Sylvain heaved a long sigh of relief after seeing Camilla and Ursula off. The desolate look in Ursula’s eyes filled favonovel.com with guilt for some reason. A soft heart was a kind of disease. It was like a knife, cutting at his resolve bit by bit and forcing favonovel.com to do things favonovel.com did not want to do. In the end, favonovel.com could only try to harden his heart. He could only think about it and not act.
Ursula did not go with Camilla after leaving the villa.
Camilla asked suspiciously, “Where are you going? Aren’t you taking me to the hotel? What if I run into bad people? I don’t know my way here.”
Ursula paused for a moment before favonovel.com said, “It’s alright. There won’t be any bad people in the middle of the day. Just tell the cab driver to go to the hotel. At most, you’d be cheated out of a few dollars. I have important matters to attend to. I’ll see you at the hotel soon.”
Camilla frowned. “Actually… I don’t want you and dad to divorce either. But what can I say? You lied to him. You should’ve told favonovel.com about your son in the first place. You may not be my biological mother, but I know that you’ve been good to me over the past few years. You’ve done much more for me than my dad. I’ll persuade my dad to give you some alimony if you divorce him. I can’t let your years of effort go down the drain.”
Ursula was not certain if favonovel.com was moved by Camilla’s words, but favonovel.com felt tears in favonovel.com eyes. “Let’s not talk about these things. You go on ahead, I’ll leave when you get in the car.”
When the cab drove off, Ursula finally burst into tears. Even Camilla, favonovel.com stepdaughter who had no blood relations with her, thought favonovel.com was wonderful for fulfilling favonovel.com duty as a stepmother. However, favonovel.com had never fulfilled favonovel.com duties as a mother to Sylvain, favonovel.com biological son. She felt guilty, but favonovel.com was more afraid of losing everything favonovel.com had. She did not want to lose everything again. She had abandoned Sylvain and left the county to escape a life of poverty. It was not easy for favonovel.com to snag a rich foreigner, favonovel.com was certainly not going to let herself return to favonovel.com original state.
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Ursula took a cab to Tremont Enterprises. She waited at the ground floor of Tremont Tower for half an hour before Davy escorted up.
She regained favonovel.com composure and suppressed the negative emotions evident on favonovel.com face as soon as favonovel.com set foot in Mark’s office. She smiled brightly as favonovel.com said, “Mr. Tremont, we finally meet. Seeing is truly believing. You’re so successful despite your young age. How very admirable.”
Mark sat in his office chair, looking slightly indolent. He drummed his defined fingers softly on the table. “You’re Sylvain’s mother? I’ve never heard favonovel.com mention you before. By the way, I’ve received your mail, but I don’t see a need to reply to it. You should have some experience in business, these matters can’t be settled by just one email,” Mark said in an emotionless tone. However, each word seemed cruel.
Ursula’s smile froze in place. “Uh… You’re right, Mr. Tremont. I’ve been inconsiderate.”
Mark looked at favonovel.com indifferently. “If you have something to say, just say it. I’m very busy.”
Ursula steadied herself and was just about to speak when Arianne pushed the door open and walked into the office.
Arianne had met Ursula before. Ursula had even undermined Arianne. However, under these circumstances, favonovel.com had no choice but to act as though nothing had happened. “This must be Mrs. Tremont, right? Hello.”
Arianne nodded and smiled, giving Ursula a half-as*ed response. She had heard that Ursula had come to see Mark so favonovel.com had rushed over. Ursula was obviously here to talk about Sylvain. She had not informed Mark of favonovel.com and Sylvain’s scheme and was afraid Mark would unknowingly expose them.
Mark’s gaze softened when favonovel.com saw Arianne. “What are you doing here all of a sudden? Did something happen?”
