It was past midnight and a new year had arrived.

Anna gazed at the glamorous fireworks, a garish display of intense colors reflected in her eyes.

With the new year comes a new fight.

Sooner or later, I will completely break off from Jordan’s control and achieve freedom!

Now that her sons had grown up and did not need her protection anymore, she desired to live for herself as there was still plenty of time to enjoy life.

Two of them stood by the window and marveled at the fireworks outside.

Every firework that exploded in the sky would light up Cooper’s facial features, and it seemed like different stories of Cooper were reflected through the glow each time.

Anna was extremely curious about Cooper.

She had come across too many men—the domineering ones, the gentle ones, the wise ones, the foolish ones, even the obscene ones… Nevertheless, she had never met someone as infatuated as Cooper.

She had noticed the photos on his bookshelves the moment she entered the study room. Browsing through them, she realized many were the pictures of him and Annabel.

True enough, this man remained lonely for the past thirty years for the sake of one woman.

“I guess your prompt agreement to my request is very much due to my resemblance to your Anna,” she murmured. Anna seemed to be talking to Cooper but at the same time it seemed like she was talking to herself.

Cooper maintained his silence.

You are my Anna…

room. He tucked her in bed and left a night light on for her. Sleeping soundly, Carmen had

her forehead

and their relationship seemed to be much better than before. No one knew what their discussion was about, but they could figure that it must be some serious

that, Callum and his brother left

hand, Stanley intended to play mahjong all night while Sean carried the children into the guest room,

was caught by Cooper who came back from

she pursed

resentfully, “Dad, please stop calling me ‘darling’ in

was referring to, Cooper said in an even stern

the alert as she stared at Cooper in

said that out loud? Is he going to get

both of you talk

refused to reveal their conversation. “Kids shouldn’t meddle with adults’ affairs,” he

Jordan, and Cooper was made known to a lot of things

knew, the

by anymore

gone through so many sufferings in the past twenty years. The hard times had molded her to become a completely different person. Nonetheless, Cooper still

had gone through many tribulations, Cooper softened his

Have a good

the forehead. Thereafter, he went upstairs without turning back and entered his study room

kissed Sophia. While kissing was a common etiquette in the Western culture, it seemed awkward

“Ew…”

his body, Michael felt a sense of disgust. It felt like

was three o’clock in the morning when Anna arrived at her home in Bayside

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