Jessica had to stay in the hospital for three days along with her babies, and today, she was finally able to go home. The twins were carried by their grandmothers as she sat in a wheelchair. The one pushing the wheelchair was her husband, and the one walking beside the wheelchair was her father.
At first glance, they looked like a happy family welcoming a new family member, but Jessica's mind and heart were disturbed by several things.'It's been three days, but I haven't told Tyler that I've given birth. He didn't try to contact me either, so he probably still doesn't know the news,' she thought to herself. However, after glancing at her husband who was pushing the wheelchair for her, she suddenly corrected her thinking, 'But maybe Noah already told him about it. Even though I didn't communicate with him in the past three days, Noah might have communicated with him. After all, Noah always reported everything to his boyfriend.'There was annoyance in her hNoah told her that many things had changed in his relationship with Tyler, but Jessica thought that her relationship with Tyler had changed too since that man left to shoot his new movie out of town.She gave birth to the twins last month, and Tyler also started filming his new movie last month. That was the last time they met, and that was also the last time they communicated. After they parted that day, Tyler didn't even send her a single message, and she didn't dare to send him one either, afraid that she would disturb his work.A month had passed, but Jessica still hadn't heard anything from the man. In fact, Noah no longer said anything about his boyfriend to her, and Jessica couldn't just ask him that.'I didn't expect their relationship to change so much too. It hasn't even been two months since I asked Tyler about his relationship with Noah, right? At that time, he told me that everything was still the same between them, and he also confidently sai
“Surprise!”Jessica was indeed surprised. Standing in front of her were her parents, Noah's mother, and also Tammy. It was her father who was standing in the middle of the people, and he was holding a cake with candles on it.“It's not my birthday,” Jessica lazily responded to them."It's not your birthday, but it's been a month since you gave birth, so the twins are one month old now!" Answered her father excitedly.“So, you want to celebrate the day your grandchildren turn one month old, right? Then, you should give them the so-called surprise. Why are you guys shouting ‘surprise’ right in front of me?” Once again, Jessica lazily responded.“Tch! You sound jealous just because your dad mentioned the twins and not you!” This time, it was her mother who responded. “We did come here to celebrate how Shane and Shania turned one month old, but we also want to congratulate you on being a mother for a month. Now, quickly blow out the candles b
“Dad, Tammy is here, and Noah's mom is here too. I think you should talk about that matter later when it's just the four of us,” anxiously, Jessica tried to stop her father from saying what he wanted to say.After all, Jessica could guess what her father was going to say, and she could also guess that that topic would only make the atmosphere in the apartment darker today. When she glanced at Noah, she could see how the man had a firm expression on his face. His lips were slightly pursed, and even his brows were furrowed in displeasure. It was obvious the man was not happy.Unfortunately, Luke didn't seem to notice the atmosphere, and he even calmly replied, “It's a good thing Tammy and Kelly are here. They can be our witnesses.” He could even smile innocently at his daughter.“I don't understand what you two are talking about,” Kelly seemed curious as she chimed in from the side, and she even stood up from her sitting position and looked at the two people
“I'm Noah's boyfriend,” Tyler confidently introduced himself, and that confident statement was like a big slap to Jessica.'Why did he suddenly say something like that? He agreed to keep everything a secret, so why would he suddenly reveal the truth in front of everyone?' Jessica couldn't believe it as her wide eyes continued to stare at Tyler.At the same time, Noah suddenly stepped towards the black-haired man before stopping right in front of him. “What did you just say? Stop joking in this situation! Your joke isn't even funny!” Noah even sounded angry when he reprimanded his boyfriend in front of everyone.They were indeed boyfriends for so many years, but only some people know about that. Before today, only Jessica and Tammy knew about their relationship, but the secret was almost out today.Luke and Patricia looked in disbelief, but then Kelly pushed Noah aside so she could face Tyler directly. “Years ago, I asked you to leave my child alon
SLAP!Luke's palm landed on Tyler's cheek so hard and mercilessly, that the sound of the slap even stunned everyone, and the twins started crying right after the loud sound echoed in the bedroom.“I've tolerated your other nonsense before, but I won't stay still anymore if you've gone too far! You better take back what you just said!” This time, Luke was able to shout at the younger man, and the twins' cries grew louder.Jessica was frozen in place since Tyler revealed the truth in front of everyone, but then her hand was pulled by someone. When she turned to look at the person, she could see that it was her mother who was pulling her hand.“Take care of your children, try to put them to sleep. We are going to talk outside," said Patricia, and Jessica would have wanted to argue if she hadn't seen the look in her mother's eyes.When her mother was very angry, she did not scream or cry. Instead, she would remain silent, but her sharp gaze w
