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…

asleep when Michael carried her back to the room. He tucked her in bed and left a night light on for her. Sleeping soundly,

gave her a kiss on her forehead and left the room

Cooper sent her off, the two chattered buoyantly 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

that, Callum and his brother left with

all night while Sean carried the children into the guest room, putting them

night. Nevertheless, she was caught by Cooper who came back from sending off Anna. Cooper commanded in a serious manner,

Sophia muttered as she pursed her lips

me ‘darling’ in front

in an even

alert as

out loud? Is he going to get back

you talk

conversation. “Kids

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

more he knew, the heavier his heart

not sit by anymore regardless of Anna’s real

times had molded her to become a completely different person. Nonetheless, Cooper still felt that his responsibility was the greatest. If he

had gone through many tribulations, Cooper

dear. Have a good

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

kissing was

“Ew…”

of disgust. It felt like he would be indirectly kissing Cooper the next time he kissed

the morning when Anna arrived at

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