Chapter 325 - 323: Fogiveness

"My wife's right. Two years ago, we came here to spend our honeymoon while she was a month pregnant with our babies. And I was glad that I decided to bring her here for our honeymoon. I have fallen in love with this island and I'm glad that she did, too. So we have promised to come back again." Nathan also spoke.

"And holla! Here we are! We're back! Back to the place we called our Safe Haven. The past two years was very rough for us family. There were misunderstandings and incidents that separated us apart." Nathan inhaled a deep sigh as he thought of the darkest past two years of their lives as a family.

"To the point that we believed my wife and my daughter died on the same day two years ago. Actually, today was also the day of their supposed 'second death anniversary'. But fate was really playfull to us and we found out that they're actually alive! And here we are, standing strong as a family and there's no better place to celebrate our reunion and at the same time the first birthday that we're complete, here.." He continued.

"To my precious triplets, happy birthday! I'm sorry if Sophie and I missed your first birthday. But promise! We won't be absent on your next birthday and onwards, okay?"

The triplets temporarily stopped what they were doing and looked and paid attention to their parents who were speaking on the stage.

"It's okay, Mommy!" Li Wei shouted.

Two years had passed and she missed those crucial moments in her sons' lives.

"My only wish is for you three to grow up healthy, sweet, understanding, sensible and loving to each other. May your bond as siblings keep you three together. Your dad and I will always be behind you as your guide and solid support my loves. I love you, so much." She said.

The trio ran towards their mother and father to hug them.

"Happy birthday, my precious triple treasure. Thank you for giving us the chance to be your parents." Nathan also said.

The family hugged tightly together and everyone was very touched by it.

Only those present during their first birthday celebration knew how they tried to celebrate happily without being sad at the same time.

They then asked someone to take their first family picture together wearing their panda outfits. But this won't be their official family portrait together.

After they had their dinner, the family moved back to the main house as they changed back to their normal clothes.

After sending the children to sleep, Eunji and Nathan decided to join the others on the cottage. Celine, Sam, Angelina, Layla, Mei and Grandma Sana were gathered in there together with Mona as Angelina and Celine invited her there.

Nathan had changed into a white see-through polo shirt with maroon shorts while Eunji changed into a white flowy dress.

It was rare to see her wearing a dress therefore all eyes were on her when they walked in.

They all agreed that she looked good in a dress.

They were having a good time while drinking the local wine produced in the island made from the sap of the coconut tree.

There's no added chemicals in it. And it was very fresh. All natural.

Nathan and Eunji settled in beside Sam and Celine who were being teased by Mei and Layla. Grandma Sana was also laughing with them.

Celine and Sam were all red because both of the alcohol and because of the teasing.

"Eunji-chan, help me! Your mom and my mother are teaming up to bully me!" Celine immediately complained.

"Oh? What did you do? What's the chika (gossip)?" Eunji asked her.

"We're only making fun of Yuki and Sam." Mei answered her.

"What about?"

"It's very obvious that they liked and care for each other more than their relationship as a manager and as an artist but they kept on denying about their real score. Even Layla, your mother had noticed it since day one." Mei tried to explain.

"I see. Well, what are you both waiting for Yuki-neechan?" Eunji asked her.

Sam who had been silently blushing on the sideline had finally spoke up for the first time to defend Celine.

"I-It's not really what you think, Yuki's sister-in-law." Samantha was unsure on how she would address Eunji as they had not talked to each other before. So she was not very familiar.

"Yuki was still an artist and we only wanted to protect her reputation! And besides, aren't you going to be against it, if ever?" She continued.

Eunji chuckled as she heard Sam. Well it was her fault for not talking to her since yesterday.

"You're Samantha, right? I'm Eunji. If you're going to be my in-law then you can call me Eunji or Eunji-chan just like Neechan." Eunji proposed.

"Okay...Eunji." Sam shyly said.

"Why should we be against it? I'm sure Mom had no problem with it either. I don't know about Nate here." Eunji then looked at Nathan beside him and the man just shrugged his shoulder.

"See? No one is against it. But for the benefit of everyone present, are you someone that we should be wary of?" Eunji asked her.

"No! All I have are good intentions for Yuki. Though Mr. Bai must have known about me and my family, I would never dare to cause or bring any harm to her. I sincerely love her!" She said.

"Relax! I'm not going to be a terible in-law who would interrogate the person who wants to be my sister-in-law's lover." Eunji said as she tried to calm Samantha.

"And to address your first reason, I agree with it. She's still an artist. A very famous actress to be exact. And as her manager, it's your job to protect her reputation. However, is that really the case? How about your true feelings then. Are you both going to just set them all aside?" She asked.

"No, it's not! We won't be setting aside any feelings here. I'm the one to blame actually." Celine answered Eunji's question.

"Am I pressuring you? I'm sorry if-" Sam was not able to continue what she was trying to say as Celine cut her.