Patricia and Kelly were shocked after hearing Luke's question. Luke asked that question after reading something from Tyler's cell phone, and they could immediately guess that something on the younger man's cell phone was the source of the old man's question. Therefore, Kelly rushed to snatch the cell phone in Luke's hand before reading what was displayed on the screen. Her eyes immediately widened when she read a series of words displayed on the screen."Impossible!" She even almost screamed in the living room. “My son cannot be barren! He is healthy, and he is also normal! He definitely has no problem impregnating a woman!”A mother couldn't accept the misfortune her son had experienced, and her grip on the phone tightened as she firmly expressed her rejection. Her furious appearance only increased Patricia's curiosity, and she immediately snatched the cell phone from Noah's mother before reading whatever was displayed on the screen. Her eyes were also wide with s
[“What should we do now, Noh? My parents don't want me anymore, and I have nowhere to go!” “…” Noah couldn't even answer after hearing his boyfriend's question. Today was his father's funeral, and although the tears on his cheeks had dried, the pain in his heart had not healed. Even though he agreed to meet his boyfriend near the grave where his father had just been buried, his soul seemed to leave his body. That's why he looked dazed as if he couldn't hear his boyfriend's question. Meanwhile, Tyler looked increasingly worried when his boyfriend didn't reply to him. He knew about Noah's father's funeral today, but he didn't come to the funeral. It was not that he didn't want to come, but that he couldn't come. He knew how much Noah's mother hated him after the incident that even killed Noah's father. The woman blamed him, the woman hated him. That's why he could only meet Noah secretly after the funeral was over. It was autumn now. Yellow leaves fell just like how their hearts
Jessica was silent when she heard Noah's words, silently admitting that she was the one in the wrong here for playing behind her husband's back in his apartment. She looked like a bad guy here, but then her eyes suddenly showed a hint of anger as she remembered something.“You have no right to hate me or scold me like this, Noah Brooks!” Jessica was finally able to answer the man. “I only played with your boyfriend behind your back for a year, but you played with him behind my back for years before I managed to find out the truth about your relationship with him, right? You can't blame me completely because it's actually your karma!”“…” Noah couldn't immediately refute, and he also couldn't seem too arrogant anymore after hearing what his wife had just said.After all, it was still fresh in their memories about how Noah betrayed Jessica first before Jessica decided to do the same, and that was the reason why Jessica refused to easily admit that she was th
“Mom, are we really going to stay overnight at Grandma's house today?” Glancing in the rearview mirror to look into the back seat, Jessica could see how her son kept swinging his legs while asking the question. His cute movements only showed that the blonde boy was very excited to hear his mother's answer. But, this wasn't even the first time Shane had asked that question, and Jessica actually had answered the same question before. Thankfully, Jessica didn't get tired of hearing her son's excitement, and she smiled while shaking her head helplessly before answering, "We're going to have a sleepover at Grandma's house for real, but why are you so excited about that, Shane?" Jessica could keep glancing at the boy because she didn't need to focus on driving. But, the answer to her question came not from her son but from her daughter, "That's because Grandma promised us that she would tell us more stories about Grandpa, Mommy! We wonder if Grandpa is more like me or Shane!" "Of cou
“What is 'proposing,' Mommy? Why do you keep saying that word?” Impatiently, Shane continued to pull the side of Jessica's shirt while asking the question. It was indeed the little boy who responded to Jessica even though the question was directed at Noah. But, that didn't upset the woman, and instead, she looked satisfied as she smiled at the boy before answering, “You'll have to ask your favorite Daddy about that word, Shane. He would know more than me about that word.” Jessica did direct her answer to her son, but her eyes glanced at Noah when she said her last sentence. Noah looked cornered, he even tried to look away from the mother and son pair. The artificial light around the area reflected on the man's forehead after he took off the cat head, and it looked glistening with sweat, either because of his cat costume or because of his nervousness. Jessica didn't know the reason, but that didn't stop her from staring intently at the man while waiting for his answer. "Proposin
“So, where is your Daddy now? Did he run away after giving my son a stup—a funny task?” Gritting her teeth to suppress her annoyance, Jessica questioned her son, almost failing to restrain herself from uttering the word "stupid." However, it was not her son who responded. Instead, it was her daughter who suddenly tugged on her sleeve, causing her to turn towards the little girl. “Daddy didn't run away, Mom,” the little girl said, and Jessica thought she would continue to say something. That's why Jessica remained silent waiting for her daughter to explain what she had just said, but the little girl didn't say anything and just moved her little hands towards the pink backpack hanging on her back. Jessica didn't know what the girl was doing, but she could see how the girl unzipped her backpack before taking something out of it. To Jessica's surprise, the thing the girl had just taken out of her backpack was a camera. To be pr
