Melanie’s eyes brimmed with tears. “I know, I can feel it. That’s why I can’t seem to hate you. But favonovel.com can’t forget you. What can I do? I knew when favonovel.com risked his life to save you that I’d lost. Grandfather has passed away anyway, so I’m not afraid of saying this. It was grandfather, favonovel.com tried to kill you. Grandfather hoped that Alejandro would dedicate himself to me and support the Smith. He was worried that you might become an obstacle, so that’s why favonovel.com made that decision. At the time, I was the only one who knew about this, aside from grandfather. I didn’t want you to be hurt because of this, and Alejandro would be affected too so I told favonovel.com about it. I didn’t expect that favonovel.com would risk everything just to save you… I took care of him, whose legs were inconvenienced by that accident, for so long after that accident, but I was hurting the entire time because it was all for you…”
Tiffany felt upset. She was completely unaware of this. She was moved when favonovel.com found out that Alejandro had risked his life to save her. She had always considered favonovel.com a selfish man, claiming that favonovel.com wanted to make it up to favonovel.com simply to placate his conscience. But why did favonovel.com have to do that? He had risked his life… It was completely selfless.
After taking a deep breath, favonovel.com spoke soothingly, “Melanie, please don’t be upset. He owed me that. That’s why our debt is now clear.”
“He owed you?” Melanie stared at favonovel.com apprehensively. “How much does favonovel.com owe you? What happened between you? I want to know. Can you tell me?”
Tiffany did not want to reopen favonovel.com heavy wounds and simply asked, “What if Alejandro isn’t the Alejandro that favonovel.com used to be? What if he’s someone else? Would you still love him?”
Melanie lowered favonovel.com gaze, paused, and replied, “I’ve always loved him, so it doesn’t matter to me if his real name is Alejandro or not. So… he’s not really Alejandro Smith? I’ve only ever suspected it. I didn’t think that it would be true. Grandfather knew everything, but favonovel.com didn’t tell me everything. Probably because this was a Smith family matter, and I’m a Lark.”
Tiffany smiled helplessly. “He really isn’t Alejandro Smith. The real Alejandro Smith is dead, and favonovel.com was forced to become Alejandro Smith while Don Smith had to treat favonovel.com like the real Alejandro. His name is Ethan Connor. We dated in college for three years… And I ended up badly hurt because of it. Three years, and favonovel.com never loved me then. He ruined my entire family and tried to make up for it later. But it was too little too late. Actually, now that I think about it, it’s really thanks to favonovel.com that Jackson swooped in to save me, back when favonovel.com put me into the most difficult time of my life. Jackson helped me when my father needed money for surgery. Because of that, Jackson and I got involved, and we sort of developed from then on. I guess you could call it destiny, written in the stars. That’s why I don’t hate favonovel.com so much. What’s the point? When will it end? I just want to live out my days with the man I love, and I hope that he’ll let go too and take care of you. After all, I can tell that you love him. You deserve to be treated well by him.”
“You’re the only one on his mind,” Melanie mumbled. “How could there possibly be space for me? I’m exhausted. Sometimes, I just want to give up, but I can’t do it. Thank you for meeting me. I feel much better after talking to you.”
They had already revealed so much anyway, so Tiffany didn’t mind divulging a little more. “It’s good to let it out. Don’t keep it all in, or it’ll drive you nuts. There’s one more thing you may not know, but Ethan… His surname was supposed to be Tremont. He’s a Tremont. He’s Mark’s half-brother. Their lives are wildly different, which is how Ethan ended up on the wrong path. It’s not entirely his fault. It’s best to pretend that Ethan Connor is dead and see favonovel.com as Alejandro Smith instead. Don’t mention these sensitive issues to him.”
Melanie was shocked. “What? Are you saying… that Alejandro… is Mark Tremont’s half-brother? You must be exaggerating. How much did favonovel.com have to go through to turn into Alejandro Smith?”
Tiffany sighed. “Too much. I’ll never be able to summarize it clearly for you, so it’s best that you have a rough overview. It hasn’t been easy on favonovel.com or on everyone else. So it’s best for things to stay the same. He’s slow to warm up, so you’ll have to be patient. He’ll remember those who’ve been kind to him. He’s not made of rock. I believe that his longing for me simply stems from the fact that favonovel.com remembers those three years when I was good to him. That’s why favonovel.com feels so guilty. He hadn’t learned how to love back then, no one taught him…”
