Chapter 502 Reunion
In the evening, Benjamin took Sophia to the Lumina Group.
The group of children was still under observation in the Lumina Group's lab. Once all their physical indicators returned to normal, they could leave.
Sophia had already told Benjamin and the White family about Emilio.
Benjamin naturally had no objections, but Preston was hesitant.
After all, with Lachlan as a cautionary tale, he was now a bit scared.
Sophia assured him, "Grandpa, not everyone is like Lachlan. Besides, Emilio is already seven years old now. He's old enough to remember things. He knows we're not his real parents."
She and Benjamin had discussed it - they would raise Emilio until he turned eighteen, and then they wouldn't interfere with his life anymore.
But until he came of age, they would raise him.
Seeing that they both insisted, Preston stopped arguing.
After Sophia's treatment, Preston's health had improved a lot, but he still had unresolved issues weighing on his mind, so he remained listless every day.
No matter what he did, he couldn't muster any energy.
Magnus now came home on time every day, trying to make up for the feelings he'd missed over the past decade or so.
When Amelia heard that Magnus had returned, she rushed to the White Manor immediately.
Flustered and nervous, full of anticipation, she ran inside looking for Lachlan.
When she saw Magnus wearing a mask, her eyes filled with disbelief.
She couldn't believe the person in front of her was Magnus.
Seeing Amelia again, Magnus also felt complicated emotions. He took the initiative to greet her, "Amelia."
Hearing that familiar voice, Amelia's tears immediately fell. She quickly threw herself into Magnus's arms and cried loudly.
"Where have you been all this time? Why did you only come back now? I know I was wrong. I'll never fight with you again. It's all my fault..."
Feeling the wetness in his arms, Magnus felt even worse.
He gently patted her shoulder and said softly to comfort her, "It's not your fault. I was wrong too."
The way he and Amelia had ended up wasn't any one person's fault.
They were too young back then, both too stubborn, which led to many misunderstandings.
Later, after he left the White family, those misunderstandings were never explained.
When he and Amelia first got married, Amelia kept complaining that he was too busy with work and neglected the family, but she didn't know that he had just entered the White Group and hadn't yet found his footing.
He walked on thin ice at the White Group, not daring to let his guard down.
He had also misunderstood Amelia, always thinking she was being unreasonable, but he never patiently explained things to her.
If they had each taken a step back then, the outcome would have been different.
But... there are no "ifs" in this world.
In the end, he and Amelia just didn't trust each other enough. Trust is the foundation of marriage.
All they had between them was mutual suspicion.
Amelia cried in Magnus's arms for a long time before slowly lifting her head.
Looking at the mask on Magnus's face, she asked worriedly: "What happened to your face?"
He said, "Got a little injured, it's nothing."
Amelia immediately became worried and reached out to remove the mask from his face. She insisted, "Injured? Let me see!"
Magnus quickly stepped back, avoiding her hand. "No need, the way I look now will scare you."
The tears Amelia had finally stopped began falling again.
"Not letting me see will only make me worry more."
Magnus had no choice, but to remove the mask from his face.
Although the scars on his face were much better than before, his injuries had been too severe, and they still looked shocking.
Amelia couldn't help but gasp, her eyes widening in shock.
"How did this happen!"
Magnus shook his head lightly. "It's okay, it's all in the past."
All those past events had vanished with Lachlan's arrest.
He felt everything was worth it.
Seeing his sorrowful expression, Amelia didn't dare ask any more questions.
"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."
She had thought Magnus was dead. Thankfully, he had come back alive.
Amelia's eyes were red, but she stared at Magnus without blinking.
Even though that face was ruined, she still thought Magnus was the most handsome man in the world.
But she also knew clearly that they were already divorced and could never go back.
Even though all the grudges had been settled, the hurt remained.
Amelia kept receiving treatment and gradually recovered with Sophia's help.
She also came to realize more clearly how many wrong things she had done.
She didn't even have the nerve to see Benjamin anymore, let alone dare to hope for his forgiveness.
For a long time afterward, Amelia and Magnus didn't remarry or live together.
They were like the most familiar strangers, often meeting and sitting together to talk, but never discussing their feelings again.
Magnus also never told her that there was actually another reason why he became increasingly unwilling to come home when she was pregnant.
The first reason was naturally that Amelia became more and more unreasonable after getting pregnant, always suspecting he had other women outside.
The other reason... was that one night when he came home from a business dinner, he saw her and Lachlan lying in the same bed with his own eyes.
She and Lachlan were tightly embracing each other, their bodies naked. Anyone could see what had happened.
At that time, he thought this was Amelia's revenge on him. He was both heartbroken and sad.
So when Lachlan swore to him that Benjamin was his child, he believed it.
During that period, he didn't dare go home, didn't know how to face Amelia and Lachlan, and didn't want to see Benjamin.
Because Benjamin's birth was a humiliation to him.
Every night, he would hide alone in a bar's private room, pouring himself one bottle after another.
Until Benjamin was seven years old, and was kidnapped by the GeneCipher Society.
The White family sent people to rescue him.
He was barely alive then, having lost too much blood and needing a transfusion.
The situation was urgent, and the hospital blood bank had run out of stored blood, so he had to go donate blood himself.
At that time, he also had someone do a paternity test.
The result showed that Benjamin was actually his son.
He was filled with regret then, almost in unbearable pain.
It was also that night that he made up his mind to enter GeneCipher Society to find a cure for Benjamin.
This was what he owed Benjamin.
He knew he could never make it up to Benjamin in this lifetime, but he could only try.
He didn't want to tell Benjamin and Amelia about these dirty things.
Their first half of life had been hard enough. From now on, he would protect them.
Magnus and Amelia spent their whole lives like this. Magnus never left the White Manor again, never left Benjamin and Amelia.
This was his atonement, and his apology.
Because he had never let go of Amelia in his heart, no other woman ever appeared by his side again.
Magnus never married again.
He stopped making promises and proved himself through actions instead.
Although Amelia never said it out loud, she always carried regret in her heart.
Remarrying Magnus was her biggest obsession in this life.
But she knew very well that she had long lost the right to be Magnus's wife or Benjamin's mother.