“What? Did something like this actually happen?” Sebastian Brenand had a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Rachel Wood nodded with a bitter smile. “Yeah…”

“How bad was it for your family?” His heart aching, Sebastian hugged Rachel tightly in his arms. He carefully and gently rubbed her back to console her.

“It was very tough back then. Sigh. Let’s not talk about this. Anyway, it’s all in the past…” Rachel said.

“Alright,” Sebastian replied.

To avoid reminding Rachel of sad things in the past, Sebastian decided to stop speaking.

After coming to this small city, he got to see another side of human nature.

Sebastian found it hard to imagine how that lady had the cheek to say that she looked after Rachel’s family when she treated them like that in the past.

Was she willing to forgo all pride just to acquire good connections?

The more Sebastian thought about it, the angrier he felt…

Marlene was truly a prideful, realistic, and pretentious old lady.

Right then, the cab they called ar