Olive suddenly understood that the reason Mrs. Hoyle fell ill for a night didn’t actually have much to do with her. The reason why Mrs. Hoyle fell ill was because she was conflicted about whether to forgive Ophelia Meyer or not. Perhaps, this made her suffer from acute anxiety.
Olive wasn’t surprised by Mrs. Hoyle’s final decision. Perhaps she had prepared since she heard that she was going to visit the prison, so she didn’t feel that disappointed.
Alan’s dislike towards Ophelia had risen to a certain stage now. The coldness of his body undoubtedly felt bloodthirsty. After listening to his mother’s words, his eyes went icy.
As for Aoba, like his sister, he had always bad feelings for Ophelia. Although they grew up together, he felt that she wasn’t worthy of being sympathized. Seeing something was wrong with his brother’s face, he laughed and said to their mother, “Mom, brother has his own plan in this matter. You’re not well, so don’t meddle. Go to bed and lie down so we don’t worry.”
Mrs. Hoyle ignored her youngest son and sat firmly without the slightest intention of getting up.
“Olive, Alan is now belonged to you. Tell me, people have to move on and can’t always live in their previous resentment. Since you can let go what I had done to you in the past, you can also forgive Ophelia, right?”
Mrs. Hoyle used to either distantly call her Ms. Steele or Olive Steele with an indifferent voice. It was the first time for her to call her Olive like today.
But Olive never expected that Mrs. Hoyle would gag her mouth with what she had ever said. Suddenly, there was an enlightenment. Mrs. Hoyle’s so-called retreats these days was just to pave to this way. She also didn’t know how honest or fake her enthusiasm shown to Annie these past few days was.
Olive felt like a fish out of the water. She couldn’t say anything. In their adult words, it didn’t matter if she used her, but she couldn’t use her child.
Alan knew what she was thinking. He even saw the light in her eyes go dim. “In this world, except Olive agrees herself, no one is qualified to force her to forgive those who have hurt her.”
“You…” Mrs. Hoyle choked. In her opinion, it had reached the greatest height for her son protecting this woman.
But Alan thought that his mother had lost basic principles of life for protecting Ophelia Meyer.
Both mother and son were furious. Their relationship that finally warmed up seemed to be at deadlock again. A smell of gunpowder gradually rose into the air.
Olive wasn’t really disappointed. She had long been accustomed to Mrs. Hoyle’s attitude towards her. Life had long thought her how to adjust herself and not get hurt by external frustration.
As she had ever said to Mrs. Hoyle, in this world, only Alan Hoyle alone who could truly hurt her if he betrayed her, didn’t want her, and abandoned her. As for her man, since the day he found her, he had been protecting her under his wings without hesitation. He wouldn’t hesitate to challenge all opposing forces.
Suddenly she remembered a sentence that she forgot where she saw it: Even if the whole world betrayed you, I would stand by your side and betray the whole world together.
She had a deep connection with this sentence, because that was what her man did. Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but smiled.
To see that she could still easily smiled at this moment confused Mrs. Hoyle, “What are you smiling at?”
Olive shrugged in front of everyone’s gazes, “Nothing. I just really admire Mrs. Hoyle’s manner. It looks like you do sincerely treat Ms. Ophelia Meyer as your own child, but it made me remember a story I ever heard when I was young.”
“What story?”
“The farmer and the snake. I believe Mrs. Hoyle know.”
Ada really wanted to clap her hands to praise her. This metaphor was straight on. It was a pity that their mother was still persistent. She doesn’t what Ophelia had given her.
“Are you mocking me?” Mrs. Hoyle’s face didn’t look good. She knew that Ophelia was the snake, while she was the farmer. Her eyesight had gone bad from old age and couldn’t see the true of a person’s heart. But when she thought back, it wasn’t like it were without reasons. If it weren’t for her trying to bring her together with Alan, or for giving her too much hope, she wouldn’t have changed into such extreme and wicked.
“I’m not mocking at anyone. About Ophelia Meyer, I won’t harm her by using this chance to tell Alan my opinion for revenge, but I will never say good things about her. Only the law can judge her. The only thing I can say is, don’t hinder Alan from going to justice and not using his power to add some unnecessary charges. As for Alan’s decision whether he’d let her go or not, I won’t intervene. So, I let you guys talk.” Olive turned to leave after saying this.
Alan quickly chased her to the door and ignored Mrs. Hoyle’s shout, “Alan, stop.”
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