The Ex-husband Wants to Get Power Every Day After the Divorce - Chapter 567
Chapter 567: Chapter 562 This Is The Truth_1
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“When that person came to me back then, he said that as long as I helped him with this favor, he would find someone to promote you,” Christine Lumanta reflected, her thoughts drifting far away. “At that time, we started from scratch, and it was not easy for you to enter this profession with no foundation; and with his background and repeated assurances, I… could only compromise.”
Hearing this, Dion Rodgurez’s expression gradually turned ugly.
“How… could you believe such things?”
“Don’t I believe, don’t I believe that you could get promoted so quickly?” Christine’s eyes brimmed with tears as she grabbed Dion Rodgurez’s hand. “We both came from the countryside, without a good family background. You finally got the chance to enter the world of politics. We were so poor, how could we compare with others?”
“Dion, all the promotions you got these years were because of the effort I made back then!”
Dion Rodgurez shook off her hand, his face filled with disappointment: “No, my promotions over the years were not because of you, they were because of myself.”
“Christine, all my life I have acted uprightly, sat properly. I do not care about the position, nor about money. I cherish my own feathers and do what I can. And what you did will become the biggest stain of my life.” Dion Rodgurez closed his eyes, shivering with anger.
Over the years, many people wanted to win him over, offered him money, but he was unmoved.
He taught Catrina not to take what shouldn’t be hers from an early age.
To lead by example was his duty, both as a minor official and a father.
“A stain?” Christine widened her eyes, her laugh vague, “Dion, you are capable, but without any background, a mere capability is not enough. The position you are in now, it’s all because of me!”
“Initially, I was laughed at for carrying a shabby bag at dinner parties, but now, even if I carry a shabby bag, I will be praised. That’s the benefit of having a different status.”
“We had no other choice in that situation. If I could turn back time, I would do it all over again,” Christine asserted, lifting her chin confidently.
“Who was that person?” Dion Rodgurez’s eyelids drooped, weary.
Indeed, he had no background initially, but the thought that all these years of opportunities had come from doing wrong, it troubled his conscience.
At the mention of that person, Christine’s expression froze: “It’s all in the past, Dion. We have a good life now, let’s just let it be, okay?”
“What I did back then was wrong, but it wasn’t necessarily bad for Molly Walker, that little girl. If it weren’t for me taking her away, could she have become the Big Boss of ‘W’? Sometimes, a mistake may not be a bad thing.” Christine held on to Rodgurez, her face begging, “Let’s live our own lives well, shall we?”
“It’s not possible anymore…” Dion Rodgurez shook his head, his smile bitter, “Christine, you did something bad. The law didn’t punish us severely, but heaven is already retaliating against us.”
“We lost our only baby, that is the punishment from heaven.”
“No!!” Thinking of Catrina Rodgurez, Christine’s expression was ferocious, “Christine was harmed by someone else. What does it have to do with what I did? If there has to be retaliation, it should fall on us, why on our daughter?”
“You should go and confess,” said Dion Rodgurez, looking at his wife whom he had loved deeply for many years, torn with both affection and complexity.
Christine had managed their home for so many years, never accepting any bribes, always taking great care in looking after the elderly and educating their child.
He was proud to have such a wife.
But now, he felt like a fragile tree, shattered to the point where even standing was a struggle.
“Confess?” Christine chewed on the word in a daze, her eyes full of fear, “No, I won’t confess. As long as you don’t say anything, and I don’t say anything, no one will know what I did. Dion, you are my husband, you won’t do such a thing, right?”
Christine had thought of many endings, but she had never considered going to prison.
She knew that online, there was deep loathing for trafficking offenses, and she knew that once this matter was exposed, not only she, but perhaps the glory of the entire Rodgurez Family would be lost.
“Dion Rodgurez, you got to this position because I took risks for you. What right do you have to ask me to confess? If you want to go, go yourself, I won’t go! If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have gotten to where you are now. If you’re not grateful to me, that’s one thing, but to think of sending me to prison, do you have a conscience…”
“Mr. Ran’s position has nothing to do with you.”
A voice interrupted Christine Lumanta’s shrill scream.
The door opened, and Molly Walker and Michael Gallagher stood outside the door, silhouetted against the light, but like two sturdy pines.
Seeing that Murray and Michael had not left, Christine froze as if electrocuted, followed by a cold bucket of water poured from head to toe.
“You haven’t left…” Christine looked at them and then at her own husband, her eyes red as blood, “Was it you… you had them eavesdrop outside the door? Was everything you said just now to induce me to confess the truth?”
Dion Rodgurez stood silent.
Silence was the answer.
Christine looked at her own husband in disbelief, as if she had suffered the most nauseating betrayal in history.
She had believed Dion Rodgurez was on her side, not realizing he had let others listen at the side of the room.
“Dion Rodgurez… you really disgust me…” Christine’s sobs choked out, tears falling heavily.
She thought that losing her baby was painful enough, but her husband’s betrayal hurt her even more.
“Aunt Christine, all the things you did for others were in vain. I’ve looked into Mr. Ran’s career advancement over the years and investigated it. Mr. Ran’s rise to his current position over these years is due to his own efforts and achievements, and it has nothing to do with what you did,” Molly Walker said softly, sighing incessantly in her heart.
It was unexpected that Christine abducted her just to give her own husband a backing.
But Dion Rodgurez was capable enough on his own and didn’t need any backing.
“Impossible!” Christine hurriedly looked at her husband, “He had no background, how could he rise so fast? Our family has changed like this all because of me. If it wasn’t for me covering up for that person over all these years, Dion would always be working at the grass-roots level, with no chance of promotion in his life. I know my own husband, and I know this circle too; don’t think you can fool me!”
Dion Rodgurez looked at his own wife, whom he was proud of, disparaging him, and his heart was full of disappointment.
He didn’t mind others looking down on him, but it was his family’s contempt that he couldn’t bear.
The disparagement from his own wife, whom he had been with since their youth, filled him with sadness and disappointment.
“So, this is how you see me,” Dion Rodgurez said, looking at his wife with a bitter smile and an increasingly haggard face, “Forget it, there’s no point in saying more. Christine, this is where our fate ends. Turn yourself in and confess everything. You’ve done too many wrong things; don’t keep making mistakes.”
Christine bit her lower lip, her tears blurring her vision as she looked at him: “Dion…”
Dion Rodgurez approached Molly Walker with a face full of guilt: “I’m sorry, Miss Walker, it’s all my fault. If it hadn’t been for me, you wouldn’t have lost your family…”
Dion Rodgurez closed his eyes, bent his knees, and Molly hurriedly tried to support him, but because she was not strong enough, Dion Rodgurez still knelt down.
Following that, Christine’s scream pierced the air.
She staggered over and embraced Dion Rodgurez, sobbing heartrendingly, “Dion, don’t be like this…”
Ah, the man whom she adored in her youth, this kneel not only knelt on the ground but also knelt in her heart.
This kneel tore at Christine Lumanta’s heart.
“Alright, I’ll turn myself in, I’ll confess.”
Christine’s tears hit the ground with a loud snapping sound.
Molly Walker looked at the scene, and her heart suddenly felt empty.
The truth was about to be revealed, but she suddenly lost the courage to pursue it.