In the end, Jessica decided to give Noah a second chance. Yes, a second chance to be closer to her children.The reason behind her decision was that her children really liked Noah since the first time they met at the mall ice cream shop when she accompanied Tammy to buy a birthday present for her husband. It could be said that the ice cream succeeded in buying the kids' love, and they really liked spending time with the person who bought them the ice cream.Actually, that was not a bad thing, but Jessica was quite annoyed by the stubbornness of her children who kept calling Noah "daddy." It was clearly Noah's fault for casually confirming that he was indeed the twins' father, and Jessica continued to curse the man in her heart from that day on.She didn't even realize that a week had passed since her mother left the hospital and started living again in Noah's old apartment. Due to her mother's pleading, she ended up staying in that apartment as well rather
“That… that's too cheesy! Aren't we going to buy food for my mother and children? We better leave now or they will eat us alive if they get too hungry," Jessica tried to change the topic of their conversation when she started to feel nervous because of what Noah had just said to her. She even averted her gaze to look at anything as long as it wasn't Noah's face, and that was why she didn't notice the hopeful expression on the man's face. "You just said that what I said was too cheesy, but you didn't say that you didn't believe what I said," Noah replied, ignoring the fact that Jessica was trying to change the topic of their conversation. Finally, Jessica could no longer avoid the man's face, and she once again looked at him with her pair of blue eyes. At this moment, she could finally see a glimmer of hope in the man's eyes. "To be honest, Tammy has told me everything related to you," Jessica finally said the truth.
“Why didn't you remarry after we divorced five years ago?” Jessica's voice was finally heard in the car. "Is it because you still can't get over Tyler?"Suddenly, Noah sneered before replying, “Do you think I love that man so much that I can't replace him with someone else? I don't know if this information is useful for you or not, but the truth is that I didn't really love him when we were together.""You didn't really love him but you still wanted to be with him even though it meant betraying our marriage," Jessica answered sarcastically, and Noah looked stunned by her answer.For a moment, Noah could only stare at the blonde without being able to utter a word with his mouth, but then he took a deep breath before saying, “I believe love and guilt are two different things, and I differentiated them clearly when I was still with him. I betrayed our marriage because of my feelings of guilt, not because of my love for him.”Jessica was the one who d
Jessica didn't know what to say after hearing Noah just say what was on his mind and heart, but for some reason, she felt familiar with the situation. The familiar feeling she felt in her heart made her anxious, her hands even moved to grip her jeans tightly as if asking for support from the blue fabric.“You probably think that my situation is similar to your children's situation, right?”Jessica felt her heart stop beating for a moment after hearing what Noah had just asked. It was actually impossible for her heart to stop beating while she was still alive, but she was truly surprised by the question. She finally understood why she felt anxious about Noah's story. That was because the story reminded her of her children.“I am the illegitimate child of that billionaire, and your children are the same even if their father is not a billionaire. They are very young now, but their lives are probably as full of drama as mine. Their lives will be full of lies a
After everything that happened to her five years ago, Jessica really didn't like surprises. Back then, many unexpected things happened to her, and none of them were pleasant surprises. That was why she felt traumatized by unexpected things, but today, she kept getting unexpected things since she came to the hospital to see her mother.First, a surprise came in the form of Noah, and second, it was in the form of the fact that her mother ended up living in Noah's old apartment. As if that wasn't enough, Noah then told her that he wanted to discuss a matter with her alone, and in the end, Jessica could only follow the man's lead.They were once again in Noah's car, and Jessica had fastened her seat belt. She prepared to look for something for her mother and her children's lunch, but she was puzzled because Noah did not start the car immediately.“Did you forget your wallet?” Confused, Jessica asked the man while looking at him.Her thinking was indee
In fact, Jessica had no plans at all to get into her ex-husband's car. Even her ex-husband's appearance at the hospital was not her plan at all, but in the end, she could only surrender and agree to get into the vehicle.Her mother first sat in the second row of seats with the twins, and she had no choice but to take the passenger seat next to the driver's seat. On the way to her mother's house, Noah, her mother, and the twins continued to chat happily about everything, but Jessica remained silent. None of those people seemed to notice her, and that was why she was lost in thought during the journey.She was actually drowned by the fact that she was passing through a route that she used to travel in the past. She didn't know her mother's new address, but she was sure that every street the car took was familiar to her eyes. It brought a feeling of nostalgia that both warmed and chilled her heart.At first, she ignored the familiarity she felt, assuming that