"There is nothing more for me to say on this matter. Unless she realizes her mistakes and decides to sincerely correct them, our mother-son relationship can't go back to how it was before,"
He asserted, one word at a time, "I could compromise on anything, but not on this issue."
He compromised once before.
That one time was when he gave Lady Octavia an opportunity.
Surprisingly, Lady Octavia didn't improve her behavior, but became even more excessive.
She hurt Aria when she was still pregnant with her child.
When he thought about the slap that Aria endured, and how she sobbed pitifully in his arms, Brandon Heath's face became increasingly gloomy. "She didn't just hurt Aria once. If I compromise and forgive her again this time, she might become even more ruthless in the future."
"On the day when Aria and I went to register for our wedding, I promised to protect her and not let her suffer any grievances. I already broke one promise to her, I can't disappoint her again."
