The Bound Between Us

Chapter 69

Anastasia didn’t stick around Alessia and her husband for too long as she needed to get back to work. She simply gave a gift for the baby, and then took

off.

Anastasia was quite generous this time, however, she was willing to prepare a more expensive gift for the baby.

Because she was the baby’s godmother, it was necessary for her to prepare a gift for the child.

Anastasia hailed a cab to go back to the office. On the way, she couldn’t help but call her mother.

She wanted to clear up some fuzzy images that were floating around in her head.

Salma, who was comforting Cynthia, immediately picked up the call when she saw it was from Anastasia

Salma asked with concern, “Ana, it’s your first day back at work, how’s it going?”

“Mom, I’m good, Anastasia replied cautiously, “I just accompanied a colleague to the hospital for her delivery, and now I’m on my way back to the office. As a token of gratitude, she asked me to be the baby’s godmother.”

thing, getting along with coworkers helps

Anastasia held her phone and looked out the car window, ‘Mom, when my colleague went into the delivery room,

Salma on the other

instantly, and she asked anxiously, “What did

question made Anastasia even more uneasy.

a serious illness before? I remember being pushed into

had an appendectomy a few years back. You were so scared of the pain, you held my hand

“Was it an

are you under a lot of stress at work, why are

mother, because there were so many things she couldn’t remember. When she was depressed, the doctor

everything, but often

began to ache and

to ask, Anastasia clutched her chest, barely able to speak,

courage she

couldn’t believe it herself, she had no memory of it and she never had more than a friendly relationship with Cason, how could she possibly have a

just couldn’t understand why she would

question scared both