Chapter 23 Skylar and Leo

Skylar was aware of her son's relationship with a woman.

Her boy had never seemed so different to her before.

She believed that her son had at last found someone to love and cherish.

She is overjoyed that her son is more composed and kind than previously.

Her son has a consistent evening ritual of spending time with her.

When he was 16 years old, he left the city to attend a foreign institution. He recently returned.

Skylar sorely missed her son as a result.

That is why he talked to her all evening and drank coffee with her.

He returns today and sits with his mother on a bench in the garden.

For him and his mother, he made two cups of coffee.

They sip coffee while soaking in the fresh air and occasionally listening to birds sing.

He inquired, "Mom, why did dad leave?" today.

Your dad is a lover, she said.

He made numerous sacrifices in order to show his devotion.

Then he inquired.

"Is he dating someone else?"

"No, he is not like that," she retorted.

"Then…?"

He simply doesn't finish his thought.

"He used to adore other women," she remarked.

She was my closest pal.

They were like a match made in heaven—the two of them.

You might have thought that another woman might have entered the frame, but I was the one who did.

He inquired, "Is father with her now?"

If that was the case, I wouldn't have worried about him this much, she said.

Where is she right now, and where is dad?

Do you despise her?

He enquired

"She passed away 17 years ago," she remarked.

You might wonder why I married your father if I knew they were in love.

I'm not sure when I first fell in love with him, but it has definitely begun.

In the diary, I expressed my emotions.

When she saw the diary, my best friend whom your father loved, asked me marrying your father.

I'm not sure why she did it, but it did happen that way.

Only I will be able to understand him, she had claimed.

There won't be another woman who can manage him, and yes, there is more to understanding him.

Due to the fact that your dad and mine were business colleagues, they also yearned for a rapid engagement.

I believe I now comprehend what she means when she says to accept him as he is.

She was aware that he would not be able to leave that love so easy, thus I would be the only one who could support him.

"Don't you think your father and best friend mistreated or abused you?"

Leo queried.

"No, never, not even in my dreams," she retorted.

He had remarked, "I will not be able to give you love," before to being engaged.

Except for this tiny heart, everything else that is mine is yours.

Can I do that?"

It might seem fine right now, but later you might feel that you deserve something better. Yes, you do, but I won't be able to provide it to you.

"I don't need all that," I had said.

I shall be content with whatever you give.

He had given me an odd look, as if he didn't know who I was.

"Why are you so good to me?" he had asked.

I believe I am failing you in some way".

"No, I can accept your love, to my best friend," I replied.

You can accompany her even if she ever comes back to you in life.

Do not worry.

I'll always be devoted to you, he said.

Whatever you ask for, I will try to give you everything.

She will never again visit me, either.

Although I am sure she still cares about me, she will never look at me.

She had given up on me.

I don't know why, but she will never return once I become yours.

He was correct. When

I saw her on the day of our engagement 24 years ago, she

begged me to look after him forever.

Do you despise her?

Leo queried. Even if I hate her, it's on behalf of your father, that she left him without telling him anything. I don't detest her for any other reason, though.

How can I despise her when I believe she is the one who has lost everything?

How can I be angry with her for saving your father's life?

She was a wonderful lady.

I still occasionally think about her.

I am aware that she left him for a cause that she wanted to keep private. When she was just with him, I had noticed her smiling.

They, in my opinion, completed each other.

When he was with her, your father used to be a different person. He used to be the person I never knew him in 18 years that I spent with him (childhood to adulthood).

She had endured a great deal of suffering.

She didn't have a strong relationship with her grandparents because they didn't accept her mother.

When she was only 15 years old, her parents perished in a vehicle accident.

She was completely destroyed because of the accident. She lost eveything, even the will to live.

She appeared happier and more vivacious after starting university thanks to your father.

She was unable to keep him in as well.

She was well-known to your father.

He could tell when she was in pain or crying.

He used to say that she frequently disguised her tears.

Leo, who once doubted his father's goodness, now regards him as the coolest and most endearing person he has ever met.

He began to perceive him at a higher level.

He believes that after learning more about him, he will like him even more.