Chapter 145

The hospital room was cloaked in silence for a long moment. No one seemed to know what to say.

Mila found herself at a loss, unsure of how to break the tension without causing offense. This family's situation was simply too bizarre.

The scene was awkwardly frozen.

After a while, she felt that saying nothing was just as rude. Just as she was about

to speak, Nathaniel hesitated but finally broke the silence.

"Could you, perhaps, help me take care of the child for a few days?"

"Why should she?"

Eugene was the first to object. "Nathaniel, how could you even ask my sister to look after your child? Do I need to remind you how you treated her in the past?"

"Eugene."

she didn't

was fraught with tension.

counterargument,

had known Lysander and Giselle since they were kids and had never respected Mila, who had once stepped in to force a relationship with Lysander. Given Lysander's obvious dislike for

he'd one day have

But the child...

teeth, stood up, and bowed deeply. "The past was my

slightly, but

let out a derisive

she went far away, but he's always been searching for her. He mistook you for his mother when you saved him. Given the current situation, I beg you to care for him for a few days, until he stabilizes. I promise I'll take him

to scoff at Nathaniel's emotional

Eugene called

help, but I won't accept your apology, nor do I plan to

wasn't interested

or accidental slights, the verbal and behavioral abuse from the past had faded in her memory, but

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