The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 64
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A woman stood by the window, where sunlight streamed in like fine threads, gently touching the petals of flowers in a vase.
The woman, with her radiant platinum blonde hair and blue eyes, was the beautiful Cecilia Taylor.
“Haa…”
Cecilia let out a deep sigh.
Whenever her thoughts became complicated, she would spend time endlessly touching soft flower petals. The texture of the delicate petals on her fingertips helped to ease her troubled mind and dispel her deep worries.
It was a very old habit.
But what could possibly help her forget the deep concern and worry she had for her daughter?
“Honey…”
Cecilia’s husband called out to her in a pitiful voice, like a dejected puppy, but she continued to quietly fiddle with the petals.
She knew all too well why he had come to her at this hour, when he should have been attending to official matters, calling her so desperately.
“Honey, no matter what, don’t you think we should at least send a letter to check on her, since she’s been hurt?”
“Don’t even suggest such nonsense.”
Cecilia coldly dismissed Kayden’s suggestion.
“Neville said Nina was seriously injured, even while saving her husband. Aren’t you worried at all?”
Of course she was worried about her daughter.
But, against the true feelings of her heart, cold words slipped from her mouth.
“She was the one who cut ties with us, saying to pretend she doesn’t exist. Why should I send a letter to someone I don’t know? Stop making a fuss, she’s not dead.”
She got hurt protecting Duke Bayern?
She wasn’t unaware of her daughter’s obsession with the duke. So, it must be true.
But precisely because of that, she needed to act even colder.
“I heard she even has a scar on her leg now. Honey, please, at least send her a letter…”
“Enough. My feelings won’t change no matter what. And don’t even think about secretly writing to Nina behind my back.”
Nina had been a miracle child, born after two painful miscarriages.
The pregnancy that everyone else seemed to manage, she couldn’t, enduring countless nights of tears as her mother-in-law berated her. When Nina arrived, it felt like a miracle, a savior.
But perhaps because of her weak body, Nina was born premature, fighting for her life from the moment she was born, suffering from frequent illnesses throughout her childhood.
It was Cecilia’s fault for not carrying her to full term.
The doctors had said Nina wouldn’t live long.
That’s why she had indulged her daughter in everything she wanted, never scolding her for her mistakes, soothing and comforting her instead.
She had wanted to give her a healthy body, but couldn’t. She felt guilt.
There was the fear that her daughter might die young.
She knew it was the wrong way to raise her, but if her life was to be short, she wanted her to enjoy everything without regret.
‘It was never supposed to be like this…’
Her husband felt the same, as did her in-laws.
The entire family doted on Nina, spoiling her because she was their precious child.
Fortunately, Nina had made it to adulthood, but by then, she had become someone who believed she must have whatever she desired.
“…It’s better to pretend we don’t have a daughter anymore. If parents want to turn their daughter into a divorcee, it’s better to have no daughter at all.”
Nina had been so cruel, willing to break her parents’ hearts without hesitation when they had told her to get a divorce, unable to stand seeing her suffer through an unhappy marriage.
Her daughter had turned out that way because of their own mistakes.
“…Alright, I’ll do as you say and stay out of it.”
Cecilia spoke softly as her husband sighed in distress.
“I will act as if we don’t have a daughter until she returns after her divorce.”
They shouldn’t have allowed the marriage in the first place.
When Cecilia found out that their daughter had stolen her father-in-law’s signet ring and committed an unspeakable act, they should have stopped it then.
Out of fear that Nina’s grandfather would lose his position and that Nina herself would end up in prison if the truth came out, they had turned a blind eye, closed their ears, and kept their mouths shut.
Without realizing that this was only ruining their daughter’s life even more.
What had her marriage been like over the past two years?
And what about the rumors and whispers surrounding Nina?
They couldn’t continue cleaning up her mess and accepting her behavior.
This was all for her own good.
“……”
“Tell Father-in-law, too, to make it clear: don’t accept Nina back until she gets a divorce.”
Cecilia had tried everything with Nina—scolding, pleading, begging.
Yet her daughter had only grown worse.
When something isn’t meant to be, you have to know when to let go.
But Nina refused to let go, leaving herself trapped in a living hell.
Neville claimed she had changed, but…
Cecilia thought otherwise.
If she still hadn’t mentioned divorce after all this, it meant she hadn’t changed at all.
Her daughter would never be happy with Duke Bayern.
How could two people who had hurt each other so deeply live together for the rest of their lives?
No remedy could ever fix a relationship that had been so irreparably damaged.
For her daughter’s sake, this time, Cecilia vowed not to show any weakness.
