Chapter 824: Chapter 827: Do you know my mother?
“This na, it sounds so nice,” Lily said hoarsely, unable to speak any further.
On the other end of the line, Jordan Lancaster waited a long ti, his narrow black pupils normally more mature and profound than those of his peers, squinted uncontrollably.
He didn’t actually want to ask.
But eventually, he couldn’t help but let the question slip out.
“By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Aidan Lucas’ son,” he said in an indifferent tone, unafraid that the person on the other end might not recognize his father’s na.
“My mother… was the original shareholder of the stocks you now hold. You have my mother’s original shares and share her na; I want to boldly ask, do you… know my mother?”
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Jordan Lancaster was never a talkative child.
Everyone who knew him was aware of this.
He would be five years old in just two months.
But since he was very young, he had shown a genius and maturity far beyond his years.
However, perhaps geniuses are always lonely; he seed much more detached and solitary than his peers.
On the bright side, this was seen as being mature and composed, capable of managing his own emotions.
But on the other hand, it was also interpreted as a lack of emotional connection.
Jordan Lancaster seldom smiled, often confronting even his own father with a cold expression.
He was not usually a man of many words.
But for so reason, facing this woman who shared the sa na as his deceased mother, he found himself talking more than usual.
“I…” Lily began, her first word choking up with a sob, and she quickly covered her mouth with her hand.
She bit her lower lip hard, took a deep breath, trying her best to compose herself.
“Yes, I knew your mother,” she forced herself to say lightly, “We beca friends because we had the sa na; we thought it was fate.”
She dared not tell Ben Lucas that she was his mother.
Ben Lucas was right there on the other end of the phone; all she had to do to reveal the truth was to recklessly disclose her true identity to him.
But when actually facing Ben Lucas, she didn’t dare to take that risk.
Even with Ethan Wilson, when she saw him for the first ti and confird her feelings, realizing she still loved him and couldn’t leave him, she had the courage to decide to win him back imdiately.
But with Ben Lucas, she couldn’t face him with the sa candor as she did Ethan Wilson.
Because Ben Lucas and Ethan Wilson were different.
She and Ethan Wilson were adults. Even if Ethan couldn’t understand and resented her, pretending not to recognize her, she was confident that she could make him slowly accept her again.
But it was different with Ben Lucas; he was only half a year old when she left.
How could a half-year-old child have mories of his own mother?
Even if they were standing face to face, he might not recognize that the woman in front of him was his mother.
Moreover, in Ben Lucas’ mind, his mother had ‘died.’
She died in an explosion three years ago…
For Ben Lucas, his mother died in an accident, not because she abandoned him.
Lily feared that if she told Ben Lucas the truth, the child might not only reject her but also hate her.
She would rather he retained his love for his mother than have her child hate her.
Very soon, the boy’s next question further solidified Lily’s resolve.
He asked, “Can you tell what kind of person my mother was?”
She heard a faint warmth in Ben Lucas’ cool, bleak voice.
Her throat felt suddenly choked up, as her beautiful, peach-blossom eyes quickly misted with tears.
Lily thought that over the years she had beco very strong.
But facing Ben Lucas, she realized that the strength and growth she had built over the years could be crushed in an instant by this child.
[Author’s Note] Updates for April 30th~
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