A Moment in Destiny

“I don’t believe you! Now that he’s gone, anything you say can’t be proved!” Mabel shook her head.

“Mum, I think she might be telling the truth!” Leila held her mother’s hand, “Father is already gone, even if she didn’t say so, he would have forgiven her. This is probably why he had always allowed her to take revenge on us and bully us, Father had never blamed her.”

“Leila…” Mabel sighed.

Nora turned again towards Leila. “I’m sorry, it’s my fault! But Leila, Vincent is in a miserable state now. I have never pampered this child because he’s a man, and the White family has a rule that sons are never pampered, and sons are meant to grow up in suffering! It’s always been my ideology to raise my son strictly and my daughter benevolently as well, so I adored Pippa tens to a hundred times more than how I adored Vincent. But this doesn’t mean that I don’t love my son. Watching him being sad would break my heart as well! Come back with me, he needs you!”

“Leave, my daughter will never enter your home anymore!”

“Why can’t you understand, Mabel? They are in love with each other, will we really be satisfied and assured, watching the two of them acting like strangers to each other thereafter?” Nora painstakingly explained. “You and I are both losers in love, I’m even worse off than you are! At least you had been loved once, but I have nothing!”

“You knew as well that Eric was the bane against my entire life, he was the pain that was buried in my heart unable to be forgotten by me for this life. Once it’s touched, I’ll lose my sanity, once I think of it I’ll lose myself! Although I have once cursed that he should die but I didn’t really want him to die! I’m still in such sorrow when he’s dead! When Seth found me and told me about those things, I lost my sense. I’ve taken revenge regardless of the means, but it was the truth!”

“The experiences these days finally made me understand that if you have loved each other and if you have once felt deeply hurt for each other, the life or death of that person wouldn’t have nothing to do with you but would instead be deeply related to you. Once you would think that you would only be happy when he’s dead, but when he is really going to leave you, you would then realize that no, you didn’t think in that way. You’d hope that he lives on healthily, even if he has betrayed you, even if he no longer loves you. You would still hope that he lives on well until the age of eighty and has many children and grandchildren. Yes, I thought so. But Eric is dead! Your Brian is dead as well. My son and your daughter, they loved each other, if they can’t be together as well, are you and I really going to be satisfied?”

Nora’s words stunned Mabel. It was true, she did not want to see Leila and Vincent breaking up for real as well, especially when they were in love. During the days when Leila was in the hospital, Vincent had been taking care of her busily for many days, he had been so caring and so gentle towards Leila. She had been touched as well!

Seeing that Mabel was silent, Nora continued speaking to Leila, “Leila, do you really intend to be strangers with Vincent from here on? Not knowing each other again? Having separate lives? Will there not be a bit of regret in your heart? Didn’t you both love each other deeply? Weren’t both of you once so happy and sweet?”

Leila froze slightly, thinking of Vincent. She thought about the things they had been through in the past — he cooked for her, made a brown sugar drink for her, bought her a notebook, bought her flowers, and gifted her a necklace. Even when they got divorced, he gave her some shares as well.

She paused. Back then, he was like an angel and a devil, so devilish and high profile, even being arrogant. But afterward, what he had was more of sorrow hidden under the coldness.

The memories were actually still so clear, she recalled the child-like, perfect face when she had left. The exhaustion that could not be hidden in his expression made her heart ache, wanting to go by his side to heal his wounds for him.

She suddenly felt so many memories and so many emotions, that she could not hold back the pain that was spreading in her heart.

She pursed her lips together tightly making it show a pale color, but she did not know how to face it. Without trust, how could they go on?

Seeing that she did not speak, Nora was quite anxious. “Leila, are you still unwilling to forgive me?”

again,

Leila. Proud as she was, she was actually kneeling at

being, Mabel and Leila were both

“Nora…” Mabel exclaimed quietly.

are you doing?” Leila hurried and wanted to help her

before. I’ve missed lots and lots of amazing things in my life. Now I’m old with heart disease and I am about to be near the brink of death. Perhaps in not more than a few days, I would no longer be in this world! They say that a dying person

after getting up!” Mabel pulled

“Mabel, you should know how proud of a person I

possibly bear for her to kneel before herself, “If you want to speak you can speak after getting up, don’t kneel here, it’s not good! I can’t take this as well! Please get up

you forgive

greatly.” Leila

well and they tugged Nora onto the couch.

couch and continued, “I’m not pressuring you, Leila. I don’t want to force you as well, but I just want to tell you that Vincent is struggling greatly now. He’s being busy without stopping every day, he didn’t know to eat and didn’t want to eat. He’ll eat whenever he remembers and wouldn’t eat when he doesn’t want to. He’s also smoking more, three packs per day, one after another non-stop. Or else he would be working crazily, being busy without an end, refusing to let himself

matter how, she still could not disregard Vincent, she was just this useless! She still worried about him, even if she has been hurt by him and was not trusted

words, she went silent, biting

don’t you two start by dating first? Can’t

loved each other, she would hope to start over with him

should go back first!” Leila

had wanted to say something but she knew better than to continue,

I’ll leave first, you

after Nora

to you. You’re no longer a young girl like before, you’re a divorced woman. Vincent had announced that he was divorcing you so publicly, even if someone were to fall for you, but

the rest of my life!” Leila was conflicted,

you still

that I’ll ever love for this life. This wouldn’t change now and it wouldn’t change after,

a date first! Allow him to pursue you properly this time, and the two of you can try to coordinate

to attend the training at the base. Let’s sleep early!”