My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 278

It sounded like Lara was set on this matter.

But seeing the light in Hailey's eyes suddenly go out, as she hung her head

dejectedly...

Unable to bear it, Willow picked her daughter up in her arms, and whispered into her ear, "I'll order some french fries and fried chicken for you, and when the delivery gets here, we'll just act surprised, understand?"

That perked the little girl right up. "Yes! Alright!"

Realizing that she'd said that too loudly, jeopardizing her little secret with Mommy, she clapped both hands over her mouth, which did little to hide her obvious

delight.

In the afternoon, Jasper had left work early to visit the cemetery.

Frank and Cindy, his grandparents, were already there waiting. Before them stood a pair of headstones: Aiden Hughes and Serene Jordan. Jasper's parents.

approaching, and the setting sun cast both headstones in a mournful glow. Tree boughs swayed in an

bouquets in his arms. He placed the carnations before his mother's

when he was still very young. He could hardly

but his memories of the times he'd spent together with them... those had all but

them, and the scenes of wreckage that were

hadn't had loving parents-only their fights, and

being nurtured and treasured by their

each other with

end,

of

battles, each one wielding him as a weapon against

shadow of regret hung heavy upon his shoulders. "I should have stopped your father from marrying that peasant girl from nowhere. It would have spared him from such a

had nothing in common. He'd known all along that it wouldn't end well. He should have intervened. But when Aiden announced that he'd be marrying the love of

for himself, it was something to

the woman's black heart and wicked

said nothing in

time, there's no longer any point in trying to figure out