When Daryl entered the villa, she saw Candida going down the stairs. The gloating expression in Candida's eyes was apparent.
When their eyes met, both felt the hostility towards each other.-
"What are you doing here?" Daryl asked as she stood in front of Candida.
Candida looked elegant and calm, but she was emitting a proud, arrogant aura. She smirked and said, "I should be the one to ask you that. Daryl, how can you be so shameless? After sleeping with another man last night, you still have the face to go back to the Lu family? Are you not afraid to be mocked and humiliated by the whole Lu family?"
Daryl bit her lips tightly and clenched her fists to suppress the anger that started to well up in her heart. Her hands were trembling, but she didn't show any signs of weakness in front of Candida. "This is my home, and I am Leon's wife. How about you? You are just a mistress who climbs into her brother-in-law's bed. You even get yourself pregnant by a married man. How cheap!"
She had been so blind for so long that she didn't see through Candida's true colors.
"What did you say?" Daryl's words irritated Candida at once. "Daryl, wake up! Do you really believe that the Lu family still wants you? Don't be too naive. You are no longer useful to Leon. The Lu family doesn't need you here anymore. Until now, don't you still realize that he only married you because of the Ye family's wealth? I am the one he truly loves. He wants to marry me. I am going to be the hostess of the Lu family soon."
Daryl straightened her back and pursed her lips. She didn't want to see Candida's face for another second, so she stepped forward and said, "Get out of my way."
"No way!" Candida blocked the way, raised her hand to push Daryl out. "What are you doing? Ahh!"
With a sudden scream, Candida stumbled and fell to the floor awkwardly.
Her face turned pale and twisted in pain. Her voice was full of grievances. "Daryl, how can you do this to me? I'm pregnant with Leon's child. Do you want me and my baby to die?"
Leon was upstairs. The moment he heard Candida's scream, he rushed downstairs. When he saw Candida in a pathetic situation, his face darkened.
He strode to her and held her in his arms. "Honey, are you okay? Don't scare me like this."
Candida leaned in his arms weakly, grasped his collar tightly, and sobbed, "Honey, how can my sister do this to me? She wants to kill our child."
Upon hearing Candida's words, Leon immediately got enraged.
He raised his head and pursed his thin lips. His eyes were filled with fury and disgust. "Daryl, what did you just do? Who gave you the right to hit my woman? If anything happens to my baby, you will surely pay for it. Get out of here! Don't you ever show up in front of me again!"
"Your baby? How dare you brag that bastard to me!" Seeing how Leon cared for and worried about Candida, Daryl's heart bled. She stared at the man she used to love with hatred. "What about my child? You were so heartless to sell him. Do you think you can be a good father? Tell me, Leon. Why did you marry me? And why did you do this to me? Have I wronged you?"
Looking at Leon's face, Daryl felt more aggrieved. She wanted to scold and curse this heartless man in front of him.
For so many years, she continued to hold on because she was hoping that her child would come back soon. She had thought that they could still be a happy family in the future after they found Sam.
But now, Leon cruelly destroyed everything. He took away the last ray of hope from her.
Leon raised her eyebrows and said scornfully, "You want to know why? Because I never loved you. I married you because of the Ye family's wealth. I have loved Candida even before. But I have to be separated from her for five years because of you."
It took Daryl five years to find out that everything was a fake. She had never thought that Leon just used her.
She felt like she was on the verge of breaking down. Her body felt numb all over. She stepped back and asked, "Did what happened to Ye family have something to do with you?"
Her voice was so weak when she asked the question.
"All of the Ye family's properties are now under Candida's name. You know what? You are penniless now." Leon looked at Daryl with cold and contemptuous eyes. He felt ecstatic to see Daryl in such a miserable situation.
Daryl clenched her fists, feeling so desperate. She suddenly grabbed the fruit knife on the table beside her and rushed towards Leon.
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