Kirsi looked at Lumi and got straight to the point.
"You're not me, so you wouldn’t understand. Growing up here, I need to be so much more alert. Maybe you’re right. I am overthinking, and I do have low self-esteem, but in my situation, I can't help it."
"Whatever."
Lumi was speechless because she had been nice to the wrong person for so many years.
The balcony was surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, and the view of the garden outside was unobstructed and beautiful.
Kirsi looked at Lumi and said, "Samuel and I broke up before you got married. He probably wasn't in the right state of mind back then and felt that I deceived him, so he kept coming to pester me. But we didn't do anything over-the-top. That's just for the first few months after your wedding. After I made it clear to him, we didn’t have any contact again. I always stay in hotels and have countless paparazzi following me everywhere. There are also so many staff around, so I won't risk my own future. This time, Samuel and I staying in the same hotel is purely coincidental. He... Truly likes you."
Even though Kirsi was in love with that man back then, she knew that he did not belong to her.
Kirsi finally got something that did not belong to her, so she felt a sense of vanity and satisfaction that she had never fulfilled since childhood. For a while, she had a huge sense of gain, especially when she learned that Samuel was going to marry her sister.
That despicable vanity that belonged only to her made her forget how nice Lumi was to her.
During that time, Kirsi was in a mutually beneficial relationship with Samuel, but she put more effort into Samuel.
Kirsi was even deliberately trying to make him get hung up on her because she wanted revenge.
She wanted the Makinen family to see that their carefully chosen son-in-law was under her spell.
Lumi was kept in the dark, while Kirsi knew it by heart.
Kirsi watched as Samuel began to struggle between his marriage and her. That was when she felt that she had succeeded.
However, Kirsi could not get him to give up on his marriage.
Samuel went to meet Lumi :a.?WJS> came back to tell Kirsi that they had a good meeting.
Lumi was a silly and innocent lady that would not care much about his private affairs.
Thus, Lumi would not find out about his relationship with Kirsi. She could rest assured.
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