Chapter 409 A Clean Break With Zac

Zac didn't sleep for almost a night. He was anxious and worried. He was afraid that Essie would
surrender to Lucy.

Early the next morning, he went back to the Rong Mansion and wanted to ask Mary what kind of feud
was there between her and Lucy.

Hearing Zac's question, Mary's face turned pale. "You and Essie have already divorced. Why do you
still interfere with the affairs of the Xu family? "

"Divorced. I don't want to be treated as an enemy of them either, and the hatred is all because of you."
Said Zac in a mild tone as much as he could.

"Did Essie say something to you?"

"No, she didn't. her mother used to have a good impression on me, but her attitude towards me has
completely changed since she knew that I am your son. I really want to know if there are any
misunderstandings between you two." Zac poured her a cup of tea.

"I just met her for a few times. We are not familiar with each other and there won't be any
misunderstanding. You have nothing to do with Essie now, and you don't need to pay attention to Lucy.
Both of them are evil women. You'd better keep a distance from them in the future. " Said Mary sourly.
Every time she thought of Lucy, her disgust for her grew deeper.

"Lucy is the dignified and rightful wife of Xu family, not the other woman who took the chance to go up.
How could you call her a tramp?" A sharp light flashed in his eyes. From his mother's words, he knew
that she was lying. Something must have happened between her and Lucy in that year.

Mary realized that she had made a slip of the tongue. She immediately explained, "I was just saying it. I
don't really mean it."



Taking a sip of tea, Zac lowered his voice. "Did you help Elizabeth to get the position back then?"

The corners of Mary's mouth twitched uncontrollably. She tried her best to keep calm, but was carefully
observed by the sharp eyes of Zac. He said, "it seems that I'm right. Mommy, after so many years,
have you never felt guilty?"

There was a bit of blame in his tone. From her attitude towards both Essie, he could tell that she had
never reflected on what she had done. If her mother felt regretful and apologized to Lucy, perhaps the
resentment between them would be alleviated.

Mary was infuriated by her son's words. She snapped at him, "you speak for an outsider, are you still
my son?"

"I only help the one who is right. But you helped the mistress to break up their happy family. Do you
want me to admire you?" Zac was very disappointed at her. He didn't expect his mother to be such an
unreasonable woman. Yesterday, when Lucy attacked her, he felt very uncomfortable. She was his
mother and no one could insult her.

But now, seeing her attitude, he could understand how Lucy felt. How could a person who did
something wrong without any regret be abominable and accepted by others?

Mary's face turned ghastly pale, but she could not tell the truth. She could only try her best to control
her anger and play cool with her son. "You were too young to understand what happened that year.
After all, Elizabeth is my best friend. I helped her just because I saw she was bullied by Lucy and I felt
pity for Elizabeth, so I helped her. You don't know. Back then, Lucy was too aggressive and tried to kill
Elizabeth and her children. If I didn't help them, how could they live till today? "

"How could it be? As far as I'm concerned, she is a pure and kind-hearted woman. How could she
harm Elizabeth? " Zac couldn't believe it.



"You know one's face, not his heart. Let me tell you. That Lucy is a sinister and ruthless woman! She
was the wife of the Xu family, powerful and influential. At that time, Elizabeth was a poor white-collar
worker. It was a piece of cake for Lucy to kill her, because she didn't even have the ability to protect
herself, let alone protect her two children. I'm the only person she can rely on in Dragon City. If I don't
help her, who else can? "

Seeing her son's eyes soften, Mary knew that he believed her, so she continued, "in fact, I didn't do
anything wrong. I just gave them some material help, and I also stopped Lucy from hurting them. So I
don't think I did anything wrong on this matter. If they hate me, I can only say that they are narrow-
minded."

Zac didn't say anything. No matter what, he hoped that his mother didn't meddle in this too much. What
she did was only to provide kind help to Elizabeth.

Now that he had made it clear to it, he thought it was necessary to explain to Essie. He didn't want
them to misunderstand his mother.

It was Lucy that allowed Essie to visit him. Lucy agreed her daughter to say goodbye to Zac. They had
to make it clear to each other, otherwise he would keep pestering her.

"I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to come out." At the sight of Essie, Zac felt relieved. But it was
too early for him to let out a sigh of relief.

A hint of extreme pain swept across her eyes. She didn't want him to see it, so she lowered her head,
hiding the weakness in her eyes with thick eyelashes. "This is the last time we meet," she said. She
said in a low voice.

