“I married you with the intention of growing old with you. Little did I know that the relationship I seized using underhanded means wouldn’t last long. You didn’t fall in love with me even after you grew old.” Sandra was drenched in tears.
In a flash of realization, Spencer asked, “You’re a medical practitioner? You were the one who invented Love Potion?”
Sandra closed her eyes and nodded. “ Love Potion brought our relationship to fruition but it also ended it. All my life, my success and failure in my romantic relationship are all due to Love Potion.”
Spencer looked surprised. “Who are you?”
Sandra said, “Do you remember the time you were injured in Mount Pearl? When your life was hanging by a thread, there was a barefooted doctor with a veil over her head who saved your life.”
Spencer looked astonished. “You’re the barefooted doctor who saved my life back then?”
Sandra nodded.
Spencer held her hand emotionally. “Do you know how long I’ve been searching for you?”
Sandra nodded, and tears streamed down Spencer’s face. “I know. I know it all. But you know what? It was at that time that I fell in love with you.”
Spencer said with great heartache, “Why didn’t you tell me your identity even after so many years? If you had told me you’re the barefooted doctor who saved my life, I don’t think you’d even need Love Potion… because I had already fallen for you at the time.”
Sandra cried her heart out. “As stipulated in the Davis family’s rules, we aren’t allowed to use our family name once we’ve made the decision to leave the family. That’s why I removed my family name when I entered the Yorks.”
Sandra muttered, “It was a mistake for me to have fallen in love with you from the start.”
Spencer muttered in agony, “It’s neither of our fault, Sandra. You were just late.”
After hearing the touching love story, Grand Old Master Yorks sighed in disappointment and said, “Thanks for saving Spencer’s life back then, Sandra. You probably don’t know this but Spencer couldn’t get you out of his mind after you saved him. He made a lot of fuss every single day in order to see you. I couldn’t help him, so I simply allowed him to lead the Yorks’ guards to search Mount Pearl for a whole year. He searched high and low in Mount Pearl yet still failed to find you. He hadn’t seen your face but you could recognize him, so I figured the reason why he couldn’t find you for so long was perhaps you didn’t like him anymore. I didn’t know that you were both in love with each other so I tried to get Spencer to give up and took him outside to travel. Later, he met Mrs. Yorks… And when you appeared before his eyes again, he was already a married man.”
Sandra said, “After learning the truth, I don’t feel so bitter about this anymore. We were destined to meet but not fated to be together.”
Sandra pulled out a bottle of medicine and handed it to Roxie, saying, “This is the antidote. Give it to him.”
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