Chapter 14
His taunting gaze was filled with naked contempt for her when he stared at her, and even though this
was not the first time that she had been humiliated by the man in front of her, her heart would still ache
whenever she was subjected to his demeaning treatment.
Catherine’s sanity finally came back to her the moment her white T-shirt was being lifted by him. Despite
trembling all over due to extreme fear, she forced herself to regain herposure and stared at
Anderson, “Didn’t you like Isabe the most? Won’t you be afraid that she will hate you in hell?”
Anderson’s hand halted abruptly in its track on her body.
She knew that mentioning Isabe would work on him, hence she hurriedly continued, “Isabe always
hated the fact that you and I were together, and I still remembered clearly that she would fall sick
whenever you had stayed the night.”
Anderson’s lechery had dissipated entirely when Isabe was suddenly mentioned, and it was at that
moment that the driver had stopped the car, “We’re here, Mr. rk.”
As soon as the car was parked, Catherine got down at once and made a run for it.
He stared at her fleeing figure while adjusting his tie, and soon after he walked with long strides into the
hospital.
When Catherine had finally reached the ward that Sophia was in, she could immediately pick up on a
faint weeping sound at the door. Her heart was instantly broken into thousands of pieces, and she
promptly pushed open the door and walked inside.
Lincoln and Sophia were sitting on the bed while snuggling up to each other, and Madison whom was at
a loss could be seen seated on the sofa further away. Sophia’s hair was a mess, and it was a heart-
rending sight to take in as her eyes and nose had been reddened from all the crying she had done.
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When Madison hadid her eyes on Catherine, her eyes lighted up in an instant.
However, Catherine did not manage to catch the changes in Madison’s expression as she was
contending with dismay, and she quickly called out to the kids on the bed in a soft tone, “Mommy’s here,
Sophia.”
Saphia’s sobbing stopped abruptly when she heard Catherine’s voice, and when she had raised her
head to look into her direction and confirmed that her mother had indeede for her, she burst out
crying again, this time in a more aggrieved manner as she rolled down the bed and threw herself at
Catherine.
“Sophia misses you very much, Mommy.” Catherine hugged her tightly and muttered under her breath,
“Mommy misses you too.” “You said that you were going to pick me up yesterday. Why did you lie to
me?” Sophia lied in her arms and grumbled in
grievance.
“Sorry for not keeping to my promise, I know Mommy’s at fault.” Catherine suddenly thought of
Anderson’sment that Sophia had not been eating at all, so she patted her consolingly on the
shoulder and said, “Since Mommy is here, can you eat something now?”
Sophia nodded obediently while curling her lips into a line and uttered in an upset manner, “I’m very
hungry, Mommy.” Catherine was on the verge of tears upon hearing her daughter’s pitiful remark, but she
forced herself to hold back her tears. Lincoln brought over a small bowl of porridge to her, “You can feed
this to Sophia, Mommy.”
It was as if a wall of barrier had been set up between the three of them and the outside world, and not a
single outsider could meddle in between them.
Anderson watched on with a gloomy look in his eyes as bitter sorrow gradually crept up onto him. They
were his children too, so why did he feel so left out?
“Go get the kids and bring them to the table so that they can eat properly, Andy. There are too much
stuffs on the floor.” Madison tried to steer him to make a move as she poked at Anderson whom was
standing still and looking on from a near distance with her cane.
He frowned for a second after being told to bring Sophia over to the table, but in the end, he marched
forward and stooped down to try to carry her in his arms.
Sophia was shocked by his sudden movement, and she instantly backed away from him.
Catherine red at him after noticing his gesture, and the grim look on her face was as if she would fight
him off if he ever dared toy his hands on Sophia.
Anderson’s countenance ckened after seeing Sophia’s defensive action, and he called out to the
frightened little girl whom was hiding in Catherine’s embrace in a frigid tone, “Daddy will bring you to the
table so that you can eat properly.”
Sophia whimpered softly, “But I want Mommy.” Anderson nodded in reply, “Your Mommy wille along
too.”
Sophia finally reached out her arms towards Anderson after he had made a promise to her as she stared
at him with tears still in her eyes. Eagerness and fear could be seen manifested in her gaze while she
uttered in a childish voice, “Hug me, Daddy.”
