Chapter 418


    “Go on. I didn''t tell you to stop.” She hugged him, much to his surprise.


    “You aren''t asking me to stop?”


    Selena knew how stressful his job could be. Back then, she used to be a smoker, and she knew most of the time, men smoked to relieve the stress


    within him. She was fine with it if a cigarette could take away some of his sadness


    “Tone it down. It’s bad for you.” That was all she said, and she trusted that he would understand. Upon hearing that, Pierre chuckled and opened the


    window for the smoke to drift outside.


    In the meantime, Selena leaned against his chest. “Since we''re getting married, we''re going to face everything together. Don’t keep everything bottled


    up. Tell me if anything is bothering you. I know I might not be of help, but at least I can listen to your troubles.


    He stared down at her for a moment, then he suddenly blurted, “Francesca Moody.”


    “Sorry?”


    “My mother''s name. Francesca Moody.


    Selena’s eyes widened in shock, and


    words failed her. She knew that


    name, for Francesca Moody was the


    most famous female celebrity of the


    last genération. Movies werea


    novelty,back then, and Francesca


    Moody was the most famous~


    actress then. Everyone knew her


    rigime, and Selena could still


    remember hearing her father talking


    about it every now and then when


    she was little.


    Francesca Moody''s poprity was second to none back then, and she was the first actress to film overseas. However, Francesca suddenly stopped


    acting at the zenith of her fame, and there were no more works with her in it. It turned out that she had married John Fowler.


    Selena remembered her father being


    an avid fan of Francesca, and she


    saw a lot ofposters with the actress


    inI around the house when she was


    little. Sinée her mother, Cecilia, was


    also afan of Francesca, she let’


    Rnd do what he wanted with


    them, butter, Jezebelle. marriedThis material belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    Ro and, and she forbade the posters’


    existence.


    Selena remembered that big argument Jezebelle and Rnd had back then, and then the posters were burned. It was obvious that Francesca was


    more famous than anyone of her era, but Selena never expected her to be so devoted to love. She never expected Francesca to marry someone at


    the peak of her fame.


    “I always thought Mom died from a disease, then I found out it was because that geezer had an affair.” Pierre never called John ‘Dad’. He''d call him a


    geezer most of the time, though he would still call John ‘Dad’ if he had no choice.


    “My mother loved him deeply. She gave up the job she loved to marry that geezer and raised a family for him. She was willing to be an ordinary


    housewife just for him, but then she found out about his affair, and it broke her.” Pierre paused. “And she took her own life.”


    The news shocked Selena. No


    wonder Pierre hates his father that


    much. If Francesca had died .


    because ofa disease, Pierre might


    have had less of a grudge, but >


    no— she took her life because.of the


    unbearab e heartbreak and hatred. It


    broke her, and she took herown life,


    for the pain had eclipsedher love for


    her son.


    Pierre puffed heavily. “Don’t die, Selena. Not even if something were to happen to me. Live. Live for the kids, even if not for yourself.”


    Selena felt heartbroken after hearing that. Of course, she knew Pierre wasn’t talking about him having an affair, for he would never do that. She knew


    he must have been talking about the risk he would face in his line of job.