Belinda whispered, “It was like my real mom and dad didn’t want me anymore. They were the wrong people, but then I met Auntie Stephanie. Having Auntie Stephanie as my mom was a good ending.”
Belinda looked up, and her big watery eyes were full of determination.
After “Auntie Stephanie” left him, she would meet someone better too.
“Just like when Belinda met Auntie Stephanie.”
Stephanie didn’t expect Belinda to say those things.
Her nose felt a little sore, and Stephanie couldn’t hold it in anymore. Tears kept falling.
She hugged Belinda tight, and Belinda hugged her tight too.
The mother and daughter hugged each other tightly.
Even if they weren’t real mother and daughter, this was fate.
Stephanie couldn’t describe how she felt right now, and she couldn’t say anything.
Yes.
They were all going to be fine.
There were lots of bumps in life, but as long as you got over them, everything would be fine.
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The night wind was bleak.
The other side.
Maxwell was drinking one glass after another.
In the dim private room, he was the only one there, all quiet.
What kept appearing in front of me were Stephanie’s cold eyes and her heartless words.
“Maxwell, don’t make me hate you.”
It kept echoing in his mind.
Didn’t know how much time had passed, the door of the private room was opened, and Wesley walked in.
Wesley saw the bottle on the table and froze for a second, then closed the door and sat down next to Maxwell.
“Bro, what happened?” This was the first time Wesley saw Maxwell drink this much.
Maxwell shook his head and didn’t know where to start.
“Roxanne had an episode?” Wesley tried to ask.
Maxwell paused for a moment.
Roxanne.
He almost forgot about/Roxanne today.
All I had in my head was Stephanie and that little girl.
“If she had an attack, wouldn’t you hurry to check on her?” Wesley saw Maxwell’s reaction and thought he guessed right.
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But Maxwell just shook his head.
“Is it serious? Almost gone?” Wesley asked anxiously.
“It’s none of her business,” Maxwell said, reaching out to pour Wesley a drink.
Wesley took it and nodded. “That scared me for a second.”
The two of them were drinking, and Wesley didn’t ask again.
Maxwell looked at the liquid in his cup under the dim light.
Drank so much, but my head didn’t feel fuzzy.
On the contrary, Stephanie’s face got clearer and clearer.
“How are things with that woman from before?” Maxwell asked after who knows how long.
Wesley thought Maxwell was just weird, always caring so much about him and Maria.
Thinking about it, he just asked.
Maxwell swirled the ice in his cup, his expression unchanged.
“Curious,” he said.
Actually, Maxwell himself didn’t know why either.
He just thought maybe what happened between Wesley and Maria could help him see things a bit more clearly.
Wesley was helpless, leaned back on the couch, and took a big sip.
“Still the same,” Wesley said. “Honestly, I didn’t really get what she was thinking anymore.”
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“I heard she was busy with her career lately, and that really surprised me.”
Wesley said, “She followed me for so many years, every day all she did. was act cute and buy handbags, and now she’s actually busy with her career!”
Maxwell glanced at Wesley.
It made Wesley a bit embarrassed.
“Not really.” Wesley coughed to cover it up and said, “It was kind of useful, I heard she was working in second–hand luxury authentication… The bag wasn’t bought for nothing.”
Maxwell nodded thoughtfully.
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