When it was just the both of them, Hanson carried her up in his arms and said, "I would let my sons down if I don't do anything tonight."
His sons? She got shy when she heard him say that. Everything had changed so fast that it was hard for her to take everything in. Hanson put her on the bed and got on top of her.
He gently kissed her cheek and smiled. "I really miss kissing you. We haven't been doing it for a while." Since Jude's incident happened more than a week ago, it was indeed considered a long time for Hanson.
Although the position they were in was rather odd, she raised her head and kissed him on the cheek. "It's nice to have you by my side." She was glad that she had someone to lean on, and she was sure that they would be even happier after everything was resolved.
Hearing that, he looked her in the eye and asked, "Since the children had called you Mommy and called me Daddy, don't you think it's about time we move on to the next phase?"
She knew that he was referring to marriage.
She then told him, "There's something that I haven't told you about."
He didn't seem to be surprised and asked calmly, "What is it?"
"I have another daughter," she confessed. "She had been sold off by Melanie five years ago, and I have been trying to search for her but to no avail."
Hearing that, he was stunned as he never expected himself to be that fertile. Part of his plan to go to Gondalwelt was so that the other party would keep their guards down and might somehow give themselves away. He initially thought that they would take action, but they just stayed put. Because of that, he couldn't execute the plan that he had come up with before he left.
However, after receiving a text from Larry about Jude being his son, he was pretty sure that the rest of the children were his as well. He was certain that the woman that he had slept with five years ago was Vania. Since he was still in Gondalwelt, he couldn't verify Morales' and Morgan's relationship with Vania. Earlier on, when he visited the hospital, he had asked April to perform a paternity test on them, and the results should be out tomorrow.
Now that he had found out that they had a daughter, he was delighted and said, "Darling, you're great."
His heart ached for her when he thought of the hardships that she had to go through by herself, especially when their children were sold off after she gave birth to them. On top of that, she had gone through a lot to locate them and raise them well. Because of all these, he felt that he was indebted to her.
"What's wrong?" She was surprised at his reaction.
"I'm fine. Please continue." He shook his head.
Since he was aware that she had received similar investigation results as his, he could understand why she didn't understand his excitement. She doesn't know it was me five years ago… yet.
"If I have already decided on something, it will never change. It's just that I still have regrets. I wanted to get married after I've found my daughter because that's the only way we can have a complete family," Vania explained rationally.
Hanson nodded and agreed to her request since marriage was significant, especially to a woman, and they should only get married when both were ready. He didn't want to rush it, knowing that she wouldn't be able to run away from him.
"Alright, let's wait till we have found our daughter. But we will only be marrying each other and not anyone else."
"Yes." She nodded in acknowledgment since she had already given him her heart.
Just then, he paused briefly before telling her, "Darling, there's something important that I need to tell you. You should prepare yourself for it."
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