Catherine instinctively wanted to stop them, but it was only a fleeting thought that hadsted in her mind
for a second as she witnessed Sophia being taken away from her in the end. Sophia was different than
Lincoln in this sense that she had always wanted a father, but Lincoln had always disliked Anderson
from the start.
Catherine had decided that she would not prevent her children to call Anderson their father as long as he
would not take them away from her.
“Come here, Mommy. There’re lots of yummy foods here.” Sophia sat in front of the table and shouted
happily for Catherine toe over.
Catherine finally walked over to them with Lincoln in her hand, and when she had seated at the table,
Sophia obviously was ina good humour from her previous gloomy state as she grabbed Anderson by the
hand and ordered around, “Daddy will sit at my right while Mommy shall sit at my left, and Lincoln can sit
opposite of me.”
Anderson wanted to turn down her request outright, but when he was met with Sophia’s expectant gaze,
his refusal just stuck at his throat.
After arranging everyone’s seating on the table, Sophia excitedly announced, “Our family has finally
reunited, and I have a Daddy now, Mommy.”
“Other kids will not be mean to me andugh at me for not having a dad anymore, Mommy.” Sophia
pped her hand enthusiastically while staring at Catherine with her twinkling eyes.
Catherine shot Anderson a nce and gave out a littleugh, “Stop talking and start eating up, if not your
tummy will be mad at you.”
Sophia nodded obediently again.
Catherine let out a huge sigh and continued to hand a spoonful of porridge to Sophia’s mouth right after.
However, Sophia turned her head to Anderson instead and uttered, “I want Daddy to feed me. All the
other kids have daddies whom can feed them, but I don’t.”
Catherine hesitated for a moment, but after catching the intense eagerness in her eyes, she handed the
spoon over to Anderson atst.
Anderson knitted his brows while holding the spoon in his hand as he had never taken care of anybody
else. He had always been the one whom was being cared for his whole life, so his brows were deeply
furrowed on his forehead at this moment. “lm hungry, Daddy.”
Anderson had bitten the bullet in the end, bracing himself to scoop a spoonful of porridge and served it to
her.
“Hot, Daddy. You have to blow on it…”
Anderson had no choice but to cool the porridge down with his breath before handing it over to her
again.
“I want to eat fish, Daddy.”
‘I don’t want vegetables, Daddy. I’m not a sheep.”
After feeding Sophia for the whole duration of the meal, Anderson was worn out by the immense effort to
care for a child as he lied back against the chair to take a rest.
He had not been at the hospital for long, but urgent matters at hispany had required him to take his
leave.
Sophia had drifted off to sleep after she had finished her meal and watched some cartoons with Lincoln,
and the living area was left with only Catherine, Madison and Bentley.
“We’re old now, so we don’t want to stick our nose into you youngsters’ affairs as well, Catherine.”
Catherine remained silent after hearing Madison’s words as she knew clearly that the rk family’s
intention to approach her was nothing more than to talk about her children.
Madison let out an awkward cough after not getting any response from Catherine and continued, “All
we’ve ever wanted is for Andy to get married and have children.”
“I trust that you know what has happened to Isabe. Ever since she was dead, Andy had never looked
at another woman, so it’s best for everyone if the children were toe back to the rk family.
Everything that is owned by the rk family will be theirs sooner orter in the future…”
Catherine only wanted to put on a sardonic smile after hearing her absurd statement, “Isabe’s death
has nothing to do with me, and the Johnson family has been ruined by the rk family because of that.
You expect me to hand over my children to the rks now that Anderson has no interest in other woman
due to Isabe? Do you really think that is possible?”
“You shouldn’t tly reject our proposal, Catherine. Judging from the aspects of financial condition and
family background, Lincoln and Sophia are more suited to live under the rk’s name, and we will raise
them with the best possible resources that we can afford. Try to think the other way around, what would
the children get if they were to live with you?” Madison looked her up and down as she let out a deep
sigh.
“You’re only a single mother whom has been put behind bars and have a working-ss upation. You
have fallen from grace, so I believe you are aware of how hard it is to ovee and bridge the great
abyss of social ss. Life’s already tough as itis, so aren’t you afraid that the children will hate on you in
the future if you have outright denied their im to a better quality of life and education?”