You’ll Fall for Me, Today or Tomorrow novel Chapter 465

Clarissa stopped Damian from bringing up something else. She said, “It's time for me to stop keeping you in the dark since things have turned out this way. I encountered Stella before you brought her home and introduced her to us. I thought it wouldn't be wise to tell you the truth since she was your first love, but it turned out I was wrong. You ended up being hurt for more than once.”

Damian went dead silent as Clarissa started sharing the things she had been keeping to herself with him.

“Your father and I ran into Stella on our random night out—she was on her way into a hotel with a man who was at least twenty years older than her. We encountered her again in the morning and found out she spent the night with the man. I kept my worry to myself as I thought it might have something to do with her situation. I had no intention to poke my nose into her business until you fell in love with her.”

Damian was relatively indifferent. It seemed as if he couldn't care less. Thus, she thought her son might have moved on from Stella.

Therefore, she heaved a sigh of relief and added, “I knew she was the girl the moment you introduced her to us. Since she wasn't aware of our past encounter, I tried my best to carry myself courteously and treated her as a friend of yours. To be honest, I thought she might be different since she was the one you were head over heels in love with. Therefore, I sent someone to gather information about her as soon as she left. Unfortunately, it turned out I had gotten my hopes high again.” Halfway through her orated speech, Clarissa paused and looked at her son in the eyes. She murmured, “She had gotten herself engaged in similar activities for more than once. However, none of your peers were aware since she had just gotten herself enrolled. Soon, she started hitting on you and got herself into a relationship with you. Although she didn't come from a well-off family, money was never a concern since her parents could afford the expenses she needed and she studied on a scholarship too. In other words, she had voluntarily gotten herself engaged in such filthy activities.”

Shortly after Clarissa took a deep breath to gather her thoughts, she remarked, “I thought of telling you the truth, but I was afraid of hurting you. I guess it was my fault for being overly protective. When I asked her out for a conversation in person, she started playing the victim. The moment I showed her the things I had gathered, she went dead silent. I thought those were more than enough to chase her away from you, but the shameless woman sowed discord between us. I tried to stop you from getting yourself into a relationship with her because I was certain she had lied to you.” In an attempt to wrap up the conversation, Clarissa made up her mind to share the truth with her son. “In the end, she told me she was pregnant with your child and threatened me not to tell you the truth. Otherwise, she would haunt you if I were to tell you the truth. However, she promised to leave you alone as long as I could do her a favor and send her abroad to further her studies in a top-notch university.”

In other words, Stella was given a chance to further her study abroad because of Clarissa.

Stella threatened Clarissa and forced her into submission since she was aware that Clarissa would never put her son's wellbeing at stake.

As infuriated as Clarissa might be, there was nothing much she could do to turn the tables around. Thus, she gave in to Stella's request and thought that was the end of everything.

She had no intention to pick on Stella as she thought the shameless woman might be having the best time of her life abroad after making a name out of herself.

When Clarissa thought it was over, Stella returned and started getting in Damian's way again.

Afraid of hurting Damian, Clarissa had been keeping him in the dark throughout the years. She finally figured out her actions had brought upon her son's undoing.

Thus, in an attempt to turn the tables around, she chose to open up and share the truth with her son. She had faith in Damian and thought he would never allow himself to spiral down the vicious cycle of despair.

“Damian, can you tell me the things you have in mind now that you're aware of the truth?”

“Mom, I'm not particularly shocked because I'm well aware of her true colors,” Damian answered after letting out a long sight.

“H-Huh? Are you telling me you're aware of the things she's up to all this while? Since when have you figured out the truth?”

“It was a few weeks prior to her trip abroad.”

“H-Huh?”

Clarissa's mind was all over the place when she found out her effort to keep her son in the dark over the years was futile.

“Hold on a second! If you're aware of the truth, what's wrong with you over the years? Wasn't this woman the reason you had a hard time pulling yourself together?”

Damian was as speechless as his mother was. He answered while shrugging his shoulders, “Haven't I mentioned it's already over for us?”

“If it's over, what's wrong with you over the years?”

“I-I'm just guilty.”

“What sort of things are you guilty about?”

Damian gaped at his mother's question and responded with a sheepish grin once he snapped out of bewilderment.

“Mom, you have always been proud of me ever since I was young because I was always an independent son. I once thought my relationship would turn out like yours and Dad's. When I found out she was just a shameless woman, I was ashamed of myself and thought it wouldn't be wise to show up in front of anyone. I felt guilty because I had picked on you more than once over her. It felt awful since I failed to carry out the duty of a son. Soon, I found out I was just an ordinary man—I wasn't capable of pulling myself together when another woman was around.”