During this period, Aunt Eloise had been managing the teahouse business all along.
However, she had always kept Luis at a respectful distance, treating him like a ferocious beast and avoiding him persistently.
She not only never visited the family home, but even when Luis went to the teahouse, she would deliberately avoid him, refusing to give Luis any opportunity for contact.
She had also figured out just how hard her own sister, Ruth, was working to drag her into this mess.
Ruth had been deliberately creating opportunities for her younger sister to be alone with her son-in-law and illicit lover...
The goal was to make her fall as well, to share in the same secret together, to sink together into this immoral relationship.
That night had indeed brought boundless satisfaction, but this beautiful, mature woman with a more conservative nature simply could not accept such a relationship.
Since that night, an immense sense of guilt had been weighing heavily on her heart.
