Chapter 35: What a Good Woman


    udia was stupefied. Babbling, Conrad was ying with her hair, his rosy and delicate cheek rubbing


    against her neck. Conrad’s yful movements brought udia to her senses.


    Clutching the baby in her arms, udia was overwhelmed with the joy of regaining Conrad. She stared


    at Hanna, not knowing how to express her gratitude.


    After a wave of gratitude swept over her, some mixed feelings descended on udia. She tried to


    choke back tears and conceal the sadness in her eyes.


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    As a Mrs. Crawford, udia’s own son was actually brought back by some outsider...


    Somehow, udia felt so sorry for herself.


    Sitting on the sofa next to udia, Hanna was dandling the little Conrad. After a while, she came up


    with something and asked, “By the way, about the auction for the Evans Mansion I told youst time,


    how’s your fund raising goingtely?”


    udia’s heart sank at the mention of this matter.


    She had been busy recently. Besides, tensions between her and Ben hadn’t been eased yet, so


    udia had no chance to talk to him about it at all...


    Hanna seemed to have read udia’s mind and gave a faint andforting smile. "It’s alright. You still


    have half a month left, and you have plenty of time to seek opportunities to talk with Ben about it."


    udia dropped her eyes and nodded slightly.


    “You’re a couple. Besides, this money is simply a drop in the bucket for the Crawford Group. I believe


    you’ll eventually find an opportunity to talk to him about it, so take it easy. As long as I’m here, I


    guarantee nobody will ever take the Evans Mansion away from you!” said Hanna with confidence.


    udia was uneasy to see Hanna so considerate towards her.


    Ever since her father passed away, few people had been so genuinely kind to udia. Suddenly, the


    old photos of Hanna and Ben’s shed across her mind, as well as the Facebook page he was


    browsing on theputer this morning.


    udia was eaten up with envy.


    “Please don’t think too much about it, udia. I just want to help you because you’re a kind person,


    and that’s all. Besides, Ben and I used to be familiar with each other. Anyway, I hope you won’t take


    this the wrong way.”


    Hanna was afraid that udia would misunderstand her, so she offered an exnation.


    udia raised her head in amazement. The moment she looked into Hanna’s clear eyes; bitterness


    welled up inside her. udia wondered if she was being too sentimental.


    “Moreover, only when your problems are solved will Ben be able to focus on his business, right?”


    Hanna’s generosity and thoughtfulness were beyond udia’s imagination.


    The woman sat next to udia was gentle,posed, virtuous and elegant. Especially her broad mind


    and magnanimity put udia to shame.


    Hanna took out two tubes of ointment from her bag and passed them to udia. “These are for skin


    allergies. It’s a special form and my friend asked the pharmacy to make them. I heard that you had


    some skin allergies too, so have a try of this. It works well!”


    udia took the ointment gratefully and typed something on her phone. “Thank you, but I’ve


    recovered!”


    “I’m d that you’ve recovered, but you can try them if you have a rpse. We’re both allergy sufferers


    and we need to be careful!”


    Hanna held udia’s hands amiably, as if they were close friends.


    Hanna added, “You can talk to me in signnguage from now on, udia. I read signnguage and lip


    udia was surprised. Hanna actually read signnguage?!


    Hanna was indeed a knowledgeable and sophisticated woman.


    Hanna and Ben would make a perfect match in every way, while she herself was like the other woman


    in the dark corner.


    Hanna yed with Conrad on the sofa for a long time, and she didn’t leave until the little baby got


    drowsy and went to take a nap.


    udia took Conrad back to the baby’s room, tucked him in and pecked him on the cheek. Just at this


    moment, the housekeeper’s voice came.


    “Mrs. Crawford, Mr. Raba just arrived!”


    Shocked, udia followed the housekeeper downstairs.


    udia saw Theodore sitting on the sofa with an air of dignity from afar. He was wearing a fine suit, but


    one could tell he was a man of years. However, for someone in his fifties, he looked quite young and


    well-preserved.


    Theodore didn’t rise to his feet at the sight of udia, but only said, “Where is Conrad? Let his


    grandfather have a look at him!”


    Grandfather.


    How bold of him.


    udia made a sleeping gesture with a nk face.


    Theodore saw her and nodded. “Well, maybe next time! I’ll see my grandson next time. I heard that he


    looks quite like Ben.”


    udia responded with a faint smile.


    “It’s said that you were ill the other day. How are you feeling? Are you getting better now?”


    udia was not used to Theodore’s sudden attention and concern.


    “Is Conny a naughty boy? Is he a high-maintenance baby?” Theodore went on asking.


    udia didn’t know how to answer him, frowning slightly.


    Theodore asked a few moremon questions, though he was the only one talking during the whole


    conversation. After all, udia was never close to her stepfather. They were like strangers, so his


    sudden attention was nothing but embarrassing to her.


    When Theodore finished his monologue, finally it was time to get to the point. He paused for a moment


    before asking, “udia, have you talked to Ben about the CCM Project?”


    It was now that udia realized what Theodore was here for. She remembered thatst time it was


    also for CCM Project that he hade for her and talked to her in private.


    Theodore wouldn’te for udia for nothing.


    But it was totally understandable. How could one ever find affection between a stepfather and his


    unrted stepdaughter?


    udia gave a slight frown and typed on her phone. “I’m sorry, Mr. Raba. I haven’t had any chance to


    talk to him.”


    Theodore lost his patience at the sight of the words on udia’s phone and rebuked her, “udia, how


    bankrupt?”


    Seeing that Theodore got angry, udia dropped her eyes slowly.


    She had no intention of defending herself but sat there quietly and let him vent his anger on her.


    It had been over ten years. Ever since her father died and her stepmother married Theodore, udia


    had be a real outsider of the family. No matter what she did, or she did right or wrong, the only


    thing she got was stinging rebukes and harsh criticism.


    “Don’t forget this is the Evans’ property, and that you’re one of the rightful heirs of the Evans family. If


    the Evans Group shuts down, you’ll get nothing!” Theodore threatened.


    His eyes glinting, Theodore added in passing, "The Evans Group is not in a good cash flow position


    recently, so the Evans Mansion in the suburbs will be auctioned in the near future!"


    This was not the first time udia had heard of this news.


    However, udia couldn’t help but be stunned once she learned the news from Theodore’s mouth.


    She looked up at the same time.


    The moment udia met Theodore’s gaze, she heard him saying, “If you want to keep the Evans


    Mansion, work on the CCM Project to keep it! udia, it’s not that I’m making you do so, but the Evans


    Group is at the end of its rope. You need to at least do something about it!”


    Before udia could say anything, a cold male voice chimed in seamlessly the moment Theodore


    finished his words.


    “CCM Project? So this is what you want all the time, Mr. Raba!”


    Hearing the voice, both Theodore and udia turned around, only to see Ben standing sternly in the


    hallway with a sullen face.