Sir Ares, Goodnight

Chapter 83

The man Josephine mentioned was her elder brother, Zayne Severe.

Josephine’s feelings for Zayne was like how she felt for Jay-tragic and lowly. They were like two moths toward the fire. Their endings may have been different, but they were equally poignant.

Rose felt as if there was lead stuck in her throat. She stood up, headed to the wine cupboard, and took out two bottles of red wine. She passed one to Josephine while the other was for herself.

"I think you need this," Rose said.

Josephine gave a grateful smile. “Sister-in-law, you're truly a good friend." She took the corkscrew and opened the bottle of wine. Once done, with two hands on the bottle, she tilted her head backward and gulped down the wine.

Traces of red liquid flowed down her neck and into her cleavage. She looked rather appalling.

Rose smiled slightly. "You're the most un-aristocratic young mistress I've seen."

Josephine sniffled. "To hell with those etiquettes!" Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Josephine drank half a bottle of wine in one go. The chatterbox in Josephine could not be switched off once she began. She continued to blabber on. 1

"Sister-in-law, do you know? I sold myself to get Zayne.

"The person I had sex with that night was not Zayne, but a lecherous hooligan. That man not only took away my innocence but made me pregnant as well.

"When my father found out about it, he was so mad that his blood pressure boiled, and he nearly died from it. Later, they handed me to my big brother... He got me to abort the baby and sent me

abroad.

"Five years. Five whole years. Everyone thought that I went abroad to study. Nobody knew that I lived unlike a human nor a ghost for the past five years..." Josephine became emotionally unstable and cried out loud.

Rose pulled Josephine into her embrace while her own eyes had tears in them as well.

She gently patted Josephine's back like she was comforting a baby.

"Josephine, don't be sad. You should know that living i n this world, no winter will not pass and no spring will not arrive. Take things one day at a time. Time will pull you out of it someday.”

Josephine looked up at Rose with teary eyes. "Sister-in -law, have you been living this way all these years as well?"

Rose nodded. "Yup."

Josephine suddenly said excitedly, "Rose, it's a pity that we didn't meet earlier. Let's be sworn sisters.

What do you think?"

Rose did not know if she should cry or laugh, but she eventually nodded.

Josephine lifted her wine bottle and acclaimed, "Let’s cheers for an everlasting friendship."

The two ladies drank till they were tipsy. They forgot about the time and the children.

After a long time, Rose suddenly jumped up and yelled a blood-curdling scream. "Ahh... Jens and Zetty are still playing downstairs!"

Josephine immediately woke up from her tipsy state and murmured anxiously, "There won't be such an ill-coincidence that my brother will spot them, right?"