Once he realized I wasn’t reacting the way I used to, his embarrassment turned to anger.
“Cassandra, are you still not over it? Don’t tell me you’re still suspicious of my relationship with Olivia. I’ve already told you countless times that Olivia’s my niece!
“She only said those things on her 18th birthday because she was drunk. You were there, and you saw me reject her! I even punished her afterward!
“Olivia’s still young, so of course she’ll make mistakes. What matters is that she learns and grows. Are you really going to condemn her forever because she momentarily had inappropriate feelings for me?
“Cassandra, I’m not trying to preach, but you should forgive and forget. Stop making things worse. Olivia’s already had a change of heart. She even helped design our wedding invitations!”
I lowered my head and scoffed. How could he have dared to bring that up?
Olivia was an art student studying design. Back then, she offered to design our wedding invitations.
But in the first draft she showed us, she’d used an intimate photo of herself and Hades. She’d photoshopped herself wearing my wedding dress and listed herself as the bride.
When I brought the invitation to Hades and questioned him, he stayed nonchalant.
“It’s just a draft. We’ll change the photo for the printed version, and your name will be listed as the bride. Olivia was just trying to help. She probably used her photo and name for convenience.”
The wedding was close, so I swallowed my anger. But I had missed the joy on Hades’ face when he saw that invitation.
Looking back now, a sharp pain pierced my heart.
He already had those feelings for Olivia, even back then.
However, it didn’t matter anymore.
After all, I was leaving soon.
