Eva: I knew you would say this.
She smirked.
Eva: Fiona always wanted Alex and Cindy to be together, and I know how relieved she was when she saw Alex before she took her last breathe.
Carla: What happened 8 years ago was just a misunderstanding. I hope they'll sit down and talk about it because no matter how much we family try to say it, they won't pay attention to what we say.
***
Matthew took a deep breathe and walked to them. He held an umbrella on them and that's when Cindy realized she was in Alexander's arm. She quickly pushed him away, her face looked flabbergasted, 'how could I be so off-guard!?'
Cindy: How dare you touch me..
Her voice was cold as ice, her eyes burned with anger. She held on tight to a grass and tried to keep her mind calm but failed, "HOW DARE YOU!?"
Alex: you were devastated...
Alex said softly while looking down, "it wasn't intentional."
Cindy clenched her teeth.
Cindy: Don't you dare touch me with those filthy hands again! I don't need you to wipe my tears with those filthy hands which dared to touch another woman!
Alex: ...
Matthew: Cindy, calm down let's leave or else you'll catch a cold.
Matthew held her by the shoulder and pulled her up.
Cindy: don't you dare touch me again.
She said coldly. Alex looked at her, his eyes full of despair, Cindy's heart ached seeing him like that but she ignored it and rushed toward the car.
Matthew followed her and opened the car door, Cindy got in and sat there silently. Matthew looked back at Alex, who didn't have any intention to go with them, got inside the car and drove back to Cindy's place.
Alex murmured, "Only if you knew..."
***
Cindy looked out the window, it's raining heavier than before. Matthew passed her a towel but she was still holding it without wiping her hair.
Matthew: wipe your-
Cindy: Why did he do this with me?
Matthew paused and tried to concentrate on the road, 'she will stop talking about him if I don't say anything.'
Cindy continued, "I loved him so much. Why did he marry me then if he had to cheat with me? And not just someone else, he cheated on me with Ella! The girl I hate the most!"
Ella Arlington is Alexander's unrelated cousin. She used to stick with Alexander the most for which Cindy hated her.
Matthew: Cindy, it's been 8 years, it's all in the past now.
Cindy: that doesn't heal the scar! It's total bullsh*t when people say time heals the heart ache!
Cindy grasped her dress tightly trying not to cry.
Cindy: How could he do this to me?
Cindy paused.
Cindy: sometimes I wanna ask him why he did that, he could just leave me. I would've listened to him, would've tried to understand him. But he had to push me down like that. I can still see Ella's grin from that day.