LOVE AND REVENGE LIONA

CHAPTERS 123. STORIES OF THE PAST

Reynard thought back to how skilled Liona was at peeling apples for him.

“The years I spent in Mandalai County were the best of my life. Despite our difficult economic circumstances, we live without burdens and full of love. But happiness cannot last forever. A few years later, my grandmother died. I was eleven years old.”

Reynard raised Liona's hand and gently squeezed it. The man wanted Liona to know that she was not alone. Liona shook her head while smiling. “No need to worry. I'm doing fine. It's all part of the past. After my grandmother died, I had no other relatives. Adam and Hesty lead a life of luxury using my mother's wealth legacy. Just the two of them and Vena, they have long forgotten my existence.”

“I also never miss the jerk man and his wife who adopted me as a child. Friends and neighbors in the village helped to take care of the grandmother's funeral. At that time I planned to go to the city and work hard and raise money for my education just like the people in our village did. But unbeknownst to me, some friends from the village decided to take action on their own.”

Liona paused for a moment and blinked her eyes. “They went to see Adam and threatened the jerk. They threatened Adam to report the bastard to the police with complete abandonment of the child and mastering the adopted child's inheritance if he was not willing to take care of me until adulthood.”

“Did you go back to town after that?” ask Reynard.

“If it were that easy! Adam is so evil. She didn't like me, of course she didn't want to raise me. I think she knew my mother and knew all the information about my mother from the beginning. That's why he adopted me and became a guardian so that he could manage my mother's legacy until I grew up. But because he did not want to go to prison, one day he came to the village. After seeing my appearance back then I was already fifteen years old. Somehow she changed her mind and agreed to take me back with her.” Liona let out a long breath.

“When I found out Adam's motive, it was too late. His foul thoughts instantly drew up our plans back to the city that very day. He took me shopping in a big mall, bought me a lot of clothes and like a fool I felt touched. I thought he had changed, but actually everything he did was to cover up the crime he had done for enjoying all my inheritance.”

“But not long later I knew reality was not as sweet as I had imagined it to be. I realized Adam's magnanimous attitude was just a lie. After we returned to the city, he immediately enrolled me for school. After that he asked me to sign a document that I finally knew it was a transfer of all my mother's inheritance to him. I should have received all my mother's inheritance after I was seventeen.”

Liona paused for a moment, she lowered her gaze to stare at his hand. Reynard poured a glass of red wine and placed it in front of the woman.”Then what happens after?”

“At that time I did not know if Adam had prepared all his plans carefully. He threatened me if I didn't sign the document then he would send me back to Mandalai County. She said she couldn't afford my school and my life if she couldn't get access to sell my mother's property while her finances weren't good. I was very young and didn't understand anything back then.”

Liona gulped down the wine and Reynard hurriedly warned her. “Hey you don't drink too fast. This wine is very strong.”

“I understand.” Liona put the glass back on the table and sighed before continuing to speak again. “By being forced I signed that document. When I read it I found nothing wrong with it. But it turns out that Adam changed the contents and faked my signature and sold all my mother's inheritance.”

Reynard who was pouring wine for Liona again instantly froze on the spot. Information collected by Delvin says that at the age of sixteen Liona met with Seth Wilfred. ‘The most important person? He dares to say Seth is the most important person?’ Reynard grumbled to himself.

The man gripped the wine glass in full force so that it was almost shattered in his hand.

“At that time I was still a High School student and he was an early student. We met when Seth gave a speech as one of the alumni of the High School. I'll bet every schoolgirl in my school feels like Seth is a prince of a fairy tale. She looks so soft and elegant, we are not surprised if she comes to school riding a white horse. He is the dream man of every girl. Absolutely perfect!”

Reynard's face immediately turned dark.

The air pressure in the bedroom drops from minute to minute. Lost in memories, Liona was completely unaware of Reynard's changing attitude. He took another sip of wine to wet his throat before continuing his story.

“You know, when I was sixteen, I didn't look pretty at all! I don't have the money to buy new clothes so I usually wear used Vena clothes. I wear school uniforms more often. I'm just an ordinary high school student. When I found out Seth was interested in me, I was surprised at first. Maybe a guy is interested in a girl like me. At that time I felt like I was the luckiest girl in the world.”

Reynard's lips turned into a thin line as Liona finished saying the sentence. The man held the glass tightly, his face was as cold as ice. “I used to love Seth, when he asked me to be his girlfriend I couldn't trust my own ears. I couldn't stop smiling for a few days. I can't even sleep so excitedly. At that time I was a final-level student and I really liked acting. So I dreamt of going to college in acting. But in order to be with Seth I buried all my dreams. I studied hard and managed to get into the best university in the city, where Seth was also in college.”

“It looks like you love him so much.” Reynard said in a flat tone.

“Of course, back then he was still the most important in my life.”

Reynard's face looked like it was carved from ice, very cold after hearing Liona's words. She felt like a masochist, only being able to sit still as Liona told her about her former lover. ‘Why did I let myself through this torment? The story of his ex-girlfriend who is my own niece drives me crazy.’

Reynard interrupted Liona's words and asked what she wanted to know the most long ago. “So do you still love Seth and want to come back with him?”

“What? How could I still like a jerk like Seth?” Lione shook her head hard. “Yang is right? How could I like Seth! I haven't had any feelings for him in a long time.”