My Dreamy Old Husband

Annabel was never going to know that the perfect future Leon had promised her was all a lie—what with giving her a uterus transplant or bringing Cooper to her.

Sadly, she would never know that she was deceived because she lost all her memories after that.

Everything she knew—Cooper, her children, Leon, Jordan—was going to disappear from her mind.

She would turn into someone that even she, herself, did not recognize. From then on, there was no more Annabel, only Anna Yard!

Once the operation was over, her dear Coop would come and get her with their two children, then they would live happily ever after. All the while, she was completely unaware of the ordeal she was about to go through. Cooper closed the laptop gently and the video got cut off.

He could not bear to watch any more of it. He already knew what happened next.

After the computer shut down, the world became quiet in an instant. Hanging his head down, he realized that his face was already covered in tears—tears that had turned cold and were falling onto his laptop, droplet by droplet.

It’s all my fault, Annabel. It’s my fault. What was I doing the whole time?

Going back to that point in time, he believed that Annabel had died. He was even less aware of the existence of his two children. Gathering up a great amount of strength within him, he swallowed the pain that Annabel’s death brought him bit by bit. He closed himself off and trained himself to become stronger.

Seeing the world again through a pair of stone-cold eyes, he realized that the world had always been callous. Everything true, good, and beautiful was no more than an illusion that people used to fool one another.

Almost overnight, he went from the lighthearted and untroubled young Cooper to the future head of the Mitchell Family. His wisdom, foresight, and extraordinary boldness allowed him to become a perfect leader. He guided the Mitchell Family to conquer one peak after the other, but he stepped down at the prime of his life and faded away.

Henceforth, there was no more Cooper Mitchell in the world, only a Fass Michel.

…

At ten at night, Carmen was fast asleep, but the lights in the living room were still on. Sophia was watching television while petting the new dog and making out with Michael—her hands were full.

Out of nowhere, Cooper rushed into the family’s elevator and headed downstairs. He walked past the living room and out the door as though he did not see the two people who were entangled in each other’s embrace.

would have glared at them if he caught them

Sophia quickly chased after him. “Dad! Where are you going at

he found Linus already standing outside. It looked like he had been there for quite a while from the snow that

door opened, their eyes met and Cooper froze momentarily. In a grave tone, Linus

that video so he knew what was

in the doorway. His eyes shone in the night, but it seemed like he was harboring a great uncertainty

was also aware of what would happen once he revealed

come running out after putting on her coat. “Dad, what’s

both of them standing at the main entrance with the same grim look on their

must have happened, but what could

Cooper turned to Sophia and

went to get the corgi. With the

before it dawned on her. He’s going to

Will she go against us like she has against her two younger

Sophia had not even begun to

Cooper leave in

the shoulder. “Don’t worry.

are you doing

and Cade came running out of their rooms

the pigsty and was living there with Anna and

a look at the surveillance video where they saw a man standing at their front door. Even though he was dressed in a long down coat that was in an awkward shade of blue, he still

even had a corgi in

Cade looked at each

at the Fletcher Residence,

did he come here in the middle of