A Heart's U-Turn: It's Never Too Late

I was so mad that I laughed aloud. Then, I grabbed the glasses on the ground and flung them in Evie's face.

She didn't manage to duck in time, and the glass struck her on the forehead. The glass overturned and spilled the drink all over her clothes as well.

Evie immediately screamed in pain and flailed her arms around. I felt better after seeing that her clothes were drenched and her forehead was bleeding as well.

Some people crowded around me and Ingrid and glared at us. I didn't care and glared back at them, unwilling to show them any weakness. I shot back, "So, are you all the mongrels she spoke of as well? Lapdogs, perhaps? Are you going to beat me and my daughter up just to make her happy?"

The guests stopped short and exchanged glances with each other when they heard me. Then, they took a few steps back and decided to just watch from the sidelines.

Oscar had grabbed a bunch of napkins, carefully helping Evie clean up. He reprimanded me and yelled, "That's too much, Aurora! How could you bully another person like that? I see that I've spoiled you way too much that you've forgotten where you stood!"

Then, he turned to the bodyguards next to him and said, "Take those two troublemakers home and lock them up for three days and nights without any food or water!"

The bodyguards nodded and came to grab us.

However, I screamed with a stern expression on my face, "Don't you dare touch us! We have legs and can walk on our own!"

I forced the tears back in and took a deep breath. I saw it clearly now. Oscar never loved me or Ingrid. He still chose Evie over us both when presented with the choice.

My heart was numb now. I had lost all hope in him. My feelings for him had all turned into ashes.

I picked Ingrid up and held her in my arms. Then, with my chest out, I addressed everyone and said, "My daughter is not an orphan. She is my precious daughter, whom I lovingly carried for nine months and gave birth to."

I then addressed Oscar directly and said, "Since you refuse to acknowledge that she is your daughter, then from today onward, she will no longer be yours. I hereby denounce your father-daughter relationship with her!"

Ingrid started sobbing harder when she heard me say that. I held back the tears in my eyes and ignored the tingling sensation in my nose, but a sob still escaped me.

"Baby… Don't cry anymore," I said, comforting Ingrid. "You can't call him 'Daddy' anymore."

Ingrid kept shaking her head, unable to accept it. She just continued to cry. Oscar, meanwhile, was stunned. He stared at me in great shock.

I knew that he had supposedly asked me for permission back then to be with Evie. I had only agreed because he said he was going to comfort her, before promising to give me and my daughter an official title afterward.

However, I no longer needed the official title.

His eyes locked onto mine, desperately searching my eyes to understand the thoughts in my head. I just said coldly to him, "Also, I will not have anything to do with you anymore."

Then, I turned to leave. My world no longer included Oscar.

Ingrid was still young, but she knew how to read the room. She sensed that the situation had gotten tense, so she didn't say anything else and just buried her face in my shoulder, crying silently.

When I reached the exit, Evie suddenly called out to me from behind.

"Aurora. Oscar gave you the Moon Diamond in the past, didn't he? That's a symbol of family status. Since I am now his wife, and my son will be the rightful heir, you should return it now."

I was taken aback. So, they had brought me here today not just to humiliate me but also to take the Moon Diamond back from me. The Moon Diamond was a family heirloom, and Oscar had given it to me as an engagement gift when he asked me for my hand in marriage.

He said that it was proof of his everlasting love for me. Since I was the new owner of the Moon Diamond, that also meant that I was the owner of his heart.

It was precisely because of his promises that I decided to abandon my family, conceal my true identity, and stay with him. Now that I thought about it, I found it hilariously ironic.

Oscar averted his eyes and hung his head, and he saw the pitiful and accusing look in my eyes.

So, Oscar was a person who avoided taking responsibility for his words and refused to be held accountable for anything.

I had been blind this whole time, falling in love with a person who didn't deserve to be loved.

Seeing that I still refused to budge, Evie grabbed Oscar's arm and glared at him to say something.

It was only then that Oscar spoke. "Aurora. Give up the Moon Diamond."