But Rebecca never expected this.
She never expected such news to be waiting for her at the end.
How could this have happened?
How did things escalate to this point?
Natalie had repeatedly pressured Cedric!
She... hated him!
Did she hate him for not protecting her all those years?
"If she wants revenge, why not take it out on me? It was me! I was the one who wanted to tear them apart! I was the one who looked down on her!"
Rebecca's emotions were completely out of control.
Yes, it was her!
It was Rebecca who brought them to this point of enmity. She never imagined that the moment two people in love turned against each other would be so hysterical.
It was... terrifying!
Heather listened indifferently to it all. "It's over. Everything has ended."
Yes!
It was over!
At least, that was how it was in Natalie's view. Natalie had accepted this ending calmly, right?
At that moment, Rebecca choked out, "No, it's not. She hasn't gotten her revenge on me yet."
Rebecca didn't need anything else. She didn't want anything else. As long as Cedric was safe, she could bear any consequences!
Heather's eyes dimmed.
Revenge? On Rebecca?
"It seems like you're really not on the same level as us!"
Revenge? Such a word was too harsh!
What Natalie did to Cedric was never revenge.
Those who didn't understand this didn't know anything at all!
"He didn't do anything wrong!" Rebecca continued as if she hadn't heard Heather's words.
Yes.
Regarding Natalie, Cedric didn't do anything wrong. The only mistake he made was insisting on being with Natalie back then. No matter how others tried to stop him or what happened between them, he insisted on being with Natalie.
That was what hurt Rebecca the most!
Back then, she looked down on Natalie. Rebecca couldn't bring herself to like Natalie at all. She thought Natalie was too delicate.
With how petite she was, it was clear she couldn't bear children. Rebecca couldn't allow her son to be with such a woman.
Her son was so outstanding. There were so many good women in the world. Why did he have to set his sights on Natalie?
"Hah!"
Heather snorted when she heard Rebecca say that Cedric hadn't done anything wrong.
"Then, in your view, what would you consider to be wrong?"
At that moment, Heather finally understood why Cedric was so indifferent to right from wrong!
With a mother like Rebecca, what kind of morals did he have? Rebecca had raised Cedric, and a mother's influence on her children was immense.
What was considered to be wrong?
When Heather asked Rebecca this question, the latter also silently asked herself...
What was wrong?!
"Me. I was the wrong one."
"Hah...!"
What a great mother Cedric had! At critical moments, she took all the blame upon herself.
Heather looked at Rebecca and mockingly said, "This is all really your fault."
Didn't Rebecca also have a hand in pushing Natalie and Cedric to this point?
Heather recalled that Rebecca had taken Isabella in as her goddaughter and even been very kind to her.
Rebecca knew full well what Isabella's existence meant in Cedric and Natalie's relationship, and she still insisted on bringing Isabella into her circle.
Although Rebecca had taken different measures later on, those were far from enough.
Disappointed?
Did disappointment mean Cedric could discard his own mother? Did he even understand what his departure in this manner meant to Rebecca?
Even though she hadn't been involved in this period, she had always kept an eye on him!
Despite feeling some disappointment in him regarding Natalie and Christina's matters, he was still her son.
It was different. No matter how disappointed he made her, Cedric was still her only son.
Now, Heather's words undoubtedly struck Rebecca hard.
The pain slowly but surely spread through her heart, and it was so suffocating...!
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Rebecca left Lotus Villa in a daze.
At that moment, she felt as if she had lost everything. The Johnson Manor was once so magnificent.
But ever since Cedric left, the Johnson family had completely fallen.
Originally, she had been very devoted to the Johnson family. After learning about Cedric's background in Wexford, she also came to terms with it.
Actually, Rebecca was a woman with a tragic fate. From beginning to end, she never knew what kind of person her husband really was.
Even his life and death... had nothing to do with her!
Was it because she didn't want to be involved?
No. It was because that man never gave her a chance to be involved! Even her only son had done the same.
For some unknown reason, Cedric left Wexford and returned to the Johnson family. When he did so, Rebecca gave him everything the Johnson family had.
She thought that was the best for her son!
But now, looking back, what was the point?
Those... meant nothing to Cedric and that man!
"Why... Why?"
Why did it have to be like this?
Looking back now, Rebecca realized how unbearable her life had become, and she didn't even know how she had ended up where she was today.
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