Chapter 94: Someone else
Maxim did not know why there was a lingering shame in her eyes. All of this had nothing to do with her and he could not even bring himself to think about what she must have gone through. But why did she look so disturbed?
"I was numb,’’ Diana said, ’’Daisy lived separately, traveled a lot and I stayed at the mansion most of the time. But... we shared everything with each other even though we lived far apart. I felt betrayed by her. And at that moment... at that moment...’’ her face turned pale.
It was as if his feet had a consciousness of their own as Maxim stood up and let go of her hand. He walked around the table before pulling her towards him, ’’Don’t say if you don’t want to. Let’s...’’
’’I hated that baby,’’ Diana whispered the secret that she had decided to take to her grave the moment she fell in love with Angel. It was the ugliest version of herself that she was determined to hide inside her forever yet the moment he held her, it was as if the tight strings that she had tied around her heart were loosening up, ’’At that moment, I hated her so much. I was so scared about the chaos in the family that I blamed everything on her. I thought that if she was not there then maybe things would not have turned out like that.’’
Maxim continued holding her close to him as he stroked her hair gently.
Diana pulled back and tilted her head to look at him, ’’You are appalled by me, aren’t you?"
A frown settled between his brows.
Diana turned her face to the side but he before she could look away, he cupped her face, ’’I am not,’’ there was conviction in his tone, ’’I have never and I will never think any less of you no matter what you tell me about yourself.’’
The fact that she stripped her heart bare and dared to expose this to him was already a very brave thing to do.