Bradley gazed at Esther, her tears flowing like broken pearls. His heart burned with searing pain, causing him to instinctively step back.
Without Bradleyâs restraint, Esther immediately sat up on the desk. She lowered her head and carefully examined the woman in the video, comparing every detail of her eyes, lips, and nose to hers. They were exactly the same.
Suddenly, Esther also noticed that the woman in the video did not have the small red mole on her collarbone that she always had. She hastily thrust the phone screen in front of Bradleyâs face, eagerly defending herself word by word. âBradley, look closely. The woman in the video is not me!â
Bradley forcefully snatched the phone from Estherâs hand and mocked icily, âEsther, look carefully, this is your faceâ¦â
âNo, itâs not me.â Esther could not control her tears and meekly explained, âLook, I have a small red mole here, but the woman in the video doesnât.â
Esther pointed to the red mole on her collarbone, her eyes filled with tears, hoping desperately that Bradley would believe her.
âBradley, please believe me. The woman in the video is not me. I truly, truly did not betray you.
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Bradley looked at the small red mole on Estherâs collarbone and suddenly felt a pang of heartache.
That moment of heartache was like a shooting star, crossing his heart and disappearing in an instant.
âEsther, your acting skills are truly pathetic.â
Bradley thought that even if the woman in the video was not Esther, his grandfather had still gotten into an accident because of that video. His grandfather had also turned comatose because of her. His grandfather treated her even better than him, yet this malicious woman was heartless enough to take his grandfatherâs life.
Esther trembled, grasping Bradleyâs hand and pleading, âItâs true! The woman in the video is not me.
You have to believe meâ¦â
Bradleyâs heart melted in that instant. So what if the woman in the video was not Esther?
Five years ago, that video had been exposed on the Internet, and he had been ridiculed by people worldwide. Because of that video, he had lost his only relative in this world.
If it were not for Liliane later giving birth to Felix, he would have been a lonely person in this world.
Bradley pushed the tear-stained Esther into the bathroom and spoke indifferently. âYouâre too dirty.â
Having said that, he closed the bathroom door. He felt a faint ache in his heart for the first time when he saw Esther crying.
He had hated her for five years, believing she had betrayed him for five years. Now⦠he realized that the woman in the video from five years ago was not her. Even the children she carried were not illegitimate-they were his children.
When the truth suddenly appeared in his world without any warning, Bradley felt a sense of panic, not knowing how to face Esther.
The bathroom door slammed shut with a âbangâ.
It was as if Bradley had shut Esther out of his world from then on. The scenes from the video were replayed in Estherâs mind. Those raunchy scenes felt like knives, dividing her and Bradley into two worlds.
For a moment, Esther felt as if she was covered in filth.