Inside the VIP room in a restaurant,
Dimitry and Ralph are sitting face to face.
Ralph seemed anxious, while Dimitry looked at him with a blank expression.
Dimitry decided to meet Ralph to make things clear to him about Yuhan and Alicia.
"What do you want from my family?" Dimitry asked straight forward.
Ralph looked up at Dimitry, but he did not say a word.
"I already know about you," Dimitry said.
"If you plan to take Alicia and Yuhan from me, you should think twice," He added.
"I am Yuhan's father," Ralph said.
"You "were" his father," Dimitry emphasizes the word "were" to make Ralph understand that it was in the past.
"You have already given up being his father when you decided to abandon him and Alicia," Dimitry added.
"Why is it only now?" Dimitry asked.
"What?" Ralph seems not to get Dimitry's question.
"Why it's only now, that you decided to get back to them?"
"I-I have to file for a divorce with my wife first," Ralph replied.
Dimitry narrowed his eyes, "You abandoned your first wife to get back to the woman that you've fooled a few years ago?" He asked sarcastically.
Ralph lowered his head and he seems not to know what to say. " I want to make it up to them all those years that I was away from them," He said after a while.
"You don't have to," Dimitry instantly said.
Ralph lifted his gaze.
"They already have me," Dimitry continued to speak, " I can give them the better life," He said. "A life that they deserve,"
"So, are you telling me to just leave them to you?"
"Yes," Dimitry replied. "Like how you leave them a few years ago,"
"As you see, I am trying to fulfill Alicia's dreams, to have a complete family, a comfortable life, and a loving husband. Isn't it so selfish for you to ruin everything for your own desire?"
"Ha!" Ralph let out a sarcastic laugh.
"Do you think she is happy being treated rudely by her stepdaughter?" He asked mockingly.
"Yumi may have difficulty accepting Alicia now, but I know she can accept her at the right time." Dimitry wasn't moved by Ralph's mockery.
"Stop bothering Alicia, and try to fix your life," Dimitry said and then he got up from his seat, but he spoke again before he left, "Don't wait for Alicia to do her threat on dragging you down if you keep on messing up with her because..." Dimitry pause as he throws Ralph a sharp gaze.
" I am willing to grant her every wish," Dimitry added and then he turned and left the VIP room, leaving the helpless Ralph.
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Yumi is in deep thought while looking out of nowhere, she's been like this since Alicia confessed about Mr. Monterde, Yuhan's father.
She doesn't know if she should believe in Alicia that she is not cheating on her father.
Yumi took a deep breath, 'I have such a complicated family.' She said inside.
Yumi's deep thought was interrupted by her phone's calling ringtone.
Yumi shoved her hand in her pocket and took her phone but her brows automatically knitted when she saw the anonymous number that is calling on her.
Yumi is having second thought at first but then she still decided to answer the call.
"Hello?" She answered.
"It's me, Angelie," The person from the other line said.
Yumi's expression turned cold, "You're calling the wrong number," She said instantly. She was about to end the call but Angelie suddenly spoke.
"If you want to know the real reason for your mother's suicide, then meet me in the restaurant near your academy,"
"What is this?""Implicating the dead just to make me meet you?" Yumi asked sarcastically.
"What lie are you trying to say this time?" Yumi smirked.
"I already know the reason behind my mother's suicide, your lies will be all useless!" Yumi said and then she ended the call. She tightened her grip on her phone due to frustration.
After a while, Yumi heard a message notification bell.
Yumi lifted her phone, Angelie sent her a picture of a man who looked the same age as her father!
Another notification bell and the message says, 'If you want to know who is the man on the photo, meet me now,'
Yumi just wants to ignore the message but there is someone inside of her saying to meet Angelie and ask about the man!
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Angelie put down her phone, 'This is the right thing to do, Alicia doesn't deserve to be blamed.' She said inside.
Her friend is a good person, she doesn't deserve to be hated!
She's not sure if Alicia would thank her or would resent her for her action, but one thing she is sure about, she is doing the right thing!
Yumi should know the truth!
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Yumi looked around when she entered the restaurant, and there, she saw Angelie sitting in the corner.
Yumi walks to Angelie's table, "Why did you send me that photo?" She asked sternly.
Angelie turned her head to the newly arrived Yumi, "Why won't you take a seat first?" she said.
"I am in a hurry, I don't plan on staying long here," Yumi replied.
"Alright, if that's what you want," She said, and then she took a big envelope on her side and gave it to Yumi.
Yumi just looked at the envelope, before she throws Angelie a doubtful look, "What's that?" She asked, still in her stern expression.
"Why won't you take a look at it?" Angelie asked back.
It took a few seconds before Yumi decided to take the envelope. She stared at it before she opened it.
Yumi takes a look inside the envelope before she shoved her hand and pull the content.
Yumi realized that the contents are photos!
The first photo is her mother!
Yumi looked at Angelie suspiciously, but she did not say a word. She just continues to look at the photos one by one.
Yumi proceeded to the next photo, her brows knitted when she saw the man's photo, the same photo that Angelie sent her earlier!
Yumi turned her gaze to Angelie, "Why won't you just tell me what you want to say?"
"You should look at the other photos if you're curious about the man on the second photo," Angelie replied.
Yumi just pursed her lips and she continued to look at the photos, but her expression instantly changed when she saw the third photo!
It was her mother and the man on the second photo and they were... Kissing!