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

And her resentment against Melinda was also obvious. Her reputation was ruined this

on her face. "Melinda, thank you, really. Why don’t we

way it

Melinda had long known that she would never get along well with

held malice towards her, so potent it was practically palpable whenever they were in the same room. Surely all that ill intent couldn’t

certain it only grew more each passing day. Nevertheless, as long as Yulia didn’t strike first,

the days that followed, the residents of the Gu's mansion avoided speaking of the matter with Alan. Yulia settled back

Melinda couldn’t put it off any longer, and

bright pink dress, not quite fuchsia, but not a muted baby shade either.

simple white flats, and settled for no makeup. She looked youthful and

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

looked like the older

mall, Yulia made a beeline for the jewelry district, dragging

she had a considerable amount of time on her hands. She wanted to maximize her break, so she had asked Jonas to go shopping

she clung to his arm. "Let’s go to the Cartier Shoppe. I have a party to attend in a couple of days and I still have no jewelry to

of products and took a lot of time to apply. Her lips were

also wore giant sunglasses that covered a majority

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

the moment they stepped into the mall. Most of the attention fell solidly on Jonas, though. Despite that, nobody dared

often," Emily said, leaning closer

was particularly gentle towards her. She was smug about getting that little

She mentioned how she noticed that

it suddenly so noisy?" Yulia commented out loud, and then turned towards the entrance. Emily and Jonas had just entered the shop, like two models walking

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

drama to break out anytime soon. To her disappointment, Melinda only put down the watch

here. Let’s go," she spoke in a very calm tone. Then she headed towards the doors on the other side of the shop, away from where Jonas and

didn’t follow immediately as she tried to assess the situation. She looked back towards her brother and gave them a big wave

as she turned to leave, but he was sure that she’d

Jonas stared so intently in her

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

from Emily’s clutch

screeched, and then followed after him as well. She struggled to match his unrelenting pace, and very soon also struggled to suppress her

to all of it. He had to find his wife and give her a piece of

was that the picture her husband made with that woman next to him implied intimacy

that she felt a pang in her chest when she saw them, and that was why she fled the

her in a moment, looking unbothered at all as she tried to catch up to the older woman, even in