Love Her to No End

Chapter 27 Happy And Safe

The moon hung high in the dead of night, enhanced by the twinkling stars around it.

The autumn breeze rustled the curtains, bringing along a trace of coolness and chasing away the heat of the day bit by bit. Nevertheless, the breeze had no effect on the dark clouds in Michaela’s mind.

The “atoning” gifts that Jacob bought piled miserably in the corner of the room. Ever since Jacob revealed his true intentions, all the joyful and heartwarming emotions she had felt before vanished into thin air as all of her hopes shattered.

As of then, Michaela did not even want to look at those luxury goods, for all they did was remind her once again of Jacob’s ulterior motives.

Michaela could not help but laugh at herself, thinking her life was nothing but a joke.

She was not a fool, but it was a compromise she was willing to make for the sake of her family.

Knock, knock.

Just then, the door to her bedroom was knocked on, followed by Hannah’s gentle voice. “Hey Mich, it’s me. Can I come in?”

Michaela raised her hand to close the glass door of the balcony before turning to open the door. The slight worry on Hannah’s face did not escape Michaela’s notice. With a subtle smile, she greeted, “Why are you still awake, Mom? It’s late.”

“Well, you’re still awake too, aren’t you?” Hannah rolled her eyes in feigned annoyance. “I got you some hot milk. Drink it while it’s still warm.”

“Thanks, Mom.”

Michaela wore a subservient smile on her face. The smile made her look more delicate than most women. Hannah’s heart ached as she reached out to nudge Michaela’s head. “What were you thinking when you agreed to it? Why cause yourself all the pain?” Hannah’s voice was laced with devastation.

will happen when he finally had enough and cut ties with us? He had done so much today just so that Lucille can marry into the Xander family. There was nothing we could

was impossible for Michaela to not feel upset and disappointed after finding out Jacob’s true intentions. However, besides compromising, there was another reason why

satisfying solution. Since the Xander family would be taking care of it,

blame would no longer be on our heads. There’s such a simple

Michaela was still a child in Hannah’s eyes. However, upon listening to Michaela’s reasoning, Hannah suddenly realized that her daughter was no longer

welled up in her eyes as she held Michaela by the hand. “I’m sorry, Mich. It’s my fault

did not understand the full weight behind Hannah’s words. She merely viewed it as a mother’s rightful care for a daughter. Not wanting Hannah to feel bad, Michaela threw herself into her mother’s embrace coquettishly to comfort Hannah. “As long

my, such a sweet

on the shoulder with a soft smile etched across her face. However, the smile faltered when Michaela’s

a serious manner. “Mom, you should return to

since I was forced into the marriage. Now that I don’t have

that she needed to stop being overprotective of her daughter. “All right, Mich, I promise you I’ll go back to

is it?” Seeing the solemn look on her mother’s face, Michaela narrowed her eyes suspiciously as she edged further away from Hannah. “You’re not planning to sell me, are

you to

“What?”

was Adrian’s blood, sweat, and tears. Naturally, Michaela knew what the foundation stood for. In her heart, the foundation was the holiest place to ever exist. Because of that, Michaela had never dared to stain it with her

you. When your grandfather decided to start the foundation, he did it because of you. Your grandfather wished that the charity would ultimately be passed to you. In fact, it was mentioned in his

you graduate. Because of that, I never brought it up till now. Mich, right now, I’m asking you to come work at the foundation and fulfill

thinking about her future for the past few days. She had originally planned to become a tuition teacher at the

about Adrian’s will, there

afford and never want to give

that he would be old by the time she grew up. As a response, she would always say that Adrian will never grow old. Instead, she would want Adrian to stay

then, she had grown up, but Adrian was no longer with