Chapter 159 Chapter 159

'If I had known what you would go through, I would've kept you by my side, never letting you stray even a step away from me. But Noelle, as hard as those years were for you, they weren't any easier for me. "You once nearly became a mother yourself. Surely, you can understand the love a mother has for her child, can't you?"

Tears streamed down Matilda's face.

Noelle stared at her for a long moment. "Just say it. What is it that you want from me?"

Her voice was unnervingly calm. It was clear she refused to pay along with Matilda's charade.

Matilda looked up at her in disbelief. "H-How could you speak to your own mother like that?"

"Did I guess wrong?" Noelle smiled faintly. "If this isn't about anything, that's even better. I'll be on my way,

"then."

Matilda couldn't hold back any

didn't respond right away. Instead, she turned and looked at Matilda with mockery

request was to voice. After

"No."

softly. "The doctor told me it's serious, and the only

moment Noelle heard those words, her expression instantly went blank. She had never truly believed that a person's mindset could completely change in just a matter of

that she might finally receive the understanding she had longed for from her biological mother. But now,

setup, a ploy

matching

process.

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