Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

When Yulia got back to Alan’s place, she saw her belongings all strewn on the floor by the door. Inside, a middle-aged cleaning lady was constantly swearing as she worked.

Unable to bear any more, Yulia fled that rented apartment, weeping. She rushed back to the Gu's mansion in panic and desperation.

Naturally, Nelson knew all about the entire debacle. He was lounging on the sofa in the living room when Yulia returned, and she immediately got down on her knees before him as soon as she entered.

"Grandfather, I’ve been so wrong. Please forgive me. I promise, I’ll listen to you from now on. I won’t make stupid, childish mistakes anymore."

She wept and wailed on her grandfather’s lap, airing out all her grievances and sorrow.

Nelson only sighed. "You’d better learned your lesson. If it weren’t for Melinda, who knows how long it would have taken to expose that charlatan. Or how many more women he’d have deceived!"

It was only then that Yulia realized her brother and his wife were also in the room. She shot her grandfather a confused look. ‘What did he mean by that?’

Nelson was smiling warmly at Melinda, and explained everything, praising her every so often in between narratives.

"Grandpa, it’s all just a matter of coincidence and good luck." Melinda brushed off the compliments she was given. It was the truth.

If Jonas hadn’t mentioned that there was something wrong about Alan, she wouldn’t have dwelt on the matter and discovered the con artist’s schemes.

"Be that as it may, it doesn’t change the fact that you’ve done an excellent thing! Citizens of A City have been commending your actions. You’ve brought honor to the Gu family, and I’m so proud."

Yulia felt small in the face of all the praises Melinda was getting, and she grimaced in displeasure. Then she recalled the pictures and mail that she had received.

If she put two things together, it was safe to assume that those incriminating pieces of evidence were from her brother’s wife.

"Still, Grandpa, Yulia was in no fault at all. She was the one cheated on by that bastard." Though her tone was gentle, Melinda shot a snide look at Jonas when she said the word "bastard".

"Thank you, Melinda," Yulia said quietly. She was, in fact, not feeling grateful at all, but she had to mask her bitterness and resentment from their grandfather. This much she could manage.

"Oh never mind about that. Just make sure you use your brains in the future." Melinda’s statement was followed by a heavy silence.

It was a little harsh, but she realized too late, and the atmosphere had become awkward. She felt ashamed of herself. She had meant to comfort the younger girl, but her words slipped out easily unchecked.

Yulia took great offense at Melinda’s words, but she reined in her temper. She settled with silence, lest she said something vile in reply.

"Oh please don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t trying to imply anything mean." Melinda rushed to rectify the situation, but her words got the better of her yet again. "Women meet a bunch of lying bastards all the time. You’re actually luckier than I am in that respect."

Her last remark did not escape Jonas’s notice, and he gave his wife a pointed look. At that, Melinda raised both her hands, deciding to shut up once and for all.

Yulia wasn’t paying attention to them anyway. She hung her head, and her thoughts were filled with vitriol towards Melinda.

reputation is ruined now. She must have planned this from the start. She’s behind

awkwardly, her face was covered by her bangs. And her resentment against Melinda was also obvious. Her reputation was ruined this

raised her head and pasted an innocent smile on her face. "Melinda, thank you, really. Why don’t we go

earnest expression, and with her invitation phrased the way it was, it would be in poor taste

had long known that she would never get along well with

potent it was practically palpable whenever they were in the same room. Surely

grew more each passing day. Nevertheless, as long as Yulia didn’t strike

mansion avoided speaking of the matter with Alan. Yulia settled back in

going to the mall with her. Melinda couldn’t put it off any longer, and they finally made plans to go one day, after

quite fuchsia, but not a muted baby shade either.

with simple white flats, and settled

the other hand, wore a black body-hugging, sleeveless top that exposed her midriff, pumps, and a

stood next to each other, Yulia looked like the older one, in spite of the truth

Yulia made a beeline for the jewelry district, dragging Melinda behind her. They weren’t the only ones in

considerable amount of time on her hands. She wanted to maximize her

Cartier Shoppe. I have a party to attend in

an immaculate white dress, and an elaborate "natural look" makeup that consisted of a lot of products and took a lot of time to apply. Her lips

wore giant sunglasses that covered

young entrepreneur who had undoubtedly been many a woman’s dream lover at some point in

into the mall. Most of the attention fell solidly on Jonas, though. Despite

Emily said, leaning closer against his arm

he was particularly gentle towards her. She was smug about getting that little special treatment, and

into the Cartier Shoppe and looked at some watches. She mentioned how she noticed that the older woman wore nothing on her wrist, and that she wanted to

suddenly so noisy?" Yulia commented out loud, and then turned towards the entrance. Emily and Jonas had just entered

mildly curious expression on her face when she leaned over to look, and her face didn’t

anytime soon. To her disappointment, Melinda only put down the watch she was

very calm tone. Then she headed towards the doors on the

her brother and gave them a big

she turned to leave, but he was sure

Melinda. How could she not, when Jonas stared so intently in her direction. All she got in way of

that moment. 'This damn woman, I’m her

a second thought, he shrugged off from Emily’s clutch and strode

after him as well. She struggled to match his unrelenting pace, and very soon also struggled

and give her a piece of his mind.

on. What she was sure of, was

as admitting that she felt a pang in her chest when she saw them, and that was

her mind as she continued to forge ahead, her steps confident and even. Yulia was beside her in a moment, looking unbothered at all as she tried