Contract Marriage With The Disabled CEO

Chapter 158 Childhood Memory

The moment she walked out of the Watson

villa, Betty suddenly felt very lost.

So this was the closure…

From this day on, she did not owe Roger anymore, she did not owe the Watsons anymore. And whatever the Watsons had done to her did not matter anymore either.

From now on, all she had was but her

mother.

Technically, it was not totally true.

She still had Kerwin.

At the thought of that, she suddenly felt all

warm and strong.

After she left the Watson villa, Kerwin took

Betty in the car and let Peter drive them

home.

On the way, Betty either was lost in her

thoughts or kept her head low with red-rimmed eyes.

Kerwin thought he should give Betty the time

to let it all out.

She was exhausted. With all these bad

memories coming back in one day, only a strong-willed mind would be able to take all

of it.

In the face of the bombardment from the

Watsons, the heart of the frail-looking Betty

must have been broken into millions of

pieces. Only God knew how sad she must be!

Kerwin pulled her into his arms and

whispered, “It’s OK if you want to cry.”

warm and strong arms, Betty

if she had found a bonfire, warm

from any cold

criticism.

didn’t have to pretend and put up a front. All she needed was to

all these years

all. With all the childhood bullying, curse hurling, and torturing, and all the shaming and name calling

good! Betty felt the sudden relief. She marveled

Betty in his

she had wept her fill,

at her, “Do

Betty nodded her head.

willing to tell me about your past? I’m all ears. It

her on the

to tell Kerwin about

I was a little kid,

trip to the seaside. I was exhilarated. I had never

from the books

the stretch of the coastline went all the way to the other side of the

that time, it was a romantic place, which I had waited for so long. Mom was so busy so she was actually in favor of me going on a trip together with them. We actually had fun as a family at the seaside. The sea was beautiful. I threw all my sorrows and worries in the cool sea breeze. However, Emily’s barbie doll suddenly fell into a crack of a stone. And she stomped

about getting it

which, Betty

a sigh. What

not that beautiful.

if Emily’s

the crack or she had done it just to frame me, because I swear I saw the smile on her face when the doll fell into the crack. Emily cried and

crack. She said I was small and only me could go there

eyes slightly. At the recollection of that experience, she still

so sad.

the sea. There were so many rocks, overgrown with pointy shells and slippery seaweeds. But still, I climbed in. God

I scraped my arms and legs on the rocks and shells. Do you see

scars left?”

these

thought that she had gotten them.

unexpected

woefully,

hurt so bad, but Daisy and Emily took

them for dinner. So I had to walk back alone in the cold

long way, hungry and exhausted, her

time she had been back, they had finished dinner and left nothing for her. So she had been starved for the whole

night, she had

had fun, Betty had been afraid that her mother would be upset and angered by the

had fun.

lowered his eyes

piteous look in them.

say something to console