Chapter 310: Let’s begin
Hearing the comments—pretended to be murmurings yet loud enough to be heard by everyone—Vera’s face twisted with bitterness. Her fists clenched, and her eyes blazed as she took a deep breath to calm her nerves.
For some time now, she thought she had overcome the pain from every jab concerning this incident. But in this moment, she had to admit: she never healed. And she never stopped regretting. Indeed, it’s quite pathetic.
Even Trevor, with all his patience, affection, and loyalty, had failed to break down the walls she’d built.
Aaron, her husband on paper but a stranger at heart, had tried to provide her a semblance of stability.
Still, none of it mattered. Because that one goodbye—that final, quiet departure from Davis—had undone everything destiny might have prepared for her. That single step had upended her life.
And now, watching Jessica—a girl she once dismissed as a naive outsider—stand gracefully, confidently, beside Davis, Vera couldn’t deny the bitterness coiling in her chest.
She had to admit she was completely envious of Jessica. A country bumpkin. A rejected daughter. A girl without worldliness or sophistication. Yet with Davis, she held the entire Allen empire in her hand. She had Davis’s loyalty. His admiration. Perhaps, even his love.
With her smile, she had succeeded in stealing the one man truly worth loving.
"But then, do I get to blame her? She was never in the picture when I left... but I can’t help being bitter," she mused to herself.
Noticing a cold, piercing gaze trained on her for a while, Jessica turned her attention away from Davis. Her eyes locked onto Vera’s. A brief silence lingered between them. Then, with a soft sigh, Jessica stepped forward.
"Sis-in-law, are you okay? Why are your eyes red?" she asked gently.
Vera hadn’t realized her emotions had spilled so freely onto her face. She blinked rapidly, trying to clear the tears forming in her eyes. With a single thought "I can’t let them see how much I hurt due to my foolishness.