Chapter 263 - After the biological mother

I had saved everything for Dan to make up for the lost time.

The sonograms, the baby bump pictures, my pictures with the bump, photos of Ash from Day 1, the sound, and sensor recordings when you kicked in the tummy - everything so he could experience what he had missed.

After I returned home with Dan, I took his name. I asked everyone to call me Mrs. Scott and, in a way, erased my maiden name.

Dan was reluctant, but I could always convince him. He had wanted me to add his name after my maiden name.

He was also confused about why I named our daughter Asteria.

I told him it was because it meant a goddess in Greek mythology. She was the goddess of a falling star, and she made both our wishes come true.

The truth is I named her after her biological mother.

Asteria, daughter of Aria!

I just wanted her to have a part of her biological mother.

Aria, to this day, remains the person I admire the most in this world.

I had hoped that Ash would grow up to be courageous, hard-working, resilien