Chapter 318 A Name That Still Hurts
Mia.. for Lauren, you destroyed yourself. You turned your back on your mother… you didn’t even want me anymore…
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The little girl sat curled up on the couch, her eyes filled with helpless confusion as she looked at him. Her voice was small, shaky, and edged with tears
“Sir, I want Mommy and Madam… will they come back?”
The embroidery room was dim and still. Thick curtains kept the sunlight locked outside, drowning the space in silence that felt more like a tomb than a home,
Felix shumped in a chair, thinner than before. The once crisp, elegant silk pajamas he wore now hung on him wrinkled and lifeless
His eyes were vacant–soulless, He looked less like a man and more like a hollow shell.
In his hands, he held the embroidered piece Queen of Blooms. His long fingers absentmindedly traced the delicate threads, over and over again, as though trying to feel Lauren’s warmth still lingering in the stitches.
The door creaked softly ope
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Anna stood at the threshold. When she saw Felix in that lifeless state, her eyes turned red instantly.
She spoke softly, her voice trembling with concern. “Sir, please come downstairs and eat something”
But Felix didn’t move. It was as if she hadn’t spoken at all.
Anna’s heart twisted. Her lips parted, ready to offer comfort–but nothing came. Her throat tightened, her words jammed somewhere between sorrow and helplessness. All she could do was sigh
She turned, shoulders heavy, only to run right into Madam Kate.
Kate’s once–straight posture had slumped. Her eyes were dull and tired. In just over a month, she looked ten years older.
“Ma’am, please talk to Mr. Felix,” Anna pleaded. “He’s been like this every day–either drinking or sitting in that room with the embroidery. He doesn’t eat, doesn’t sleep… if this keeps going, he’s going to fall apart.”
Just the mention of Lauren was enough to break her composure. Anna’s tears spilled over as her voice cracked.
Lauren was such a good girl… how could she be gone? How could the world be so cruel?
Kate’s eyes welled up.
Since hearing about Lauren’s death, she had fainted more than once. Her chest had felt torn open. For more than a month, she hadn’t been able to eat or sleep. Every night, in the dark, she’d think of Lauren’s sweet smile, her gentle, thoughtful nature–and her heart would seize with pain.
It had taken her weeks to even begin calming down.
The dead couldn’t return. The living still had to go on.
She stepped to the doorway of the embroidery room and looked in. Her voice trembled.
“Fellix…
Still, there was no sound. Not a breath of response from Felix.
“I know how much you miss Lauren. I miss her too. But she’s gone. And she wouldn’t want to see you like this. Fellix. You have to pull yourself together,”
No inatter how she tried, Felix gave no sign that he even heard her.
Chapter 318 A Name That Sulf Hurts
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Her eldest grandson had always been indifferent to women. Almost thirty, and never a single scandal She had even once. quietly wondered if he might not be into women at all,
Then finally, a good girl had walked into his life.
And now, she was gone so young, so senselessly.
With Felix’s temperament, Kate feared he’d never let another woman near him again.
She had never been one to pressure him about marriage, but the Brooker family name couldn’t end with him. The family had lasted generations–it needed an heir.
Kate sighed heavily. “Fellix, it’s not that I’m trying to force you. But this family… it can’t end with you. I’m not asking for marriage, Just a child. Any child. Boy or girl, I don’t care. If you give me that, I swear I’ll never ask you to marry. Is that fair?”
Her voice was low and heartfelt, wom from grief.
At last–Felix moved..
“The sperm I deposited at Balewood Hospital… use that,” he said, his tone flat, eyes lifeless,
It had been Kate’s idea years ago to have him freeze his sperm, just in case. She’d feared that as he got older and stayed single, the quality would decline–and wanted to preserve it while she could.
If he really was never going to start a family the traditional way, that frozen vial was their only hope.
Kate exhaled shakily. “Fine… but what about the child’s mother? Do you have any requirements?”
Felix didn’t even blink.
“Whoever. Doesn’t matter.”
