Chapter 93

She was different from her mother. Her mother did not love her mother but she still wanted him and she did everything to make him stay by her side. What her mother did was just pure crazy...her mother was crazy for doing those things. But between her and Ryder.. she knew that there was love. . It was his daughter who came between them, wanting to break them up. "No, I'm different Ryder loves me!" Mira shouted. She did not want to believe that her Ryder did not love her. Her mother did not live her and her Ryder did not love her? How was she supposed to live then? Who exactly did love her then? How was she supposed to live with such pain? No, she had to keep holding on to the fact that Ryder loves her. She wasn't going to give up at all! Ethan shook his head. "Right now, you are doing the same thing that your mother did. You know that he doesn't love you but you are still trying to hold on to him. Your mother did the sake thing back then. She knew that I did not love her but she still tried to hold on to him. In the end, she kept living in her fantasies. Her fantasies became possessiveness, and it became an obsession that she would not hesitate to hurt people for! Think about it clearly! Do you really want to do the things that your mother did back then?" Ethan asked Mira. Mira wiped her eyes and looked up at her father. "Why are you telling me this right now? Is it because you want me to know about the type of person that my mother is? I don't think so!" Mira asked. She had already received multiple blows today so her mind was really sharp right now. She did not want to continue being vulnerable just to be hurt again and again. A strange glint flashed in Ethan's eyes when he heard that Did Mira figure something out? "What are you talking about?" Ethan asked her. "Right now, you are only telling me this because you don't want be to harm your precious Scarlett! It's not because you want me to know about the things that my mother has done....you were okay with playing along with the lies that she created for me before she died. Why are so you angry that you want to tell me about it? Is it because you don't want your daughter to get hurt?!" Mira asked. When Mira saw the suprised look on her father's face, she was clear on it now. She knew that she was right. She had guessed right. Her father wasn't doing it for her. He was doing it for his other daughter. She would not made this conclusion if she did not find out that his daughter was Scarlett. But since she already found it out now, it did make a lot of sense. How ironic. It hurt.... It really hurt... Her father only spent five years with his other daughter but he loved her so much that he was ready to do anything including ruthlessly trampling on her so that he could protect her and her marriage But for her...she has been living with this man as her father for twenty years but he never had a single warmth for her. He did not love her at all. It felt like the twenty years that she had lived with were stolen and she was paying back for the stolen years right now. Well, that was the truth. Everything was stolen. This man....this father did not belong to her to begin with. Her mother had stolen him and given it to her, she was the one paying back the debts right now. Her mother really did leave a lot of debts for her to pay back. Will she ever be able to pay it back? Ethan was suddenly at a loss for words when Mira said what he was thinking out loud. But wait how did Mira know that Scarlett is his daughter? He did not tell her about this. How did she find out about it? Mira saw the confused look on her father's face and she knew what he was thinking right now. "What? Are you thinking about how I got to know that Scarlett is your daughter? Do you think that you were doing a very good job hiding it? You kept investigating her and leaving clues everywhere, of course it's going to be easy for me to find out...." Mira said. Including how her mother died. But Mira did not say that last part out loud. "Mira, no matter what my goal is, you need to know that what you are doing right now is wrong. No matter how your mother managed to have you, you are still my daughter. You didn't want to born anyway. You were the one at fault concerning your birth, you are still my flesh and blood. I just don't want to see you go down the wrong way. You need to stop right now while you still can or else things are just going to get even messed up!" Ethan said. He was going to do everything to stop Mira while he still can now. Mira let out an eerie laugh when she heard that. "Don't try to make it sound so grand dad! You know very well why you are doing that! Stop trying to act like you care about me! You don't! It's because of your daughter!" Mira yelled. She wasn't going to fall for those lies of his. He was only doing it for his daughter. Ethan really did not know what else to say to Mira. He could only hope that she could see that she was wrong. Mira wanted to walk away but she stopped herself. She looked her father straight in her eyes. "Dad, I'm not going to play mind games with you anymore. I saw the report of my mom's death. She died of heart complications. She was taking drugs that were harmful to her heart. I don't have to be too