Chapter 1217: Declan’s True Face
On the night she returned from the full moon banquet, she was in a bad mood and locked herself in her room, drinking a lot of alcohol.
Her drunkenness made Danny see an opportunity.
The next morning, when she woke up, she found herself sore all over and lying next to a naked man, Danny.
“Although he had been working as a driver for the Cunningham family for three years at that time, it was that day when I truly noticed him.”
“I never thought that I would unknowingly sleep with a stranger after getting drunk.”
“At first, I thought he was a gigolo looking for money, so I planned to send him away with some money. But Danny’s ambitions were not just about money!”
Natalia offered him a hundred thousand to forget about what happened the night before, but he refused.
“He didn’t want my money, instead, he made a request.”
“What request?”
Pearl asked curiously.
“He wanted to be by my father’s side and join the Cunningham family.”
The business of the Cunningham family was always divided into two parts: the public face, selling silk and fabrics as their signature products, and the private side, which dealt with magic-related industries.
Selling talismans, amulets, exorcisms, funeral exorcisms… at that time in Zheemond, everyone knew about the Black Wizard of the Cunningham family.
Danny’s purpose in infiltrating the Cunningham family from the beginning was to uncover the secrets of the Cunningham family’s magic.
Unfortunately, this mystical art was a secret only passed down to direct descendants according to the rules set by their ancestors.
“He had been working as a driver for the Cunningham family for three years without discovering anything, so he turned his attention to me.”
“How naive I was to believe his pitiful story. I thought he was being chased by someone and took him in because he was under a fatal magic spell.”
“While I was still thinking that his refusal of money showed his integrity, he took advantage of my vulnerability and took over my body.”
Later on, things went exactly as Danny had planned.
With Natalia’s recommendation, he stayed by Pablo’s side.
Soon, with his exceptional intelligence and ruthless methods, he accomplished several major tasks for Pablo and gained his admiration.
On the other hand, Natalia planned to work abroad. There was no point in her staying here.
“My father trusted Danny at that time and arranged for him to accompany me abroad to take care of my daily life.”
“I declined at first, but your grandfather is a very stubborn person. I didn’t want him to worry, so I reluctantly agreed.”
After going abroad, she made up her mind to forget about the eldest son of their family.
A few years later, she happened to meet the boy next door whom she grew up with in a cafe.
The boy she hadn’t seen for years had grown into a mature and charming man.
“He is a history professor, gentle and talented. I also love literature, so we quickly connected.”
“He soon proposed to me. Our families had a good relationship before, so my father didn’t object to the marriage.”
At that time, Pablo also hoped that she would forget Mr. Lucas soon.
Once the decision was made, everything went smoothly.
Choosing a date, buying rings, getting engaged, taking wedding photos, and holding the wedding were all done within a month.
“While we were abroad, Danny always behaved politely and never mentioned that night. I thought he had forgotten.”
“On my wedding day, wearing a pure white wedding dress, my father walked me down the aisle. I thought I was about to obtain my own happiness.”
“But it was Danny who appeared and ruined everything!”
That grand and luxurious wedding turned into a funeral in an instant, with the white wedding dress stained with blood-like red.
“That monster suddenly led a group of people into the wedding venue and exposed our bed photos in front of everyone, causing me to lose face.”
“And so, I was jilted again. Because of me, the Cunningham family’s reputation was ruined, and your grandfather had a stroke on the spot.”
Fortunately, the groom didn’t mind and still wanted to marry her.
Unable to sow discord between them, Danny devised another plan.
“After I got married, he disappeared. Your grandfather sent many people to look for him but couldn’t find him.”
“I thought he would never return to Tondende again, but half a year later, he reappeared.”
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He took off his thug attire and put on expensive suits. He wore elegant ties and even smelled of cologne like those successful men in high society.
Usually, her husband would come home half an hour earlier than her. As soon as she entered the house, he would come up to hug her and kiss her cheek, saying “Darling, you’ve worked hard.”
“I opened the door and didn’t see my husband. Instead, I saw a bloody decapitated body hanging in front of me. I was too shocked to believe it.”
“Danny, that devil, came back again. He sat on the couch with his legs crossed and smoked a cigar as if nothing had happened.”
“There was a human head placed on the coffee table in front of him. He stared at me with wide eyes.”
Her husband was dead, killed by Danny.
He cut off his head and displayed it on the coffee table to admire the look of panic before death.
“But Danny’s evil deeds didn’t stop there. He also killed my father and took over our Cunningham family’s fortune in my name.”
Several times I wanted to kill him, but unfortunately, I was discovered before I could get my hands on him.
“He kept me locked up, torturing me day and night, making me unable to live or die.”
To prevent her from biting her tongue to death, Danny had to chain her up and feed her a little sedative to make her fall into a deep sleep.
“In this dark and sunless dungeon, I have hidden too many tears and bitterness. Several times, I wanted to bite my tongue to end it all, but at that moment I discovered that I was pregnant.”
“It was only during my pregnancy that he let me go, finding someone else to replace me.”
“After giving birth to you, I only took one look at you before he took you away. Over the years, I have always wanted to see you, my child.”
If it weren’t for this belief sustaining her, Natalia would have died long ago.
Dying in Danny’s endless torture, dying in the guilt towards her husband, father, and the Cunningham family.
After hearing the whole story, Pearl’s face turned pale, and her mind was buzzing.
With her red lips slightly parted, she repeatedly murmured softly, “How… how could this happen, I…”
In front of her, her father was clearly a kind and loving father, a good husband who deeply loved his wife.
But to her mother, he was only a robber who coveted others’ property; a demon who killed other women’s husbands and seized their wives.
Whose words can she trust between the two of them?
Whose words are the truth?
Pearl’s mind was in a mess, unable to think, her heart also in chaos…
If she could only choose one between these two people, whom should she believe?
“Mama, I’ll get you out first now. We can talk about the rest later.”
She didn’t know she was suffering here before, but now that Pearl knows, how could she stand by and do nothing.