Chapter 361 - 362 We will always be a Vendari

City Wise

"Tonight, I want to make it official. Since my adoptive daughter and soon-to-be daughter, I will marry her mother before tonight. All the people here at City Wise knew that Luna Su Vallini Vendari is my adoptive daughter and the wife of Viscount Francois Andrei Vendari since they just got married recently. We also knew that Luna gave birth to the two most amazing children, Winter and Dawn. The children bear the surname of the Vallini and I really like it since I have another heir besides Ryder and Dimitri," these are the words of Duke Lawrence that still rings in Louie's ears.  ​​

"I'm sorry if I f*c*I** messed up. I shouldn't be sorry for feeling the way I'm in now, it is my fault why we end up this way; but if it brings you back to me, I'll apologize a hundred times." Louie mumbled as he speaks up to the people around him. He didn't even mind the presence of Pearl and Emerald. He needs to vent out what's inside his heart right now. He is scared right now, not only scared but very afraid that the twins' will not be close to him. Especially that their grandfather, Duke Lawrence will not approve if he insists on some visitation rights to his children. 

Ethan and Kim sigh and as for Pearl and Emerald, they are just staring at Louie, who has tears in his eyes. "Mr. Louie Chen, I don't know you personally. But I know your background, especially your past relationship with our Moon (Louie suddenly took a glance to Emerald with confusion), all of us here at City Wise. We all know what you have done to Lady Luna. Duke Dimitri, Duke Ryder, and even Viscount Francois made it up to tell the people of the Court about Luna's past. It is for her protection. The world seems so big but yet it is so small and we all don't know if you two will not be bumped into each other accidentally or planned especially if you and your wife Sofia Su will visit this country of ours. 

"Mr. Louie Chen, when you cheat on Luna, you make it hard for her to trust you anyone especially the twins. Lady Luna and the other members of the Court especially the Big Bosses didn't keep any secrets to the twins regarding their mothers' dark past. (Emerald let out a deep breath) The twins ask for their father when they turned three, you see they are very intelligent, a genius as we all say here. Then one time it is Duke Dimitri, Viscount Francois, and Prince Alexei, who explained to them about their mother's secrets and that concerns you. It might have been easy for you to do what you did in the past, but for them, it'll never be easy to forget especially for Lady Luna." Emerald explains to the three men sitting at their table. 

Emerald couldn't say directly to Louie that Luna's is shattered, and it is he who broke it. Then he had no right to ask and demand for friendship, time, love, and even friendship with Lady Luna. She is a psychiatrist and she also helps Luna to concur her phobias, nightmares and fix some shattered pieces of her dreams.

"If only you have admitted your feelings to Luna a long time ago things will be different, after all, both of you are scared to love and what will it bring to your future. Falling hurts, but it doesn't matter where or how you feel — stairs may break your bones, but love will wreck your heart. You didn't only wreck her heart, but you also killed her trust and her perception of love. Viscount Francois finds it hard for her to trust him, and even the other Knights found it very hard to prove to her that their intentions are pure and clear. The only men that Lady Luna trusted were Duke Lawrence, Duke Dimitri, and Duke Ryder. We females don't have a hard time getting close towards her, especially Lady Scarlet" Pearl interjected. 

Then suddenly the twins' took the microphone, they both whispered something to their grandfather, Duke Lawrence. Duke Lawrence's mouth gave a big O expression and a confusing look from Francois and Dimitri. Francois and Dimitri don't like the way Dawn and Winter whispered to the Duke and it seems that the twins will give an explosive bomb to all. Duke Lawrence gave the microphone to Winter and Eros immediately went up to the stage and handed a microphone to Dawn. 

Everyone at the venue went into complete silence, Luna stops crying as she was reading the gestures of her kids. Alexei and Xavier don't like the eerie feeling that the twins are giving to them. "Good Evening everyone" Dawn started as the twins intertwined their hands and walks towards the front-facing Louie. 

