Wendy touched her belly and nodded.
Charlie no longer frowned. He walked over and sat down beside her. With his arm naturally placed around her shoulder, he began to chat with Kim. Soon after, Aunt Lee in the kitchen announced that the meal was ready.
Because of Kim, she added a few more dishes. The darkness was falling, and the dining room was full of a warm and harmonious atmosphere.
When Wendy saw the tea brought by Aunt Lee after dinner, she couldn't help getting up and saying, "Dad, you like coffee. Let me make a cup for you!"
"I'll go cook!" Charlie pressed down on her shoulder and stopped her.
"But dad likes the coffee I make..." Wendy frowned.
Charlie tightened his arm on her shoulder, pursed his lips, and said, "It's okay. Just tell me how to cook. You're pregnant now. The doctor said you should be very careful during the first three months of pregnancy!" Wendy raised her head and looked at him, fully aware that he was jealous again.
The doctor's advice sounded more like an excuse. The truth was that he had asked her not to make coffee for any other men except for him!
Wendy, amused, nodded in compromise. "Alright, then I'll tell you the method..."
The restaurant and kitchen were connected, so they could see each other. It was such a wonderful scene under the warm yellow light!
His future son- in- law was grinding coffee beans in the kitchen, while opposite him was his daughter, Wendy, who was gazing at Charlie's tall figure. Kim looked at them and remembered a woman whose eyes followed him wherever he went.
When he came to himself from the memory of the past, Kim watched his daughter, whose face looked like her mother's, and fell into a trance-it seemed the young girl he loved 20 years ago was alive again and appeared right in front of him...
Perhaps it was because of his mood swings, Kim couldn't help saying, "I've been reading the novel translated from German and often remember how your mother cooked coffee for me! In the beginning, she knew nothing about it, so she had to learn from books and made progress little by little."
"However, the destiny makes fools of the people. Though we loved each other, we had no fate at all — we couldn't stay together with each other! Actually, we got a chance to reunite. If it was seized, the three of us might never have been separated for so many years."
Upon seeing Wendy's confused and surprised expression, he slowly explained, "After getting married to Linda, I spent most of the time on my business trips in Germany. When you were about eight years old, I met your mother again! In fact, I thought that we could only treat each other like strangers when we meet again. Even if I could not forget her, I could only bury this relationship deep in my heart."
"If she was very happy, then I could only wish her well, but I saw that her life was not very good. She looked very thin and haggard, so I got all the repressed feelings out of me. At that time, she seemed to be very excited too, and there were tears in her eyes. I just broke down and wanted to take her away! However, she didn't say yes immediately. Instead, she said that she would think about it... Before I got her reply, I received the news of her death."
A trace of surprise flashed across Wendy's heart, for she didn't expect that there would be such a past between them.
She swallowed hard and then slowly asked, "Dad, at that time, you wanted to be with mom again, but did Mrs. Gray know about it?"
"Yes." Kim nodded.
He had only one woman in his heart all those years. For him, the marriage without Aubree had nothing to do with love. When all his deep-hidden emotions broke out again, he felt he should no longer hide it from his wife. Since he had a feeling of guilt, he chose to tell Linda the whole thing.
Kim sighed and said, "I asked for a divorce and had drawn up a divorce agreement."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Purchased A Mr. Right
Hate deception and Abby and Dylan take the cake ,ugh...
NO!!! Tina belongs with Wilson…. Let Dylan and Abby get together...
Wow, once again the villain messes up the true love, Abby needs to go back abroad. And Tina’s true identity as the daughter of Bill Ambrey needs to be exposed! Then the families can “convenience marry” !! Abby is a witch....
Too bad Wilson can’t figure out that his and Tina’s ex’s and his cousin Desmond are conniving creeps!...
Anthea is so stupid, lying and leaving the man who loves her more than life itself. 🤬...
She deserves to be unhappy, being with someone she doesn’t love because of resentment for the exact thing she is doing, hopefully she ends up with no one. Calvin is a wimp and doesn’t love her, just wants a wife to please his family....
So the same basic story as Simon and Addy but stupid Emily is going to marry him! What a hypocrite! Ugh...
Emily gets more stupid every chapter, when did she pickup Calvin as a fiancé!!?? This story line is awful….very sad to do to Simon what she “thought” he had done but didn’t. She is truly a dumb woman. Simon never loved or really even cared for Addy….what the hell is she doing with someone she doesn’t even know or like/love. Awful 😢...
Emily is a fool, don’t let go of the man who truly loves you. Let go of the past, of which he did nothing but help someone who saved his life, and be happy with him… he is your soulmate....
Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face Emily. Just stupid! Ugh 😩...