Trash Husband, I'm the Top novel Chapter 383

When Nora opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was a kindly old woman she didn’t recognize.

The woman’s gentle smile and warm, crinkled eyes filled the room with a soft light. When she noticed Nora had woken, her face lit up even more.

“You’re finally awake,” she said warmly.

Nora propped herself up on her elbows, her throat dry and scratchy. “Who... who are you?”

At that, the woman’s eyes grew misty. “Aurora, it’s me—your grandmother.”

Grandmother?

It took Nora a few seconds to catch up. This was someone from the Cooper family—her and Hans’s own flesh and blood.

A real, biological relative.

“Grandma,” she said at last, the word unfamiliar on her tongue.

It was their first meeting, and Nora couldn’t help but feel a little distant, a little unsure. The elderly Mrs. Cooper, on the other hand, was overjoyed to hear her voice. “Aurora, welcome home.”

Nora’s nose stung, and she almost burst into tears.

“My sweet girl, lie down,” Mrs. Cooper urged, gently easing her back onto the pillows. “The doctor said you’ve been through too much lately. You need to rest.”

Nora nodded and obediently settled back.

Mrs. Cooper took her hand, her own sigh soft and heavy. “I know what happened with Daniel. Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, I won’t let him hurt you again.”

“Thank you,” Nora choked out, her voice trembling.

Her body was still so weak, exhaustion quickly dragging her under again. She drifted back to sleep without another word.

Mrs. Cooper tucked the blankets around her with careful hands, then quietly slipped out of the room.

Outside, she found a man waiting in the hallway. Her kind expression vanished at once.

“Why are you still here?”

Daniel straightened from where he’d been leaning against the wall, trying to look composed. “How is she?”

“She’s fine,” Mrs. Cooper answered curtly.

“If she wants to keep the baby, the Cooper family will provide for her. If she doesn’t, I’ll respect her decision. Either way, Daniel, from this moment on, she and the child are no longer your concern.”

Daniel’s face tightened.

“Ma’am—”

“Daniel, I watched you grow up,” Mrs. Cooper said, her voice softening just a little with memory. “Your parents were always fighting. In the end, they barely even came home. Your mother was bitter and angry, and she took it out on you—pushing you too hard, lashing out. She was wrong, but her feelings for you weren’t. Whenever she heard someone was carrying Brian’s child, she’d cause a scene. Her methods were extreme, but she did it for you.”

“But you never should have brought Eleanor back into the family.”

That last sentence carried real weight. If a family wants peace, nothing poisons it faster than an illegitimate child.

Daniel’s misguided devotion to Eleanor, who’d once saved his life, had gone far too far.

“If you truly care about Aurora’s well-being, you won’t come back here.”

Daniel’s throat tightened painfully. He looked utterly lost.

A few moments passed before he finally managed to speak. “About the Cooper family matters—”