"Yes, that's right. He has been addressing me as Aunt Susan for more than ten years. However, if we are unrelated, we are unrelated. You are the one who has done wrong. How dare you try to use morality on me?"
Susan sounded very calm when she said that.
Sigrun was stumped.
"Sigrun, if the war hadn't broken out back then, I would have been treated like a precious gem by the Limmer family just like you have been. As a victim, I couldn't choose my environment when I was growing up. Regardless, this cannot be your reason for attacking me. By doing so, Ian will only hate you even more once he finds out about it. He will definitely keep away from you."
After Susan calmed herself down, she did not reprimand Sigrun. Instead, she went on to analyze the situation for the younger woman and remind her that it was not to her advantage if she continued with her antics.
Sigrun was astonished.
What is she doing?
"What do you mean? You don't blame me?"
"I didn't say that. But if you really like him, then you shouldn't become such a horrible person. Your ruthlessness may get you what you want, but can you guarantee that he will never find out?" Susan reminded her once again.
This time around, Sigrun was utterly lost for words. She could only stare at Susan with her crimson face as if someone had just slapped her.
She had never met a girl who was so generous.
Or maybe this is Susan's grand scheme. Didn't she say that she likes Ian too? She has only just declared her feelings for him a while ago, so why is she telling me all these now? By trying to guide me, isn't she worried that I will win him over?
Sigrun glanced at her. It was only after a long while before she heard herself ask, "Aren't you afraid that I will win his heart?"
Susan laughed.
"It's not your call. He isn't an object; he's a person. If he likes you, I will never win him over no matter how much I cling to him and vice versa. Isn't that right?"
Sigrun was speechless, unable to formulate a response to that.
At that moment, whether Sigrun chose to admit it or not, she knew she was not as good as her rival in love.
In the end, she watched Susan walk away.
Half an hour later when she returned to her dorm, she finally managed to get some information on the two of them.
"Are you talking about Susan Jadeson and her nephew? Yes, they have a very good relationship. By the looks of it, they must be a couple now."
"A couple?"
When Sigrun heard that, she clenched her fists.
Although she told herself to be generous as well, she still could not help but feel jealous when she heard about their true relationship.
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