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2020-10-04 00:19:12The next day, I felt light and hopeful that things will turn out fine soon. I spent the morning in the kitchen helping Tess with kitchen work. She taught me many things about cooking which I think can be useful for me when I leave this place. I used to live alone in the past but most of the food that I ate was instant food and fried dishes. I don't want my child to eat unhealthy dishes.
"You look prettier these days Mrs. Park. I think your baby is a girl." Tess said with a smile.
"Do you think so? How would you know that?" I asked.
"There was a belief that when a pregnant woman looks blooming during her pregnancy, then she is expecting a baby girl but if her skin looks darker and she has many pimples, then she should expect a baby boy. You look glowing these days so I guess it's a girl. It's just an old assumption, you don't need to take it seriously. Would you like to have a boy or a girl?"
"I actually don't care about the gender. As long as she comes ou
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Last Updated : 2020-10-06The Love I Have Hoped For 59 First Day in Marshville
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The Love I Have Hoped For 114 The reunion
I felt very light and dizzy. I didn't know what was happening. Everything around me was turning. I could see Ericka's back while she slowly disappeared from my view. Ericka was just here on the rooftop a while ago. She was here mocking and insulting me. I could hear her voice clearly. She was just here."Aaah!" I shouted as I got up. I was dreaming. It was all a dream. I woke up in a familiar room. It's the master's bedroom in Colin's apartment, it's our room.Colin rushed inside the room when he heard me screaming. He hugged me immediately and patted me in the back. "You're here now. You're safe.""Where's Ericka?!" I asked, panicking. "She's dead. She jumped from the rooftop in one of Geoff's hotels.""Where's Geoff?""He called me and asked me to pick you up. He said you lost consciousness. He told me about what happened to you the other night. You should've told me about your plan.""Sorry. Geoff asked me to stay with him. I thought it was best if I followed what he said.""I und
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The Love I Have Hoped For 112 The Night With The Ex
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The Love I Have Hoped For 111 The Kidnapper 2
"Please, let my hands go, then we can talk. I promise to be honest. I have actually always been honest with you." I was already begging. He could do anything he wants to me without me defending myself. I also want to listen to his explanation about what happened to us since I got pregnant."I don't know what to believe anymore.""I was your wife. You promised to protect and be with me. I have always trusted that promise. I escaped when I felt it wasn't safe for me and my daughter anymore. You saw how violent you could be when you're angry.""You're the one who made me angry!""I didn't do anything. Anywhere I went, I was with Nancy and the driver. You could have asked them what I did for you not to believe me.""They were your allies. Of course they would not tell me what you were really up to.""Nancy did her best to protect me from you, and so did the driver. They saw I suffered because of you.""Ericka told me your plans from the very beginning. She showed me pictures of you and al
The Love I Have Hoped For 110 The Kidnapper
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The Love I Have Hoped For 109 Finding Nancy
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The Love I Have Hoped For 108 Where is Nancy?
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The Love I Have Hoped For 107 The Worry
Cristoff! I haven't seen him in ages! He was not that nice to me either when I was still living with Geoff. If I remember it correctly, the two don't really have a good relationship. I looked at Nancy in disbelief. "What is this guy doing here? Why are the three of you together?" To give her the benefit of the doubt, although I already know the answer, I still asked her that question. I am hoping, although it may sound impossible, that it was just a coincidence that he was with her and Athena."He's my boyfriend." She confidently said. I was expecting her to say more, maybe to explain her side why she didn't tell us about him, but she remained silent after."Since when?" I picked Athena up and carried her in my arms."Long time ago.'"Why didn't you tell us?" I said coldly."For this exact same reason. You will just ask me to stay away from him.""You saw how I suffered when I was with them. Didn't you learn anything at that time?" Cristoff didn't utter any word. He was just there, li
