She felt frightened because Ryan did this kind of thing for her, said such warm words to her and looked at her with that kind of warmth in his eyes.She was so terrified that she could feel goosebumps all over her body.In the past five years, their marriage was not so cold and indifferent, but it was also very bland and there were really not many warm moments like this. In Silvia’s memory, he treated her warmly during the period after her miscarriage.During that time, Silvia broke down emotionally because she lost her baby. She said that it was her retribution, thinking that she should not have gotten him in this manner, and she had been so depressed that she needed to see a therapist.She even strongly demanded to divorce him as she felt that there was nothing between them without their child. He married her because of the child, after all, and her existence was meaningless without the child.She remembered that he hugged her and comforted her in a gentle voice, saying that
Ryan did not expect his apology to make her so angry, and he suddenly did not know what to do.He had never soothed anyone before, so he simply stood there looking at her, and he felt rather helpless. After Silvia was done speaking, she walked around him, intending to carry her daughter and leave this place.“If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my daughter and leave first.”She did not care about his so-called birthday wishes, nor did she care about the so-called surprise he prepared for her.Anyway, he never celebrated her birthday for so many years in the past and he did not remember her birthday either. She did not need it now either.Ryan was not willing to let her go so he quickly raised his hand to stop her. “Should I sing you a song?”Although he still did not know how to sing the song ‘Flying Fireflies’ that his daughter mentioned, he could still hum a few lines of it.He had no choice but to bite the bullet when he saw that she was angry and about to leave.Silvia w
Silvia did not need to hesitate to answer this question.“Yes, you can.”“Why?”Autumn went into her question mode again.“Why can I spend my birthday with you, but you can’t spend your birthday with Papa?”Silvia was frustrated. So, she got up, carried her daughter, and went to the roadside to hail a taxi.But she also answered her daughter carefully, “Because you are Papa and Mama’s child and you’re related to your parents by blood, so your Papa and Mama will naturally accompany you on your birthday.”Autumn seemed to vaguely understand what her mother meant. “I’ll celebrate my birthday tomorrow then, because I want to be with Mama and Papa.”Children were naive and thought that birthdays could be celebrated on any day. But sometimes their naivety was also a stab at the hearts of adults. For example, at this time, Silvia’s heart hurt greatly because of her daughter’s words, and it hurt so much that she did not even have the strength to hold her daughter anymore. She d
Sometimes, when Silvia thought about it, the reason why she was like that before was because she had not experienced any huge blows in life, so her mind was too simple. Although the little girl only said a few words, Mr. and Mrs. Alberich could instantly hear clues in her words. “What’s going on?”Mr. Alberich instantly got angry and questioned Silvia with a cold expression. Silvia had no choice but to briefly explain what Ryan did to her parents. She did not say anything about him apologizing for saying the wrong words as her father would probably be extremely furious if he found out what Ryan had said. She just told them that he’d decorated the hotel room to celebrate her birthday.However, Mr. Alberich was also furious even after Silvia said this.He shouted angrily, “What is he still trying to do? He’s still pestering you after the divorce. Who does he think he is? Does he want me to teach him a lesson and send him to heaven?”Silvia knew that her father would be angry, s
Autumn nodded and said, “Papa helped me to make this wind chime.”As she spoke, Autumn pointed at the wind chime in Silvia’s hand, where a string was tied. “I can’t tie this string at all, so Papa was the one who helped me to do it.” Silvia instantly felt uncomfortable. She was about to get up to hand the wind chime in her bedroom but when her daughter said that Ryan also participated in making the wind chime, she froze in place. It did not feel right to hang it, but it also did not feel right if she did not hang it.But Autumn came over, took her hand, and said cheerfully, “Mama, let’s hang it up together.”Silvia had no choice but to be led by Autumn’s hand to go to her bedroom to hang the wind chime by the window.After hanging it, Autumn asked Silvia to carry her. She then raised her small hand to gently brush against the wind chime. The crisp sound resounded throughout the bedroom. Autumn giggled happily, her laughter was as clear and moving as the wind chime. However, Sil
The reason was because her focus was no longer on love. She had seen a wider world beyond love, such as a sprint in her career.Autumn returned to Detroit on Sunday. Silvia thought that Ryan would not come to pick Autumn up after they had such a quarrel, so she planned to send Autumn home herself, but in the end, he still came.When sending her daughter away, Silvia only sent her to the door but did not send her to the car. Mrs. Alberich was the one who sent Autumn out.She thought that it would be better if she did not see him since she would feel unhappy whenever she saw him anyway.Ryan never contacted Silvia again since she and her daughter left the hotel room that day. He only called her before coming to pick their daughter up, saying that he was coming soon, and asked her to prepare their daughter so he could pick her up.He did not say anything more.On the way back to Detroit after picking his daughter up, Ryan asked his daughter as he drove, “How was your Mama’s mood in
Ryan was shocked after hearing his daughter’s words.It was not that he was unaware that her parents wanted to send her to study abroad after she graduated from university, but the matter was dropped because she was pregnant and married him at the time.She wanted to go abroad again now? Ryan was so frustrated that he was not in the mood to drive anymore. It so happened that he had not gotten on the highway yet, so he simply stopped the car at the side of the road.He turned around with the intention to ask his daughter further questions, but found that Autumn had fallen asleep. Since he was scolded by Silvia last time, he put a thin blanket in his car. He got out of the car and took the thin blanket out from the car trunk, then covered the thin blanket gently over Autumn.He then stood outside the car, took out a cigarette, lit it, and started smoking. It was already difficult for him to meet her even when she was only in this small town outside Detroit. Would he still be
He smoked another cigarette outside and finally suppressed his irritation before getting into the car again and drove away.When he sent his daughter back to his mother’s place, Ophelia then discussed with him, “You can rent me a house in the neighborhood next to Autumn’s kindergarten so it will be convenient for me to pick her up and drop her off in the future. I can just walk back and forth without having to call the driver anymore.”Ryan did not say anything, but Nora asked her in confusion, “Mom, aren’t you living comfortably here? Why are you suddenly moving out?”Ophelia replied to her, “It’s mainly because I want it to be convenient to pick Autumn up. Besides, you’re already getting older, so you may be getting a boyfriend at any time. It won't be convenient if Autumn and I are around when you bring your boyfriend back or something.”“Mom, your thinking is too avant-garde, right?” Nora blushed from her mother’s words. Wasn’t her mother implying that she might live with her b