Chapter 651 Once Again Disappointed

But Lucia frowned. Her beautiful eyes were full of embarrassment. What should she do to Esmae?

After a moment's hesitation, Lucia took out her cell phone and called Esmae directly. This time, wasn't she willing to back off?

"Esmae, you haven't rested yet, have you?" When the call went through, Lucia greeted Esmae first.

Esmae didn't answer. She seemed to know why Lucia was calling her.

"Esmae... can't I leave now?"

Esmae's silence suggested that she knew about Spencer's arrest, but it also disappointed her. Lucia asked her slowly.

Time seemed to stand still, and if it hadn't been for Esmae's breathing on the phone, Lucia would have thought she had hung up.

A long time later, Esmae whispered, "Just wait..."

"Esmae, what are you waiting for?"

Esmae answered calmly. Lucia was in a hurry. Now that Spencer was in jail and Dan had been recalled, she could find a way to find him. She desperately wanted to return to Arthur's side. She'd had enough of separation.

"Spencer's been arrested for rape, and everyone knows! Do you want me to have a relationship with a man like that?"

There was another silence. Esmae's slowness was in sharp contrast to Lucia's quickness.

"So..." Esmae finally said again. "Once I promise you, you'll run back to Arthur, won't you?"

This time it was Lucia's turn to be silent.

Frowning slightly, Lucia's answer never changed.

"I've seen Spencer's character very clearly. He's not someone that you can commit to for life. I can agree to break off the engagement between the two of you..."

As soon as Esmae said this, Lucia's eyes lit up. She called out her name happily, but Esmae's next words sent her back to hell.

"But you're going to marry Reynolds." Esmae's voice was unmistakable.

"What?!" Lucia's heart skipped a beat, and her voice was losing its original softness.

"You heard me right. I want you to marry Reynolds, and Reynolds loves you. You may not love him, but he's willing to embrace everything, even the daughter you gave birth to with Arthur. I know my son. He will never hurt you in his life, and..."

"Esmae!" Interrupted Lucia, who snapped, "You know it's not going to happen between me and Reynolds!"

"Then wait!" Esmae's voice was sharper than Lucia's.

"How long do I have to wait?" Lucia's heart began to ache.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

"Wait until you give up on Arthur!" Esmae said without any hesitation. She hung up the phone.

Give up on Arthur?

In this life, the next life... it was out of the question.

On the other side, Esmae tossed her phone on the desk. She pursed her lips and looked up with tired eyes when she saw Helena standing by the study door.

"Did you hear me talking to Lucia?"

"Mom, why are you still unwilling to let Lucia go? Spencer's reputation is ruined, and she has nothing to do with Spencer, yet she has to be implicated by him. Can't you let her be with Arthur and live a life with a loved one?" Helena really did not understand her mother's obsession, and complained.

"Other people can say these things, but you can't," Esmae said to her daughter, bracing herself.

"I'm not saying this for me!" Helena knew that her mother was upset about her relationship with Otis, so she went to her desk and said,

"You saw what Arthur did for Lucia. What man could love as much as he does? Even at this point, he is still focused on Lucia and has never had an affair with anyone else. Spencer, on the other hand, has not only cheated on Lucia, but has also committed rape. Do you still need to choose?"

"You talk about Arthur all the time. Do you know him well?" Esmae raised her eyebrows and stared sharply at her daughter,

"Didn't Arthur have a new date for the christening? And Lucia, who knows that Edwin and I amn't getting along, invited them here. Did she even take me seriously?!"

"Mom, this is completely different!" Helena said unhappily. "Lucia has always respected you. Why are you questioning her?"

"Why?" said Esmae, with a cold look in her eyes,

"Because she's so partial to the Edwins! I hold a grudge against them. Your grandmother and grandfather died of exhaustion because of what happened back then. Do you think that I have to be a saint, that I have to accept someone's apology unconditionally, and that I have to let my daughter marry someone else as their daughter-in-law?!"

It had to say that Spencer's pep talk to Esmae at the christening worked.

Esmae had always cared about Lucia's love for Arthur, and she would have been even more resentful if Lucia treated the Edwins better than she treated herself.

Helena looked into her mother's angry eyes and couldn't speak for a moment. Although she knew the pain that her mother had gone through, she couldn't understand the pain in her heart at that time. So, she felt sorry for her mother now, but can not fully agree with her persistent hatred.

There was nothing to be done.

That was how Helena felt right now.

"And about you and Otis," Esmae was still angry, and continued, "You're my daughter, and you're in love with the son of my enemy. Do you know how disappointed you are in me? Helena, even though you know that I'm against this relationship?"

Helena pressed her lips together and could not make a sound. She was a stubborn woman who did not want to admit defeat. Now, she lowered her eyes slightly, not daring to disobey her mother's anger. "What is it about the men of the Davies family that makes you right round?"

"How many men are there in the world? Even if you fall in love with a beggar, I'll support you with all my heart? Why the Davies?"

Helena's eyes sparkled...

She did not know why she was in love with that cold man.

The rebuke ended with Helena's silent exit from the study. She dragged herself down the hall with a heavy stride. She had never felt so lost in her life.

In fact, she really wanted to escape from home. Even if Helena had a thousand ways to escape, but once done, she was afraid she will never return to this home.

A long sigh echoed down the corridor as Helena went sadly back to her room, and the only person she could relate to at that moment was Lucia.