CHAPTER 56: Figured It Out

"What do you think would make me still choose to give birth to Ezekiel's child if I supposedly love someone else, Panying?" I questioned her. "I knew back then that he was deceiving me for Marian, but I still told myself that if he chose me and our unborn child, I would stay with him. But what they did with Marian was a slap in the face!"

"S-Serena, I'm sorry, but I can't believe what you're saying now. It's just impossible for Sir Heskel to do that," she countered. "Because if he were a womanizer, if something happened between him and that woman while you two were together—I just can't explain why he was so devastated when you left him!"

"I didn't feel that level of love from him, Panying."

"Well, how could you? If he wasn't busy with work, you are! You two were rarely together, and you treated each other with hostility. Ma'am Raquel also constantly complained to Sir Heskel about how much you despised and detested him. Sir didn't know how to treat you in a way that you would like. I