In the dining room, Hannah watched Oscar very closely.
She felt this man always said the saddest things in the plainest tone.
"Once my birthday was on the training day." Oscar said peacefully, "My mom brought me a cake she made before parting. And she said her biggest wish was for Cian and me to live a long life."
Hearing this, Hannah felt her heart twitch.
Although all parents wanted their children to be healthy, many seemed to take it for granted. Especially for kids, no parents would frequently talk about living a long life. Because these words were basically for the elderly. Parents would wish their children happiness, academic success, and so on.
"How helpless was she to this world to make this kind of wish?" Hannah thought.
"The cake made by her did not taste good, just like yours," Oscar commented.
Hannah couldn't distinguish much emotion in his indifferent tone.
"But it's warm and toasty." Oscar smiled and said, "That was the first and the last time I ate my mom's cake. The next time I saw her, her body had been dumped at sea. At that moment I suddenly understood the meaning of living a long life my mom said. And I also seemed to understand their abandonment and cruel training in my childhood."
"Oscar," Hannah took his hand tight to warm him, "I'll make a cake for you every year."
Oscar slightly smiled, and his eyes seemed to sparkle because of tears, "Right."
And those sad feelings were just hidden by him. He never allowed himself to get down or to be sad.
Oscar was about to go to work. Hannah had asked for a day off today. After dropping Oscar off, Jimmy turned back to the Cooper building to pick up Hannah and headed for home.
She wanted to give Oscar a surprise.
As Hannah arrived at the villa, Max also felt surprised looking at her. But he quickly knew what she was going to do. Then Max accompanied Hannah in decorating the room.
Max was no less careful with her than Oscar. He even was more nervous than Oscar. If she had any big body movements, he would have almost had a heart attack.
Hannah couldn't help but sigh that Max and Oscar were such a consistent family.
Finally, they gave the villa good decoration. And Hannah rest satisfied to wait for her husband to come home.
In the afternoon, Hannah called Manuel and Theodore respectively to invite them for dinner. Both of them accept her invitation immediately.
Theodore was even kind of excited. He had to look after Little Bunny who was in her rest of confinement, so Hannah guessed he must have felt bored at home. And now he could get some fresh air outside.
Compared to Theodore, Manuel was calmer and more collected. He just said he would try to leave work on time.
After hanging up, Manuel continued to concentrate on his work. Sometimes he even wanted to enrich himself with work or numb his mind.
"Mr Johnson." Callie knocked and opened the door.
"Uh-huh?"
"The inner council will be held in ten minutes."
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