Chapter 702



What had happened then …

Even Mrs. Landis didn’t know the full story. All she knew was that, after Herman left, Iris had suddenly packed up her things, left Hunt Manor and moved into the little village here.

From that point on, it was as if she had suddenly become numb and no longer cared about Justin.

But Mrs. Landis still remembered that day when five-year-old Justin, who didn’t understand anything, suddenly ran up to the villa, crying and screaming for his mother.

But Iris had refused to open the door. She had stayed in the house and had merely said, “Come back. I don’t want to see you.”

“Mom, open the door!”

Outside the door, five-year-old Justin tried his best to knock on the door, but as if she had hardened her heart, she never opened it.

Justin was just as stubborn. He shouted, “If you don’t open the door, I’m not leaving!”.

Later, it began to rain.

It was storming and the winds were howling with the heavy rain. The bodyguard handed him an umbrella, but he pushed it away. The stubborn boy continued to stand on that rainy night.

Justin had a very determined look on his face. He didn’t believe his mother was truly ignoring him.

Nor did he believe that his gentle mother would suddenly become so cruel and hard-hearted.

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But later, cold and hungry, he eventually collapsed from exhaustion. Even as she collapsed on the floor, she kept her eyes open with the last vestiges of her strength and stared at the door.

What disappointed him was that, from start to finish, the door did not open once.

From then on, Justin understood that Iris no longer loved him. After visiting her a few more times, she rarely came again.

But little did he know that Mrs. Landis had seen with her own eyes that all the time he had been in the rain, Iris had also been in the rain in the inner courtyard of the villa.

When the bodyguards outside had exclaimed in shock after he had fainted, Iris had rushed to the door. Both her hands had been on the doors, but she did not open the door.

Her tears had mingled with the rainwater on her face, and she wept silently with her mouth open. That was the most painful night of Iris’s life that Mrs. Landis had ever seen.

She was a hundred times sadder than when Herman had betrayed her.

In her opinion, Iris didn’t love Herman at all, or rather, she didn’t love him that deeply. After all, theirs had been a political marriage.

She had given all her love to Justin.

But for some reason, mother and son had to separate. It was clear that they had once been very close, but now they were like complete strangers.

Mrs. Landis simply didn’t understand what had happened. She stared at Iris, only to see tears on her face.

Mrs. Landis panicked. “Ma’am, what’s wrong, what’s wrong?”

Iris covered her face with her hands.

Before she had come, she had thought that since it had been so many years, everything must be okay by now, right?

Besides, Nora had tried to convince her once and had told her that her son was all grown up. Perhaps his problems were nothing more than trivial matters to him.

That was why, after a long internal struggle the day before, he had come to Hunt Manor today with the clothes he had carefully selected for the three children.

Deep down, he wanted to repair his relationship with his son. She could also see that, although her son was surprised to see her, he was not hostile toward her. But little did she expect that… That man would come back!

As expected, those thoughts of hers were nothing more than wishful thinking.

She should stay in that small village all her life as someone’s trapped canary and live her life alone.

This was the price she had to pay for that incident back then.

Without any hope, there would be no disappointment.

The small spark of hope that had finally ignited after many hardships had suddenly been extinguished that night.

Iris lowered her head. “Ask no more questions, Mrs. Landis.”

Seeing his sad look, Mrs. Landis sighed.

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At the Hunts’ house.

When Justin and Nora entered the living room, they discovered that Cherry had gone to the upstairs bedroom. Herman and Lauren were sitting on the couch, drinking the tea the butler had just delivered to them.

Justin looked totally crushed for Iris. There was sadness on his face. He took Nora’s hand and sat down across from Herman and Lauren.

Herman said, “You saw that, didn’t you? Your mother is a cold-hearted person. Justin, she’s always been very selfish. You should have gotten used to her a long time ago, shouldn’t you?”.

Justin suddenly raised his head, a piercing light coming from his eyes. “Why are you here?”

Herman narrowed his eyes. “This is my home. Of course I was going to come back someday. Besides, my agreement with your mother back then was that I would leave the Hunts for twenty years. Don’t worry, I know the entire Hunt Corporation is now in your hands. Even if I come back, I won’t be able to take anything from you…. I’ve done my own business overseas all these years, and I have my own assets, so I won’t covet your money. I have come back only to visit you, as well as your grandmother on the road.” After saying this, he stood up and began to walk outside. “I will first go to greet your grandmother. I’ll stay at her house tonight.”

Fake Lauren pretentiously said, “Justin, this is our gift to the children. Cherry is afraid of strangers, so she didn’t accept the gift. You can give it to her later.”

As the two of them left, Justin looked at Nora. “Why don’t you go up first? I’ll take care of these gifts.”

Nora worried that he would misunderstand Iris and end up being moved by Herman’s words. Only then did she realize that she really disliked Herman. She was relieved.

She nodded and went upstairs.

After going upstairs, Justin picked up his phone and answered a call. Sean’s voice came from the other end, “Boss.”

Justin’s gaze was very cold. He looked down slightly and asked, “Did you look into it? What did she say in the car after she left…?”.

Sean then recounted the conversation between Mrs. Landis and Iris in the car and told him how Iris had reacted.

Justin narrowed his eyes and listened quietly.

Sean said sheepishly, “The Lady seems to be having some difficulties, and she is not indifferent to it. Although she speaks disdainfully of the videos sent to her in the past, she has actually kept them all…”

Justin knew all this, of course, because he was the one who had had those videos sent to him!

All he wanted to know now was: why!

Sean was still reporting his findings. “The gifts the Lady brought for the children were all carefully selected and prepared a month in advance. After hearing that you had another child, she even prepared an additional gift overnight to compensate. Actually, she was planning to tell you some truth when she took the initiative to visit you today….. but she seems to have regretted it. It seems that the change in her emotions only took place after your father’s return.”

“Agreed.”

Justin understood what Sean was saying. He raised his eyes and looked in front of him dispassionately. Then he said slowly, “If you can’t get anything out of my mother, then try the other side.”

“Yes, sir.”

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