The two had been standing on the terrace chatting, and before the time had passed unconsciously, Cheng Meng looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "Pete, let's go down." ”

"Okay. Pete was about to take Cheng Meng's hand, but Cheng Meng dodged to the side and didn't let Pete touch her, Pete touched the tip of his tall nose slightly embarrassed, shook his head helplessly, but didn't say anything.

Cheng Meng didn't hate Pete and didn't want Pete to hold her hand, but after thinking about it, she felt that this matter was still a little sudden, and she didn't want her sister-in-law and eldest brother to feel that they were not reserved enough.

Besides, if Pete really likes himself, he should be willing to take a break and get to know him better.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Pete's handsome side face beside her, and Pete also happened to turn his head sideways and show her a bright smile.

"Matilda, is that you?" suddenly a voice came from behind the two of them.

Because the other party spoke French with a strong accent, Pete, who was not familiar with French, did not understand, but he has always been more gifted in language, and Cheng Meng, who had studied French for a period of time, was the first to react.

"Lady Karina, you've mistaken someone. She turned and replied in fluent standard French.

Ms. Karina had just woken up from a midday nap in the guest room in the castle, her neat sideburns looked a little disheveled, and her slippers were still on her feet, just like the dignified and beautiful lady she had been before.

What's more, her expression was a bit dazed, and her gray eyes looked foggy, like the thick fog that filled the streets of London.

"No...... You are Matilda. Karina stumbled in front of Cheng Meng, and Pete looked at her warily, and only let down his guard after seeing that she had nothing on her body that could threaten Cheng Meng's personal safety.

Cheng Meng stretched out her hand to support Ms. Karina, puzzled: "Ms. Karina, what's wrong with you? Who is Matilda......

It's a common French girl's name, with a beautiful meaning, and it comes out of Ms. Karina's mouth, and it's so intimate, as if she had called it thousands of times.

"Matilda, Mommy misses you so much......" Ms. Karina held Cheng Meng's arm tightly, the force even made Cheng Meng feel a little painful, but when she heard the word "Mommy", she couldn't help but be stunned, it turned out that Matilda was Ms. Karina's daughter? Although Ms. Karina looked old, she was still beautiful and young, could it be that her daughter was already in her twenties?

"Lady Karina, I ......"

Before Cheng Meng finished speaking, she was interrupted by Ms. Karina, who said in a rambling voice: "Honey, how can you bear to leave Mommy at home alone? Where have you been these days, you naughty ghost, make Mommy worry about it...... Matilda, Mommy knows that you are already an adult, and you have the right to choose the man you like, but listen to Mommy, that guy is not a good person, don't be with that guy, oh, damn it, why would God want my baby to fall in love with such a man? Matilda, Mommy, please, don't be with him anymore, one day, that devil will snatch you away from me......"

"Ms. Karina, although I don't want to say this very much, I have to tell you, you recognize the wrong person, I am Cheng Meng, I am really not your daughter Matilda......" Cheng Meng said embarrassedly.

She was simple and kind by nature, and she couldn't bear to see Ms. Karina like this, so she silently endured Ms. Karina's squeezing of her arm, but even if it was a white lie, she was unwilling to pretend to be her daughter in front of such a mother.

"Matilda, are you still angry with Mommy?" Lady Karina choked and raised her head, a look of pain and remorse appeared on her pale face, "Matilda, it's Mommy's fault, Mommy shouldn't scold you, but dear, he's really not a good person, you have to leave him, you know?Matilda, Mommy beg, don't be with him, you have to know...... Mommy is not jealous of you, as you said, you are young and beautiful, what man in the world does not love you? Mommy believes that he may like you, but Matilda, that is not a man worth entrusting with all his life...... No, no, Matilda, don't look at me with such suspicion, I'm not lying, you know, aren't you?I don't want to admit it, but honey, he used to be Mommy's lover, and when he was with Mommy, Mommy hadn't met your father yet, and there wasn't you in this world yet......"

"......" Cheng Meng has forgotten that she wants to break free from Ms. Karina's hands, she has been scared stupid by everything Ms. Karina said, if this is true, then it means that Ms. Karina's daughter fell in love with her mother's old lover, and finally left her mother for the sake of her old lover, and Ms. Karina, since then, has lived in deep pain......

"What is she talking about?" Pete's French skills were limited, and Ms. Karina was not only fast-talking, but also had an extremely strong accent, and he could only make out some of the words.

"She's talking about her daughter's ......" Cheng Meng looked embarrassed, not knowing whether she should tell Pete about Ms. Karina's private affairs, and more importantly, now that Ms. Karina's world is only her, and Pete does not exist for Ms. Karina.