"Some people blame themselves for everything that has or had happened to their lives. Our Father, Louie Chen, used to be our mother's husband and we are his biological children. Our Mom once thinks the words "I'm not enough to earn his heart", towards our biological father, Louie Chen. Now that he knows about our existence after five long years, now that he knows that our mother is alive, he wants us back. He wants to be back to our mother's life with a simple, apology." Winter started his monologue. 

Luna and Francois look at each other, Luna shook her head, for she already knew what the twins' are going to do. They will humiliate Louie just like he did to her at the Chen Annual Party just before they got a divorce. Louie on the other hand didn't expect to hear those words coming out from his own son. Francois wants to stop Winter but Duke Lawrence grabs his wrist and whispered "Let the children do their job. They have their reasons for this announcement. Edward Chen has been already brief of this circ.u.mstances' and he gave his blessings." 

Francois looks at his father-in-law, then at Dimitri, who shrugged his shoulder for he can't help him in this situation. Francois's eyes glance at Luna, who is with his sister, when Luna and Francois's eyes met, he already knows that Luna is asking him to stop the children. Luna saw that Francois shook his head, indicating that he can't do anything for her father, Duke Lawrence, already stop him from doing it so. 

Francois just looks at the twins and sigh. "When Louie Chen dance with our mother on the day of his company annual party, he did something on her. That thing is unforgivable for us, for he reminds us once again of all the pain and nightmares that he had caused. For us, he is not really sorry, but rather he just wants to feel better about himself for his guilt is eating him up." Dawn added. 

The tragedy of your story with our mom, to our family when you are not yet divorced from our mother, is quite painful, especially when you agreed and listened to Sofia Su's words before. You keep on saying that it was our mom that you love, but still you break her own heart instead of each other. You haven't emptied all her sadness and filled her with a thousand words, but all it took was three words to burn the bridge of your marriage. Your heart has fallen in love with our mom recklessly, but your brain said the other way around and you still made the wrong choice. You must have understood the risks." Winter's serious voice was heard. 

Louie stood up as he wants to clarify so many things, but in his mind, he can't accept that his own children are now ranting their grudges towards him. They want to inform the whole City Wise of his wrongdoings to them and to Luna. 

"The perception towards the world becomes bitter, thinking that everybody will hurt them, just like you did to our Mom. Do not defend yourself. Accept it, you knew you'd be hurt, but you did it anyway. Accept it, you've been disloyal and no excuse or justification will change what you did.  Don't ask our Mom to be friends. After all, you've neither been a lover nor a friend to her. You cheat yourself, too, of what could have been a beautiful relationship. When you cheat on someone, lower your head and leave. And never return to us. Even you and our family's business had a collaboration, and that will be all, the only relationship you had towards us" Winter announces. 

"They are really my children" Louie mumbled, but it is enough for the people at their table to hear it. But the words of his own children seem to stab him in his heart and slap his face. Their words may be the unspoken words that they kept for so long. He just didn't expect that the kids still can't accept him as their father, all along he thought that they are okay. 

"Mr. Louie Chen, you, our mother, and us your biological father are just acquaintances' and we are not compatible to be with each other. You and our mom are not compatible as friends, especially lovers for you two we're going to be terrible. We may not know yet about love, for we are still young. But as you say to our mom after the divorce, you said that love is strange in many ways. You two may be right for each other for both families begun to unite as one, but the timing isn't just yet." Winter added. 

Louie didn't know that he was now in tears, it is like a river streaming on his face, he took a glance at Luna who is in full shock. Louie felt that he couldn't breathe at all, his heart constrict and his face turned pale. Amber and Harry observe Louie as they gestured some of their men to be alert on Louie. It seems that anytime he will faint.

Winter and Dawn sighed in unison, and look at each other as they both nod their head. "We the children of Luna Jade Su Vallini Vendari, will stay and always be a Vallini and most especially a Vendari. Any custody battle will not be acknowledged from the day we were born to the day we will die. Louie Chen, maybe our biological father, but he was just that, nothing more, nothing else" Dawn declares. 

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