Chapter 766
“No!” Janice shouted at the top of her lungs.
Once a wrong step was taken, the rest of the decisions made would be wrong.
The fact that she was blinded by love had turned her family into this.
They weren’t like a family.
Ethan was a man of his word. He really crippled Leia, turning her into a disabled person.
Janice stayed by Leia’s side as if trying to make up for the ungiven maternal love.
Janice didn’t mind showering, combing, and feeding Leia, compensating Leia for the lost maternal love.
In actuality, Leia didn’t ask for much for her future. Life and death didn’t make much difference to her.
Other than the coincidental warmth from Avery, she was used to humanity’s cruelty a long time ago.
Now that Janice suddenly treated her this way, she couldn’t get used to it.
In the past, her mother resented her while her brother gave her warmth.
Now, it was the exact opposite. Ethan resented her to the bones while Janice gave her the warmest
treatment ever.
Janice lived under the same roof as Leia, and she even helped bathe Leia.
In the beginning, Leia didn’t speak a word. Like a wooden doll, she neither knew pain nor how to smile.
It was only three days later when she questioned Janice, “Why?”
Her sudden question surprised Janice. The emotion soon gave way to happiness. “Leia, art,
me?”
talking to
Janice’s joyful expression confused Leia more.
Leia asked, “Why are you treating me this way? Don’t you hate me?”
“I
It pained Janice to notice the curiosity in Leia’s eyes.
It was natural for parents to treat their children with care and love. No children would question that.
Leia was crippled, but she didn’t grumble a word.
There was only one answer to that. Leia had been through something more painful than this. That was
Leia neither cried nor caused a ruckus.
No one would exclaim how magnificent a stream was when he had seen the sea.
Janice hugged Leia and choked on her words. “Because I love you.”
“Love?” Leia still couldn’t believe her ears.
Janice gently explained, “I’m sorry, it was all my fault. I shouldn’t have directed my hatred for Kenneth on you guys. I wasn’t completely conscious at that time.”
She wasn’t aware that she had been fed poison, which messed up her consciousness. The things she did
knew no bounds in terms of extreme.
Even though she learned the truth after that, it was already too late.
She had it coming, and she had given traumatic experiences to her children.
“I was drugged. It numbed my nerves, and so I was diagnosed with severe mental illness. Whenever the illness kicked in, I would hurt myself and you guys.
“I managed to recover from it after long years of rest, but I’ve lost you guys forever. I won’t ask for forgiveness. I just wanna look after you for the rest of my life to make up for the harm I’ve caused.”
Janice’s tears pattered on Leia’s neck. “I’m so sorry for making you have such a hard time.”
“You…” Leia’s gaze wavered vehemently. Her voice was shaking. “You really love me?”
Never once had she wished for love in her lifetime.
“Silly girl. You’re my daughter. How can I not love you?”
Leia began crying. “I’ve waited for this day for many years, Mom.”
She addressed Janice somewhat shakily because she wasn’t used to it.
Chapter 767
It was night when Keith secretly arrived in a mansion in the mountains.
The lights on the first floor were turned on.
Noticing Keith, Irene Tucker welcomed him. “No one noticed you, right?”
“No. How’s she doing?”
She pouted her l*ps, wrapping her arms around his neck in displeasure. “Don’t you think that you’re being too much? You asked your girlfriend to look after your first love. And the first thing you ask about after
returning is her.”
“Sorry, Iri. It’s because Olivia’s situation is not like any other normal situation.”
His frantic explanation prompted her to chuckle. The dimples adorning the side of her mouth were
adorable.
“Alright, I was just kidding. Am I that kind of narrow-minded woman? Besides, I can understand you. She has the brain and looks. Even a woman like me finds it easy to fall for her with her looks alone, let alone
you.”
Keith heaved a sigh of relief as he had been worried that Irene would misunderstand the situation.
Although he indeed had feelings for Olivia, he had fallen for the adorable Irene two years ago.
“Nonsense.”
She clasped her hands together as her eyes twinkled. “I can finally understand why Mr. Miller did everything in his power to make her stay. Her smile alone is enough to melt my heart. If I were him, I
wouldn’t want her to run away.”
She stuck her tongue out. “Sorry for the discourse. Anyway, don’t worry about it. I like her, and I won’t get jealous. She’s recovering well these days, unlike her gloomy self when she was in the hospital.”
“Great. Is she asleep? I have something to tell her.”
“I’ll call her for you.” Irene hopped to Olivia’s room. She knocked on the door and only entered the room
after hearing a response from inside.
Olivia was wearing a white sleeping gown, and her hair was let down. She was reading a medical book.
She seemed calm. The way the light shone upon her put Irene into a trance.
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Olivia looked like a fallen angel!
She was the epitome of one’s first love.
“Iri, what’s the matter?” Olivia looked at Irene gently.
Irene gulped down her saliva. “Olivia, Keith is here. He has something to tell you.”
Olivia felt sorry for troubling Keith. In addition to the fact that he had a girlfriend, she should avoid interacting with him more.
“What is it that Dr. Rogers wants to tell me?” She addressed Keith formally in order to not cross the line.
Irene was smart enough to catch on to Olivia’s intention. She was trying her best to not trouble the couple by diminishing her sense of presence.
“Don’t be burdened, Olivia. Keith is helping you not only because you’re an alumnus. It’s also because we hope you can find happiness. As for his feelings for you, he told me about it before we started dating.”
“You don’t mind it?”
Irene kneaded her forehead. “How can you be this naive? Nothing happened between the two of you. You’re innocent. I’m afraid he never even held your hand before, right?
“You’re such a nice person. It’s normal for guys to fall for you. If he dislikes you, I’d doubt his standards.”
The bright and confident Irene reminded Olivia of her past self.
Olivia was only one year older than Irene, but she felt old. She figured that she wouldn’t be able to smile as brightly as Irene forever.
“Olivia, what’s wrong? Did I say something wrong?”
Olivia smiled lightly. “No, it’s fine. Let’s head outside together.”
Irene hummed in response. Although Olivia didn’t say anything, it pained Irene to see Olivia’s smile for
some reason.
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
