Finally, just when Natalie was about to step out of the door, Emilia knelt down with a thud.
“Sister, I beg of you, please forgive me! What happened back then was my fault, I’ve already realized my mistakes. In the past 26 years, I’ve been blaming and complaining about myself. I hate myself. Why was I such a fool to plan a scheme against you and Brother Xavier?
“But at that time, I was still young and naive. When I met him, I didn’t know the both of you were already a couple. I always thought that he liked me but because I was still young, we just didn’t talk about it.
“When I realized later that all his special care for me was just because I was your sister, I felt jealous! So jealous that I almost went crazy.
“I always questioned why you have everything since you were born — beauty, family, status, and money. You don’t even need to work for anything, you’ll be able to get everything with just a raise of a hand.
“And me? Although I’m Wright’s family adopted daughter, everyone knows that I was just bought by the Wright family to be your playmate.
“Because you were their only daughter, they treated you like precious jewelry. They were willing to buy an independent living person to become your toy.
“I’m no different from the various dolls in your room! Do you think I was happy? No! I wasn’t happy at all!”
“Everyone knew that you were brilliant, so you were able to enjoy everything in the world, but what about me? I was just an insignificant accessory beside you.
“Everyone’s eyes were on you, Sister, and I was really jealous! But I had no choice, I don’t have that kind of life, I wasn’t born a rich girl. I was just adopted to be your playmate because your family felt like being kind.
“So I had nothing to say, nor did I dare to say anything. I didn’t even have any hope in this life. But to repay the Wright family, I was willing to do anything that was requested.
“Yet when I met Brother Xavier, I realized that I was wrong! I’m a human, I’m not some machine. I have my own feelings and selfishness.
“I really love him, I really wanted to be together with him. He was like a light that lit up my monotonous life. However, you had snatched away this light in the end.
“The both of you look so good together, a gifted scholar and a beautiful lady, a perfect match, but what about me? What was I? What was all my unknown infatuations and feelings?”
“I was really unsatisfied! And that was why I drugged him. I did such a nasty thing on your wedding night, but Sister, in reality, I didn’t do anything with him!
“I just wanted to take revenge on you. I know, if I were to actually do something to him, Brother Xavier would never forgive me, so I dared not do so, nor did I wanted to.
“It’s my fault that I caused a misunderstanding between the two of you. But all these years, haven’t I been repenting and making up for my mistakes?
“Over the years, I’ve sent you so many letters, so many emails, I’ve already told you the truth just so I can get your forgiveness.
“But what about you? You never replied to me, not even an emoji or even a symbol. There should be a limit even if this was a confession!
“Now, I don’t have much time left. I know that you still hate me, but I still want to ask you, is that one mistake of mine that irredeemable?
“Even though I’ve done that much and have always regretted it for so many years, you’re still not willing to forgive me? Do you really hope that I leave this world with regrets?”
Natalie’s eyes moved as she heard these words.
After waiting for a while and seeing that Emilia was done speaking, Natalie said faintly, “Done talking?”
Emilia looked at her with a pale face.
Yet in her mind, she recalled her time at the orphanage before being adopted by the Wright family.
She was abandoned at the door of the orphanage when she was little. When the orphanage’s dean picked her up, she wasn’t even a month old.
There were no online media at that time, so her photo was published in the newspaper. No one came to claim her even after a month of advertising, so she was allowed to stay there.
The orphanage’s dean’s surname was Jereau, so she was named Emilia Jereau.
Everyone’s life was tough during that time, let alone in a place like an orphanage.
Even though the dean was a good person, there were too many orphans in the orphanage. No matter how careful she was, it was impossible for her to pay attention to everyone.
Therefore, little Emilia became the loneliest in the orphanage.
Do not think that all children in this world are innocent and cute.
In that environment, children who are abandoned by their parents are more sensitive and have lower self-esteem.
Not only were they not as cute, but a lot of them also fell into the darkness because they were exposed to this world’s darkness too early.
They formed gangs and bullied other kids, always snatched her candy and clothes when the dean was not looking.
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