Zac's stomach twitched violently. He raised his hand and grabbed her shoulder. "Take me to see your
mother. Let me explain to her."



"What do you want to explain? Explain why you want to divorce me? Why did you marry Leila? " Her
voice trembled in despair.

Zac's internal organs were twisting into a ball in an instant. One of the heavy burden in his life was to
endure misunderstanding, but he could not explain.

He clenched his fingers and smashed his fist on the wall. "You compromised?"

"My mother has suffered a lot. When I left the Xu family, I swore that I would be good to her when I
grew up and would listen to her all the time so as not to piss her off. I will be happy as long as she is
happy. If I choose to be with you only to hurt her, then I have to leave you. "

Tears fell down from her eyes, which scalded his heart. Their relationship was so fragile and vulnerable
that she always gave up. Even if she just met a small setback, she would retreat.

He was a fish and she was water. Fish could not live without water but water didn't care about fish. So
in her eyes, he was always dispensable.

"Essie, have you ever thought about working hard for our future?"

"There is always something that can't be achieved by efforts." She said weakly. She had tried her best,
but the result was getting more and more remote from her expectation. He married another woman. He
had completely left her world. What else could she count on? The future was so uncertain.

"So, are you really breaking up with me?" He frowned and the muscles on his lips tightened. It seemed
that he had tried his best to utter each word.

She bit her lips and struggled for a long time before she squeezed a word, "yes." She had no choice. If
she stayed with him, the wound on her mother's heart, which had taken great efforts to heal, would be
torn again. She could not hurt her mother. Only she could hurt herself, and him.



Strong pain overflowed from his eyes, making his eyes red. He lowered his head and laughed, sadness
and despair rushed into the laugh. "Have you ever cared about me?"

"No." She said mercilessly and decisively. Since they had decided to break up, why would they still
have feelings for each other? Let them break up and no longer care for each other.

The corner of his mouth twitched, but the simple word was like a sharp dagger piercing into his heart,
and piercing his heart into thousands of holes and bleeding.

He turned around and walked to the window.

Outside the window, wild wind howled like a howling of a hungry wolf, as if to tear the whole villa to
pieces.

Then, deafening thunders split the thick dark clouds, and the rainstorm was dense, drifting in the
hurricane.

He pushed the window open regardless of all consequences. Wild wind swept in with heavy rain, and
hit his twisted face.

He didn't move. Instead, he closed his eyes, letting the cold wind and the cold rain unscrupulously bully
his broken heart.

The room was in silence.

She stared at his heavy back, and her tears poured down like a rainstorm outside the window.

"I'm sorry." She said in a low voice.

He did not respond. After a long time, a low voice slowly came through, "from now on, we have nothing
to do with each other. I will let you completely disappear from my world." Every word was squeezed out



of his teeth. His heart was filled with hatred, which was too deep to be fathomable. His hatred for her
was the same as his love for her.

With her hands on her chest, Essie felt so painful that she could hardly breathe.

The rain was still falling, as if time was running out.

He didn't close the window, and the cold wind blew in. His wide windbreaker was bulging, like the wings
of a bird, and her wet hair was disheveled by the cold wind.

His clothes were wet, but he didn't move, like a puppet with a soul taken away.

After a long while, the rain finally stopped. When the last raindrop clattered on the ground, he said in a
weak and hoarse voice, "the rain stopped. You can go now."

She was still painful, and she felt dizzy, with her eyes wide open, and her limbs numb and her body
cold. She knew that she should turn around to go out, but her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground
and she could not take any steps.

She stood there for a long time, too numb to know what to do, but he had never turned around.

"What are you waiting for? Get out of my sight now. I don't want to see you anymore." His shoulders
trembled slightly, so did his voice.

She trembled as if being hit by a stick. Biting her lips hard, she turned her head and ran out.

The cold wind blew away the residual rain and mist in the mountain forest.

Through the window, he watched her get in the car and disappear in the cold street and his world as
well.



Bright sunshine came through clouds and mist, lighting up the mountain forest and the room, but it
failed to light up his dark eyes.

He stood there for a long time until the shadow turned red in the sunset, and the night was dark without
the last light in the room. Then he walked to the bedside and fell down...

Bright sunshine came through clouds and mist, lighting up the mountain forest and the room, but it

failed to light up his dark eyes.

He stood there for a long time until the shadow turned red in the sunset, and the night was dark without
the last light in the room. Then he walked to the bedside and fell down...



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