After talking tough for so long, she softened up in the end; Naomi Rein still had the dowry she prepared for Juliana Vanderbilt on her mind.
"Rest assured, there won't be a day when I regret it. As for softening up..."
Arabella Vanderbilt started to turn around as she spoke, slowly saying:
"The softness of my life was all exhausted back in the day!"
Hearing this, Dominic Vanderbilt felt a pang in his heart, his eyes glistening with a tinge of redness.
He recalled Arabella's mother leaving and her anxious, ultra-cautious demeanor after various incidents, as well as her desperate pleas that still seemed vivid in his memory.
That pitiful appearance back then, in the end, did not win back even the slightest chance for redemption...
The Arabella of today is worlds apart from back then...
The softness that had to be shown has all been shown...
What remains is just this body of cold, rigid pride.
"Arabella..."
