Love from My Dominant Boss

Chapter 543 Out All Night

“Are you still at work?” I asked again in response. I felt sorry that he was working so hard to provide for me. “No, a friend needs my help. I may be back a little later tonight.”

“I see. I’d better let you get to it then. I’m going to see Janette.” I did not doubt Michael as he had never given me a reason to. Many other women I knew would call and ask their husbands what they were doing when they stayed out past office hours, but not me.

Soon after, I arrived at the hospital with the broth I had prepared at home. Before getting on the elevator, I glanced instinctively at the end of the corridor. The figure I saw that afternoon was startlingly familiar, but as I’ve reminded myself for what seemed like the tenth time, Michael had no reason to be at the hospital.

Janette seemed to be doing better when I arrived at her ward. With her faculties finally free from the effects of anesthesia, she merely glanced over at my arrival without deigning to speak to me.

Being accustomed to her attitude toward me, I was as indifferent as she was. I placed the thermos on the bedside cabinet before turning to address my mother. “I made this at home. You should get her to have some while it’s still warm. I’ll get some hot water.”

As Janette needed someone to take care of her, I took the initiative to do the little things to free my mother up for the bulk of the grunt work. If she had to do everything, her body would definitely not be able to take the strain.

My mother was already feeding Janette when I arrived back at the ward with a thermos full of hot water. I walked to the side and sat down while she had her meal.

My mother turned to look at me gratefully as Janette swallowed the last spoonful of the broth. “Anna, thank you for all the help you have given us recently. I appreciate how hard you have been working.”

“There’s no need for the formalities. I will help you out whenever you need it.”

I meant it. After spending some time together, I felt closer to her. Aside from being unable to change how I greeted her, I found that I had lost some of the initial stiffness I employed when I spoke to her in the beginning. She perked up at once. “Are you finally admitting that I am your mother?”

that otherwise. I just don’t know how to start

blamed herself for what happened to Janette, I thought that it was

have no idea how happy that made me, Anna,” she whispered, her voice quavering. “I never would have imagined that you would one day choose to forgive me. Despite only wanting to see how you were doing, I felt this maternal instinct pulling me closer to you. After over twenty years of separation, I could

her words. I forced myself to hold back the tears

I no longer hated my mother as much as I did. Having grown up without her in my life, I just needed time to learn how to be

able to stop the tears if they come. “Let’s

rest,

completed her meal, my mother sent me home

I would be the last

I stood up. “I’ll bring her something for breakfast tomorrow

at the Shaw residence

got out of the shower to no avail. Even

be out of

logical conclusion. Michael would have no other reason

when he had to entertain clients, I was not too worried. Confident that he would be home soon,

a sign of the state of my sleep deprivation that I

find Michael asleep next to me, with a faint trace of booze on his body if he had returned from entertaining clients. That morning,

kind of friend is in such desperate need of help that would warrant this kind of sacrifice on his part? Worst of all, he did not even tell me that he would not