Following Vincent's confession, the ugly truth, which had been deeply buried for years, was finally brought to light again.

Lionel's mother, Constance, and Fiona were bosom friends. For decades, they were as close as blood-related sisters. Their deep bond remained the same even after their marriage.

A few years back, the two families had been considered good friends. Both parties even intended for Lionel and Victoria to marry each other. That way, their relationship could grow closer than just friends.

However, things began to change when Constance was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Because of the illness, she became pale and lost a lot of weight in a short time. She was no longer as radiant and beautiful as she was before. That was when Benjamin began to get funny ideas and had his eyes on other women, which soon became a common occurrence.

What made it more outrageous was how Benjamin acted one way to somebody's face and another to somebody's back. His actions were purely hideous and revolting.

In front of everybody, he was a warm and caring husband who was extremely attentive to his sick wife. He perfectly showcased what a model couple was like, and his behavior undoubtedly touched the hearts of many.

But behind everyone's back, he was the complete opposite. He kept mistresses and fooled around with many women. He lived his life as if Constance was already dead.

Later, Constance gradually felt that Benjamin had changed. Nonetheless, she did not share her woes with her son. Since she had no confidants around her to vent her grievances, she could only share them with Fiona.

Fiona had an impatient character. After learning about Benjamin's inhuman acts, she was infuriated and declared that she would gather evidence of him having affairs and publicize it so that his reputation would be torn to shreds.

After several days of investigations, she successfully collected enough evidence. Unfortunately, she was murdered before she could even reveal the contents.

Everyone believed that Fiona had fallen off the cliff while driving because of faulty brakes on her car.

Of course, that was also the result of the police investigations.

However, Constance later found out that her best friend's death was all pre-planned by Benjamin.

Worried that he would lose everything after Fiona revealed the videos, Benjamin had ordered someone to tamper with the brakes on her car, thus leading to the accident.

Constance was overwhelmed with guilt toward her best friend after learning about the truth. Yet, she dared not expose Benjamin's wrongdoings at the thought of Lionel.

She figured that Lionel still had to depend on Benjamin for a living. She was worried that Lionel would end up in misfortune if she offended Benjamin.

Hence, she chose death. In the quiet of the night, she took sleeping pills to end her life.

The public assumed she passed away because she had lost her battle with sickness.

Nobody knew that she had chosen to end her life because of her guilt toward Fiona and her utter disappointment in Benjamin.

“Before your mother passed away, she sent me a message that revealed the truth. She said that the Gezmond family had done the Saunders family wrong. She hoped I could take revenge on your father and break you and Vicky apart if possible. There's a blood feud between the two of you. Forcing you two together will only put you both in torture, so it was probably a better choice to end things quickly. That's how the tragedy happened seven years ago.”

Without a doubt, that was too huge a blow for Lionel. He stumbled a few steps before slumping back onto the couch.
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