Chapter 352 - 353 Elder Chen’s Bitter Medicine (1/1)

Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together. --- 500 days of Summer

City A; Villa 7​​

Rafael and Clara Chen are sitting on a settee in the garden when one of the servants informed them that there is a delivery of their Young Master Louie. The servant informed them that it is five paintings and needed their signature as proof that it has been accepted by the employer of the house. The conveyance company wants that the paintings that they delivered were accepted by the owner or related to the owner of the Villa and not by just a certain butler or servants.

Rafael came to see who's at the door and signed the proper doc.u.ments for the said paintings. The people who delivered it and placed it in the living room and bid farewell to Elder Chen. ”What is it, Rafael?” Clara asks.

”I don't know Clara, but it is a vast painting. Do you think Edward and Louie bought this for us as their presents? But why do they need to buy a total of six paintings, one painting is enough as a Christmas present for us,” Rafael asks Clara as they both opened the first painting, and they were both shocked to see a whose face is on the said portrait. The first portrait was the face of Lily, Edward, and Allen, and because of that out of instinct, Clara went to the second one and tear-off the wrapper, her tears fell to her face and gasps. ”Rafael!” she said.

Rafael went to her side and looked and was also surprised. ”Rafael, they are together! Look! Look at their family portrait, our great-grandchildren, they look adorable. These is a family portrait of them having a picnic” Clara excitedly cheered up. The painting is like a candid picture taken while they are having a meal together. The couple didn't even notice the arrival of Rebecca Alberts and Shane David, ”Oh MY!” Rebecca Alberts said as her eyes saw the family portrait of Louie, Luna, and the twins. While Shane David's eyes widened as she didn't expect that the Young Master Chen's wife would be different and he also had kids already.

Rafael and Clara both went to see where the surprise voice came from. ”Atty Alberts! Atty. David! Look, this is the family of my grandson Louie. Atty. Alberts, you knew Luna right? She gave birth to two adorable twins. The little guy looks like Louie when he was about that age, and the little girl…she got her mother's eyes” Clara said very proudly. ”The genes of Young Master Louie and Young Madam Luna are a very good match, Madam Chen. Their children are very cute” Atty. David commented.

”Let's see the other four paintings, Rafael we must hang up these paintings here at the living room” Clara ordered her husband as she was very excited to tear off the third painting. Atty. Rebecca Alberts started a video so that she can send it to her boss. ”Oh My! Boss Louie what have you done. You just gave the Elders an idea that you and Ms. Luna had been already a couple once again. Boss Louie, please don't ever give false hopes to the Elders, they are already imagining so many things about you and Ms. Luna” Rebecca said to herself.

Both Rebecca Alberts and Shane David help Elder Chen open the third painting with the face of the twins and their mother, the fourth painting was Lily and Edward's face, and it looks like a snapshot photo. The fifth painting was the most dramatic in Elder Chen's, for it was the family portrait of Louie, Luna, and the kids. Clara has been already teary-eyed upon opening it. ”This one goes at the center wall here at the living room,” says Clara in a very low voice, but it was very audible to the three people beside her.

Rafael and Atty. Shane David went to the sixth painting, Rafael smiled upon opening it. It was a cute couple's portrait of Louie and Luna look at each other. Rebecca's brows furrow for the image of the painting is very familiar to her, and if her memory serves her right. The image of the painting was the same image of Luna and Louie's wedding, portrait five years and nine months ago.

Rebecca just shut herself and didn't comment since she doesn't want that Elder Chen's heart to be broken into pieces. ”Rebecca, Shane, Me, and my wife Clara will give you a three-day off starting today. You two can come back on Monday, My wife and I would like to treasure and want to have a moment with the portraits of our Louie and his family. I am also sending some bonuses to your account later” Rafael Chen declared and smiled at them. Shane and Rebecca just smiled and nods their head. ”Thank you, Old Master, Madam. We will go now, ” says Rebecca and grabs Shane to her wrist, and walks away from the couple.

While having a tea, ”Rafael, I can't say it's been easy since both Louie and Luna fell apart. In fact, it's been one of the hardest things I've ever seen on how devastated Lucas and Eva were, especially when the news about the demise of Luna at the train station. The pain, the sorrow, the emotions that retreated and flow, sometimes threatening to overwhelm the two of them as they try to keep it strong together. I know we are at fault to Rafael, we just cast away the couple after they got married and we thought that they love each other for that was what they have said and shown to us in a couple of weeks when they are with us. I know, we owe our friends (Clara went to silence for a while). We owe an apology to Lucas and Eva for not even scolding Louie for the things that he did to Luna. Even when we got reports about his maltreatment to Luna, we kept a blind eye, just because we thought they are still adjusting to their married life” says Clara. She let out a deep breath and stared once more at the painting of Luna and the twins.

Rafael has been just silent as he stared at the different portraits, for him, he has doubts on how Louie and Edwards procure such images like what they are seeing right now. But, it made his wife's gloomy mood brightens like a burst of sunshine. It is enough as of the moment and he will not investigate yet, he didn't want to ruin anything, for he knew that it will only break Clara's heart and hopes. Rafael remembered the image of the sixth portrait, he was the one who chooses a particular image from the camera to be printed and make one of a memorable couple's portraits of Louie and Luna.

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