At the sight of my resoluteness, my mother's frown deepened.

I had a hunch it never occurred to her that I would be so relentless this round.

Undeniably, I used to fulfill their requests by all means regardless of how absurd they were. Hence, it never came to their mind that I would stand my ground that round.

“I've got to get going as I still have something on. You can give me a call at any time if you need any help. If it's too tiring for you to take care of Dad alone here, I can hire a nurse for you,” I added placidly.

No doubt, I was still looking for a job and tended to have spare time at home. If my father was hospitalized years ago, I would surely volunteer to look after him in the hospital. Nevertheless, I did not feel like facing my parents at the moment.

After realizing that they had been making use of me without treating me as their daughter, I did not know how I should face them. Finally, I talked myself out of swallowing my pride and continuing to fulfill their request. I had sacrificed a lot for them like a fool throughout those years.

Dumbstruck, my mother gaped at me for a long time. I bet they could not believe that I would have treated them in such a nonchalant way one day.

I turned and left the ward right away, giving no hoots to them. Meanwhile, Michael followed behind me without uttering any words.

I was thankful to have him by my side at the moment. Otherwise, I doubted if I had the courage to face all these.

Deep down, I knew he would be by my side despite what I had been through. That was why I could get a grip of myself this round.

I was very much relieved by the time I stepped out of the hospital again. Apart from that, I could not resist giving a silent sigh that I should have made such a decision long ago.

“Amaury's birthday is just around the corner.” Holding my hand, Michael changed the topic abruptly. Wearing a look of sheer gentleness, he gazed at me with smiling eyes. I bet he must be thinking of cheering me up so I would not dwell on the disgruntling moments related to my parents.

Right that instant, I finally remembered that Amaury's birthday would be a few days later. If he did not mention it, I would have forgotten about it for sure.

As Steven's matter had been bugging my mind recently, I only realized that I had almost forgotten about such an important date!

Snippets of the moments when I gave birth to Amaury a year ago suddenly flashed across my mind. I could easily break out in cold sweat when I recalled the excruciating pain that I had gone through.
At the sight of my resoluteness, my mother's frown deepened.

Nevertheless, I felt all my endurance at that time was paid off by the inexplicable contentment with Amaury gradually growing up by my side.

“They will hold a birthday party for him, won't they?” I asked curiously.

In our village, the villagers usually held a feast and invited many guests whenever a baby turned one.

“Yeah! I foresee many will attend the birthday party on that day,” Michael replied casually and turned to look at me.

“Is there anything you like, or anywhere you feel like going? I should thank you for bearing me such an adorable and intelligent son,” he asked me with sheer affection in his eyes.

A surge of satisfaction welled up from within me in an instant. I actually did not need anything else. To me, it would be the best gift to have him love me from the bottom of his heart.

“Nothing. I'd be happy as long as the three of us can spend the rest of our lives happily together. In fact, it's my biggest wish at the moment,” I mumbled.

Ever since my reunion with Michael and our son after parting with them for one whole year, I cherished every second spent with them.

All the other expensive gifts meant nothing to me. The others might be thinking that I was being pretentious by saying so, but that was exactly what I was thinking at the moment.

“I'm sure we'll be together forever.” Holding my hand tightly, Michael reassured me as if he could read my mind.

When we were back at the Shaw residence, everyone from the Shaw family was seated on the couch in the living room. I presumed they could not sleep well when my own father fainted at the doorstep the night before.

The moment we stepped into the living room, they advanced toward us and asked apprehensively, “Anna, how's your father doing?”

“His condition has stabilized. Don't worry. He'll be fine after taking proper rest,” I assured.

Even though my family was not on good terms with the Shaw family, we were still in-laws. Thus, I knew they were being sincere with their words of concern.

“Ah! We're relieved to hear that. What happened last night was worrying indeed. Anyway, we are at fault too. If we didn't instruct the security guard to block them at the doorstep, he wouldn't end up in that state.” Lincoln looked at me guiltily, thinking that they had to be responsible for what had transpired the previous night.

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