Eunice bit her lips as she watched his receding figure. Almost at the same time, the feeling of sadness and hate came rushing in her heart.
For what seemed like forever, she stood there silently, not moving an inch.
When she caught Rhys cheating on her for the first time, she lashed out at him. She had screamed at him and thrown everything that her hands could get a hold of. She had even thought of divorcing him.
However, Edmund had stepped in and tried to resolve the issue. He had promised her that he was going to let her manage the whole family since Carla had been missing.
She couldn't say no because she had been wanting to be the hostess of the family for as long as she could remember. The offer made her hatred subside.
Rhys had also promised her that he would not cheat on her again. So without a second thought, she forgave him and she had never looked back. They went back to being perfect and in love. It was like the cheating had never happened and everything went back to normal.
However, three months later, he had done it again.
After that, she couldn't even keep track of how many times he had cheated on her.
At that moment, she had gotten numbed from the constant cheating that he had been doing.
Most days, Rhys would come home late at night from "business meetings". Sometimes, he would even tell her that he had to spend a couple of nights out of town for a "business trip". But they both knew those were just lies that he kept on telling her.
So instead of dwelling on this constant disappointment and pain, she started to devote all of her time, attention and love to her son.
She seemed to have accepted the fact that she couldn't rely on her husband anymore. She was just glad to have her son by her side.
She even thought that there was a high possibility that
her son would be the next successor of the AJ Group in the future. He might inherit all the properties of the An family.
Even though she didn't have a faithful husband who could only look at her, she would have a rich and powerful son. Her life was going to be just perfect in that way.
It was the reason why she could go through her day-to-day life, why she wasn't crying every hour of the day, why she could still smile and why she could sleep soundly at night. It had become what she looked forward to and the purpose of her life.
The next morning, as Carla had just walked out of their room, she came across Eunice and Eric who were walking towards her direction.
"Good morning, Eunice,"
Carla greeted first with a wide smile on her face.
"Good morning, Carla! How was your sleep?"
Holding a limited edition toy on one hand, Eunice smiled back. She then asked, "Where is Sally? Is she still asleep?"
"Oh, no. She's awake. She's with her father right now. Do you or Eric need anything?"
Carla asked. She wondered why Eunice was there.
"Carla, I felt really bad about what happened last night. I only have one boy and I might have spoiled him. Please don't take it personally! I hope you're not holding a grudge or anything like that."
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