Capture Your Heart novel Chapter 221

After preparing all of these and putting her daughter to bed, Karin calls her family.

"Dad, we're going home the day after tomorrow."

"Okay."

The next day, the three of them take a flight to London. By the time they arrive at Heathrow Airport, it is merely past 3:00 p.m. To stall for time, she takes Esme and William to Battersea Park.

Standing on the shore by the Thames, she closes her eyes and feels the scent of her home, feeling that a long, long time, has passed ever since she came back here last time.

Esme asks with a smile, "Mom, is this the place where you grew up?"

"Yes."

"It's so beautiful and so much more interesting than Edinburgh."

Karin twists her little ears, "Did you forget what Mommy has told you?"

"Oh, no, it's much more interesting than Zurich."

Karin smiles, feeling incomparably bitter instead.

She takes Esme's hand and stops as she walks to a certain place where a handsome man and a beautiful woman are taking photos. Back then, she had also taken a photo with a man here. Although the picture is still vivid in her mind, the figure of the man in her heart has gradually been blurred.

After they have been walking idly at Battersea Park for more than four hours, it is completely dark. After that, the three of them stop a taxi and go to Karin's home, a home they haven't set foot in for years.

After they arrive at the doorstep of Karin's house, she gets out of the car first. And after looking around, she signals with her eyes that William should follow her and catch up with her with Esme in his arms.

Looking at the familiar shop sign of the dumpling shop in front of her, Karin feels that her nose turns sore and her vision is covered with a layer of water mist. Then she hears someone call, "Karin". And the heartbreaking feeling in her heart is beyond words. She finds that her parents are aged with more wrinkles and more gray hairs. However, they smile less. As they, who rarely smile over the years, exert efforts to put on a smile, Karin can sense some stiffness and strangeness.

"Dad...Mom..."

She jumps over with each hand of hers holding her parents' one hand, bursting out crying. The fact that she owes her parents is a regret that cannot be made up in her life. Back then, she abandoned them in pursuit of her love, only to end up like this. In Karin's opinion, if everything in her life could be predicted and that she could anticipate the outcome, she surely wouldn't have left her parents, stood by, and watched them suffer.

"Okay, come inside."

Jane pats Karin's back as she is in tears. Even Mike gets tears in his eyes.

This is such a bitter scene where nobody feels the joy of reunion but endless self-blame and guilt...

"Dad, Mom, this is Troy Charlie."

Karin points to William. And her eyes are blinking as she introduces him to her parents.

"Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, I'm sorry for visiting you so late. Please forgive me."

William doesn't disappoint Karin. And with a calm expression on his face, he doesn't look awkward at all.

"Grandparents, please take care of me since it is the first time we met each other. And my name is Esme Shaw."

Karin draws a cold breath. Originally, she thought that everything had been properly arranged and that she had tried her best to instruct her daughter. However, she forgot to change her daughter's surname. At a glance, she knows that Esme is so excited that she takes the initiative to introduce herself, fearing that no one will introduce her. Thinking that her plan is flawless, Karin leaves such a loophole out...

As expected, her parents, who are attentive, frown, "How is the child surnamed Shaw?"

As a rule, rich families are unlikely to allow their descendants to take the mother's surname. So Esme's remark can be considered as a time bomb that will complicate the situation immediately if there isn't a reasonable explanation.

"Here's the thing, I told the child that after she arrives here, she should say her name is Esme Shaw. While at her grandmother's house, she will be called Esme Charlie. Only in this way will people on both sides like her. It was originally a joke. I didn't expect that this child would take it seriously."

Hearing William's tactful explanation, Karin immediately echoes, "Yes, yes."

Jane smiles, squats down, and caresses Esme's fair face, "You look the same as your mother when she was a child."

"It shouldn't be, right? I feel that my mom is not as pretty as me."

Hearing the child's confident words, everyone bursts out laughter. While Mike lets out a long sigh of relief, thinking that as long as his daughter is well, the knot in his mind over the years will be undone as well.

"Let's eat first. We shall talk over the meal."

They walk into the backyard. After sitting at the table in the living room, Mike began to advise bitterly, "To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that your child has been grown-up, I simply wouldn't have intended to forgive you."

"Dad, I know, there is no way to control the feelings. Otherwise, I surely wouldn't have dared to take your daughter away from you."

"It's useless to talk about this now. As long as you are truly good to my daughter, I will admit it."

"You can rest assured that my feelings for her will never change in this lifetime."

William's words sound sincere. It seems that William is saying so completely from the bottom of his heart.