"Is he still angry, Mommy?" Joaquin asked.

A tear nearly rolled down Selena's cheek the moment she heard her son calling her 'Mommy'. "I'm so glad that you boys are my children," she uttered as she gave the young boy a forehead kiss. "Don't worry. He's going to stop being angry at you after a while." Joaquin tried his best to comfort her.

After that, she sat upright and pulled him up onto her lap as she apologized to him. "I'm sorry, Jojo. It feels like I went around in circles for such a long time before I finally found you boys. I always thought that you guys were..." She brushed her tears away. "Forget it. Let's not talk about the past."

"I'm the one who should be saying sorry. I've always known that there was something wrong with her, but I didn't voice it out earlier," he mumbled. She tilted her head and stared at him before he continued with his explanation. "I saw her bringing a cake over for Jamie the last time he had a fever. I knew that he only started to fall sick after he ate that thing. I wanted to tell Daddy about it, but the maids accidentally threw my proof away, and..." Joaquin started to shake his head as he lowered his voice. Before this, he had always told himself that Meredith suffered ten months of pregnancy for them and that she was their biological mother; this was the reason he kept so many things to himself.

That night was the first time Selena realized how Joaquin wasn't as emotionless as he portrayed himself to be. He's actually an emotional child, after all, Selena thought. "Alright, what's in the past is in the past. Let's not talk about it anymore, okay?" she asked. In response, Joaquin nodded obediently.

to leave in a while,

are you going?" he

Jamie home." Selena glanced at the clock. Her flight was scheduled to leave in two hours, and she had already bought her

to bring Jamie home. Our whole family will be reunited

Soon, the young boy fell into a deep slumber. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt

one who gave birth to my two sons. I've actually been suspicious of Meredith's role as their biological mother, but I've never managed to look into it as I was distracted by other matters. Despite the fact that he was no longer angry, he continued to wait for Selena to enter the room and beg for his mercy. Tsk. Why can't this woman just come in and apologize already? He swore to himself that he would agree to forget

knew that I was angry, yet all she did was sing her son to sleep. Pierre felt like his status in the household was severely threatened; he even questioned if their family reunion was indeed good news for him. Soon, he realized how exhausted

open the door, expecting to see Selena waiting for him outside. To his surprise, he looked down to find Joaquin standing in

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255