Mommy，We Got a Husband by Doris

Chapter 56 Galatea, I Don't Like That Joke!

'Her past? Her experiences?'

'Having been Galatea for six years, it's likely that no one even remembers Stellan anymore.'

"You honestly know how to rub salt in old wounds, don't you?" Galatea forced a bitter smile, her past was something she'd rather not discuss, but Alaric kept probing relentlessly.

"It might be cruel," Alaric said earnestly. "If you can't face the pain, you'll never reconcile with it. Your silence is not resolution, it's avoidance. Only by truly moving past the pain can you keep moving forward." "It sounds reasonable."

"So, care to share?" Alaric looked at her intently. "Start with the reason you chose to become a doctor. I've seen your resume. For someone your age, your medical skills are impressive."

The things Alaric had told Mrs. Carrington over the phone contained some embellishments, but most were true-the medical research institutes in the States were indeed the pinnacle of medicine, and it was quite a feat for someone as young as Galatea to be part of that.

"It's rare to hear a compliment from you, Mr. Knight," she quipped. Her dark eyes grew serious as she gazed into the distance. "I wanted to study medicine because of my mom. I only have faint memories of her, just that she was ill and always taking lots of medications."

"Then the memories stop. She was never home, and my dad would lie, telling me she was away on business. As I got older, he finally admitted that she had passed away from her illness."

"When I was little, I couldn't understand. I told my dad to just take her to the doctor. They could cure her, and then she wouldn't have to die. He told me that some illnesses even doctors can't cure that was the kind my mom had."

"I thought then, when I grow up, I'll become a doctor who can cure any illness. Once I started medical school, I learned no one is omnipotent, not even doctors." After Galatea finished speaking, Alaric's expression turned somber. After a pause, he cautiously asked, "What about your dad? Did he also pass from illness?"

'Her dad?'

her mom died when she was very young, she didn't have as deep an impression or attachment. However, it was different with her

watched her, saw her eyes

committed suicide," Galatea said slowly. "Jumped from a

last thing Alaric expected to hear. He thought it was

deeply, then chuckled mirthlessly, "I still can't wrap my head around why my

found no trace of humor in her dark joke. The suicide of her sole kin, the anchor in her life, was a wound too deep for

her husband, but the

past," Alaric offered with a gentle tone, "They say after hardship comes the joy.

Galatea had heard from Alaric

her voice cool and

at the American Medical Research Institute? You could've made enough to buy a big

couldn't very well tell him it

me?" Galatea turned to look at him, "Worried I'm some sort of a charity case staying close? Relax, I've got medical ethics. I'll give my

Galatea was genuinely curious, "As the heir to the Knight family fortune -

to, so I did. No big

Galatea muttered under her breath before probing further, "You said you've never been in a relationship. Is that truly the

military with no women around. Returned to run the family

Alaric genuinely has never been in

never date

"Right."

did you let her have your

Alaric fell silent.

have a kid without love. Shouldn't you have kept your distance instead of leading her on with talks of marriage? Are all