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
Heather was eating at the same restaurant with a few of her companions, of which one of them alerted her, “Hey, isn’t that your son? Why is there a child with him?”Heather’s heart sank, and when she turned around to have a look, it was indeed her son, Michael eating with that homewrecker Christina. He was even helping that little brat with the food.It appeared that her son had long known about Christina’s situation. No wonder he acted strangely of late. Even his attitude towards her had changed. Heather grew a little anxious. If her son had long known about this, why had he not said anything about it? What was in his mind really?Heather swapped seats with one of her companions and began to observe the trio whilst she had her own meal. However, anger started to build up in her when she noticed how her son kept trying to win over the mother and child. She had thought about storming out of the restaurant, but she could not bear the humiliation that was unfolding right in front o
Heather glared at Christina before she made her way to the restaurant exit as well, chasing after her son.Christina’s day was totally ruined, so she held Travis in her arms and made her way home. Travis was so frightened by the scene earlier that his voice trembled. “That old granny was so mean! She bullied you, Mommy!”Christina held Travis closer to her. “Travis, let’s not play with Uncle Michael again okay? Otherwise, that bad granny will keep bullying us.”“Yes, I’ll do whatever Mommy says. I won’t play with Uncle Michael again next time.”Michael did not heed Heather at all. Instead, he went back into his car and drove home all by himself, with Heather’s car trailing closely behind. Eventually, both of their cars arrived home and they passed through the main gate one after another. Heather tossed her purse on the sofa and called out, “Michael, I need to have a word with you!”“Fine!” Micheal turned back around and sat down on the sofa as he stared at Heather coldly. His
Her son was clearly siding with Christina. At this point, she was certain that he returned home with only one purpose in mind — to get on her nerves!“Michael, I can’t believe you’re going against me for Christina. What kind of drug has that witch lady been feeding you? You don’t even acknowledge your own mother anymore! Look, if it weren’t for her disobedience back then, I wouldn’t have treated her like how I did now.”“Great, now you’re pushing away the responsibilities. Do you really think I’m deaf or blind? You looked down on her from the very beginning. You savored every single opportunity to belittle and humiliate her. The more she persevered, the worse you became. She is also a woman like you, so why do you have to be so cruel to her?”“Me? Cruel to her? She wasn’t able to bear a child, and I’ve looked all around for any potential cure or specialist that may help her, spending so much of my own time and energy on this matter. But what did I get in return? Not only did she not
John was attending an event today and was accompanied by Sophia, leaving Serena alone at home. Serena thought that the house was too desolate and it made her feel uneasy.Just as she was about to ask Wendy out to shop together, she received a call from a servant of the Larson family. “Miss Garcia, it’s me.” A bad feeling came over Serena’s heart. “What happened? Is something wrong?”“President Larson and Madam just had a huge argument at home.”“Over what?”“President Larson already knew about Christina’s childbirth…” The servant described the matter briefly while Serena became more flustered as she listened to it. After hanging up the phone, Serena roamed around the house, not knowing what to do. She could not be bothered about anything else at the moment. She quickly gave Sophia a call, but the latter hung up without answering the phone. As she could not sit still, she picked up her bag and went out to find Sophia. Right then, she saw a car driving into the compound from