hapter 982
Guinevere originally intended to prevent Stella from getting closer to Zack by building a stronger bond with him. But if she were perfectly honest, she had to admit that she never nearly had the patience to deal with Zack herself.
Thus, the best solution was to let Wendy take Zack.
Hearing Guinevere’s suggestion, Wendy frowned, looked at her derisively, and jeered, "Didn't you tell Father that you wanted to spend more time with Zack so you two could bond? So what happened? Don’t you want to get closer to your son now that Stella is not here?"
Guinevere turned deathly pale. She hung her head low and said nothing, not knowing how to explain herself.
Seeing that, Chris turned to Wendy with some discontent and scolded," Why do you keep embarrassing her like that? You're not young anymore, you know..."
He'd been bringing up her age a lot lately.
"Fine!" Wendy glowered at him. "Just think of me as a nosy old woman! Just continue with whatever you were doing, and don't mind me!"
As she finished speaking, she turned on her heels and left.
Zack became anxious when he saw his granny ignoring him. He stomped his legs and tried to follow Wendy, shouting, "Granny! Granny!"
Wendy, however, pretended not to hear him and quickened her pace.
Chris then had no choice but to tell Guinevere, "You better take Zack out for a while..."
"I know,” replied Guinevere. Then she shrewdly suggested, "You should go after Aunt Wendy now."
Chris took a long and deep look at Guinevere but said nothing before turning around and chasing after Wendy.
In no time, Chris managed to catch up with Wendy in the back garden.
"Come on, Wendy. We're an old couple now. Why do you still get mad over the most trivial things?"
There was some helplessness in his tone, and he had deliberately put on a gentler and calmer demeanor for her.
But Wendy no longer fell for such acts. She coldly pulled her hand away and said, "Guinevere is still over there. Why don't you be with her?"
"You speak as if..." Chris muttered before patiently coaxing his wife. "Even though Weston has completely broken off his relationship with Guinevere, she's still Zack’s mother. Isn’t it completely normal that I'd care for my grandson’s mother? Why would you even be jealous of her?"
"She’s still Zack's mother after all," he added, "so from now on, stop taking Stella's side and embarrassing her..."
"Stella is my real daughter-in-law," Wendy interrupted bluntly. "And she was my goddaughter before that. Why should I take anyone's side but hers?"
"Well..." Chris smiled and added, "If they can get married, then they can get divorced. Having a child together, though, is not the same. Besides, you know how much Father likes Zack..."
"Oh yes," Wendy blurted out, "his father certainly likes him very much." 1
Wendy suddenly gave him a meaningful look.
Chris's heart skipped a beat when he saw her like that, fearing she had somehow seen through him from his expressions, but he quickly
suppressed his suspicions. "If you have something to say, then spit it! If you don’t like me getting so close to Guinevere, I'll keep my distance from her!"
He did indeed feel a little sympathy and affection for Guinevere. It was also true that every time he saw Zack, a barrage of complex feelings would surge in his heart.
But all these were merely regular instinctive reactions.
What concerned him the most, however, was the fact that Weston was no longer with Guinevere, which meant she might regain her memories about the incident...
If that were to happen, everything he had now would collapse into ruins.
Chris had long grown past the age where feelings and passion meant everything. Although he often got tired of Wendy’s antics, he knew very well that there was no way he could leave her.
The corners of Wendy's lips twitched, and she smiled thinly, neither approving nor disapproving of Chris' suggestion.
But Chris knew she was still somewhat angry at him, so he added, "I'll take you downstairs to greet the guests later."
"No," she shook her head. "You go ahead. I’m a little tired. I'm going back to the room."
"Why are you always tired these days?" asked Chris with concern. "Is your heart feeling alright?"
As age caught on, Wendy was diagnosed with heart disease. It was the main reason why Chris was adamant about not letting Weston reveal the truth to Wendy after the incident, lest it might be too much of a shock for her to handle.
But as time passed, the concern Chris had for her gradually waned.
hapter 983
Things had come to a point where Chris completely neglected her health problems. For instance, the last time Wendy went for a medical checkup, he didn't even ask her any questions about it at all.
The realization made Chris feel a little guilty.
"I’ve been busy lately,” he told Wendy, "so I didn't have much time to take care of you. I promise things will be different from now."
"What exactly have you been busy doing?" Wendy sneered. "Weston has been in charge of the company all this time. In fact, I can’t think of a time when you've been busy lately!"
