Chapter 2

Oscar was the assertive type. He said to me, "I think I liked you from the moment I set my eyes on you. Would you like to be my girlfriend?"

I bit on my bottom lip for a while. Thinking that I'd follow my heart this once, I nodded and agreed to be with him. That was how our relationship started.

Although it had probably started out too simply and carelessly, our subsequent interactions eventually made us fall in love with each other, making each moment memorable.

Oscar saw that I was staring off into space dazedly and came up to hug me.

"Rora, I want you."

He then started leaning forward to kiss me.

I pushed him off instinctively and jumped to my feet to avoid him. "I'm… I'm not feeling well today. I don't feel like it."

I had stopped letting him touch me intimately ever since he started his sleeping arrangements with Evie. I just couldn't accept that his body had been inside another woman just hours before me. He had also changed significantly since the past.

For example, his body was now tainted with Evie's perfume. It was more like a natural body scent for him now, because he just couldn't get rid of it, no matter what.

Oscar looked unhappy. Just as he was about to speak, however, there was a loud knock on the door. Upset, he yelled, "What is it?"

The maid, Nancy Herald, said, "Sir, Ms. Griffin is having a terrible headache."

Oscar anxiously hurried over to open the door when he heard that Evie was feeling unwell.

"What's going on?"

Nancy just shook her head. She didn't know either.

Oscar's brows were etched in worry. He then ignored the fact that I was still there and left with Nancy.

This time, he didn't even bother explaining anything to me before he left. In the past, he would try to explain things, asking me to understand his actions and be more considerate of them.

He would say, "Rora, Evie's not feeling well. I'm afraid that something bad would happen to her. I'll just go take a look.

"She needs someone to stay with her. I won't be coming back tonight.

"Please don't get angry, alright? I have reasons for doing this. You need to be more understanding of me."

I'd never say anything in return. But now, he didn't even bother saying anything anymore. After all, he'd never cared about my feelings when he accompanied Evie.

Eventually, I felt tired and exhausted, and I no longer wanted things to continue like this. There had been too many instances of him abandoning me and Ingrid for Evie's sake.

When I recalled that they were going to hold a wedding soon, too, I realized that Oscar was a liar. He used to love me so much in the past, but these days, he had had a change of heart.

Still, maybe this was for the better. At least I wouldn't have to feel guilty or pressured for leaving him because of his unfaithfulness to me.

I contacted Mom and Dad, and they were delighted to hear from me. At first, I thought that they would be furious at me and refuse to even answer my calls, but to my surprise, Mom burst into tears and told me that she wished I would go home as soon as possible.

However, Ingrid began to cry when she saw me packing up my things. She pouted hard and looked at me, saying, "Mommy, Daddy promised to celebrate my seventh birthday with me. I don't wanna leave…"

I felt my resolve wavering when I saw Ingrid's tears. She had been looking forward to her birthday, and if I took her away now, she would miss out on a happy childhood with her father. I decided to stay for a while longer and put up with it for her sake. I didn't want Ingrid to have any regrets.

The next morning, Ingrid woke up early and dressed herself up prettily. She was looking forward to going out with Oscar today. However, the man never appeared. Instead, my mother-in-law, Alice Sanderson, arrived at our home.

Alice glared at me coldly. "Bring your daughter and come with me."

I followed her, feeling uneasy about everything.

Alice had never liked me because she thought I came from a regular family and wasn't worthy of their status as a wealthy family in Kendleton. Only people like Evie were worthy because she was also an heiress from a wealthy family with their own family business.

When Alice found out that I had given birth to a daughter instead of a son, she treated me even worse and kept cursing at us both in private. However, I would always defend my daughter and me and shoot back at her, so things were pretty tense between us.