Chapter 713 Dont Ever Mention That Woman Again! (2/2)

? Beryl, you've truly disappointed us!”

”And you've disappointed me too, dad!” Beryl cried, and from her trembling voice, Jacob knew that she was in a deep state of grief. ”You left me alone in this house. Yes, you told me that you were going to go look for mom, but why didn't you tell me when you left?! When I woke up one morning, I had lost both my mom and dad! No one can ever replaced my mother's place in your heart! Even me! Your only daughter! You could happily give me up for mother! You have no idea what my days had become like after you left!”

Her every word became a stone hurled at Jacob's aching heart, he hadn't intended to hurt his beloved daughter. He squeezed some words from his dry throat, ”I told Uncle David; he should help you when I was not around. And you had Dylan's company. Isn't he your best friend...”

”Yes! I still had a friend. And yes, Uncle David and Auntie Rita took great care of me, so what? Could they replace my parents? Could they replace you?”

”Beryl...”

”I lost my mother and father. I guess you don't even know what the other kids had said about me!”

”You are the Lady of the Gu's! Who had the guts to gossip about you? Tell dad...”

”Right! Of course they didn't have the guts to gossip in front of me! Everyone is afraid of the Gu's and the Xu's. But they could certainly gossip behind me! They said that I was an orphan and that nobody wanted me! And I was the reason why my mother was dead...”

Those last words were just like knives, and they cut deep swaths into Jacob's heart.

He had never expected that he was leaving his daughter in such a state. Yes he had left his daughter in the care of good people, and he had mistakenly thought his money, power and status would keep her from danger.

It turned out that he had only made sure that her body was safe, while her heart...