The Bound Between Us

Chapter 119

Out in the sticks, some folks reckoned that adopting a kid can help a woman get pregnant naturally

Especially those couples who had been married for years but still hadn’t had a kid, they’d opt to adopt one from an orphanage.

They believed that kids were God sent gifts to help them settle down.

Though it was just a superstition, there were actually quite a few success stories out there

However, life can get real tough for those adopted kids once their foster parents had a child of their own

They can’t return to the orphanage, and their foster parents fell burdened by their presence because they were not blood related and thus, were not keen on taking care of them.

Herman wasn’t the type to gossip about other people’s family affairs, nor was he overly sympathetic. But when he heard about Pattie’s situation, he was

ticked off

He instinctively wanted to know more about Pattie

But those old ladies only knew hearsay, they didn’t know the specifics.

After all it was someone else’s family business, and Herman didn’t want to poke his nose into it

At the office

half past four, only half an hour left till

Everlee was trying to sneak a peek but was blocked by

smiled and said. “Ms. Lunsford, no need to rush, times not

half an hour left, let s see what you can pull out of your

an hour later, Anastasia stopped painting, as if she were taking an exam. When the time was up, she put down her brush

up and gently blew off the dust on her design draft.

over, only to see Anastasia had drawn

my leg? What kind of design is this? Is this all the capability Elysian Technologies

responded calmly, “Ms. Lunsford, don’t rush, do you know

glanced at it disdainfully, she had clearly seen it, Isn’t this a gardenia? | asked you to design a necklace, why are you drawing a gardenia for me? If I want any flower, can’t I simply

indeed buy any flower you want. But can you just pick

her face turning beet red

held up her design draft and continued, “I know what kind of necklace Ms. Lunsford wants. The pendant of this necklace is a sphere, inside the sphere is a gardenia. When you put the necklace around your neck, the gardenia will be closest to your

said, “I don’t like it.”

of gardenia is a love that silently protects.”

throughout the four seasons, enduring storms without wilting, its blooming seems casual, but in fact, it has waited for three

taken aback. How do you,”

saw your affection for Blake.

a secret Everlee

revealed this secret, Everlee felt completely exposed in