My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 568 Thank You, Renee

Those things that happened back then were obscure, but I could tell from Joseph and Anthony's attitude that someone with malicious intent was obliterating the truth.

However, Joseph and Anthony signed a non-disclosure agreement...

They both worked for the Xenos Family.

Could Zack… be a bodyguard for the Xenoses as well?

I suddenly thought of this key point.

So, was it my father or Shawn who doubted his devotion?

Or were things more complicated than I thought?!

I couldn't look too deeply into it. The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, not to mention how much my curiosity grew. I put this topic to a stop to comfort Olivia. "The truth will never come late. Don't be sad."

Olivia nodded in agreement. "It was something that happened nine years ago. We can't do anything even if we think about it. The truth might have been completely wiped off by now."

"You have to think positive, Olivia."

As soon as our conversation ended, Robert came down from upstairs and went to Clair beside us to chat. When it had gotten late, I eventually took Eilam back to the hospital for him to stay there temporarily.

I wanted to let him stay at Felix's Villa, but he might feel uncomfortable, having to stay somewhere he wasn't familiar with on the first day. I was the one who adopted him after all, so I simply brought him along with me.

While we were on the way, I mentioned to the taciturn young man again, "It may be hard for you to call me your mother since you are not a child anymore. From now on, you can call me Aunt—

"Mother." He cut me off mid-sentence.

Hearing that, I cast him a look of surprise. "Eh?"

"You adopted me. I get to enjoy everything you give me, and I will keep enjoying them even in the future. It's only reasonable for me to call you my mother."

He was so oddly mature.

He knew what give-and-take was.

I raised my hand and ruffled his hair as I coaxed him. "No need to be so reserved. I will be your mother from now on, and I will take care of you for the rest of your life! I will watch you grow up healthy, get married, and have children. Of course, I don't expect you to bring me glory. I only hope that you are happy."

"Do you not want to see me succeed in my career when I grow up, Mother?"

"It's not that. I care more about your emotions." I gently caressed the back of his neck. "I hope you grow up to be someone outstanding. But before that, I want you to be happy! Eilam, I will send you to school after two days when you get used to being in Bryxton so that you can continue with your studies. And I will take you back to Felix's Villa tomorrow. That is my home. For now, you and I will stay at the hospital."

"Why the hospital?" he asked curiously.

"I need to stay in the hospital for a few more days because of an injury. I planned to let you stay at the villa tonight, but since it is your first day here, I'll take you with me because I'm worried that you would feel self-conscious."

The boy seemed taken aback at first, and he only uttered thanks after a long minute.

He fell silent after that.

I only looked at his thin shoulders and said nothing. After arriving at the hospital, I had him sleep on the couch for the night.

As I got him a blanket, he took off his shoes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. He came out wearing the short-sleeved top and trousers I bought for him today. He was a handsome young man, but there was a look of desolation in his eyes. It must have been from the things he had had to experience when he was a child.

Eilam was someone who had experienced the fickleness of human nature.

"Was the water cold?" I asked him, to which he shook his head and replied, "It's just nice."

"Alright. The hair dryer is over here."

I wanted to wait until he finished drying his hair to ask him the reason why he suddenly decided to look for me. However, I was somewhat worried about him being reluctant to tell me. I simply gave up and lay on the bed as I started to scroll through my phone.

I hadn't seen the information Waylen sent me.

I clicked into the file and saw the detailed records of Eilam's parents. His father was a businessman in Rothfield, well-established but slightly inferior to Daniel.

Eilam's mother, on the other hand, was the daughter of a wealthy family in Rothfield.

Their marriage was considered an alliance among the fittest.

I continued to scroll down and saw that Eilam's mother had married beneath her by making Eilam's father her husband. His father's company only grew in size and strength after he married Eilam's mother. They were just like me and Nicholas back then. However, his father was a cruel person. After using Eilam's mother to strengthen his company, he quickly abandoned her and married some other wealthy man's daughter from another city.

After his second marriage to that other rich woman, he relied on the woman's power to continue to grow. It took him many years of hardships to finally catch up to Daniel.

It was because of this that his family played second fiddle in Rothfield. It seemed like Eilam's father was the ungrateful one.

And what of Eilam's mother?

She took Eilam back to France after she was abandoned. However, being the ambitious woman that she was, she hid the fact that she had a child in order to marry into a local powerful family, and she even abandoned Eilam three years ago. Eilam was left homeless in France for three years, and my mother's castle was his permanent residence.