
LAX Airport Los Angeles, California
Two hours earlier
"Elena ?" the call of someone who sounded faintly from behind
Elena who had just arrived at the airport was sitting alone in the Lounge waiting for her Son's invitation.
The middle-aged woman was casually enjoying a cup of hot coffee that had just been served by a waitress.
Almost the edge of the cup touched his lips, he heard someone slowly calling his name.
He put the cup back, for a moment he would look behind someone who called him was already standing right in front of him.
"A long time no see, Elena ?"
Initially Elena's eyes slowly down the figure from below until finally the spotlight stopped on the person's face.
The woman was surprised, she stared for a moment. Both of his eyes were wide open. It was as if a terrifying figure was standing in front of him.
"Luciano ?" her reply still looked shocked
The man standing before Elena was Luciano Seymour, Uncle Liam.
At first glance, the extremely well-dressed middle-aged man smiled at Elena, then casually sat down before her.
For a moment the woman shook her head, calming her breath, before she finally began the conversation "What are you doing here ? H-How..."
"I was meeting one of my Business Partners here, not expecting to see you. And you don't change, your pretty face seems to be inedible by time" cut it off while not letting go of her sight.
Elena kept her tone neutral "Listen Luciano, I don't want to talk to you right now"
Luciano leaned back in his chair and noticed the woman "How are you Elena ? or can I call you Roseanne ?"
For a moment the woman watched him and tension stifled between them "Don't start again. I buried all my past. Never mention that name !"
The man raised next to the eyebrows "Roseanne a very beautiful name, it is a pity if you have to change that name. That name suits you very well, Rose"
"Enough ! " the tone starts to rise
Without trying to make Elena comfortable, the man responded casually and smiled "I still remember how Roberto was so infatuated with you. A Dancer from the Night Club."
Elena wanted to respond to the man's negative comments about her, but Luciano didn't give her a chance. "You're finally back after ten years of solitude, I didn't expect us to be reunited so quickly"
While trying to stay calm, Elena refused to let the man's sarcasm affect her "If you still want to drown in the past, you better enjoy it. But, I don't care. I don't think you've ever been in my life. I'm leaving."
He grabbed the bag beside him, and started to stand up to rush off. Luciano was still looking at him carefully. "Your eyes are very similar to her"
Elena had not yet raised her body, the man's short words had only made her freeze in a matter of seconds. The bag he now held in his hand he gripped him so tightly that he held back the emotions that were controlling him at that moment.
Elena chose silence in the silence she created herself.
"Didn't you want to know anything about it ?'
A flash of memory of her past very clearly filled her head, the image was shocking, making her uncomfortable and Elena turned her face away, trying to concentrate "What do you mean ?"
"You really understand who I'm talking about right now ?"
"Liam Seymour, Your Son" the man's sharp remarks jolted him.
The woman saw that Luciano would not give up because he knew the man well how he was affected in Elena's life.
The roar of breath in her chest was hunting, Elena was silent. I don't know what he has to say about the truth that makes him have to be glued back to his past.
"Liam has the same eyes as you, even your habits are so similar. Now, the boy has grown into an established, successful and highly idolized man of women. He was very different from his older brother, Anthony Seymour."
"Stop, Luciano. It's enough I heard all your nonsense" the woman's gaze was filled with anger mixed with sadness and pain in her past that was re-present.
From the ashes of resentment and the presence of anger luminescence that was clearly drawn on Elena's face. That doesn't make Luciano soften at all, that guy even more so - so corner him "Listen to Rose, sooner or later Liam will find out the truth and will soon discover your true identity. The boy was eager to meet you and his brother. Just so you know, Liam is very different from Anthony, Liam has a gentle nature like you compared to Anthony who is very ambitious like his father. Anthony real picture of Roberto"
"How did you find out about Anton ?"
Luciano chuckled "Of course, it's easy for me to know all about my nephew that one. In fact, he worked as a Managing Director in one of the branches of the Seymour family company"
The man pulled his body he frowned looking at Elena "There's one thing I want to ask you, Rose. If you don't want to get involved with your past again, with our family, why would you let Anton work for that company. Though you know, the CEO is his own sister. Strange, right ?"
Elena could feel her body trembling, her chest getting stiffer. It was as if every word the man spoke was like a sharp dagger piercing his heart "Anton has the right to choose the career he wants, and he started from below without anyone's help."
Luciano sighed "without anyone's help ? you sure ?"
"Well, I'm sure my son started from the bottom. He was accepted because of his potential"
The sound of laughter surprised Elena, when Luciano laughed off "really Rose, don't be a Plain woman. You have to know the truth, to be able to work in that company, many more potential applicants than Anton. Thousands of people were willing to kill each other to get the post. And you know, I was the one who told Anton about Roberto, I was the one who asked him to give him that position. "
Elena's eyebrows shot up, she had already been many times in shock facing him "That's impossible !" The woman repeatedly shook her head. With a high level of disbelief.
"as you know, all this time I've been protecting you. When you ran with Anthony, Roberto was looking for you and Anita was trying to harm you. But, who has helped you, who has given you a place to live as long as you live alone with your Son. Indeed I only secretly helped you from a distance because I still appreciate Roberto, my brother. But, I wonder why you chose Roberto over me, Rose. Though you knew Roberto had a family, but you still chose him and rejected me. Even though I knew you earlier than my sister"
Sunlight broke through the window and Luciano noticed when the color of the lady's cheeks was dashed.
Feelings in the past, began to lift back up between the two.
Well, of course Luciano Seymour has feelings for Elena, but the woman prefers Roberto who even he knows Roberto already has a wife, Anita.
Elena did not respond to Luciano's confession, the woman had known for a long time that the man had feelings and had asked her to marry. But Elena refused.
Elena did not have the same feelings as her. He loves Roberto more and their relationship is forbidden and has to face many problems.
"Luciano, I haven't felt for you. My answer will remain the same."
"After you ran away from Roberto's life, I thought it was my chance but. You'd rather marry someone else" the corner of the man's lips lifted up, there was a slick smile drawn on his face.
Elena looked at him, the atmosphere softened. The tension created seemed to evaporate like smoke "That's been the past. There's nothing left. I know you've been helping me, protecting me, even when my husband Teddy died in an accident and I started to change my identity. You're the one who protected me from Anita's cruelty. I know everything, Luciano. But, I can't repay you."
Luciano was still staring at her, paying attention to every detail inside the woman "there's one more thing, you need to know. Although Liam and Anthony have different traits, their taste for women turns out to be the same. Wow, this looks a lot like me and Roberto. Loving the same woman"
The shock colored the woman's enlarged eyes "What do you mean ?!"
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