In the living room of the Miller residence, David magnanimously said while pointing to Alfred’s mother, “This is Grandma!”
Berthold seemed shy.
Nevertheless, he still approached Lucia and threw himself into her arms. Holding the adorable boy, Lucia felt troubled.
Rather than joy, she felt a sense of guilt.
She was already quite old, but she still insisted on holding Berthold, and she even gave him a kiss.
She initially brought gifts to try to fish in troubled waters and bring up marriage on behalf of her son. With the current circumstances, it was a given that all the gifts were for her grandson now.
Alfred sat beside Lucia, his gaze fixed on the child. After a moment, he looked at Melora sitting across from him.
Melora didn’t deny it. “Yes, we have a child together.”
Alfred gently closed his eyes.
He calculated the timeline and realized he must have gotten her pregnant the last time he visited Barnwood.
Moreover, she must have discovered she was pregnant when she went to Coldbridge.
In what state of mind was she in when we broke up back then?
Alfred desperately tried to think but found that they were trapped at a dead end.
He was no longer a naive young man. Other than her love for the child, she must have resented him for her to leave home for two years and raise a child alone..
Alfred’s gaze darkened.
Suddenly, he remembered what Henry once said, “How well can an unmarried woman in her thirties who doesn’t come home do?”
While he was lost in thought, Henry returned with Crystal.
Looking at the lively living room, Henry chuckled. “What’s the occasion? Why is everyone here?”
He walked over to ruffle Berthold’s hair and greeted Lucia.
Lucia was fond of him, not to mention she needed his help now. She couldn’t help but favor him even more at the moment.
Henry brought Crystal to take their seats.
He glanced at his father.
David looked at his son too.
They were trying to pass the ball to each other. Neither of them wanted to play the villain in this situation! In the end, Julia called out tearfully, “David!”
David didn’t want to lose face in front of his wife. Taking a sip of coffee, he smiled and said to Lucia, “The kids are too immature. Let’s see what they have to say.”
Lucia gradually stood up to speak her mind.
Crystal thought she shouldn’t be there, so she brought Berthold outside to play.
With the child gone, Lucia found it much easier to act.
respectful
Alfred. How could you do such a thing? The kid is already so big, but our family had no clue! Is this how I have taught
ashamed. “I’m
apologizing to Melora. Do you need me to tell you
momentarily stunned.
David and his wife, then knelt
couple was shocked.
to be
of his status usually wouldn’t even apologize, let
wasn’t a stubborn person.
would she go through all the hardships and secretly give birth
already confronted
what to say, so he gave
that you and
even more ashamed.
to look at his
stared at Alfred, and he stared back at her.
longer use their incompatibility as an excuse now that they
want to marry
she
what she wanted to say. He
looked at
go ahead. He won’t do anything to you. Besides, he’s not that young anymore to do anything to
was indeed sharp-tongued.
Melora agreed.
front of
their conversation
window with her back facing Alfred. She said softly, “I got pregnant
at her
lying, Melora. You found out before we broke
took in a
out the night we broke up. I wanted to
date him, even if he didn’t make it clear.
had
could a little girl like her win his
father. But Mr. Lodge, Berthold has
much more rational than before. “You can visit him in
to Coldbridge with her was out of the question.
never go to Coldbridge again in this
quite some
Alfred remained silent the whole time.
think having a child would make things better. He knew that precisely. because of the child, Melora hated him more and was even less willing to forgive him.
a lot in life. He wasn’t
relationships, the woman he loved, and
was because he had too many things to
everything. He asked her
with a hum.
wanting to caress her hair like he used to. Yet, in the end, he
you had a tough time over
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