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…

back to the room. He tucked her in bed and left a night light

on her forehead and left the

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 be some serious

his brother left

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

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

as she pursed her

stop calling me ‘darling’ in front of outsiders next time. It’s

an even stern tone, “She’s

the alert as she stared at Cooper

that out loud? Is he going to get

of you talk about just

conversation. “Kids shouldn’t meddle with adults’ affairs,” he

while ago, Anna and him had chewed over plans to deal with Jordan, and Cooper was made known to a lot of things that he had not thought

more he knew, the heavier his

time, he would not sit by anymore regardless of Anna’s

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

had gone through many tribulations, Cooper softened

asking, dear. Have a good

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

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

“Ew…”

of disgust. It felt like he would be indirectly kissing

when Anna arrived at her home in Bayside City from

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