-It was my mother.
The answer that had been preconceived in her mind was just spoken by Severo, and a moment of panic flashed through Allyce’s mind.
Allyce’s hand on the quilt tensed involuntarily, pulling it tight, her voice wavering slightly, “Is that your mother?”
Was Ariela Severo’s mother?
The victim in Dad’s case?
She thought about how she had asked Severo to help her investigate Dad’s case and, now that she thought about it, she felt ridiculous.
Severo saw that Allyce did not look well and reached out to grab her.
Allyce jerked her hand away and her voice was a little cutting: “So you came to me in the first place because of your mother’s case? What the hell are you trying to do?
Severo’s hand withdrew and his eyes sunk slightly.
Allyce looked at him intently: “You talk!
Severo looked at her seriously, his voice calm. “Yes, I won’t deny that I approached you at first because of my mother’s case, which was suspicious at the time, but at the time I had no way of finding out, her funeral was all handled by someone sent by my grandfather, and I knew very little about the case.”
Allyce took a deep breath and averted her gaze to the window, not looking at Severo either.
Allyce did not know how to deal with Severo’s sincerity.
Only after a long moment did he turn his head to look at Severo: “So you approached me as part of a means of investigating this case?
His words caused Severo to frown slightly.
“Even if I didn’t reopen this case, I would still come to you”.
Allyce said nothing, confusion crossing her eyes.
From the beginning, Severo appears mysteriously to her. Later, he is like a ruffian who must stay with her and will not leave no matter what.
He couldn’t believe he had to be with her because he had seen her face and because they had slept together.
Severo didn’t have to go that far even if he was just trying to clear up an old case.
Allyce asked him: “Why?
Severo’s voice was a little soft with a touch of nostalgia, “I knew you a long time ago”.
Severo recalled a day more than ten years ago when he had come home from school and his mother had asked him with a happy face, “How about a sister for you?”
Then he met Allyce.
It was his mother who secretly took him to see her.
At eight or nine years old, Allyce was pink and jade, with a princess haircut and a pink dress, like a little lady.
His eyes were big and bright, and when he smiled, they were as bright as peach blossoms in spring, so bright that they burned his eyes.
Her mother asked, “Isn’t she pretty? Lovely, isn’t she?
The mother was full of joy and seemed to love Allyce.
Just as he had liked Allyce’s father, Orlin.
Allyce did not understand what he meant by this unspoken statement and asked: “What?
“My mother grew up in the Solares family, but with a very carefree personality. She came back to the country as an adult, she had me very young and we lived together, I never met my father. It wasn’t until I was thirteen that she came to Cloud Cit and met your father and told me she wanted to start a family with your father again.”
As Severo spoke, he paused and looked at Allyce.
Allyce was stunned for a moment, reacted and asked uncertainly: “You mean your mother and my father were lovers back then?
After saying that, he shook his head even more and said, “It can’t be, if that’s true, it’s impossible for me not to remember anything, and my father wouldn’t have kept it from me.”
“Yes, your father wouldn’t have kept it from you because he never accepted my mother’s advances, he loved you very much and was worried that you wouldn’t fit in with your new family. But then, he was still impressed by my mother and they were planning to bring you over after that benefit dinner and officially get to know each other.”
Severo’s voice suddenly stopped.
And after the charity dinner, they never had the chance to see each other again.
Ariela died, Orlin became a suspect, Allyce knew nothing about it, and Severo was picked up by someone sent by his grandfather.
They were never able to form a new family again.
Instead, Allyce, who was to be raised by Orlin as a little princess, became part of the Delahoz family.
Tajo was also deeply affected by Ariela’s death and took Severo with him to prevent him from returning to the country.
And indeed, Severo did not return, but neither did he live in the castle of Solares.
The hand of fate had changed the clouds and the lives of two people.
Allyce pursed her lips slightly and thought about the most important point …
“You … also don’t believe it was my father who killed your mother?”
Severo shook his head and stroked her head soothingly, his voice calm. “Well, no, as much as you believe in your father, I believe in my mother’s vision.”
He had suspected Orlin of being a hypocrite and possibly the real killer.
But then, because of Allyce, he changed his mind.
The recent series of events, and the information he had in his hands, proved that Orlin was not the real killer.
The real killer is someone else.
The real killer had not only killed Ariela, but also Orlin.
“Why are you playing dumb?”
Severo saw that Allyce was silent and reached out to take her in his arms, stroking her back gently.
In fact, he feared she would blame him.
Had I not known them as mother and son, had it not been for Ariela’s death, Orlin might still be alive and well now.
And Allyce would have grown up smoothly and happily, without all the difficulties she had suffered in the Delahoz family.
After all, he owed a lot to Allyce.
That was the reason why he had decided to take care of her from the beginning and had never thought of divorcing her.
Allyce looked at him: “Then why, when I asked you at the beginning, didn’t you want to tell me?
Severo hesitated for a moment before asking: “Are you sure you wouldn’t have hated me if I had told you from the beginning?
Allyce snorted, her eyes slightly downcast, saying nothing.
Silence meant approval.
If it had been at the beginning, when Severo had told her these things, she would not have been able to accept it.
When he didn’t tell her these things, to her he was just a mysterious, almost perfect man.
And when she told him from the beginning, it was he who was connected with her father’s case, and there was no guarantee that she would not be angry with him.
I hadn’t noticed that he had thought so much about it from the beginning.
The two huddled together, each in silence, without speaking again.
After a while, Allyce suddenly remembered something else.
He asked aloud: “Did you look for Eric the other day?
Severo’s body stiffened for a moment and, without denying it, he said frankly: “Yes”.
Allyce bit her lip and said: “So, … my dad, where the hell is he now?