Heather found an acquaintance to alter the evidence by inserting Christina’s voice and picture into it using a computer. She thought that her plan would certainly succeed, but to Heather’s frustration, her son would rather get cuckolded than divorce Christina.This left Heather no choice but to go with Plan B, which was to look for a surrogate mother.Although Heather wanted Serena to be her daughter-in-law very badly, Serena could not possibly be a surrogate mother as it would destroy her image as a mayor’s daughter.Heather then shared this problem with a good friend who advised her to take the risk of getting Serena pregnant. After all, Serena was related to a mayor who held a high status.Yet when Heather told her son about her plan to get a surrogate mother, he was insistent on not betraying Christina. Again, she had no choice but to suggest giving birth through the test-tube baby technique.Once Serena had gotten pregnant, Heather thought that her son and Christina would gro
Heather sat down with a long face. “Let me ask you something. Is it really true that Christina can’t get pregnant?”Having received Sophia’s call earlier, Doctor Harris had learned about Christina’s ability to get pregnant. Otherwise, she would not have known how to deal with Heather’s question. Doctor Harris walked over to Heather’s side and sat beside her. “What’s the matter actually?” “Christina has given birth!” Heather asked face-to-face, “You told me earlier that Christina could never give birth, but how did she manage to do so?”“She has given birth?” A look of astonishment crossed Doctor Harris’s face. “This is impossible! How can she give birth when she couldn’t even ovulate?”“Just because I trusted what you said, I forced my son to divorce her. But now she has given birth to a child. It’s all your fault!”“This is strange, too strange! Having treated many infertile patients over the years, I can’t believe that there’s a way to restore fertility! Back then, I only mad
Sophia was shocked to receive a call from Doctor Harris. “Heather has learned about it? That was fast.”“Yeah. She came asking why I lied to her, and I pulled the wool over her eyes. Having said that, I’m sure it’s not easy to deceive Michael as compared to Heather. You need to come up with a plan to get Micheal and Serena engaged soon.”“I know. I’ve been trying to come up with a solution over the past few days.” Sophia hung up the phone and then said to Serena, “Go and buy some tonics. Bring them to visit Heather and try to find out about the matter too.”Heather saw Serena on the couch chatting with her servant the moment she arrived home. As soon as Serena caught sight of Heather, she stood up. “Mrs. Larson, I’ve been busy looking at wedding dresses over the past few days, so I didn’t come and visit you. I hope you don’t mind?”The servant took out Serena’s buys and said, “Miss Serena has bought you a lot of food.” Seeing Serena made Heather feel a little better. “Of course I
Serena’s kindness was what Heather liked most about her. Serena was the sort of obedient and filial daughter-in-law that Heather was looking for.“Don’t be afraid, Serena. Even if Michael has learned about this, he won’t be able to do anything. I’m the head of the family. He won’t dare to speak against my decision! And I won’t allow that uncultured woman to enter our family anymore!”Serena revealed an appreciative look. “I can feel your kindness. I’ll respect and serve you the best I can!”As they were speaking, the servant came home from the market. Heather finally ended the subject and took her phone. “I’m going to call Michael to come back for dinner today.” She could reach Michael very quickly and his faint voice was heard. “Mom, what’s the matter?”“Hey. Can’t I give you a call when everything is fine?” Heather replied in a dismaying manner.“I’m busy!” answered Michael.“No matter how busy you are, you need to take care of your health. I’ve asked our chef to prepare your
Serena handed a stack of banknotes to the servant. “Thank you for your help.”Apart from Heather and Serena, Michael felt terrible as well. He had been feeling anxious ever since he learned that Christina had given birth to another man’s child after their divorce. At first, Micheal was under the impression that Christina had participated in the matchmaking show through a force of circumstances to fill the show’s vacancy. However, by the look of things now, it seemed like she really did intend to get her child a father through the show, which explained why she was successfully matched with Bill. In fact, Christina was just humiliating herself!Michael was gnawed by feelings of guilt and regret. He felt it was his fault that Christina had to deal with the current situation, and it made him think that he was supposed to do something to compensate her. Worrying over this matter not only made it hard for him to fall asleep at night, but he was not able to concentrate at work as wel
The next day, Michael left his house and arrived at Christina’s neighborhood punctually to see Travis kicking a ball on the field downstairs.The sight melted Michael’s heart, and his eyes turned gentle. He had never had a soft spot for kids, but somehow he was particularly fond of Travis. It was probably because he loved Christina very much, so he accepted and took to her son as well.However, Travis was unaware that he was being watched. He kicked the ball and quickly went after it. At that moment, a middle-aged man passed by the side of the field along with his son, who was a few years older than Travis. The boy picked up the ball first.Seeing that someone was holding his ball, Travis went to the boy and asked for it back. “This is my ball. Please return it to me.” “It’s mine since I picked it up. Why should I return it to you?” The older kid was very rude, but the man did not bother to stop his son since his son was not at a disadvantage. The middle-aged man was only focuse
“Still, you can’t just pick a fight with people like that, alright? If he likes your ball, you should let him play it with you.”“He wasn’t trying to play with me. He was trying to snatch my ball away. If I had lost it, you’d need to buy me a new one again, and I don’t want to waste any money or trouble you, Mommy.”Christina’s heart wrenched a little and she felt that it was all her fault. She had exposed Travis to the harsh reality of her family burden at such a young age. She should stop mentioning any monetary affairs in front of him next time. “Mommy has money, dear Travis. Mommy is working every day now, and I’m able to make lots of money! Mommy will buy you whichever toy that you like!”Travis gave it a thought. “Mommy, I don’t want any more toys. “I want to go to the amusement park one more time.”“Right, Mommy shall bring you there tomorrow!” Christina agreed almost instantaneously. However, Christina did not know why Matthew had been called back to the Henderson famil
At this time of the day, most people were already back home having lunch. The streets were empty, and the public bus had yet shown up. “Get in my car. I’ll send you guys home!” Michael pulled over in front of Christina, but she showed no interest. “The weather is so hot out here. What if Travis gets a heat stroke?” Michael said as he opened his door and walked down from the car.Looking at the beads of sweat forming on Travis’s forehead, Christina finally gave way and the both of them got into Michael’s car.Michael was so delighted that he made sure to drive steadily. “Travis, are you hungry?”“Yes, I am!”“Let Uncle Michael bring you somewhere nice to eat, okay?”Travis could do little to resist the lucrative offer. He was about to say yes but as he swept a glance at the look on his mother’s face, he refrained himself and said, “It’s okay, Uncle Michael. Thanks for your offer.”Michael was not about to give up just yet. “But think about the yummy fruit popsicles and the tas