Let's Get Married

Lily is taken aback. "You miss him?"

"Yes, it's been a long time since I saw him," Adair says, slowing down with his food. Lily is sad to see him like this.

"Adair, Daddy is away on a business trip, but you must know that he misses you. He misses you all the time, understand?"

Lily has said things like that to him countless times over these months, for fear that Adair would see his dad in a different way, or that it would affect Adair as he grows up.

Adair usually nods obediently, but today....

He suddenly puts down the chicken leg, and asks, his big dark eyes full of puzzlement, "But Mom, if Dad really misses me, why doesn't he come back?"

Lily frowns slightly. Thinking what the teacher has said, she realizes something bad might be happening. Does Adair feel inferior because he discovers that other children's dads are around but his isn't?

Lily has been taking care of Adair herself. Kids in the kindergarten don't pay attention to such details. Now that he is in a primary school in China, where the parents are overly caring, he might truly feel that way.

Rubbing her son's little head, she reassures him with an aching heart, "Trust me, he will be back soon."

It has been nearly half a year since that man left for his treatment, and he should probably feel better now. Lily tends to avoid such thoughts and bury herself in work. As the deadline approaches, she grows increasingly anxious. What if he doesn't get better?

She knows a turning point is around the corner. But she chooses to blindfold herself, staggering into what is supposed to be a bridge, or a godforsaken abyss.

much. He said he would pick me up from school, but he never showed

heartache. A child should never be a victim of his parents' drama, but now it is

worry. Mom will let him

a seed in Lily's heart

child is under undue pressure for that.

in drinking. One night, bathing in the moonlight,

number until now. She has dialed it so many times that she can recite

with her fingertips. The light is flickering, like her

to leave him be for half a year,

decide. She is strong, but she is

longing weakens her. Gritting her teeth, she turns on the phone and types quickly, sending

...

addictive substance has dropped to a stable value. However, he is still facing some problems and needs medicine. And he has to take it for another six months to

weak despite his strong bones. Lee has made a

his efforts. Finishing a round, he hears the phone ring on the table. The phone serves no purpose other than getting information about Lily and Adair through his subordinates. So, he thinks

it up. Tapping the screen, he is petrified with shock

is no other than Lily

he remembers how he can just talk to her photos when the emotions are too overwhelming. They haven't met or heard from each other for half

text message is enough

the bed and bends down slightly. His fingers shaking with the phone, he taps the screen again a while