Chapter 0498

"Is the food ready?" I ask our housekeeper once I step into the kitchen.

She answers with a kind smile "Not yet, but it will be in a few."

"Okay, let me set the table then."

She goes to argue, but I shut that argument down quickly. I wanted to help. Since she is cooking, this is the least could do.

*Do you need any help?"

I look up to find Gabriel's mom on the opposite side of the dining table. I place the plate I was holding down and give her a smile.

"Sure, but I am almost done."

She walks towards me and begins helping with the glasses and spoons.

*So, Harper, how has my son been treating you?" she asks out of nowhere.

not because I don't know what to say, but because

just asking to make conversation; she genuinely wants to know how Gabriel has

answer because she

am not butting into business, but given how he treated you before, I just

evident in her voice and in her eyes.

is treating me really well. I am not complaining. Trust me when I say, If he were, I would have left him; everything else be damned." Content belong

didn't you leave during those first

guess because I was young, naïve, weak and scared. Being a mother and going through what I went through changed me. When I was away from him, I learned about my self-worth and how to stand up for myself. I had a daughter and I needed to teach her

to go places. Those two, Lilly

heard Gabriel say the same thing about Lilly and Noah too. I believe them because I know my daughter, and I

"Thank you," I whisper.

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