Vincent was enraged but suppressed his anger, "I have never intended to fool around with Leila. At least I didn't mean it after I got close to her..."
"So, you did mean it at the beginning?" Mabel questioned, "You are just fooling around with Leila, aren't you?"
Vincent felt it hard to explain and frowned.
"No," he said in a strained voice, "I got close to her on purpose at the beginning. It was my fault, but I fell in love with her later. I like her, so I came to see her..."
"You've been divorced." Mabel reminded him. "She has ended it with you."
Vincent sighed and shook his head, "It's my mother's requirement. I didn't have any other choice!"
"You have choice now? You are not afraid of your mother? Aren't you afraid that she might have a heart attack?" Mabel found that Leila was absent-minded and upset recently, and she cried secretly. She knew that they had a problem, but she didn't know what happened to them. Leila told her that she must not allow Vincent to come in if he came here.
"I am not afraid of my mother. I only worry that Leila will get hurt, so I divorce her..."
"You are hurting her, right? Can you promise to make Leila happy? Though my daughter hasn't lived an extravagant life since childhood, I love her very much and never wrong her. Can you give her the best? Can you promise to make her happy for the rest of her life."
Vincent lowered his head. Yes, it seemed that he had enraged and wronged her all the time.
"Have you made it clear?" Mabel continued, "Let me ask you. What is true love? You just want to have her by your side so you can keep her under control. Do you think it is love?"
Vincent was stunned. What was true love?
Mabel continued, "Vincent, ask yourself. I always take you as a good man. Leila likes you, but she has been very unhappy recently. She cries alone and bears all grievance and pains instead of telling me what happened. I watched TV and saw you abandon her in public, but she didn't hold a grudge against you. I have no idea what happened afterward, but I can't let my daughter feel wronged."
"I ... I love her!" Vincent turned red in the face, "I wish she could happy..."
"Without you, she could be happier. You don't love her but destroy her. Think it over. What did you give her though you said you loved her?"
Vincent turned his head and lit up a cigarette to hide the frustration and sadness.
"Go away! You're not welcome here." With that said, Mabel pushed open the gate, went in and closed the gate.
"Leila..." he shouted. Then he got on the car, leaned against the seat and pulled his hair tightly with his fingers.
He just wanted to own her?
When Mabel went back home, Leila was vomiting. The noise of vomiting came from the restroom. Mabel was worried, "Leila, are you okay?"
Leila looked up at her mother, washed her face and said, "Mom, I'm fine."
Mabel looked at her pale face in confusion, frowned and asked, "Are you pregnant?"
Leila was surprised and shook her head hurriedly, "No!"
"Leila, I'm your mother." Mabel fixed her gaze on Leila, "Though something happened to our family and your father is in bad conditions, you have me. I always support you. Don't hide it from me, okay?"
"Mom!" Hearing that, Leila sighed. She thought that her mother was worried about her father and had no time to care about her. She felt warm, but she didn't want to upset her mother. "Mom, I'm fine."
Though Mabel had some doubts, she didn't ask further, "Why do you look so pale. Did you have a meal?"
"Yes." Leila put on a soft and bashful smile, "I'm sorry for making you worried. I'm fine."
"Alright!" Mabel smiled, "Remember to have more food to feed up yourself. Vincent appeared at the gate just now."
Leila stiffened.
"Did you have a problem?"
"Mom, I've cut it off with him!" Leila said with difficulty.
Mabel stopped smiling and threw Leila a serious and soft gaze, "Leila, marriage is not a game. When I heard his words just now, I felt that he had feelings for you, but perhaps he doesn't know how to love a woman!"
"Mom, let's not talk about him anymore!" Leila said in a low voice.
Mabel threw her arms around Leila's shoulder to embrace her.
"Mom!" Leila held her mother tightly as if a drowning man caught a piece of driftwood. "Mom!"
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The readers' comments on the novel: A Moment in Destiny
the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...