Chapter 91: I’ll Respect Your Decision
If she hadn’t met Bradley one fateful day, she would have said goodbye to the thoughts of their young love.
But she did indeed meet him ten years later.
After Bradley left Cloudy Town, he moved to Coastal City, which was booming at the time. Unfortunately, he fell sick on the way and had to spend time at a hospital, where he met a kind nurse.
The nurse took care of him, and they fell in love.
They got married, and his wife gave birth to a son, Clint Denovan.
Clever and diligent, Bradley started from scratch and opened up his own store on the street. Soon after that, he opened up more and more stores by himself.
Everything was possible at that time, and soon, Bradley became a well-known entrepreneur.
The only unfortunate thing was that his wife died in a traffic accident when their son, Clint, was not even two years old.
After that terrible incident, Bradley was very busy with his business and raising Clint, so he spared little time to date.
Bradley would regularly return to his hometown every year to celebrate festivities with his relatives.
One year, when Clint was 8, Bradley ran into Anne on one such visit to Cloudy Town.
Anne was now a mother, and she looked more beautiful and charming than ever.
The love that once was came pouring out again.
When Anne finds out about his experiences, she can no longer live peacefully with Harry.
Anne hated her father the most, but since he was now dead, she vented her hatred out on Harry.
She decided to leave with Bradley.
Harry was heartbroken by her decision and told her to leave Selene with him and never come back.
To Harry’s surprise, Anne agreed.
Anne had suffered from the relationship and couldn’t go on like that anymore.
It was very difficult for Harry to tell Selene the whole story, but he felt much better after he finished. Much better, in fact, as he blissfully relaxed into his hospital bed.
Selene was very calm while telling the long story.
When Harry finished, she stood up from the chair by her father’s bedside.
“I get it She didn’t deserve to be forced into a marriage and suffer because of it. But that didn’t give her an excuse to abandon me. I cannot forgive her for that. But it doesn’t matter now, anyway. She’s a stranger to me.”
Harry glanced at her and sighed. “It’s all my fault. Blame it on me.”
Selene smiled and patted him on the arm. “No, I won’t blame it on you. Despite what you’ve told me, you’ve been a good father to me, and that will never change. But, at the same time, the story also doesn’t change my view about that woman.”
Harry looked at Selene with a complicated expression and pulled out a letter from under his pillow. “This is a letter from her, and I know it may not change your view, but please just read it.”
Selene raised her eyebrows, opened it, and casually skimmed through it. She knew it would be about missing her and apologized.
She sneered at it. But when she read the last paragraph, she smiled.
Anne had written that there were losses and gains in life, and if she could have started all over again, she would have made the exact same choices and wouldn’t change anything.
Anne should pay for what she had done, and the form of that punishment was losing her daughter. She didn’t expect to regain the privilege of being a mother to Selene after having abandoned her for so many years.
The one thing Anne could do was to stay out of Selene’s life. However, she made it clear in the letter that if Selene ever needed her, Anne would be there for her.
Selene had to admit there was one aspect of their personality that they shared in common, which was their cold-bloodedness.
And she also knew that there would never be a time when she would need that woman.
Harry just hoped that Selene would forgive Anne, but Selene felt that she simply didn’t need motherly love anymore.
She didn’t want to tell Harry what she was thinking, so she just put down the letter and smiled.
“Don’t worry- I don’t hate her anymore. How about asking Dora to come here now that we got this out of the way?” She paused for a while as she remembered something. “Oh, right. What was your relationship with Dora when you were young?”
Harry felt a little uneasy and smiled. “There was nothing between us.”
Selene raised her eyebrows. “Was it a love triangle where she loved you, but you loved another?”
Selene was only joking, but Harry showed a little anger in his expression. So, Selene knew that she had hit close to the truth.
Maybe there was some love among them after all.
Selene sighed and smiled. “I’ll check if Dora’s outside and tell her to come in. It’s boring here.”
Harry now felt much better and smiled teasingly. “If you’re bored, you could go back to Houston. I didn’t ask you to come here.”Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.
Selene rolled her eyes at her father’s childishness, then smiled happily.
She then went outside and saw Dora and Austin standing there. The Denovans had left.
“Is Harry okay?” Dora asked, with emotion in her eyes.
“Yes. He asked if you could come in.” Selene said. “Thank you for taking care of Dad. I’ll go back to Houston.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of him.” Then Dora walked into the room in a hurry.
Austin smiled and looked at Selene. “What happened there?”
Selene laughed. “I think my dad’s in love with your mom.” She whispered.
“Ah?! She’s finally got a chance then.” Austin widened his eyes.
“Let’s go back to Houston tomorrow.”
Austin agreed.
When they walked out of the hospital, Austin invited Selene to walk by the bridge, and when they got there, they spotted some people selling flowers.
Austin bought a bunch and gave it to Selene. “Let’s get married.” He said.
“I’m not opposed to the idea, but this is really out of the blue. I’ll wait until you’re truly ready.”