Chapter 165: Almost Be Fooled

Brian held Eris's hand affectionately.His gesture made Eris tilt her head and look at him in confusion.

"I'm sorry!" he suddenly said with a guilty look on his face.

"For what?" Eris asked with a frown.

In her eyes was a glint of light, and she looked utterly confused.

"Just now, Wendy told me a lot of bad things about you," Brian replied.

‘'I knew it! I knew he's acting weird because of that damn woman! ' Eris mused.

A wry smile appeared on her face.

With a heavy sigh, she sat on the bed dejectedly and said, "Wendy hasn't forgiven me."

"Forgive?"

Brian looked at Eris in confusion and asked, "Aren't you the one who's supposed to forgive her? She
stabbed you, and it almost resulted in you losing your ability to be a mother."

"Brian, you don't know what happened."

Brian looked at her intently.

Eris quickly thought of an excuse and come up with one not long after.

"Actually, I was grateful to Wendy.If it weren't for her, I probably wouldn't have met you.The story
between Wendy and I dates back to our childhood.It's a long story," she said in hopes that Brian would
drop the subject already.

To her surprise, Brian replied, "Go ahead.I'm listening."



"Okay then.Let me think for a minute where to start."

Eris paused for a minute and said, "My parents have been together for as long as I could
remember.However, my father hadn't divorced Wendy's mother yet at that time.Also, she was still alive,
so I vaguely felt that it was wrong for my parents to be together.My father, for some reason, despised
Wendy's mother to the core.Even so, I have no idea why they hadn't had a divorce if he felt that
way.My father hated Wendy's mother, so much so that he didn't even want to take a look at her."

Meanwhile, my father loves me very much.

“When I was a kid, he would buy all the things that I want, even if I didn't ask.He was able to tell that I
liked something from the way I looked at it.If my eyes fell on something for more than three seconds,
he would buy it for me right away." Brian nodded but said nothing.

Ruben doted on Eris, and everyone knew it.

"It was later when I found out about my father's two other daughters—Reese and Wendy.

Reese got married not long after she came back from the countryside, so I don't know much about her.

For Wendy, I actually feel guilty for her.

I feel that because of my existence, her own father loves her less."

"It's not your fault,"

Brian comforted.

Eris smiled bitterly and replied, "Maybe it's because my father was good to me that Wendy always
made trouble.I remember, one time, my father got so angry at her that he drove her out of the house,



forcing her to live in school.That wasn't all, though.He ordered that nobody in the family was allowed to
help her."

Brian was stunned.

What Wendy had said was completely different than what Eris was saying.

"My mother and I didn't have any source of income.The finances of our family were controlled by my
father, so even if we wanted to help Wendy, we couldn't.Fortunately, Reese married a rich man.From
what I've heard, she didn't want to see that Wendy couldn't go to school, so she financed her sister's
tuition and living expenses.Wendy hated me since then.She rarely went home just so she wouldn't see
us.I wanted to repair my relationship with her, so I often went to her school to find her.That was how I
met you."

Eris covered her face with her hands and continued in a choked voice, "I really regret it.I shouldn't have
gone there so that I wouldn't have fallen in love with you and wouldn't have done wronged her
further.Perhaps you'd still be happy with Wendy now, and those bad things would never have
happened.But...I was too reckless.I was only 19 at that time, and I wasn't thinking.I regret drugging her
the moment I did it."

Upon saying that, she broke into sobs.Brian held her in his arms, feeling sorry for her.

Eris hugged him back and cried bitterly in his embrace.

"Brian, believe me.I did all of that out of my love for you.I'm not sure if I'd even forgive myself for doing
that to my own sister.When we found out that Wendy had gotten pregnant, I was terrified.I wanted to
confess what I'd done, but I didn't have the courage to do so.I was scared I'd go to jail for it.I was only
19.I didn't want to live in prison for the rest of my life, so I just kept it to myself.I thought I'd make up for
what I'd done if I treated her better at home, but..."



Brian was at a loss.

He could not bear to hear any more of Eris's story, so he hugged her tightly and consoled her.

"Honey, it's okay.You don't have to tell me more."

"No! I've been holding this in my heart for a long time.I feel terrible, but I know it's going to feel worse if
I don't let this all out.I've been nice to Wendy, but she always thinks I'm up to something.I'm not blaming
her, but I've noticed that her attitude towards me has gotten worse."

"What happened that day?" Brian asked with hesitation.

He did not have to say what he was pertaining to.

Eris knew that he was talking about the day when Wendy allegedly stabbed her.

For a second, her eyes flashed, and she raised her head from his arms.

"Brian, I'm sorry..."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"On that day, I remember that I left my phone in the living room.Wendy happened to see the picture of
us on the screen, so she questioned my relationship with you.I...I knew you didn't have the heart to hurt
Wendy, so I braced myself and told her the truth."

Brian was appalled.

If that were true, that would explain why Wendy lost control of herself and stabbed Eris.



"I never expected my sister to be so extreme.Before I knew it, she took out a fruit knife from the kitchen
and tried to stab me like a lunatic.I tried to dodge her, but I was a second too late.I looked down, and I
saw that I was stabbed in the abdomen.You know what happened afterwards."

Eris was trembling when she spoke as though her heart was fluttering with fear at that memory.

Feeling sorry for her, Brian held her hand.

At that moment, Eris lifted the hem of her bathrobe and showed him her lower abdomen, where there
was a hideous scar.

"Eris..."

With tears streaming down her face, she looked down at her scar and said, "Whenever we have sex, I
always hide my scar from you.I'm afraid you'll be disgusted by it.The doctor said that had the knife
stabbed a centimeter deeper, it would've pierced my uterus.If that happened, I wouldn't be able to bear
a child for the rest of my life.I still feel afraid whenever I think about it.I was lucky that God favored me;
otherwise, I wouldn't have the chance to be a mother of your child.I'd definitely die with regret in that
case."

Brian quickly covered her scar with her bathrobe.

'Yes.That was a deep wound.Eris had lost so much blood at that time that when I carried her to the
hospital, she almost went into shock.How could she inflict such a serious injury to herself"

“I doubt anyone would ever do this to themselves, “ Brian thought to himself.

At that moment, he realized that he believed Eris more.

Eris shrugged and pretending to be relaxed.



"I took Wendy's father and you away from her, and the only thing she did was stab me.I guess I was
lucky in a way.You're an excellent man.No wonder Wendy went unhinged when she lost you.Don't
worry.I don't care about what she said to you.I know you'll believe me instead of her."

Brian looked into Eris's innocent eyes and felt guilty.

She trusted him, yet he doubted her.

His suspicion made him feel even guiltier.

'Yes.Eris's explanation made more sense.Wendy must have felt betrayed when I proposed to Eris, so
she made up lies to stir up trouble.I can't believe she almost fooled me, ' Brian remarked with a scoff.


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