Chapter 224: Was Going to Marry Julian Sterling

Chapter 224: Chapter 224: Was Going to Marry Julian Sterling

She was filled with a million regrets. Why had she opened the door for Julian Sterling, and even welcomed him with a smile!

And yet...

’I know my own daughter so well. She wouldn’t have gone as far as a divorce unless she’d been terribly wronged! She must have been pushed to her absolute limit to agree to it.’

"It’s really nothing, Mom! Don’t blame yourself. Our family is doing great right now. Everyone’s healthy, Alex is doing great, too, and he’s about to take his college entrance exams. Let’s not let people and things that don’t matter ruin our mood!"

"So... have you really given up on Julian Sterling for good? You won’t get back together with him, will you?" Chloe Shea asked tentatively.

"Never. There’s absolutely no possibility of that between us anymore."

’After all, with the way Julian Sterling was pursuing her now, if this had been the past, she would have caved long ago and gone home with him.’

’But looking back on it now, Evelyn Grant found the past absurd. She felt so stupid!’

’How could she possibly repeat the same mistakes and get entangled with Julian Sterling all over again?’

"Good! Eve, we absolutely can’t look back. With a man who cheats like that, it’s not just about him and some other woman. More importantly, it shows he has no moral character!"

Chloe Shea was a woman of principle, so she utterly despised those who were unfaithful in a marriage. "If Julian Sterling were a good, trustworthy man, he never would have gotten involved with anyone else!"

"Mm, I know."

"My daughter is so young and beautiful. You’ll definitely find someone a thousand, a million times better than him in the future. A man who’s responsible, who knows how to love and take care of you, and who will be completely faithful to your marriage."

Her mother’s words made Evelyn Grant laugh. "Mom, I’m really not thinking about getting married right now! And I’m not planning on dating anyone either."

’Her current situation just wasn’t right for it.’

She said this mainly because she was afraid her mother would get another sudden impulse to set her up with someone.

"Why wouldn’t you want to date again? You can’t be once bitten, twice shy! There are still plenty of good men out there. Running into someone like Julian Sterling was just your bad luck. And it’s my fault for believing what Florence Morgan said back then, thinking that because you two were childhood sweethearts, you’d surely be happy together... Let’s not even talk about it. I regret it so much now!"

’Weren’t the Sterlings just using her daughter as a shield?’

’They knew their son was in love with someone else, but they insisted on having him marry her anyway.’

’And look what happened. Not only did it end in divorce, but it also wasted years of her daughter’s life!’

Right now, Chloe Shea wanted nothing more than to call Florence Morgan and give her a piece of her mind!

"Mom, it was my decision to marry Julian Sterling. No one forced me. No one wanted it to end up like this, so I don’t blame anyone. You asked me about it back then, and I was the one who agreed. So please, don’t blame yourself."

"You were so young back then, what did you know? As your parent, I should have done my due diligence and looked into him! It’s all my fault. I can’t believe I just took Florence Morgan at her word and didn’t even press Julian Sterling for more details before agreeing to the marriage."

’If only they could have a do-over.’

’Chloe Shea would have fought tooth and nail to stop her daughter from marrying into the Sterling Family and ending up with such deep emotional scars.’

"Mom, don’t forget, if the Sterling Family wanted to hide something, there’s no way we could have found out."