Married At First Sight By Gu Lingfei

When Mrs. Ormond saw the two young people embracing just now, her heart nearly stopped. It felt like the sky was crashing down around her. In that moment, she almost screamed.

But she had instinctively covered her mouth, forcing herself to stay silent.

As soon as the couple let go of each other, she spun around and walked away, no longer watching from the stairs. She wanted to pretend she hadn't seen anything, to go back to her room and process it quietly.

But she couldn't.

She had to talk to her daughter.

Just as she was struggling with her emotions, Elora came upstairs. And now, here she was, sitting in her daughter's room.

Elora studied her mother's expression for a moment before saying, "Alright, Mom, stay here. I'm going to take a hot bath."

Mrs. Ormond simply nodded.

As Elora disappeared into the bathroom, her mother let out a deep sigh.

Now that she had calmed down and thought about it more clearly, she had to admit—damn it, Tatum and her daughter were a perfect match.

The thought unsettled her. She couldn't sit still.

pacing the room, her fingers absentmindedly brushing over objects on the shelves and desk, as if keeping

table, where a

the New Year, back when

pull in her chest, she walked over, picked up the frame, and sat down on

in the photo radiated

legacy hadn't yet fallen onto her young shoulders. She had still been a carefree girl, untouched by

was pushed into the

unburdened smile had rarely

been a son, things would have been different. A son

this city had sons to take over their businesses. Their daughters might help out,

what they wanted, to fall in love with whomever they

never had that

the Ormond

were two young boys in the next generation, but they were still too little to shoulder any responsibility.

thought about it, the heavier

felt like a

a brother to share the

husband hadn't been able

"Mom."