“Then Joshua can protect her.” Jasmine continued her words.
Dolores raised her head and looked at Jasmine, “If you give birth to a daughter and she marries Joshua, then he can protect her forever.”
Jasmine smiled.
She was looking forward to it suddenly.
‘If the day really comes, is the matter caused by the predetermined binding force?’
When Matthew came, Jasmine left the room.
Matthew stretched out his arms, “Give him to me.”
Dolores raised her head, she saw that Matthew looked a bit tired, then she said gently, “You shall sleep for a while first, I will let Jos sleep with you.”
“I’m not sleepy.” He took Joshua from Dolores’s arms, and then Joshua moved for a while and continued sleeping in his arms.
Dolores lowered her eyes, and then she walked out from the room and left Matthew in the room.
At downstairs, Jessica and Kevin were going to pick up the two children from their school.
“Put on an extra layer of clothing, the weather is becoming colder.” Jessica took a jacket and gave it to Kevin.
Kevin said, “It’s not cold to sit in the car.”
“You better put it on, you are old already and you must be careful.” Jessica put the jacket on him, Kevin didn’t reject it again and he stood still to let Jessica put the jacket on him. After putting on the jacket, Jessica adjusted his collar, then she said after making sure that there was nothing else to be corrected, “Let’s go.”
Kevin looked at her and nodded, he pulled the door open and let Jessica go first, then he walked behind and closed the door.
Dolores was absent-minded in a moment when she stood at the staircase looking at them. Ever since Jessica divorced Randolph, she had never seen her treating any man in such a gentle way.
Not long after they went out, the doorbell rang. She went downstairs and opened the door, a deliveryman was standing at the door, “May I know if Ms. Flores here?”
Dolores said, “Yes, I am.”
“This is your parcel, please sign it.” The deliveryman gave her a box.
She signed on it and took the box, then she closed the door and came inside. She opened the box, there was a jade tablet inside, which was carved from the jade of good quality. She raised her eyebrows, she wondered who had sent her this?
When she was going to put the jade tablet back, she saw a card in the box, then she took it out and opened it.
It was a message from Charles: I wanted to give it to your son by myself initially, but your husband is too petty, so I don’t want to trouble you and I can only send it using the courier service. I’ve heard about the thing that had happened to Jayden, I’m sorry to hear that. My condolences. I think he will also wish that the people who are still alive will live a happy life, but not live in agony. Those who had passed away, are definitely staying in another place and praying for us who are still alive!
Dolores closed the card and put it back into the box, then she took out the jade tablet and put the box into the drawer.
This was a token from the person who had sent the gift, so she accepted it in good part.
She went upstairs and pushed the bedroom’s door open, she saw that Matthew was lying on one side in the bed while Joshua was sleeping soundly in his arms. Matthew was closing his eyes, it seemed like he had fallen asleep too.
She took a blanket from the cabinet and covered them with the blanket gently. Then, she took out the jade tablet from her pocket and put it on Joshua’s neck. Joshua moved his pink lips, he was still sleeping soundly.
She sat beside the bed and touched Jos’s cheeks, and then she smiled. When her eyes fell on Matthew’s face, her heart ached for him.
He almost didn’t sleep during these few days, he had become thinner.
She took his hand and held it with their fingers interlaced, then she bent and kissed him on the forehead gently, “There are many regrets in your life, my heart aches for you, I’ll be by your side for the rest of your life.”
The eyebrows of the man who was closing his eyes moved suddenly, followed by his thick eyelashes, but everything became normal again very soon, even Dolores also didn’t notice it.
The time had passed very fast, the things stayed the same, but the people were not. It was the New Year again in a blink of an eye.
They lived a peaceful and quiet life throughout this period, Joshua could now babble and laugh with sound. Jasmine’s belly had also become larger, and she had taken a gap year to stay at home nurturing the foetus.
Theresa and Armand were staying in City C happily. Although they didn’t have a child, they were both working and living their life to the fullest.
And there was one more important thing, Jessica and Kevin had decided to stay together.
However, this was first suggested by Dolores. During these few months, she could see that Jessica and Kevin were taking care of each other and comforting each other. There was already no more love at these ages, they just felt that staying together would make them feel secured and they could accompany each other.
Dolores thought that they should appreciate this because the time for them to stay together would reduce day by day. Therefore, they didn’t have to care about other people’s thoughts and words, as long as they were happy.
They didn’t apply for a marriage license, and they didn’t hold a wedding ceremony as well. They had just asked everyone to have dinner together on new year’s night.
When they were having dinner, Jasmine said, “Dolores, I’m having a girl.”
“What?” Theresa laughed and looked at her, “You haven’t given birth to the baby, but you’re already finding a husband for your daughter?”
After all, Dolores had two sons.
Andrew was much older, but Joshua was just one year older than her daughter.
Jasmine took a fried bean curd and put it into her mouth, then she said smilingly, “So what? The parents look handsome and pretty, so the child won’t be ugly as well. I’ll grab the chance first so that other people can’t take the advantage in the future.”
“Hey.” Armand felt so jealous, “You haven’t given birth to the baby, but you’re already planning for her.” He glanced at Boyce, “Your wife is more mindful than you.”
Boyce poured him a glass of wine, “How do you know that it’s not a decision that we’ve made after discussing together?”
Armand was speechless.
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