Sometimes you will have to make a decision that will hurt your heart but heal your soul. - Unknown

    "We the children of Luna Jade Su Vallini Vendari, will stay and always be a Vallini and most especially a Vendari. Any custody battle between the Chen''s and us the Vendari and Vallini''s will not be acknowledged from the day we were born to the day we will die. Louie Chen, you may be our biological father, but you were just that, nothing more, nothing else. You already waive your rights to us from the beginning, we were conceived by you and our Mom" Dawn declares.  ??

    It explodes like a nuclear bomb in front of Louie when he heard those words coming out from his own daughter. He didn''t know all the grudges that they are hiding. He didn''t know why they think that he will fight for the custody and the surname battle.

    We all do things that we wish we could take back, or even wish we have a time machine so that we can change everything that will happen in the future. We are human beings, not perfect beings. So when you have done something, you know it immediately, but Louie is different. He keeps on doing it again and again, and yet he still didn''t Luna let go of their eight-month of marriage.

    He even didn''t feel anything wrong in the past, as long as he can satisfy his urges or his s.e.x.u.a.l d.e.s.i.r.es towards Luna and the request of Sofia to hurt Luna more. He didn''t bother to call her even though the servants already told him that Luna was sick, or even to make amends immediately. The words I''m sorry I hurt you, offended you, upset you with my words and/or actions. Then ask for forgiveness for doing such action towards Luna, then move on and start a brand new self with Luna. He didn''t change his behavior and do better, but he only realizes his faults after the incident at the train station.

    Ethan saw how Louie closes his eyes as he accepts his fate tonight, for him, Louie and Luna live in a time where finding love is the hardest thing to do. To meet someone and not want to guard your heart, to let someone in, and Louie is not a person who lets anyone in that time, but Luna; Luna accepts Louie and loved him unconditionally. Louie as of the moment has no control over anything or even the lives of the kids and even Luna, so all he had to do was given up any attachments to the results. Louie must take a deep breath and have faith that all is well in the end. How? He can''t answer it yet.

    Winter and Dawn knew that they have already done half part of their plan on humiliating their biological father. This kind of scene was just repeated, they got a copy of the CCTV footage when their mother decided to give up on her marriage. "We want everyone to listen to what we will be playing a little while. We want everybody to know why we vent out our anger tonight to our so-called father, Mr. Louie Chen. We are sorry, not sorry, but we have to make things clear that we don''t like to bear the surname of Chen" Dawn''s voice was very cold.

    Then Winter gave a signal to January through their earpiece that they can play the conversation they got from the Elder Chen''s at Villa 7. Everybody is very silent as they listen to the conversation and the plans of Edwards''s parents. The Cheung Elders were very furious while the Big Bosses were just silently listening. "I don''t like the calmness our parents are having right now" Xavier uttered as he took a glance towards the table where their parents are sitting. Alexei, Marco, and even the Ladies of the Court snapped out and take a look also, "Calm before the storm" Marco mumbled.

    "What do you mean?" Harry asks them. "Our parents treat the twins as their own grandchildren. No one dares to bully them or plot something against them. When the twins'' were almost getting kidnap when they are around two years old; the City Wise was almost turned upside down. The whole city looked for them, that''s why when the culprits were finally seized and the twins'' were rescued. The kidnappers were skinned alive in public." Rosela explains.

    People are in our lives for a reason, a season, and most are not here to the end. It''s normal to sometimes feel sad after making the wrong decision in the past and for realizing it''s too late. Let your beliefs and the person you wish to become be your future North Star is gone, but instead of making decisions to avoid uncomfortable feelings you always tried to come up with plans to hurt someone.

    "Three things you cannot recover in life: the word after it''s said, the moment after it''s missing, and the time after it''s gone." Emerald''s voice was heard at the table where Louie, his friends, and Pearl were seated. "If only your grandparents didn''t plan some horrible things like that, maybe the twins'' will not do such scene tonight Mr. Louie Chen. You see, your grandparents have opened once again the closed wound in the hearts of the twins." Emerald speaks again as she shook her head.

    "I DON''T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT THOSE PLANS!"  Louie suddenly shouted. But the twins'' didn''t listen, then they gave another signal to January and this time it was Sofia and Suzy''s voice was heard. The conversation about plotting schemes was heard by both the HADES people and Phantom. Louie clenched his fist, he wanted to explain his side to his children. He wants to tell them that he had no intention for them to bear the surname Chen. All he wanted was to be with them, to be a second father even though he is their biological father. He wanted to tell them also that he will protect their mother from all the schemes of Sofia and Suzy, and even if he will die, he will do it just to make them safe especially their mother.

    Luna suddenly looks at Louie, who is now standing, but she could sense that his body was trembling. She wants to stop her children, but it seems that she was rooted to where she is right now. She was shocked to hear the plans of Sofia and Suzy. They really didn''t stop at all, they still want to get her happiness. Scarlet got worried when she felt that Luna was also trembling, she hugs her sister-in-law and looks for Alexei. Alexei is also one of the people who could coax Luna in times like this if her brother, Dimitri, or Ryder was not present. Ryder and Jamil saw the distressed look of Scarlet and immediately went to them. Ryder gestured for Dimitri to stop the twins'' for there is something wrong with Luna.

    Ryder and Jamil strode at a fast pace so that they can immediately be with Luna. Alexei also saw the way the two men, and he immediately went there also and ask Cassie to take charge of the twins'' in the meantime. When Ryder and Jamil were already at the tables where Scarlet and Luna were, Luna suddenly fainted and cold sweat was all over her. Ryder hugs her sister, and both Jamil and Scarlet blocked Luna from the others for them to see what is happening. Alexei was also there just in time and immediately took her wrist to feel her pulse.

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