As Cedric stormed out of the room in anger, Liana sank onto the edge of the bed, disbelief and hurt written across her face because she hadn't expected that amount of anger from her brother.
He had never lashed out at her to this extent, and even after he was gone, she couldn't stop replaying everything he had said in her mind.
He had told her, "You and Mother weren't there when I needed you, but now that I've built a life, you're here telling me how I should live it." If that hadn't hurt enough, it was what he had said afterward that continued to weigh heavily on her, that he had spent so many years choosing them as his family, yet now they were making him regret that choice.
And it was all because of Rebecca that things had reached this point. It was now clear that Cedric would defy anyone for his wife, and he would continue protecting her regardless of what anyone thought or said, even if that person was his own family.
