Chapter 1183


    Ralph knew that he couldn''t reason with her, so he could only listen to what she said.


    Hannah had grown up in an odd environment.She was different from the average person.


    Ever since she was a child, she had grown up in a distorted environment where she was forced to have


    no friends, no ssmates, and no family around her.


    To her, being isted on an ind was no big deal.


    After so many years, she finally had a taste of what it felt like to have a rtionship with someone, and


    that someone was Ralph.She was not going to let him go.


    To her, he was the only thing that she could hold onto.She used to be a piece of driftwood floating in


    the ocean.


    Now, once she managed to hop onto a small boat, she was desperately holding onto it.


    Otherwise, she might be lost again in the bottomless abyss.She might not be able to go ashore again.


    This paranoia of hers was starting to suffocate Ralph.


    Margaret was hospitalized.


    She was getting on with age.


    After getting stimted one after the other, her body couldn''t take it anymore.


    No visitors were allowed in her ward other than the full-time nurse, her servants, and Celine, who took


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    care of her every day.


    Alexander was upied with work and could only visit Margaret asionally.She did not want to


    bother Lily, who was pregnant, toe and visit her, but Lily would drop by nheless.


    This afternoon, the warm sun shone into the ward.


    Margaret squinted, feeling a little drowsy.


    Then, she vaguely heard the ward''s door open and turned to it The dazzling sunlight made it hard to


    see who was at the door, but she could roughly make out the figure standing there.


    Her heart trembled as she called out, "Ralph?"


    The man didn''t speak.He stood at the door for a few seconds before he slowly walked in.


    Once he reached her bedside, he stared at her with a conflicted expression.


    "Ralph...Where have you been? You''ve gotten skinny.It seems like you''ve been through a lot these few


    days."


    Margaret was distressed.


    After all, she did raise him as her own son.


    Her motherly love was still there.


    Seeing the olddy''s inexplicable excitement, Ralph began to tear up as he pursed his lips.


    "I don''t know how to address you."


    Margaret did not speak.


    "Can I still call you Mom?" He asked again.


    "Of course!"


    Her eyes immediately began to brim with tears.


    "As long as you still take me as your mother!"


    "I''m not your son and not rted to you at all.I have nothing to do with this family," he muttered with a


    wry smile.


    This felt ridiculous to him.


    Although so many days had passed, it was like a nightmare that haunted him every night.


    It was as if once he had finally woken up, this would all be just a dream, and he would still be the


    Russell family''s youngest and most favored son.


    However, that was just wishful thinking.


    There was no turning back for him! "You''re still my son that I''ve raised for all these years.


    Although you''re not biologically mine, after so many years, it doesn''t even matter anymore."


    Margaret wiped the tears off her face and continued, "At this age, I hope you can forgive me, Ralph.I


    did what I had to do for the sake of the entire Russell family.It was thest resort."


    "For the sake of the Russell family, you''d throw me under the bus? Do you know how people look at me


    now? Those people who were under me are now stepping all over my head!"


    Ralph felt that he had been wronged in every way possible as he looked at the olddy in front of him


    conflictingly.He loved and hated her at the same time.


    How could a mother be so ruthless as not even to have an ounce of love for the child she had cared for


    over the decades? It was also her who pushed him over the edge.