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…

to the room. He tucked her in bed and left a night light on for her. Sleeping soundly, Carmen had no idea that she dozed off while petting the dogs just now. What a

kiss on her forehead

and it was time for Anna to leave. As Cooper sent her off, the two chattered buoyantly and their relationship seemed to

his brother left with

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

came back from

as she pursed her

“Dad, please stop calling me ‘darling’

Sophia was referring to, Cooper said in an even stern tone, “She’s not an

on the alert as

he going to get back together with

did the both of you talk

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

chewed over plans to deal with Jordan, and Cooper was made known to

he knew, the heavier his

sit by anymore regardless

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

gone through many tribulations,

dear. Have

Sophia’s shoulder and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Thereafter, he went upstairs without turning back and

other hand, Michael witnessed the scene in which Cooper kissed Sophia. While kissing was a common etiquette

“Ew…”

disgust. It felt

in the morning when Anna arrived at her home in Bayside City

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