Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 150 The Past

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Alistair had never tried to pry into Caroline's family. Even though they were married, he believed that sometimes, even between spouses, there should be space for privacy.

Everyone had secrets they'd rather keep to themselves. He was no exception. He hadn't told Caroline about the system.

It wasn't because he didn't love her enough. It was just that the nature of it was too complex to explain, and sharing it would only bring unnecessary confusion. He would rather keep it to himself

and use its power to protect her quietly, without her ever having to

know.

Caroline rarely mentioned any relatives, which he'd assumed was her way of avoiding memories that brought her pain.

So when she suddenly brought up her mother, Alistair was caught

completely off guard.

She has no mother, just like me? What does that even mean?

As far as he knew, her mother had been living abroad this whole

time.

That was what Mabel told him. And Mabel wasn't the type to lie, especially not about something like this.

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Caroline's voice remained calm, but there was a faint trace of

sorrow in it.

It was clear she'd spent a long time coming to terms with her mother's absence before she could speak about it with such

composure.

Alistair felt something twist in his chest. He understood her pain

all too well.

There was a kind of loneliness only motherless kids understood. He never imagined she'd lived with that too.

"My mom left for another country when I was really young. She never divorced my dad, but she stopped coming home. At first, she visited often, but over the years, it became less and less. Eventually, she just stopped coming back altogether. The last time I saw her, she came back to finalize the divorce."

Alistair held her close, wanting to stop her from going on, but he

had no idea what to say.

"Later, people told me she had found someone new overseas, started a new family, and had more kids. Others said she became a nun and cut ties with the world. But no one ever told me the truth-that my mom had gotten sick. Really sick. That last time she came back, she gave me a small box and told me not to open

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feeling there was more to that box than met the eye. "You opened

voice soft. "No. I always listened to my mom. She said after I

the box

Around that time, she wasn't doing well and had to move

taking care

was what she used to call him back when

were painful, but being able to talk about them was a kind of healing in

Paige

He interrupted, "Who's Paige?"

"She's Leo's mother."

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went quiet

girl with her. While I wasn't looking,

started going

She..."

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the memory had taken

rubbed her back, giving

She found the box. By the time

a treasure. The fact that the girl found it meant she had turned the entire

person to cry and wait for an adult

and slapped

that she was a

point, Alistair pulled her into a tighter embrace,

in his chest.

went through

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and somehow Caroline

Caroline cut ties

straight to Caroline's father, Gordon Ashbourne, and put on a

Caroline finally looked inside the box her

left.

were photographs, from the time she was a baby all the way through childhood, and several notebooks filled with

the notebooks read: [My darling girl, you're all grown up now. Life is long, but you'll never be alone. I'll always be with

of her tears soaking through his shirt. He said

she finally understood that

sick.

had been problems between her and Gordon, but she couldn't take Caroline with

the country.

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