Celeste was okay. Although she had gone through a year or two of torment, she had ultimately healed herself and moved on from her emotional wounds.She had always been a rational person and adept at managing her emotions. Even though she ended up in such a miserable state, she harboured no deep resentment toward Damon.After all, if there were such a thing as an emotional balance in the world. Damon's kindness toward her outweighed the negatives by many times.Although he was cold and heartless toward her before they parted ways, it was an undeniable fact that he fell ill at that time.She'd never asked about Damon in the past few years, and the Belasco family and Megan had chosen to keep their mouths shut. She wondered if Damon had married Fiona now. How was his health?Celeste's heart still ached when she thought of him after a few years. She could blame no one but fate. She sighed.Children aged 2 to 5 with leukaemia could be treated with cord blood. Celeste kept some of it wh
Damon fully regained consciousness about six months after losing Celeste. Meanwhile, Fiona hadn't given birth back then, yet she bugged him every day in the name of the baby.Fiona had always been this way. She'd do anything to get what she wanted, and Damon had learned this a long time ago.His initial declaration of intending to marry Fiona and take responsibility for her was merely a strategic move to drive Celeste away and not waste her time. He would never marry her.Damon's reason for doing so was simple. The child was innocent and carried the blood of the Bishop family. While he could take responsibility for Fiona, she didn't deserve any sympathy, no matter what she went through. After all, she was the one who set him up in the first place.The situation went back and forth, with twists and turns. Even after Fiona gave birth to the child, she never married into the Bishop family.Later, Fiona changed her tune and made demands to Damon, saying that as long as he could convin
After listening to the doctor's advice, Celeste decided to return to her home country.According to the doctor's assessment of Leo's condition, while his condition was troublesome, the cure rate for his disease was high if a suitable bone marrow donor could be found.The situation had already happened, and Celeste had no choice but to trust the doctor and move forward.Seeking help from Damon was the last resort when they couldn't find a suitable donor, but it was also one of the backup plans.Based on Leo's condition, he would need three to six rounds of chemotherapy to stabilize his condition before he could proceed with a bone marrow transplant. That would take one to two years. Celeste thought that, in the meantime, they could do a bone marrow match. They have enough time to find a donor from the bone marrow registry.With this in mind, Celeste settled everything and returned to her home country with Leo.Her jewelry company's development was smooth enough that she didn't nee
Sebastian recognized Damon. He immediately understood the current situation and put down his fork to greet Damon with a smile. "Hello, Mr."The use of "Mr" as an address carried a great irony to Damon. He clenched his fist and didn't respond.Leo looked at Damon indifferently without saying a word. He had long been used to not speaking in unfamiliar situations.What a good-looking kid. He was as aloof and distant as his mother, with the same captivating yet icy-cold eyes.Damon had noticed Leo from the beginning. He also noticed Sebastian creeping a little closer to Celeste. He was asserting his dominance. A wave of bitterness welled up in Damon's heart."Did you come back for a visit?" He forced himself to speak.Celeste nodded. Then she shook her head again as if remembering something. "Not really. We've come back to settle down."Her "we" referred to her and her son. But to Damon's ears, that statement also included Sebastian.The atmosphere became tense once again."Leo, s
Sebastian's sexual orientation wasn't known to the public, yet he appeared "straighter" than most straight men. Damon's friends knew about Celeste's remarriage, but they all chose to keep silent about it around him.As for Leo, Celeste didn't hide his existence. Privacy laws regarding children were strict abroad, and taking photos of minors without parental consent was illegal. Moreover, she wasn't a public figure. Hence, keeping Leo's existence under wraps was easy.Even though she settled back in her home country, Celeste didn't intend to hide Leo's existence. She had nothing to feel guilty about regarding Damon. Hence, why should she avoid anything? They should just live their separate lives.Damon got heavily drunk that night. Meanwhile, Celeste and the others treated the incident as a minor episode. After Damon left, they talked about other things as if nothing had happened.She admitted that seeing Damon looking so haggard made her feel incredibly sorry for him. But so what?
On Sundays, the Bishop residence's housekeeper would bring Damon's son, Lester Bishop, to the mansion for a day of play as usual. This was the only father-son time Damon had in the past three years.The child didn't initially have the name “Lester.” Damon chose the name "Lester" after gaining custody of the child. It was widely known that this name was selected simply because its pronunciation was similar to Celeste's.Damon's love for Celeste had already awakened at the time. However, she was already married to someone else, and it was too late for him to do anything about it.The fact that Damon used the child's name as a means to express his longing for another woman displeased Fiona. However, after Damon helped her regain visitation rights to her other two children, Lester was bought out by the Bishop family according to the agreement. Fiona had no say in the matter anymore.At first, Fiona dreamed of using the child to get Damon to marry her. She would visit the Bishop residen
Damon was filled with bitterness as he looked at the pretty child before him. If he and Celeste made up and had another child, he wondered what their child would look like.Would their child be as intelligent as Leo? Their child would probably be good-looking as well. After all, neither he nor Celeste lacked looks.It was strange that Damon didn't feel any resentment when he saw Celeste's child with another man. Instead, he was filled with a longing for what could have been if the child had been his.But then again, he was the one who had done wrong. He didn't deserve to resent anyone.Damon stared at Leo and was lost in thought. What was on his mind? Leo looked at him in confusion. Damon didn't say anything, and neither did Leo. He allowed Leo to scrutinize him."Leo, have you been doing well these past few years?" Damon suddenly asked.However, he felt frustrated after asking the question. How could he talk to a three-year-old like that? How could he understand?"It's been pre
Leo was initially playing outside the villa with a maid. However, the maid took a phone call on the way and accidentally let him run away.It wasn't until the maid realized Leo was missing and was about to go back to the Belasco's for help that she realized Leo had returned with the ball in his hand."Leo, my dear prince, where did you go?" The maid, with a worried expression, held him tightly and bombarded him with questions."Nowhere." Leo concealed what had just happened. He felt gloomy as he returned home with the maid.While Leo was a genius child, he had only been in the world for just over three years and lacked experience in hiding his emotions. Others might not notice anything wrong with him, but Celeste, as his mother, saw it all.He wasn't happy.Leo's temperament was similar to Celeste's. He was a child with a strong personality. Although he could be aloof, he rarely got upset over trivial matters.What happened to him?Celeste went to ask the maid what had happened