Chapter 3

Thinking of that thing, I immediately called my parents and asked them to come over.

Sensing my urgency, my parents came to my house as quickly as possible.

"What's wrong, Winnie? Why did you call us over so urgently?"

I didn't hide anything. I told them everything about Lucas and Rachel deceiving me to go serve the mistress.

After hearing this, my dad was completely in disbelief.

"Winnie, could this be a misunderstanding? Everyone can see how good Lucas is to you."

"And Rachel has really treated you like her own daughter all these years."

"How could the two of them conspire to deceive you?"

"Could it just be a coincidence? What if Rachel really is sick?"

My mom immediately rejected this. "Impossible!"

"I saw her dancing in the square downstairs just the other day. She danced for two whole hours without even getting winded. Her body is tougher than an ox. How could she have heart disease?"

"That Lucas! When he married you, he kowtowed until his head bled, saying he'd treat you well. Now he dares to team up with his mother to deceive you like this?"

My mom was very angry.

But I was more confused.

As my dad said.

All these years, Lucas had been very good to me.

He was young and accomplished, handsome, and never lacked young girls throwing themselves at him.

Even his company owner's daughter had shown him favor.

She had even openly stated that as long as Lucas was willing to be with her, the whole company could take his surname.

But Lucas remained completely unmoved.

He even offended her for it and was nearly blacklisted by the entire industry.

Despite this, he remained steadfast and said to me.

"I can lose the whole world, but I can't leave you."

As for Rachel, she treated me even better than her own son Lucas.

Once, in the middle of the night, I had acute appendicitis and was in so much pain I couldn't stand.

Lucas was on a business trip at the time. It was Rachel who carried me on her back through the freezing winter wind and snow for several miles to get me to the hospital.

That day, Rachel's legs were so frozen they nearly had to be amputated.

But she was afraid I'd feel guilty, so she endured the pain and never told me.

Later, when Lucas came back and found both her legs had turned black, he rushed her to the hospital.

Even the doctor was alarmed, saying she was gambling with her life.

But Rachel said, "As long as Winnie is okay, I don't care what happens to me."

It was precisely because I had genuinely felt their love that I couldn't understand.

What kind of woman could make Lucas, who loved me so much, and Rachel, who treated me as her own daughter, both betray me at the same time?