" I knew the Old money families that accompany Rupert were wretched to the core . Without their support, Rupert would lose his hold on them .
So when my son turned fifteen , I asked him to do something dangerous. Something if I could do , I would have done no matter how much I would bleed for that . But I had to twist a knife in my heart and let my son do that. He had to wear cameras and recorders in his necklace. Although the security was tight in such parties , no one would dare to search the host's own son . So I got my hands on the filth their . Your father - Dane was often a member there . I heard that his favourite game was dressing up underage girls in bride's clothes and call him daddy while he raped them . Not just your family , there were pigs everywhere in high society. I bribed a radio station for live interview with me and instead I sent the recorder . Once the filth was out in the public , the stocks of the companies started crashing down . Danes , Reynolds, Divwins took the most of the backlashes . Rupert - he , himself was not involved in those act . But the old familes started thinking that he had betrayed them . So the war started .
When I signed up for a divorce and had a court case arranged for parental rights of my children , helps came rushing from everywhere . The upper class wanted Rupert grounded to the dust . Not just local but foreign brands whose important figures got exposed from being in those parties took revenge by exposing his black money . The chaebols - they made me the heroine who successfully divorced a bad husband and took his company to the top . In truth , I was just another was they took revenge on my ex husband. Rupert had to leave .
Thankfully, with so much sources in hand , I was able to wipe out Liam's history in those parties .
So after that , I wanted my children to get more influence . Cause next time , I did not expect Rupert Hunter to go easy on us again ..
But Liam suddenly auditioned for an idol team. I was reluctant but let him be . Then - then I saw you two together . I knew that Rupert's influence was still there . You were the person Rupert had fixed beside him . And as long as you were there , I knew that Rupert was still living somewhere inside my son ."
The chairwoman took a big gulo of water as she watched my face .
I .....I understood her .
Although my feelings for Liam , since our childhood had been genuine. I could not expect the same from Liam . I remembered how broken he was . I remembered how ' empty' he looked .
I was one of the many pieces that was forcefully sewed into his life . And even after he was freed from those shackles , I was still there .
As if I was the parasite in him , that could not be uprooted in any way .
No wonder....I was hated by his mother .
" I still tried my best to be alright with that. I wanted to give Liam the choices he never had in his life . Liam debuted soon....making me doubt my fear about him. I thought that maybe it was all in my head after all .
But then . .....Rupert , he came back again..one morning , I got a call that Jewel's father had come and picked her up from her school.
Back then her name was plastered everywhere on the media . I could not believe that it was really Rupert who had come to take my daughter away since he was supposed to be in an international jail , serving his time after some of his enemy exposed of his drug transporting buisness around the World.
The security team of Sunshine corporation was built at that time .
We found out that Dane was helping Rupert back to building a connection again with the agreement that the engagement between you two remain intact .
That was the second time I had to fight with Rupert face to face . Liam , God knows , son , what hell you went through to find evidence that left the Mr. Dane to go to bankruptcy permanantly so Rupert would lose his main support here .
On the other hand , Liam agreed to keep the engagement, even pay back for the debt that your family had caused on the sole agreement that your father signs a bond of never helping my husband back into the country again .
He gave up his life , sacrifice himself to marry someone from Dane family just to protect us. Each day , everytime I look at you two , I am reminded of that . And I die little by little , knowing this was going to leave a permanent scar ."
" Mother , " Liam interrupted, taking a shaky breath ," Julia had been always a choice that I would never regret I had made . Even if your husband was not involved, I would still choose and marry her ."
" But - your father is involved," Mrs. Anderson looked at me with hate that was drenched with sadness ," I can not just see her without the shadow of your father ."
" That's not how it is , Julia? Where are you going ? Stop !."
I got up from the chair . The floor under my legs felt soft .
I could not look at them anymore.
Since the moment, I had known Liam , I had thought that he was a blessing from heaven . The angel who healed my heart .
When in reality, I was just a pawn that the devil sent . A part of elaborate plan to slowly kill him .
I did not know how to keep on living while knowing that .