Marcia swept back her hair, revealing a faint slap mark on her face.

Trembling, she disclosed, “I found records of him buying a house for that woman.

She’s about your age, young enough to be his daughter.

They even have a son who’s already in elementary school.

He’s hidden this from me for years.

He’s a monster!”

She looked earnestly at Elissa and added, “No wonder he’s been so heartless to you.

He plans to leave his fortune to his lover’s son! He’s so cruel.”

Elissa was speechless, grappling with shame for having known about her father’s affair but not sharing it sooner with her mother.

Marcia suddenly laughed bitterly.

all along, didn’t you? Raphael even arranged the boy’s

why your father never confronted

inevitable that I would find

whispered an

sternly,

father has done something like this,

keeping silent, I could somehow be happy? He doesn’t care

one day,

Yousef would directly harm Marcia, but given his character, she couldn’t help

with Raphael the possibility

Marcia could adjust; after all, coming from wealth, Marcia had never lived

gently suggested, “Stay here for

it

I think he’ll agree.”

surveyed the surroundings, feeling a mix of temptation and

the financial means to support both Elissa and Raphael, potentially living

her submissive past to Yousef, and the fact that she had even abandoned her daughter under his

confessed to Elissa that she couldn’t envision adapting to such a

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