Things would be so good if the boy had been Michael Larson and Christina William’s son.After playing by himself for a while, Travis Larson felt bored as he ran over to Francis William’s side. Hugging the man’s leg, Travis said, “Can we go find mommy, grand uncle?”Francis squatted down in front of the child. “Your mommy’s still at work. Be good, Travis, and just play with me here.”Travis pouted. “But I want mommy. Mommy said that she wants to send me to kindergarten. Can I not go?” “Kids like you need to go to kindergarten, Travis. Moreover, you’ll meet a lot of friends there too,” Francis replied.Upon saying so, Francis lifted his head, only to see Michael standing in a distance. As his face darkened, he carried Travis and left.Michael stood rooted to the ground after listening to the conversation between Travis and Francis. If Travis were to attend kindergarten soon, he should be around the age of three.It had been three years and a half since he had split from Christina
The man’s name was Finn Ryder. He was Christina William’s childhood friend and they both had attended the same high school. Finn had always had a crush on Christina, but her beauty meant that she was constantly swarmed by a pool of suitors. Insecure about himself, Finn decided to keep his feelings to himself.After high school, Finn got into a university abroad and had a work permit as soon as he graduated. Christina had gotten married by then, and so did he. His wife had even given birth to a child.Unfortunately, his wife had died giving birth, leaving him with his premature son.Devastated, Finn distracted himself from his sorrow as he placed all his time on work. He had never married another woman ever since.It was destiny for him to bump into Christina when she broke her leg. Bringing her home, he took meticulous care of her. News was hard to get by in the countryside and it was not surprising that Michael could not find Christina at all.After taking care of her for a few
Michael immediately instructed his assistant to investigate Christina’s past once he got back to the company, and by the next day, his assistant had presented him a detailed report. It turned out that Christina was telling the truth. Finn died because he was trying to save the boys, and in turn, he was praised by the local authorities back then for his actions.Christina had transferred Travis’s account out of the Ryders family account after Finn was dead.Michael did not know how to feel as his emotions danced around deep the depths of his heart. He had never imagined that his despicable measures to make Christina stay would cause her to marry another man and eventually gave birth to his son. All he had ever wanted was for Christina to return to his side. He wanted to grow old together with her, but why did things turn out this way?Michael had fallen head over heels with her the moment he laid his eyes on her. He remembered how hard he had tried to get her attention by going to
How could Christina betray Michael after everything he had done for her?In the recording was Christina and Sean’s voice. She told him that she was done being abused every day in the Larson family, so she begged Sean to take her away from this living hell forever and run away as far as possible.Sean’s voice could be heard as he consoled Christina, but Michael refused to hear any more of it.He threw the recorder pen on the floor and stomped on it furiously. Along with the pen, his heart was smashed, and he felt his heart bled in pain.He did everything he could to save this disastrous family, yet she was finding a way out of this mess instead. He could not believe that she was preparing to run away with another man.Angry, his mother started to chastise Christina and demanded him to divorce the woman in that instance. Not a single moment should be spared. However, he could never do such a thing? Life without Christina would be hell and he could not imagine his future without he
Michael knew that Serena was the mayor’s daughter. Considering that she was from a noble family, he did not understand how his mother had managed to persuade someone like her to be his surrogacy. Later on, Serena confessed to him that it was because of love.She said that she had fallen in love with him the moment she first saw him. Since she had no opportunity to ever be with him, her heart was content now that she had the opportunity to carry his child and she was willing to do it.Serena even reassured him that she would not interfere in his relationship with Christina. He had never expected things to turn out this way. Though upon realizing that the surrogate mother was Serena, guilt and worry crept their way up to his head and he panicked.He had promised his mother to go to the hospital to provide a sperm sample a while ago, but when the day arrived, he regretted his decision. So he sneaked into the hospital’s sperm bank and gave his mother a random sperm bank that he had
However, Christina only took a glance before she swiftly signed the papers. No sign of reluctance showed on her face as she turned and left.If she had loved Michael, she would have dug into the questions, but she did nothing of that sort and sealed the fate of their marriage. Just like that, she simply walked away without any sign of hesitation.A few days later, Francis showed up at the Larson family. “Christina wanted me to come to pick up her wedding ring and the divorce decree, Mr. Larson.”If eyes could kill, the rage in Francis’s eyes would have shot Michael down. Despite that, Francis held himself back and called out “Mr. Larson” calmly. This was how he had addressed him ever since the marriage to Christina. He had never taken him as his son-in-law and would never do that.It was as if he knew that the two would end up in divorce.“Where is she?” Michael gritted his teeth. “The divorce is between me and her. The divorce decree will not be issued if she’s not here.”Franci
Michael’s body swayed as he pushed open the door and walked into the house. Furious, Heather groaned in frustration, “Why didn’t you pick up my call, Michael? Did you know that Serena has been waiting for you the whole night?”In a bad mood, he replied impatiently, “I didn’t make her wait!”“Are you okay? What happened?” Heather looked at her son.Michael’s body swayed unsteadily as he sat opposite her. “Do you really love me, mom?”“What are you talking about, child? Would a mom not love her son?” Heather replied. When the strong smell of alcohol pierced through her nostrils, she frowned. “Why would you drink if you know that you have a bad stomach?”Laying against the sofa, Michael started to mumble to himself. “Why can’t you see how sad I am if you really love me? Why?”It was impossible for Heather to not see how miserable her son had been for the past three lonely years after Christina had left him. He had, after all, kicked Christina out of the family for his love and respe
Seeing that Christina looked more charming than she was three years ago, Serena was filled with jealousy. Christina was the belle of the ball during their college years with many guys pursuing her. Serena admitted that she herself was quite pretty. Yet when compared to Christina, she faded into insignificance and it made her very upset at that moment. Moreover, Christina had faced a lot of hardships over the past few years so she was supposed to look her age. However, God must have blessed her with ageless beauty because surprisingly, she looked as pretty as she was back then.Serena thought, ‘No matter how beautiful Christina is, she’s considered useless since she can’t even get pregnant!’ She finally felt better with this kind of mentality.Wendy was not only envious of Christina’s looks too, but deep inside, she was still seething from the slap that Christina gave her the other day.Christina simply ignored Serena and Wendy, knowing full-well that they were full of bad intent