“Be honest with me, Christina. Do you really have no feelings for Michael anymore?”“Do I look like I have the time to think about that, Ariel?”“I think it’s time that you consider this issue seriously.” It was rare to see Ariel acting so serious in front of her. “It’s not just about you anymore, you know? If you become pregnant again then you’ll be having two of his children. Do you want them to grow up without a father?”“I’ve thought about this before. I’ll find Travis a father after he recovers from his disease.”“That’s not the same! How can a birth father be the same as a stepfather, Christina? Although I’ve never liked Michael, I think that you should consider being in a relationship again with him for the children’s sake.”Christina was stunned to hear this even though she knew that Ariel was doing this for her own good.No matter how nice your stepfather was, it would never be the same without a biological father. After all, the care that a stepfather gave would never b
Michael felt that he was a terrible husband and it was no wonder that Christina would keep things to herself. If he had been more caring towards her, perhaps Christina would have been more open about her past.If Molly Williams’s mother remarried Martin Harris’s father, then Martin would be Christina’s uncle. Although they were not bound by blood, it was only fair that she called him that out of respect. However, he still did not understand why Martin Harris would pretend to be Francis Williams. After a long time, Michael finally mustered his courage to ask, “Besides Uncle Francis, does your mother have any relatives, Christina? What I mean to say is, did she have any other siblings back then?”Christina took a moment to think. “Nope.” She only had one uncle for as long as she could remember.Christina remembered asking her mother about this when she was young. Why did the other kids have their grandmother’s place to go to, but not her? Her mother replied by saying that her gran
Michael Larson thought about it for a while and decided not to tell Christina Williams anything yet. It was better if he decided what to do after investigating the truth.On the other hand, Suzy Miller was crying her eyes out after she had finally met up with Winona Harris. Winona put up an act as she explained the reasons behind her actions back then. She told her that she had no choice. Although she was raped before her marriage, she did not have the heart to abort her child and chose to give birth to Suzy instead.Suzy did not suspect anything about it and told Winona what she had gone through all these years. Honestly, Winona did not care about her past at all. What she wanted to know more was how Suzy had managed to find her.Winona was shocked to learn that Michael had been helping Suzy out all along, she was even more surprised to learn that Christina had the same emerald pendant with her. Based on Michael’s abilities, it was not hard at all for him to find out about the trut
Heather started to worry. “Michael doesn’t even listen to me at all now. He hasn’t been home in days and I can’t even see him. What can I do?”“What do you mean? He’s your son! That explains a lot about you as a mother if you can’t even control your son.” Winona intentionally tried to provoke Heather.Indeed, fury started to burn in Heather’s heart as she thought of something in the midst of her anger. “What if I pretend to fall sick so he could come home?”“That’s a great idea! By then we could finally create an opportunity for Serena and Michael to be alone and leave the rest to fate. If Serena gets pregnant, then you need to get them married, but if she doesn’t, well at least you’ve tried your best.”Heather took some time to think. “That’s not a bad plan.”Now that Heather had fallen for her tricks, Winona finally felt at peace. After all, she needed Heather’s help to create an opportunity for Michael and Serena to be alone. If that happened, she could definitely make Serana p
Christina’s mother had never mentioned anything about her grandma’s marriage to another man.“Your grandma fell in love with a merchant, but no one knows his actual name. We only know that his last name is Harris, and your grandma left the Williams family after that.”“Where did Grandma go after that then? Why didn’t Ma tell me any of this?”“Your Ma and I were still very young back then. It was so long ago that I can’t really remember much about what happened...”Christina finally understood why talking about her grandmother had been such a taboo to her mother. All this while, her mother had never even spoken about it and even said that her grandmother died.It turned out that her grandmother had abandoned her children and ran off with another man. The remarriage was the reason why her mother hated her grandmother for many years.Frowning, Christina let out a soft whisper, “How cruel of grandma.”Francis wanted to explain but ended up saying nothing at all. He knew that if he t
Michael gave Christina a call, saying that he had to return home as it was Heather’s birthday the next day. Unable to keep her company, he told her not to wait for him and could only let her go back to Oak Lake Villa alone.Michael initially planned to bring Christina along to celebrate Heather’s birthday, but he was afraid that they would be at each other’s throats and it would eventually mess up Heather’s birthday feast. In the end, he did not invite Christina along.With Christina’s arrogance and his mother’s adamant attitude, the two of them would always have a blazing row each time they met. Afraid that it would lead to a terrible mess, Michael thought about getting Christina to meet his mother sometime in the future instead.By the time Michael arrived home, the house was already crowded. He began to look slightly impatient when he caught sight of Serena.Earlier, Michael had called Serena many times to ask her out, yet she replied that she was too busy to meet him as she was
Just as Serena was ready to enter the room, she heard the sound of the car engine from the Larsons’ courtyard. Logan came in and said, “Old Madam Larson, something came up in the office, so I’m here to pick up President Larson!”Heather went into a panic. “What could possibly happen at this time of night?” She immediately stood up and held him. “Michael’s drunk. He has just gone to bed to have some rest. You’d better come the next morning instead.”Logan firmly replied, “Old Madam Larson, it’s a really important matter.”“No means no! Michael is already asleep. Leave now and come again the next morning!” Heather was unhappy with how a mere assistant had the audacity to talk back to her.“Sorry, Old Madam Larson, but…”“No buts!” Heather flew into a temper. “You’re just an insignificant assistant. How dare you speak to me this way?! You don’t mind losing your job, do you? Trust me, I’m going to ask Michael to fire you tomorrow!”“You can fire me, but before you do so, I’m still Pr
Michael had sent a text to Logan in advance. He asked Logan to pick him up just in case something bad happened.Sure enough, it turned out that Heather tricked him by spiking the hamburger soup. After he finished drinking the soup, his whole body felt as though it was burning with flames. He was tormented by his arousal.Fortunately, Logan came in time to save him, or Michael could not imagine what would have befallen him.In the beginning, Michael was only gnawed by guilt about what he did to Serena. However, the feeling had now turned into hatred. She was forced to act as the surrogate mother back then because John and Sophia wanted to make it up to Christina, but what about now?This time, Serena schemed against him together with his mother. Who did she do it for?Michael had already made it clear on television that Christina was the only person he loved in his lifetime. Even so, Serena was shameless to the extent of scheming against him with his mother.Perhaps he was wrong i