What the hell happened to Ms. Karina?

She tried to break a hand out of Ms. Karina's shackles and gently patted Ms. Karina's shoulder: "Lady Karina, please calm down, I'm Cheng Meng, not your daughter Matilda...... If you'd like, let's go downstairs and have some tea, shall we?"

Karina seemed to be immersed in her own world, not only ignoring Pete, but also deaf to Cheng Meng's words, just staring at Cheng Meng in a daze and looking at Cheng Meng as if she was crazy.

The balcony was well lit enough for Karina to see Cheng Meng's face clearly, even if Cheng Meng's real appearance was similar to Matilda, but it was not too fake, right?

However, no matter how Cheng Meng denied that she was Matilda, Ms. Karina was still unmoved, stubbornly confiding her guilt and remorse to her daughter Matilda, "Matilda, my dearest little baby, I knew you would leave, Mommy should help you buy the dress you always wanted, Mommy should make your favorite cheese tart for you every morning...... Matilda, why did God let you meet that man? You should believe Mommy, that guy has a beautiful appearance, but he is an out-and-out devil! He once wanted to destroy Mommy, Mommy left him, but after all these years, he still hates Mommy! Yes...... Matilda, you believe Mommy, the reason why he happened to appear in that café on that day, happened to appear in front of you, this is not the beautiful encounter in the romantic drama "Casablanca" that you imagined, he was premeditated! Matilda, why don't you want to believe that there is a bloody conspiracy behind a beautiful love? Mommy really wants to open her heart and let you see, everything Mommy said is true, not a word is exaggerated, Matilda, Mommy begs you, for God's sake, go back to Mommy, never see that devil again! Matilda ......"

Ms. Karina was in pain, holding Cheng Meng's slender white little hand to her mouth and kissing it, hot tears continued to fall from her beautiful and dull gray glasses, they wet Cheng Meng's fingers, making her fingers sticky, a wave of unexplained sadness and anxiety welled up in her heart, she stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do with Ms. Karina.

What if she tried to play the daughter of Lady Karina's love desperate daughter, and what if she accepted Lady Karina's confession, and Lady Karina was in a better mood and calmed down?

Thinking so, the kind-hearted Cheng Meng turned her head sideways to cast an inquiring glance at her only companion at the moment, the ambiguous object of her acquaintance, Pete, who had just known her for a day, as Lady Karina kissed her finger in oblivion.

"It would have been better if I had pretended to be Matilda......, Lady Karina's son, wouldn't she have felt better? I want her to stop crying, should I do that? She squirmed her lips slightly, asking him with the shape of her mouth.

"Honey, you are such a wonderful angel. Pete spoke softly, like the murmur of a bird among the leaves, and his blue eyes were filled with love, and she was undoubtedly the purest girl he had ever seen.

Oh, thank God, thank his brother for sending such a wonderful girl to him.

"Hmm. Cheng Meng nodded, feeling a solid strength in her heart, she thought, it must come from the support of a trusted companion. Yes, that's what Pete brought for her.

"Mommy......" The breeze gently floated the gauze curtain on the terrace, and the bright light poured on Cheng Meng's flawless little face, her gaze was so moving, like the sparkling sunlight falling on the water, "Mommy, don't be sad, I'm back." ”

With her soft, slightly accented voice, Ms. Karina raised her head in ecstasy, her hands trembling as she stroked Shang Chengmeng's cheeks.

"Matilda, have you forgiven Mommy? are you really ...... Is it true that you don't get angry with Mommy anymore?"

"Well, Mommy, it's all my fault...... I should believe Mommy, don't I? Only Mommy is the person who loves me the most, Mommy will never cheat on Matilda......" Cheng Meng smiled and said, "Mommy, I want to eat cheese and tarts, every day from now on, Mommy will make it for me, okay?"

"Good...... "Well!" Lady Karina nodded desperately, and as she moved, warm tears rolled down like beads of broken thread, "Dear Matilda, you must be hungry, and you have lost weight...... Mommy, I'm going to do it for you, honey, and you're waiting for me...... Don't leave quietly while Mommy is away, promise my dear ......"

"Good...... I promise you. Cheng Meng gently hugged the thin shoulders of this sad and excited woman, and patted her comfortingly, "Mommy, I will never leave you again......"

"Oh...... My baby......" Ms. Karina held Cheng Meng's forehead and imprinted a bitter and sweet kiss, and a happy smile finally appeared on her pale and beautiful face.

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