Chapter 875
âYou might think that incident had a huge impact on my life, a stain that canât be wiped clean⦠but thatâs not quite right. Weâre the victims here, why should someone elseâs
mistake become the stain on our lives?
âI used to think the same way you do, just like a lot of people I was scared that people would criticize me because of it, scared that theyâd look at me with judgemental
eyes.
âThen I met Marcus, who firmly told me that such things shouldnât make the victims feel shameful, itâs the perpetrators who should face the severe punishment of the law.â Speaking of Marcus, Cornelia continued the conversation, âGranny, I know you like Marcus a lot. Heâs indeed a great husband, not only rich and influential but also handsome with a good physique. Men like him are rare. Iâm lucky to have met him and I will cherish him, so you can rest assured.
âMore importantly, Marcus is a really good person, he treats me so well that sometimes it feels like Iâm dreaming
âHe just told me that he will always be with me, but Iâm scared to believe it. Iâm scared that if I believe it, he might suddenly leave me one day just like youâ¦â
Cornelia reckoned, âif you harbor hopes, youâll face disappointments. If you donât expect anything, thereâll be no disappointments.â
She dared not to have high expectations of Marcus now, because even her granny could leave her, maybe Marcus would deceive her tooâ¦
âGranny, my mom left me, my dad left me, and you left me⦠did I really annoy you all? If not, why wouldnât you all stay with me longer?â
As she spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks like a flood breaking through a dam, and she couldnât control her emotions, âBut Iâve always behaved.â
âIâve been obedient since I was a child. Anything you didnât want me to do, I didnât do. Whatever you wanted me to do, I did. Iâve been so good, why did you all leave me?â
Sometimes, Cornelia would wonder, if she had been a naughty child, would her parents not have left her?
âGranny, is it because I married Marcus, you thought he could take care of me for a lifetime, so you donât have to worry about me anymore, thatâs why you left me? If thatâs the case, I definitely wouldnât have listened to you and got married. Iâd be a child who makes you worry, as long as youâre constantly worrying about me, you wouldnât leave.â
Cornelia spoke and thought in confusion. She said a lot, a lot of things she had thought about but never spoken out loud.
Some of the things she said, she had said to her granny countless times. She kept repeating them, because this was the last time she could talk to her granny.
From then on, she would never have the chance again.
She had completely lost her granny.
She didnât have her granny anymore. In this world, there were no more family related to her by blood.
On the other side.