This seashell is all too familiar, it was picked up by him on the beach and given to Daisy.

Daisy once said that purple represents hope, and the purple seashell is her hope to have a hopeful love...

Dawn Sutherland’s gaze was deep, extending his hand, trembling as he took the seashell from Evalian Chapman’s hand, tightly clenching it in his palm.

Dawn’s eyes were filled with deep affection and longing, looking at his tightly clasped fingers, painful and silently, feeling a sourness in his heart.

Evalian watched as his gaze lingered on Daisy Grant’s purple seashell, a bitter smile rising at the corners of her mouth.

A living person like her standing naked before Dawn, yet she couldn’t attract Dawn’s eyes more than an item worn by Daisy Grant. It turned out that her love was truly worthless in Dawn’s eyes.

Dawn’s mind and heart were entirely occupied by Daisy Grant.

"This seashell was something I picked up at the door the night I went to the room and found you had woken up, mistaking me for the woman you’d slept with."

"I originally intended to explain, but your words about being responsible and wanting to marry me made me swallow it down."

"I knew you misunderstood, actually you didn’t sleep with me at all, but loving someone makes one selfish and greedy. I love you, love you so very much, and your proposal was too tempting, so I kept quiet, hiding the purple seashell..."

"It was just a few days ago that I realized Daisy Grant is the owner of this seashell, which means, that night, the person you slept with was Daisy Grant, and the child in her womb is actually yours..."

"Dawn, I don’t know if I’ve lost to the depth of your love or to Daisy Grant’s sacrifices for you. These few days have been very unsettling for me. Knowing the truth has been torturous."

"Your love makes me envy Daisy Grant and also jealous of her. But Daisy’s love for you leaves me speechless. During these days, these months, we all know what kind of insults and gossip Daisy has borne, I myself have mocked her shamelessness several times."

As Evalian’s words fell, Dawn’s gaze coolly bore into her, carrying a hint of coldness.

Evalian gave a bitter smile, waving her hand, "Don’t get angry for her just yet, listen to me finish. I’ve insulted Daisy Grant several times, called her shameless, promiscuous, unworthy of you, claimed her child was illegitimate..." Evalian noticed Dawn’s breath turning extremely cold, carelessly smiling, "The insults she endured these months have been much worse than that, what I said was rather mild."

Evalian’s words made Dawn’s fingers tighten even more, clenching the seashell firmly in his palm, his heart aching till breathing became difficult.

He knew the insults she endured these days, he had comforted her to not listen to others and stay happy.

Words of comfort are so easy to utter, but hearing those insults now, he realized how pale and powerless his comfort was, how hurtful the rumors are, and what kind of pressure and bitterness she must have borne, yet she endured it all, not revealing a single word about the child’s father, protecting him who knew nothing...

Dawn’s pain, from inside out, penetrating to the bone, as if all his strength was drained, leaving his body unstable, trembling fiercely... 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Evalian’s voice continued to echo.

"But now I know, Dawn, what price Daisy Grant has paid to love you. She used her own reputation, the Grant Family’s name, sacrificed everything to love you. I ask myself, if I were Daisy Grant, I couldn’t go this far..."