Mr. Conrad Proposes To His Ex-wife Again

Not long after, a doctor came to call Archer to see the lab data.

He got up and said to Stella, “You just go around first. I will tell them and let them bring the boy down later when he is done with his treatment.”

She nodded. “Okay.”

After he left, she sat in the sofa for a while and then walked around the house since Clarence had not come back yet.

Behind the house, there was a large garden.

She went into the garden and felt a cool breeze with the fresh smell of flowers and plants.

This was indeed a better place to live than the city.

After standing for a while, she found a bench and sat down, staring into the distance.

Soon someone approached her and sat next to her.

She thought it was Clarence and subconsciously turned her head and said, “You…”

When she saw the person’s face, she froze at first and then exclaimed in surprise, “Ms. Anderson.”

It was Dolores Anderson. “You have been sitting here for a while. What are you thinking about?”

Stella looked ahead again with her eyelashes slightly drooping. “Nothing. I just got caught up in my head.”

“Are you still worried about the child?” Dolores asked.

“I know he is fine here with you and Archer. And he is slowly recovering. I just feel… that I haven’t fulfilled my duty as a mother since he was born. I spent little time with him and I could not do anything with his illness,” Stella replied.

Dolores replied, “He was born prematurely and since then he has been in a dismal condition. And before things got any better, something unexpected happened. But Stella, these are not your fault. I had always wanted to tell you this but didn't have an opportunity.”

She added, “I know you had a hard time carrying this child and suffered a lot, but you did your best as a mother to give birth to him in such a difficult situation instead of giving him up. We all want our child to be born healthy and grow up peacefully, but there are always some people who try to ruin our life. If someone is to blame, it is the fault of Clarence and me. We should not have kept it from you, and you, as the mother of the child, have the right to know.”

I also understood that in a situation like that, it might not be good for him if I knew the child’s existence. I wasn't able to take

gently patted her shoulder. “Since things are in the past, you should stop thinking about it. The

let out a breath. Yes, the worst days had

better and healthier day

and smiled at

long as you don’t blame me,

Dolores' arm and said with a pout, “You raised my child up into a chubby little

her hand and

Clarence walked to the garden, he saw them sitting

go near but leaned on the porch with a slight smile, his

some weight on his leg with

walk steadily hugging his leg. So he squatted down and scratched the baby’s chin. “Do

little boy was obviously a bit scared by him, looking at him with his big watery eyes and taking two steps backward clumsily. With his

Clarence said, “No crying.”

sobbing and

Stella and Dolores and lowered his voice, “If you cry, I

longer interested in him and wanted to

steps. Without crying, he simply

him over wanted to go forward to help, but was stopped by

nothing we can do here, so go do something

in front the child and said, “Get

taking a wobbly step, he

“Do you want me to take

waved his hand and mumbled some vague syllables,

a small smile and

not

repeated, “Call me

he finished speaking, the boy narrowed his eyes and clapped his little hands, showing

satisfied. “Not bad. You are more

in his arms with one hand