Eleanor's POV
On hearing my quest, she was stunned and was silent for a while.
Then she said,
“I would get angry if other people asked me this question like that, but you are my daughter, you have every right to question me.”
“Gabriel's ex-wife died of high blood pressure. I met him after his wife's death. People said I was his mistress and married him for his money, but no one knew how much I had suffered.”
I didn't know whether to believe her or not, but I did. However, I made a choice not to blame her.
After all, I knew better than anyone how frustration can push someone into behaving differently.
I also know the terrible effects rumors can have on someone.
“If I didn't get married to him, there would still be someone else. When his wife died, he was still young. It's impossible to expect him never to remarry. It was just bad timing.” She said,
I couldn't stop myself, and I felt bad for her at that moment.
“They are simply rumors. I have learned not to ever take rumors to be true
