An Innocent Heart Longing For Love

Luyisa smiled gently at Anna and continued, "Once the news about your mother's death spread like a wildfire. Clayton went mad, after so many years of his grudge against me, he finally came looking for me however only once... that too to inquire about Kathy.

I told him every detail about Kathy's last conversation to me. Following that day, he went missing for months." Luyisa Sighed in distress.

"I looked out for him every nooks and corner but there was no trace of him and I even thought that he would never return. But he did come back one day and when he returned, he took complete control over the Symonds Corporation suppressing Edward to the end corner and making the whole Symonds family suffer, he even fought for your custody as a Godfather and your future guardian."

"Godfather?! Are you saying Uncle Clayton was supposed to be my Godfather?" Anna's body quivered.

"He still is your Godfather, Anna! Which only I and your father-in-law know." Luyisa grew quiet for a minute to observe Anna's response while Anna who never once broke eye contact with her Aunt held her breath to hear what was coming next.

Sensing her mild presence Luyisa continued, "Everything that Clayton holds right now belongs to your mother. Your mother was the backbone of Symonds Corporation.

As your paternal grandmother lost her husband at her young age, It has been harsh on your grandmother.

To support the family, Kathy pulled every resource from her bridal money to shape the Symonds Corporation and your mother was the prime shareholder of the organization.

Now... The position is already waiting for you to be adorned. There is no need for us to open the WILL to know who was the sole heir, It was already you." Luyisa smiled as she paused.

"Then why was the drama?! Why Grandmother locked the 'WILL'? There is no point in misleading everyone in the family, You would have simply handed me over to uncle Clayton. Anyway, He is my Godfather, right?!" Anna asked in confusion as there was no logic behind why she had stayed in Symonds residence to suffer all her life in her stepmother's hands.

Luyisa shook her head in disappointment, " Anna! I thought you are a smart child! Edward Symonds is your biological father, do you think Clayton would win over the custody?

And do you think Lulu will let you go if she knew that you are the sole heir of Symonds Corporation and the shares that Clayton holds belongs to you?

Do you think Lulu will keep you in the house if you are unworthy?

I played with your grandmother's emotions to rewrite the WILL to be opened only after you attain eighteen years as your grandmother was also worried about your safety under the hands of Lulu, she agreed willingly."

"Once your Grandmother passed away, I mislead everyone by creating a rumor that the 'WILL' favors you, to keep you safe under their own nose and it worked until they played a trick to keep you as a space goat in the name of marriage. And you know what happened then... You are married now and now you have no ties with them, you are absolutely free."

'Freedom?! when was that context remained in my life.' Swallowing the words, she asked, "So you are implying that there was nothing left for me to do with the 'WILL'"

"Ahhh... not exactly... Your grandmother won't be leaving you nothing, you sure will have some extras..." Luyisa laughed out loud.

"For now my worries are about Clayton, He would kill me if he knew I told everything about him. You are still young and he most definitely won't be happy with you being involved with those wolves. Also, he hates me to the core... Ahh... You need to stand for this aunt in the future, He won't be easy at all." Anna saw fear in her Aunt's face.

"Why would he hate you, You are his friend, right?" Anna's question made Luyisa's face turned pale, this was the biggest regret in her life that she can't run away from.

"He hates me because of my blunder mistake I did back then. I know how much he cared for Kathy but I never know that he loved her too. If I know, I would never have messed up your mother's life by matchmaking my cousin to Kathy. I was the one who introduced Kathy's father to Edward and my Aunt.

I desperately wanted to make Kathy as a part of my family but I failed to notice how much Clayton loved her. When I realized it was too late to correct my mistakes, Kathy was already gone. Just in three months after receiving the news about your mother, Edward remarried to that filthy woman, Lulu.

That was a huge blow, not only to me but also to Clayton and my aunt. Edward never loved her wholeheartedly and your mother married him as an obedient daughter fulfilling her father's wish. How I messed them up?!" Tears rolled down her cheeks wetting her pearl skin.

"When Clayton returned back he learned that Edward was married to another woman in a short span of time after your mother was gone, He was enraged beyond words.

He loved you as his own daughter, finding you being isolated and abandoned in your own home, he attacked the whole family like a mad dog and even claimed for your custody. It was Shane's father who advised him to stop. The situation was not at all favorable back then since you were too young."