Chapter 16

After seeing her daughter’s tired face, Bella could only heave a long sigh.

“Sorry, it’s all my fault. I’ve dragged you down with me.”

She knew she shouldn’t always feed her daughter with fears of men. After all, she’d get married someday, but she was scared that her daughter would get hurt again out of foolishness.

“What are you talking about, Mom? After your surgery, the doctor said you might be able to walk again. Promise me you’ll make pastas

for me then. I miss it.”

“Alright Bella nodded, then suddenly thought of something. ‘Call your boyfriend over. I want to meet him.”

Dorothy was taken aback and quickly averted her gaze to peel an apple. “He’s too busy with the company”

“Just like your father back then…..”

“Not everyone is like him.”

intuition told her Everett

it sounded like her daughter was defending her boyfriend. She immediately frowned and didn’t say anything else,

was gradually

of, she had to return to work early the next morning. So, after her mother fell asleep,

breath before hailing a

she got off, her phone in

a number she

home?” Everett’s deep and magnetic voice was too distinctive to be

“Yeah, I’m here.”

back later. You go in first.” He paused. “The door

by the sudden mention of the code, she

0825 was probably deeper than she initially thought He didn’t remove the tattoo or change the code,

he needed a marriage partner, it was probably to spite this

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