"No! You're not! Geez! I feel like I'm such an a**." Celine could not help but castrate herself.

"For the record, I have seen your efforts and your care towards me. It's just that I still need more time." She honestly said.

"I understand. I told you that I'll wait, didn't I?" Sam gently smiled at her.

"Well, take your time Yuki-neechan. It's very rare to meet someone who is willing to wait for your 'Yes'." Eunji said while trying to tease Celine and Sam.

"That's fine. But don't make Sam to wait that long." Mei advised.

"Don't worry Kaasan." She said.

Then Angelina stood up and suddenly knelt in front of Celine.

Celine was shocked to see this sudden move from Angelina.

For the record, ever since Celine arrived in the island, Angelina kept on wearing the skin mask on her face. So Celine had not seen her clearly.

Everyone except for Eunji and Nathan were shocked to see this, too.

"I don't know how many times will I be given this opportunity." Angelina started.

"What are you doing Angie? Do you want my autograph?" Celine joked.

However, Angelina shook her head and slowly removed the skin mask on her face making Celine and Sam to gasp.

"I should have done this yesterday. I'm very sorry!" Angelina immediately looked down as she waited for Celine's wrath.

She had hurt Celine before when she ruined the relationship she had with Luo Mian.

"What's going on?" Mei could not help but ask as honestly, she had no idea of their back story.

Nathan had decided to hide these kind of things related to Celine in the past to not make Mei worry.

Celine on the other hand had this unreadable expression on her face.

Yes, what happened between Luo Mian and her had caused this trauma in her.

And Angelina had realized that's it was probably the reason why Celine was still having a hard time entering into a new relationship.

Celine won't deny that it was part of the reason. She was deeply hurt.

And seeing the person who had caused that pain kneeling in front of her was really something that she could not explain.

If this was the past, she should give her a hard slap, right?

However, that was in the past. She had already moved on from that pain. She held no grudge to her anymore.

"Whatever my reason was, I know it's very wrong for me to ruin the relationship you had with Luo Mian before. I understand if you won't forgive me now. I'll do my very best to earn your forgiveness someday." Angelina sincerely added without waiting for Celine's response.

As Celine heard that, something was stirred inside her heart. She could feel Angelina's sincerity.

"Stand up. I don't like someone kneeling in front of me." Celine said with no ounce of emotion in it.

Angelina did. She was ready to accept whatever Celine would throw at her.

Then without warning, Celine brought her hand in the air with great force.

Aside from Nathan and Eunji, everyone thought that she's going to slap Angelina and Angelina had prepared herself for an incoming impact.

They hurriedly tried to stop her but for everyone's surprise, that didn't happen.

The slap didn't came. Celine's hand had stopped in mid-air and the slap had become a gentle tap on Angelina's face.

Then to everyone's surprise, Celine suddenly smiled and then hugged Angelina.

This caught Angelina off-guard.

Something must be wrong. Or was she already drunk that she was already hallucinating?

But Mona explained that the coconut wine didn't hhav a strong kick in it. That drinkers won't get drunk easily.

However, everything made sense when she saw Eunji's proud smile.

Celine then broke off from the hug and said, "You don't have to apologize. You did become one of the reason of my pain. On the brighter side, if not because of you, I would not realize that he's not the right person for me. And besides, it's in the past already. I have already moved on from that pain. And I'm long gone over him." Celine honestly said and smiled to her afterwards.

"Thank you. But I still feel that I don't deserve being forgiven this quickly." Angelina felt like she had to do something for Celine to be worthy of her forgiveness.

"Well, Yuki-neechan, thank you for forgiving Angelina and saving her from the guilt she had when the truth was that she had saved you from a monster." Eunji butted in.

"Yeah. Eunji-chan is right about that." Celine agreed with Eunji. She felt bad as she had to bear Luo Mian's foul character.

"Don't worry, I'll end the man myself that way, I'll avenge your pain, too." Angelina vowed.

Now, she had more reasons why she should kill Luo Mian.

"What? No! You don't have to trouble yourself over such a lowly kind of man." Celine immediately said as she already had an idea of how dangerous the Luo brothers were.

"It's fine! I'll be backing her up. She's not only doing it for you, she's also doing it for her daughter and herself. That man almost killed her had I not come and saved her on time."

"Well, Angelina Luo would cease to exist as long as the Luo brothers are alive."

Legally, she's already pronounced dead. She's still Angelina but she was using another family name.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Celine immediately felt sorry for Angelina.

The two then settled back to their seats to continue their conversation and everyone were their listeners.

"It's fine. Actually I have done that because of my daughter." This time, Angelina took her time to narrate everything that had happened to her daughter.

After listening to the whole story, everyone felt terribly sad for Karina and Angelina. At the same time, they all wanted to punish Luo Mian for what he had done to them.

"Poor child! I didn't realize that she had suffered so much at such a young age!" Mei uttered in disbelief.