Chapter 204 The Person from Her Memory
It was the weekend on the next day. Calista and Selena had made plans to go shopping together. Initially, she was hesitating whether she should go for the date.
Since she’d already divorced Lucian, it’s easy for people to misunderstand if she got too close to her
former mother–in–law.
However, her rejection on the tip of her tongue was swallowed away when Selena remarked, “Does that mean you don’t want your godmother anymore sinon you and Lucian were divorced?”
They met up at the entrance of the largest luxury shopping mall in Capeton. Selena held Calista’s hand, her gaze sweeping across her. Not a single item on Calista was branded.
“How much did that brat give you after divorcing you?”
Initially, Calista learned about their divorce from the news. This was such a major event, and Lucian didn’t
even mention it to her. It’s even less likely for him to inform her about the divorce agreement.
“Before we got married, Mr. Northwood helped me pay off a huge debt,” Calista said.
“He’s obliged to do so as your husband. Besides, it wasn’t a big deal, you were being swindled,”
Selena’s tone grew frostier as she spoke.
“So does that mean he left you with nothing at all?”
“It’s not exactly leaving me with nothing…
It’s just that Calista still owed three million to Lucian after they divided assets. Selena’s expression
softened slightly.
“That’s about right. Seems like that brat still knows how to behave. By the way, Adona released some new
designs. I saw a few in the magazine that might suit you. Let’s go try them on.”
“Sure.”
Although Calista wasn’t that interested in buying clothes, she didn’t want to let Selena down since they were out shopping
Calista didn’t let Selena down, but someone appeared at the wrong time. Just as they reached the second floor, they bumped into Lily and her friend. They were preparing to go downstairs.
Lily smiled as she greeted Selena.
“Aunt Selena.”
Just Selena. Considering your relationship with Mr. Franklin, who’s around my age, I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to call me ‘Aunt Selena‘”
Selena didn’t hesitate to humiliate Lily in front of her friend Although her casting couch incident wasn’t exposed, quite many people in their line of friends knew what happened
Selena already despised women who let themselves be taken advantage of to benefit themselves. She despised Lily even more so now.
“Anything, Ms. Scott? If not, please don’t get in our way.”
Lily shot an awkward smile at her friend and sent her downstairs
*Aunt Selena, what happened that day was a misunderstanding Mr. Franklin didn’t take advantage of me I just happened to have a sore back that day, and he mentioned he learned massaging So he helped me out… Lucian was there that day as well. If you don’t believe me, you can ask him.”
“You don’t need to waste time explaining it to me. Whether I believed in you doesn’t matter at all. What’s important is whether your future husband believes in you.
Selena, although coming from a wealthy family, could be sharp with her remarks as well
“Did you expect Lucian to marry you once he divorced Calista? The fact that he didn’t come to you night
away after he’s divorced explains a lot.”
Lily was no match for Selena. Even if she was, she wouldn’t dare to directly confront Selena as well. Lily
hurriedly fled after bidding her goodbye in haste. Selena snorted.
“If it wasn’t for her dad, she wouldn’t be able to stay under Lucian’s protection for so long
Selena already found it strange when Lucian had to accompany Lily to her father’s cemetery. The more
she pondered on the matter, the stranger it seerned.
She finally knew what happened back then after pestering Lucian
Selena glanced at Calista with the corner of the eye as she spoke. She wanted to see whether Calista wasn’t concerned at all. However, not only did she not care, her interest wasn’t even piqued.
Selena sighed and continued.
“Back then, Lucian got into a conflict with a thug for some unknown reason. He ended up breaking the guy’s leg and arm. That thug sought revenge and ran Lucian over with a car. After that, Lucian was hospitalized. It was such a major incident, and that brat didn’t even breathe a single word of it. It was a
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As a result, Lily’s father got into a fatal car accident. It was all because he went out late at night to look for her since he was worried about her.”
Calista was taken aback. She had no idea about Lucian’s car accident. He was merely her acquaintance. Most of the time, Calista was always after Paul, and she only knew Lucian as Paul’s friend.
They rarely spoke to each other, even more so after marriage since he had no feelings for her, let alone to talk about his past. But Selena mentioning ‘thug‘ and ‘New Year‘ triggered Calista’s memory.
So she asked, “Do you know what the thug’s name was?”
Selena frowned and tried to recall.
“I think his name was something like Brian Jones. I’m not so sure.
Lucian hadn’t gone into such detail. It was Selena who investigated the whole incident.
is
She was worried that Lucian was just coming up with an excuse to brush her off as he intended to
become the son–in–law of the Scott family.
Brian Jones…
Calista frowned. The name matched the person in her memory.
During that New Year, Zachary brought Calista’s stepmother on a trip. She and Nikolette were the only ones at home. She had a slight fever that day so she slept in for the whole day.
She finally woke up at night. Feeling groggy, she was unwilling to move. But she was starving, so she
forced herself to go downstairs to get some food.
As soon as she went downstairs, she saw the man lying on the couch… his name was Brian Jones if she
remembered correctly.
Nikolette had been hanging out with him a lot lately. But little did Calista expect that she had the guts to
bring him home.
That night, Brian was drunk and he wasn’t in the right state of mind. He pounced on Calista, trying to kiss
her as he blurted out vulgar words at her.
Calista had been on guard against him the whole time. The moment she saw him coming at her, she
kicked him directly in his private area.
As Brian was wailing in pain, Calista dashed into the housekeeper’s room on the first floor. She locked the
door.
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Brian, like a mad dog, was kicking the door nonstop. Calista leaned on the wall beside the door, with a
stretched–out hanger in her hand.
He was unable to kick the door open, so he cursed angrily and left. He even threatened her before leaving.
“You stupid bitch, consider yourself lucky you ran fast. I’ll come back tomorrow. You’re at Capeton
University, right? I’ll come to you every day. I’ll get to fuck you some day!”
Calista was exhausted and collapsed on the ground after he left. She had no idea whether he was still
outside. She didn’t know whether he would come again tomorrow either.
Zachary’s not home and she had nowhere to go during New Year. Moreover, even if she could avoid him
these few days, what would she do when school reopens?
Her mind went blank. The only option she could think of was to seek Paul’s help.
Calista sent him several long voice messages as she told him what happened incoherently. Paul didn’t reply until more than ten minutes later. But his reply was just one word: “Alright.”
She didn’t mean what he meant by ‘Alright. She didn’t pester him as it was entirely up to him to help her.
The next day, she waited anxiously for the whole day. She saw no sign of Brian and she never saw him
again after that.
Calista messaged Paul afterward to thank him. Paul didn’t reply, and that was it for this incident.
“Calista,” Selena nudged her arm, “what’s wrong? Do you happen to know Brian Jones?”
Calista’s eyes dimmed. This was all in the past and she no longer cared. Shortly after, she shook her head.
“I don’t know him.”
Selena looked at her suspiciously. Yet, she didn’t ask any further.
