“I didn’t say that I agree!”

Xyla looked at her daughter and smiled when she caught the slight disappointment in her expression.

Even when she could not see Rowan again in this lifetime, having the pair of children she had was the most precious gift the man had given her.

“I know that you’re doing this for my sake,” Xyla said gently, “But I really don’t want to look for someone else. How William Jenner treated me in the past… It’s still fresh in my head.”

Cordelia hung her head in silence.

“But the man you mentioned, he’s not as bad as William Jenner, right?”

“Huh?” Cordelia jolted. “No, of course not! He’s super nice!”

“Treating the sick and saving those in need is benevolent.” Xyla smiled. “I don’t agree to another marriage, but meeting him and having an acquaintance is fine.”

“Really?” Cordelia’s eyes lit up. She hugged her mother.

of gold around the mother and daughter cuddling together. Ginger meowed and stretched with a

peaceful

was not easy that her mother was willing to take this step forward. She would leave

looked at Cordelia. “What

time I met him, he had a

“What?”

clench in her heart. It was an inexplicable sadness that even breathing felt painful. She recalled her carefree days in the past—it felt like

then. The international school had strict rules and busy school work, forbidding students from doing anything unrelated to their studies. The school ordered

rimmed red as she stood at the school gate with tears falling. It

with

you crying over something

sobbed, saying after a while, “I can’t bear

care of

“What?”

“The shelter can barely provide, and you have spoiled the cat. It probably can’t stand

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