Chris was left flustered with his lies so mercilessly exposed.
"When did you become so mean?!" he snapped.
The fact that he could never be as talented as Weston had always been his sore spot, and Wendy had so bluntly set it on fire.
"I was only concerned about your health," he said, still feeling a little humiliated, "yet here you are, always so eager to put me down!"
"Why don't you just go back to Guinevere and take care of her?" Wendy scoffed in frustration, turning away from him.
"Why are you always so boorish?" countered Chris, his face turning cold.
"That's right," replied Wendy, "I'm boorish, I'm old, and I'm always moody! Why don’t you just go to a younger girl who will say sweet things to you all day?!"
turned around and
angry to chase her, so
they
her, but for some unknown reason, he felt she held some resentment toward him. He had asked her about it, but she wouldn't say
so she did not need her to take care of him. She watched the party in full
sigh. Aimlessly, she headed towards Stella's
she called out. "Are you
came from inside
voice saying, "Give
there waiting a long time before Stella finally
"Mom..." she uttered.
knitted, sensing that something
doing
to put on some clothes, so it took me a while to open the
make way for Wendy and
not refuse and
massive Ford Mansion that was full of rooms. The suite was, in fact,
cleanliness, and he didn't like to stay in rooms that others had stayed in before, which was why the suite had
the suite was so vast, it also came with its
in, the first thing Wendy noticed was the
like those kinds of
plant," Stella explained with a smile. "I thought it looked so pretty that
a glance at the plants, and
"Isn't that...?"
and interjected, 'They're all bonsai. If you like, I can
a while, she turned her gaze from the
oleander looked like. She also knew that oleanders
however, unsure if Stella
hapter 984
and composed, but her back was soaked with
a calm facade, perhaps
Wendy with a shake of her head. Stella's voice
known about how poisonous the
"That plant over there..."
Crash!
loud noise
to where the noise came from and saw a black figure crashing into the room from
careful!"
stop Wendy from getting hit
sheet. She stood motionless and stared at the figure lying on the floor. 'What... What on earth is going on here...?" she asked in
in the windowpane that brought a biting chill into the room as a gust of wind
senses, she quickly called out for
of the workers outside," she told Wendy, trying to calm her down. "He probably fell in
work uniform while holding a wrench, so she assumed he must
okay?" she
moved slightly and groaned before answering. "I'm...
propped himself up,
unit when I slipped and fell. I was only hanging on a steel wire, and I had no choice but to break the glass window and lunge
by the glass. He picked up his peaked cap on the floor with
this, Wendy frowned but finally calmed
she said, but before she could continue, she had to catch a breath when she
he stood, so she asked in a gentle voice, "Are you
"No, no..."
waved his hands, still
in through the window like that. I'm really sorry. I'll... I'll
were here for repairs. Accidents happen. Make sure you
"I-I'll be more careful...”
to treat him so kindly. He kept glancing at her several times, but he didn't dare to look at her
frantically, the hands that he kept behind his back still
was already resting on the sofa as they
face turned terrifyingly pale. She grasped at Stella, who was beside her, and said,
blanched face. Beads of sweat rolled down her forehead, and her breathing was short and unsteady, as if she
"Mom, what’s wrong?!"
"Quick... grab my medicine!"
lips trembled. She seemed to be in a lot of pain.
"Are you okay? Where is
from some underlying disease, so she began
at
coffee table and grabbed Wendy’s bag. She reached inside and took out a white medicine
many do you need?" she
obtained a glass of water and placed it near Wendy's mouth before feeding her the medicine
hapter 985
then, the bodyguards and the housekeeper rushed into
"What happened here?!"
second he saw Wendy collapse on the
asked
By now, she
it for many
housekeeper. "Don't worry, I’m fine. Stella has
sigh of relief. His gaze turned towards the stranger in
sudden heart attack, but he came back to his senses
boss. I slipped and
to evaluate the situation. He then looked out the window and glanced at the overalls the plump man was wearing. He now
"And to think that you’ve caused such trouble on such an important occasion... Can you even afford the consequences if something happens to
Manor, it was also his subordinate
was especially stern
the housekeeper demanded. "At the rate they're going, I wonder if they're even qualified for their job! You were paid a lot so you could repair, not break in through the window and give people a
He was already injured, to begin with, and bloodstains still covered his face.
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