“Precisely! Hector, you can’t treat Luna like this. Back then, you were the one who…”

“Alright, that’s enough,” Hector interrupted her. “Let’s consider this matter closed. I don’t care who was in the wrong—I don’t want to investigate it any further.”

“As the both of you have said, Luna is my wife and the mother of my son. I want to lead a peaceful, upright life, and I give you my word that I won’t do anything that might jeopardize the harmony of this family. In the future, I hope you won’t harass Charlotte anymore.”

“Are you doing all this because of that wench?” Luna asked, her voice shaking.

“Luna, for heaven’s sake…” Amanda grabbed hold of her immediately to shut her up. Turning to Hector, she said, “Hector, you misunderstand me. I never wanted to harm Charlotte in any way. I invited her over today for the sole purpose of having dinner with the rest of us. I didn’t think it would turn out like this. Everything’s my fault—I should’ve planned it out better. If I get the chance in the future, I’ll make sure to apologize to her. As for you and Luna, please don’t let this matter get in the way of your relationship…”

“Good. That’s what I wanted to hear.” Hector turned and headed upstairs after speaking.

“Mom, what the hell were you thinking?” Luna hissed angrily. “He only refused to stop investigating the incident because of Charlotte…”

“And what about it?” Amanda retorted in a low voice. “As long as he knows what he has to do and stops hanging around that woman, we will have achieved our goal! Who cares about the reason behind it?”

do you mean?” her daughter asked

in disbelief. “You can’t be so idealistic about love. There isn’t a single man on earth who can remain loyal to one woman for his entire life. You can’t control the fact that Hector may have

 

get even more strained. However, if you turn a blind eye to his actions and

don’t want his guilt; I want

to him. That’s the only way you can keep your position as Mrs. Sterling. Once the image of Charlotte in his heart is destroyed, he’ll turn around and fall in love with

In the distance, the

said, “Owen, please head inside first. There are a few things

towards her

hurt? Aunt Amanda has a pretty bad temper—please don’t

Charlotte said as she looked up at him, “how did my father

about shiftily as he stammered, “W—why are you asking me about this now? Everyone knows your father committed suicide by jumping

why did he jump off a building?” she pressed. “The Windt Corporation was doing extremely well at that time. Why did he commit suicide when he had everything going for

world is complicated, and there are lots of things you don’t understand,” Simon said distractedly. “Come to think of it; I

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