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.”

Kerwin’s warm and strong arms, Betty

she had found a bonfire, warm

from any

criticism.

have to pretend and put up a front. All she needed was to have a good cry and vent all

these years

with the Watsons once and for all. With all the childhood bullying, curse hurling, and torturing, and all the shaming and name calling after she grew up, Betty wondered

of the Watsons for good! Betty felt the sudden relief. She marveled at the weight of the burden she had carried with herself for

in

had wept her fill, Kerwin

at her, “Do

Betty nodded her head.

willing to tell me about your

kissed her on the

started to tell

him, “When I was a little kid, the Watsons said

trip to the seaside. I was

from the books that the sea

coastline went all the way to the

feel more comfortable. “Kerwin, I love the sea. It gives me a sense of security. We went to Mauritius 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

getting it

which,

What had happened next

not that beautiful.

don’t know if Emily’s barbie

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

only me could go there and get the

At the recollection of that experience,

so sad.

first time in my life I was that close to the sea. There were so many rocks, overgrown with pointy shells and slippery seaweeds. But still, I climbed in. God knew how hard I

and legs on the rocks and shells. Do you see

scars left?”

had noticed these

gotten them. because of

was unexpected

woefully, “My

in seawater and hurt so bad, but

Dad was waiting for them for dinner. So I had to walk back alone in the

had gone a long way, hungry and exhausted,

she had been back, they had finished dinner and left

she had

been afraid

had fun.

his eyes at Betty, with

piteous look in them.

to say