Chapter 252 Juliana's questioning
"Julia," Kane stood up too, and the next second he was kneeling at Juliana's feet. He lowered his head and his voice was trembling as he said,
"I was selfish. I couldn't bear to see the child would disappear like this. That's why I lied to you. I'm sorry, Julia ... but my feelings for you are definitely sincere!"
Juliana lowered her head and looked at Kane without responding. Only her lips twitched and she couldn't say a word.
The other people heard this, had their expression changed and had mixed thoughts.
Kayla and Robert did not expect their daughter to have suffered such an incident. As her parents, they deeply felt that they had been negligent and did not care enough about their daughter. However, how to make up for the harm she had caused to Arthur and Lucia because of this...?
Sophie sighed slightly. Although everything was not far from what she guessed, seeing Juliana in this condition, she still felt sorry for her, whom she treated like her daughter.
What Lucia and Arthur were thinking now was the most similar, and the pain they endured was no less than Juliana did.
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Juliana just quietly looked at Kane who was on his knees for a long, long time. The root of her own suffering was unraveled, and she had to unravel Arthur's and Lucia's as well. Holding back the pain in her heart, Juliana raised her eyes to Lucia and Arthur and continued,
"Because the child could not be aborted, I began to worry about his future. Poppy learned of this matter, and was happy. She encouraged me to blame Arthur. I did not agree at the time. Perhaps because there is still a conscience, I can not bear to put my own suffering on Arthur. It so happened that at this time. Arthur and you took your child to Disneyland together. I hated why should I suffer so much because of you, but Arthur still loves you so much? Driven by hatred, I agreed to go along with Poppy."
Lucia frowned slightly. Although the victim was herself, she could feel Juliana's resentment at that time.
"That night at the party, I got hallucinogens from Poppy again. While Arthur was drunk, I took him to the room, and deliberately let you hear my conversation with the hostess, to lure you to the room. In fact, at that time, Arthur had completely lost consciousness. He shouted your name all the time and I sat by the bedside all the time."
Juliana told the whole story. Arthur was relieved to hear that he and Julia really did not have sex. His heart and body would never betray Lucia. However, he asked,
"The marks on you at the time ..."
Arthur did not want to say anything explicitly in front of the elders, but at that time if Juliana did not have those marks on her body, he would not have assumed that they really had sex. "That's me...," Kane, who was on his knees, said in a low voice, and all doubts were thus solved.
Juliana laughed bitterly and said, "It's Kane. Poppy was deliberate. She was afraid you can see the flaw so let Kane make those marks on my body beforehand and then frame you."
Arthur's doubts were solved and felt relieved. Then he turned his head to look at Lucia, and said with an undertone, as if sighing generally, "Lucia, I did not betray you."
Lucia heard this and had mixed feelings. She had cried a lot for this. What was the point of doing so at that time?
"Sophie's instinct was indeed keen. The baby was born after the normal period of gestation, so when I heard you wanted a paternity test, I immediately told my mom because she is very protective of me. I knew she would help me dissipate all suspicions. Mom... I'm sorry..."
Juliana looked at Kayla and said miserably. Kayla let out a long sigh. There were tears in her eyes, but she could not say a word of forgiveness or relief, because Juliana, indeed, was at fault! Juliana saw Kayla's helplessness and also saw the disappointment in Robert's eyes. She felt her feet weak and she sat back down on the sofa with a sigh of apology.
"Lucia, I'm sorry. It's all because I was too subjective. I only believed Poppy's words and thought about how to stop you and Arthur from being together, Arthur, I'm sorry. I'd been taking advantage of your friendship with me, constantly forcing you to stay away from Lucia for my sake, torturing you with your own suffering. Sophie, it's because I was too selfish, only thinking about how to save myself and my child, provoking conflicts between you and my parents. Mom and dad, I'm sorry... sorry..."
She apologized sincerely with tears. Nevertheless, Juliana knew she couldn't undo the harms she had caused to them with apologies.
Everyone, who was listening to Juliana's apology, was very unhappy, especially Kayla and Robert who also bore the guilt for Arthur and Lucia. The living room was silent. Everyone was thinking differently, and each one was with their own pain and sadness.
Kane had been on his knees and heard Juliana's apologies. And he also saw Juliana shed tears, but he did not want to see her being so guilty.
"Julia, it's not your fault!" Raising his head, Kane spoke sorrowfully, "Everything was caused by Poppy and I. Because of my intolerance for Poppy, I used your feelings for me step by step to bring you into the trap, and even forced you to abandon your self-esteem to frame Arthur in order to save your child. I know it must hurt you too."
Juliana was silent. Even though she already knew that she was being used, step by step, even if she was not under Poppy's compulsion, she made countless mistakes because of selfishness. She can not blame everything on Poppy and Kane, especially Kane ...
So after hearing Kane's words, Juliana cried even harder.
Kane's heart ached at the sight of her being like this, and he turned to the others in a kneeling position, apologizing sincerely.
"Everyone, I'm sorry. All these years I helped Poppy to victimize her subjects, because I can't forget about Poppy's affection. Not only did I harm Julia, but also harmed all the people, especially you, Lucia. You never did anything wrong, but all the harm is borne by you alone."
Lucia was silent. Facing a person who had already known his mistake, even if she had more complaints, she can't say anything at this moment.
"What's the point to talk about this now?" Juliana suddenly lifted her eyes and stared coldly at Kane, saying.
"If I hadn't found out that you lied to me and brought Poppy to Lepus as well, I wouldn't have had an emotional breakdown at all, let alone suddenly realizing the fact that Arthur's goodness to me has never actually changed. If not for that, you would still have kept it hidden for her, right?"
"Julia!" explained Kane, turning anxiously to face Juliana.
"I have been thinking of confessing to you in recent days. And I have been taking into account that you will not forgive me for this... I am afraid that you will not even want to see me again in the future. I am really afraid, so it has been delayed."