Sylvia Lancaster never thought that in this world, she and Ethan Sutton would end up as an unhappy couple!
According to Simon Lancaster, she had suffered a great deal after marrying Ethan Sutton.
Sylvia Lancaster found this utterly unacceptable. ’This is just too ridiculous!’ she thought. In her past life, Ethan Sutton had been her loyal lapdog, helping her suppress and humiliate lody Sumrs.
And the reason for her divorce from Ethan Sutton was, of all things, because she was pregnant with another man’s child!
Simon had said the child was the result of her being assaulted by robbers, but Sylvia felt that couldn’t be the truth. Her counterpart in this world hadn’t told Simon the whole story.
Sylvia thought, ’If the child really was from so unknown robber, as Simon said, then my other self would never have chosen to keep it. The risks and rewards wouldn’t be proportional. I would never do sothing so stupid.’
’Since she chose to keep the child, the father must be soone of status!’
Thinking of Flynn Adler’s contact in her WeChat list, she felt there was a ninety percent chance the child was his!
’She chose to risk keeping this child to leave herself a fallback plan with Flynn Adler!’
’If that’s the case, then it all makes sense...’
’Because she didn’t dare let her legitimate husband, Ethan Sutton, find out about her affair, she must have deleted her chats every ti she contacted Flynn Adler. That’s why their chat history is blank.’
At this thought, Sylvia Lancaster sighed, a complicated feeling welling up inside her.
Besides that, what moved Sylvia the most in Simon Lancaster’s story was the part about her biological parents.
Simon said that she had once told him she was doing very well and that her biological parents loved her very much.
Sylvia recalled seeing her chat history with Lily Adler. Lily would transfer her money from ti to ti with notes like, "Pocket money for my darling Sylvia," and "For my baby to buy sothing she likes..."
It was clear that her biological mother, Lily Adler, truly loved her.
Unfortunately, by the ti she arrived in this world, Lily Adler had already been taken away by the police. Barring any surprises, she would soon be executed.
Sylvia felt a faint pang of sadness, but she quickly consoled herself. ’It doesn’t matter if I don’t have my birth mother, Lily Adler. Having Elaine Hughes as my mother is enough!’
’Elaine Hughes’s love for isn’t any less than Lily Adler’s!’
’Besides, in this world, lody Sumrs has chosen not to return to the Lancaster family, which ans I’ll be their only daughter!’
At this thought, Sylvia Lancaster’s spirits rallied.
She took Simon Lancaster’s hand and said, "Big Brother, I want to be discharged. The doctor said I’m recovering quickly and can recuperate at ho. Can you check out, please?"
For so unknown reason, the wound on Sylvia’s abdon was healing remarkably fast, so much so that even the doctors were amazed.
With her mories from her past life, Sylvia knew that the extre cold and snowfall would begin in two days. She couldn’t waste any more ti in the hospital. She had to go ho and plan a survival strategy with her whole family.
Simon Lancaster was a little worried to hear this. In the past, he would have definitely persuaded Sylvia to stay in the hospital a while longer.
But now, thinking of the sky-high hospital fees...
Simon Lancaster nodded and replied, "Alright. I’ll go handle the discharge paperwork right now! We’ll go ho so you can recover!"
***
anwhile, after hanging up on Sylvia Lancaster, lody Sumrs returned to the villa from the residential area, ready for dinner.
But as soon as she stepped into the living room, she saw soone unexpected.
Miss Lowell and her grandmother were sitting in the living room, along with her aunt, Grace Sutton, who hadn’t been ho for days. Grace looked like she had just gotten back, a hint of exhaustion on her face. Everyone was sitting together, chatting happily.
And next to Grace Sutton sat a handso young man in a military uniform.
His complexion was fair, with sharp brows, bright eyes, and a high-bridged nose. He stood as tall and straight as a pine, and the uniform on him, far from making him seem stiff, only added to his heroic air.
When lody Sumrs saw him, she blurted out in pleasant surprise, "Ian Sumrs! What are you doing back?!"
Ian Sumrs heard lody’s voice and looked up at her, his eyes also full of joy.
He walked over to lody in a few strides, first giving her a tight hug, then excitedly taking her by the shoulders to look her over. "Let get a look at you!" he said repeatedly. "It’s been over two years. How have you gotten thinner?"
Ian Sumrs was the only son of Grace Sutton and Colin Sumrs. He had grown up with lody Sumrs, and the two cousins were very close. As children, they had run barefoot through every corner of Mount Anworth together.
Later, lody went away to university while Ian joined the army, and the two were separated. Though they embarked on different journeys, their bond never weakened.
Looking at Ian Sumrs, lody felt as if a lifeti had passed.
In lody’s mory, the last ti they had seen each other was in her previous life, during a final, tragic parting with their family.
Back then, their entire family, aside from the two of them, had died in a mudslide. lody was overco with grief, and when Ian heard the news and ca ho, he and lody held each other and wept for a long ti.
Afterward, lody and Ian arranged the family’s funerals together. A few days later, the cataclysm struck, and Ian was urgently recalled to his unit to participate in disaster relief efforts across the country.
lody looked at Ian and asked in surprise, "How are you back?"
In her last life, lody hadn’t seen Ian again before she died. But in this life, he had sohow co ho early.
Grace Sutton, standing nearby, heard this and said with a smile, "His unit was the one stationed at our factory while we were locked down for the rush order!"
The clothing factory where Grace Sutton worked had spent the last two months producing cold-weather gear according to governnt orders. Because of the frequent unrest following the natural disasters, lawless elents were constantly trying to seize state supplies, so the governnt had dispatched troops to guard the factories.
As it happened, the unit sent to guard Grace Sutton’s factory was Ian Sumrs’s own!
Grace continued, "The factory’s work was all completed today, so they’re starting a break. Ian’s commanding officer knew his family was here, so he specially granted him leave to co ho and visit."
During these cataclysmic tis, survival was difficult and accidents were frequent. People were dying in this disaster every minute of every day. Under such circumstances, military leaders also hoped their soldiers would have the chance to spend more ti with their families. After all, no one knew if this eting would be their last...
Ian Sumrs nodded and added, "But I only have two days’ leave. I have to go back the day after tomorrow."
At this, the smile vanished from Grace Sutton’s face. For once, the usually optimistic and cheerful woman wore a worried expression.
She really didn’t want to be separated from her child again. In a ti of disaster, what parent could rest easy with their child out there, especially going to one dangerous place after another?
But she also knew this was Ian’s duty as a soldier, and she couldn’t stop him.
Miss Lowell and Grandma patted Grace’s hand comfortingly. Grandma then said, "It’s rare for the family to be together. Let’s call Winnie and Colin and have them co ho early today. We’ll have a lively reunion dinner tonight as a family!"
Grace Sutton nodded at her words. She quickly composed herself, stood up with a smile, and rolled up her sleeves. "I’ve been eating and sleeping at the factory all this ti and couldn’t get any decent food. Now that I’m finally ho, I’m going to cook myself and make a few extra special dishes!"
With that, the family called Winnie Sumrs and Colin Sumrs. Hearing that Ian and Grace were ho, they were both surprised and delighted, and said they would take leave to co back early.
After the calls, the family went into the kitchen together and got busy preparing a magnificent reunion dinner.
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