’s grandfather that I would take good care of his granddaughter. And here you are, wanting to have your cake and eat
it too? How did I raise such a fickle child?! When has our Wilson family ever produced someone so disloyal!”
Lucas, already struggling to accept my sudden departure, saw his own mother laying bare his innermost secrets in front of others.
His emotions suddenly became uncontrollable.
“I never meant to hurt Ivy! Mom! Where did she go? I need to find her and bring her back!”
Rachel saw Adam and Wendy coming out of the banquet hall one after another.
In the end, she couldn’t bear to let outsiders see Lucas in this state.
After forcefully pushing Lucas into the car, she drove away in front of the approaching Adam.
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After checking in and taking a shower, I took a taxi to the restaurant highly recommended by Ethan.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered, I met Ethan’s gaze.
“Dr Sang! You really came!”
After exchanging pleasantries with Ethan, I looked at the man standing silently beside him.
He must be the young and successful but aloof boss Ethan had mentioned.
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He must be the young and successful but aloof boss Ethan had mentioned.
Ignoring his appraising gaze, I nodded naturally.
I asked the waiter to show me to an empty table.
“Your surname is Sang? What relation do you have to Sang Zhan?”
As I passed by the man, his low voice sounded in my ear.
Hearing this name, I stopped in my tracks:
“You knew my dad?”
I don’t know how I ended up sitting with them.
The man said his name was Ethan Liao.
He knew my father’s name because my father had once saved his father’s life.
“After hearing about Mr. Sang’s passing, my father was devastated for a long time. When he learned that the Sang family only had an elderly grandfather and an underage girl left, he tried to find out where you lived, wanting to help take care of you on Mr. Sang’s behalf. I never expected to meet you here.”
My mother had a difficult labor when giving birth to me.
Although she survived at the time, it left her with lasting health issues.
She passed away due to illness when I was three years old.
After that, my father often went out to treat patients.
When I was ten, he died in a car accident.
When I was little, I overheard my grandfather earnestly advising my father:
“Everyone has their own fate. You can’t keep doing things beyond your abilities just because Ivy’s mother is gone. Ivy is still so young, do you want her to lose her father at such a young age too?”
At the time, I didn’t understand what my grandfather meant.