smart to know that someone probably changed her health supplements drugs. Was that person you? Or to be more direct, did you have something to do with mom's death?" Mira asked. She could see how much her father hated her mother and why he did so now. If he wanted to kill her...he had a motive to do so. He slept with her in the same room every day...he had a very good opportunity to kill her mother. Ethan looked up at his daughter and smiled. "Do you think that I killed her?" He asked. Mira "....." What was she supposed to say now? Still smiling, Ethan said, "If you really think that I killed your mother, you should find proof and have me arrested don't you think?" Mira really did not know what to say. He was still smiling. Isn't it the same as admitting to what he did? What..what she was supposed to do now?. Mira could not hold herself anymore. She broke down and started cry. Hugging her knees, she cried out loudly. Ethan did not try to comfort her or stop her. He simply walked past her and went to his study and slumped down on his chair. He was really tired now. He was tired of living a life where he constantly had to be on alert and scheming against others. Brenda was already gone, it was time for him to end these things. He picked up his phone and called his lawyer "I want to see you tommorow" he said and ended the call without giving the other party an opportunity to talk. It seemed that he did not have much time left. He had to arrange everything for his daughters before he left. Downstairs, Mira was still crying.... ....... Rose stood outside of the company stretching her limbs while waiting for a taxi. She had worked over time today because she had to prepare a lot of things for the jobs that Scarlett has right now. And also because of the scandal. Especially Scarlett's new drama. She had just gotten news from the production crew that Sonia had tried to get into an argument with Scarlett again today. It without saying that she had pulled some strings to get into the drama. Why can't she stay put instead of looking for Scarlett to cause trouble with her? Rose had no problem with Sonia wanting to use shortcuts in her career. She isn't her artist anyway and it wasn't going to affect her. But Sonia was always trying to fight with Scarlett every single chance she got In fact, Rose was sure that Sonia probably took up the second lead role because she knew that Scarlett was going to be in the drama too. Sonia probably wanted to cause some trouble for Scarlett. As long as she doesn't go too far, Sonia isn't someone that Scarlett won't be able to handle. But still, thinking about it was still enough to give Rose an headache. Scarlett had to come back as soon as possible so that they could solve all of this issues together. The sky was already dark and it was threatening to rain and Rose still hadn't seen a taxi. She was really starting to get worried. How long will she have to wait for? . things were going to get really ugly if it ever started raining now. Just then, a car pulled up in front of her. The window slid down. Matt brought his face out of the car. . Rose was genuinely not surprised to see him after all, they worked in the same company. It was only right that they would run into each other like this. "Hop in. I'll give you a ride" Matt said. He had obviously seen her pride. Perhaps Matt was thinking that Rose won't come in easily so he added, "It's about to rain" Scarlett sighed and got into the car. She wasn't an unreasonable person. She knew that she was going to be in some real trouble if she ever got caught in the rain. There was no reason for her to make herself suffer for nothing. Since he wants to give her a ride, she would let him. "Thanks for the ride director" Rose said. Matt's hand froze on the steering well she. He heard her words. Director? His brain froze at that second. It was clear that she was trying to draw a line between them and treat him as a stranger. As an ordinary colleague. She didn't want to admit that something had happened between them. He had already suspected this when the both of them did not talk to each other for all those days but he still wasn't sure. Hearing the woman call him director so distantly right now confirmed his suspicions. She did not really want to have anything to do with him. Why? He knew that he was quite good looking. He already made it clear that he was serious about her...why does she want to keep her distance from him? "Is there a problem Director?" Rose asked when she saw that Matt wasn't driving. Matt turned to look at her. The look on her face was calm and indifferent. Because of what happened between them when she saw him, she would at least try to avoid his gaze but now she was looking straight at him with indifference. He was really happy when Rose agree to get in the car immediately. He thought that it meant that she wasn't completely opposed to him. But it seems that he was wrong. It was because she thinks him as only a colleague and a superior. There was no reason for her to reject his help if he was only her superior. Matt really thought that it would have been better if she refused the ride. It would mean that she was still thinking about him and what happened between them. [6/11, 4:59 PM] Sonia: