Chapter 38 Delilah was as important to him as Antliony.
"There's no denying that he may be a good father, but he is definitely not a good person. Underneath that hypocritical facade lies a devil's heart. Aveline, I won't hide it from you anymore." Alexander knelt down on one knee, holding Aveline's face in his hands, a sick and deranged smile crossing his face.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"I used to see you as my life, loved you to the point of obsession. But because you are Anthony's only daughter, the more I love you, the more I hate you now." Although he was smiling, Aveline felt a chill running down her spine.
"On the day when Nora and I fell into the water together, did you intentionally save her first? Did you want our child to pay for the life of her sister's child?" "Yes, an eye for an eye." Aveline grabbed his collar with both hands, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Are you insane? It's our child! It hasn't even seen the world yet, what did it do wrong? It's innocent!" Alexander tilted his head and smiled devilishly. "Then what did my sister do wrong? Isn't her child innocent too?" Aveline looked at the completely corrupted Alexander, realizing that this topic was an unsolvable knot. "Alexander, I understand your pain from losing your sister..." Alexander's expression suddenly changed, his voice stern. "You don't understand! There's no such thing as feeling someone else's pain! My sister was a premature baby with poor health and a heart condition since childhood. She was the beloved treasure of our family. Her death was so tragic! She was such a beautiful girl, even if I accidentally dirtied her hairpin, I would feel guilty for half a day. But in the end, she left this world in such an undignified manner." Alexander slowly reached out and gently touched Aveline's face. "You will never know the feeling of identifying a corpse, the despair when I uncovered the white cloth. I would rather never find her for the rest of my life than for her to be forever gone from this world." Aveline opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. Even apologizing to the deceased would be Chapter 32 disrespectful given her position.
She finally understood why Alexander had been so emotional during that period of time, why he had. looked at her with those eyes.
To prove that she wasn't Anthony, he must have made a lot of efforts.
These bloody evidences were also evidence of his past love for her. He tried to overturn the assumptions and wanted to clear Anthony's name, but the truth of the matter was that more and more evidence was pushing them further apart, like an executioner.
He struggled, but in the end, he couldn't pass the test in his heart and continue to live peacefully with her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEven though the person was already dead, he still wanted to avenge Layla.
Aveline knelt on the ground, tightly gripping his collar, and rested her head against his forehead. "Hen, you must have been in so much pain back then. The Blackwood family has gone bankrupt, I've lost our okay?" child, and my father lies unconscious in the hospital bed. Let's stop tormenting each other,
The long-lost nicknmade Alexander's body tremble slightly. At this moment, a thousand emotions surged in his heart, and Aveline didn't know what he was thinking.
She anxiously and uneasily waited for a response. She didn't want him to live in self torture every day. Could they reconcile?
After a long while, Alexander lowered his head and slowly raised it again. The corners of his clear and elegant eyes were slightly red, and he held back his tears from falling. His rough fingertips gently brushed against her cheek, and his slender black eyelashes covered his crimson eyes.
He said, "Aveline, you will repay the debt your father owes me." (0)