No Escape from Love novel Chapter 266

My heart sank, and an indescribable bitterness spread inside me.

How much humiliation had Mom endured all these years? How many disdainful looks and how many cruel rumors was she subjected to? And all of it had stemmed from a misunderstanding.

"What exactly happened?" My voice trembled as I was on the verge of breaking.

Alex hesitated as if trying to find the right words. "It's complicated," he said after a pause. Then, he recounted everything to me in detail.

When he finished, silence filled the room.

I felt like all the strength had been drained from my body, and I collapsed onto the chair.

Mom's years of endurance and the shadow that had loomed over my childhood… It was all because of a ridiculous misunderstanding.

"So…" I lifted my head and looked straight at Alex as I asked in a voice devoid of emotion, "What do you plan to do about it?"

He seemed startled by my gaze and flinched slightly before answering, "I'll make sure Madam Burke gets the justice she deserves. I'll make it right for you too."

"Make it right?" I let out a cold laugh. "Do you think a simple promise can make up for my mother's 20 years of suffering? Can it erase all the pain of my childhood?"

"Serena, I know—"

"What do you know?" I cut him off. "Do you know what it was like for me growing up? Do you know how much I hated you and Mr. Hastings Senior?"

He fell silent and lowered his head as if he couldn't meet my eyes.

I took a deep breath, trying to suppress the storm of emotions raging inside me. "Take Mr. Hastings Senior to see my mom. I want him to apologize to her in person."