Upon hearing the sweet and gentle voice, Mrs. Iverson's vacant eyes moved slightly. But the moment she saw Bella, it was as if she remembered everything. Her eyes brightened and came alive. “Bella..... Bella! You've finally come to see me! Chris said you would come, and he didn't lie to me!"

Bella fluttered her long eyelashes and clenched her fingers. "Mrs. Iverson, have you been doing well lately? How's your health?"

"I'm good... So good... Seeing you, all my ailments are gone." As she spoke, her body trembled slightly as if she were feeling cold. Bella quickly shrugged off her blazer and draped it over Mrs. Iverson's thin shoulders.

"Come, Bella. I have something for you."

With a fervent gaze, Mrs. Iverson grasped Bella's delicate wrist and, without another word, slipped a jade bracelet over her fingers.

"Mrs. Iverson, this is too much!"

The cold sensation on her slender wrist made Bella uncomfortable all over, and she immediately tried to remove the bracelet. However, Mrs. Iverson held her hand tightly.

to give you. But if you don't

didn't look too haggard and disheveled when I meet my future daughter-in-law." Mrs. Iverson's

many years since she had smiled like this from the

time she would smile like this in

did you just say,

nerves. Her hand felt even colder than the jade. "Future daughter-in-law? What do you mean

and that you'll be having the

wistful longing. "Bella... Do you know how happy I am? I thought would never see my son

a hard life. I lived everyday like a walking corpse. Every day when I open my eyes... All I think about i how to leave this world. But... I can't bear to leave Chris. He is so kind, gentle, and filial... He is my only son. He's my only hope! His father disowned him, and

"But now, my worries have finally been eased because he has

utterly stunned. Her mind suddenly

Iverson pleaded with a

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