Stella ate a fresh watermelon and then excused herself, just leaving Emily, Cerim and Mou to themselves.
"That... Was unexpected." Cerim sighed, as he reminisced about what happened at the wedding.
Emily sighed. "Mmm, when h- she told me that there would be a show I wasn't expecting an entire family to just collapse like that." Emily was used to families falling from grace at events like that. But in such a unique and high profile manner? Never.
Mou reached for his drink, he looked into his mug to look at his reflection in the tea.
"I wonder... How much she suffered to be able to do something like that?" Mou mumbled.
Emily silently agreed with Mou's thinking, it was abundantly clear that Stella had huge amounts of power to be able to completely crush the Fude family with just words and some evidence on social media. But how did she get that power? Why did she disguise herself as a man even from the household she was born in? She wouldn't be able to fathom Stella's thoughts.
"Master, here is everything that Stella used today." Terel reported as he showed all the evidence that was put on to social media...
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"I AM NOT! IT IS ALL FALSE! WHY WOULD I CHEAT ON YOU LIKE THAT!?" Zou was laying on the floor, snot falling out of her nose as she clutched her cheek.
"I must have been stupid as to even think about marrying someone like you... You... Had an abortion? I know for a fact we never slept together at this period... You were already in the bed of many men before you were even engaged to me?" Yuon's hand shook. He couldn't believe the videos and photos at first, but a few phone calls to some hospitals do confirm that evidence...
Zou furiously shook her head. "No, no. I never was cheating on you at this time." Zou stuttered.
Yuon then saw red. "So you admit that you were indeed cheating on me? When those pictures were leaked I believed you totally. Did you enjoy seeing me work my ass off to change public opinion of you and get my parents to agree to marry you?" Yuon clenched his fists.
Zou froze, she knew that she had dug herself a hole now. But she never did have an abortion... "I-I-I." Her entire body shook, as she saw the coldness in Yuon's eyes.
"There is no need to worry about your reputation anymore." Yuon said as he turned around. Tears fell on his cheek as he walked away from his newlywed wife.
Zou laid on the floor... Pain, suffering. Regret, she regretted cheating so much. Now, she would be losing everything.
...............
"Why? Why did you plan to crush your own family's business?" Ryan asked as he looked at his wife.
Kiera smiled. "Why? Do you think that father was pleased with me marrying you? He didn't want the company to fall into a woman's hands... So marrying you, then having a son. It was the quickest way." Kiera laughed, as her eyes shone.
Ryan was in disbelief. Did he... Marry this woman? He could remember the time when they were innocent college students taking a business course together. She got top marks, was the smartest in the class. He was a little above average, he looked up to her. She was an heiress, pretty. Had a loving family. He was the son of a small time business owner, his father's company was in crazy amounts of debt, and his house was cold... So very cold.
So when she confessed to him... It felt like a dream, but hearing this... He was being used for years? His feelings for half his life were just a lie.
"You could have just said if you wanted the company! I don't care about traditions if it would have made you happy! But you tried to manipulate Yuon. OUR son, into hating me?" Ryan would have turned the entire world upside down for his wife, but she seemed to be so disgusting!
Kiera chuckled. "OUR son? Don't make me laugh! I thought you would have caught on to what Stella hinted at... You aren't his father." Kiera coldly told Ryan.
His face blanked. 'So it was true... All my life, was a lie?' He swallowed down his thoughts.
"You two... There is no point arguing like I'm dead just yet." They heard the emotionless voice of Father Ku from the side.
"Father... You had become weak. Adopting that slut made you soft father. After she left... You ruled the family with an iron fist again. Wasn't that just great?" Kiera chuckled, as her eyes filled with tears.
"It was always about Maria. She was the golden child right? She was sweet and innocent, while I was too intelligent for my own good. I still remember father, what you said to me on that day." Kiera smiled at her father, as his face dropped.
"For such a strong man... You couldn't control your own wife. So you decided to imprison and silence her... Was that good enough for you?" Kiera questioned her father.
Father Ku closed his eyes. He wasn't a good man. He was an even worse husband, he found out from a friend that his wife was cheating on him... So, in a fit of rage, he trapped her. Enclosed her from the rest of the world, eventually leaving her to die alone. To the very end she protested her innocence, but he wasn't having it.
After that, he took his young daughter, and told her that the only way to live in this world is to be vicious, being kind will only allow to to be betrayed.
Little did he know, that it would backfire on him. After adopting Maria, he started to fall in love again, he felt that this baby was cute, pretty, she always had a smile on her face. Unlike her own daughter, who was too cold, too intelligent and always tried to impress him...
"The Fude family will end in my hands." He opened his eyes again, as he looked at his grown-up daughter.
"I never knew we were being targeted by multiple sources, inside and out. I didn't know that Stella is supposedly female, I didn't know what you expected from me. I didn't know that all you cared for was the company. I didn't know that my grandson was brought up to take over the company and nothing else. I never knew... That you were behind Maria's death." His voice became weaker and weaker. As he felt his heartache.
"Me? Behind Maria's death? We both know that isn't true father. Didn't you order her to be starved? Then.... She hung herself." Kiera corrected, with a smirk on her face.
Father Ku felt his heartache... He clutched his chest, as he suddenly felt he couldn't breathe very well...