Chapter 31. Don't Scare Me

The unexpected question forced Flora to think for a while. She had never considered this issue before, but if she was forced to answer, she would seriously consider it to reply to him.

"I did, once. I used to wonder why other children had fathers while I didn’t...especially when I was teased by others. But later, it didn't matter anymore, I have two adorable kids, I have my own happiness."

Those who find their own happiness won't dwell on the past.

Matthew laughed. It was a bitter laugh, filled with years of suppressed emotions.

"Therein lies your uniqueness. There are so many women who could sell their children for money..." He paused for a moment: "Just like my mother... As a child, I was just a lad living at the bottom of society, a vagrant at the roadside. Then my foster father took me in. And then my mother came into the picture..."

When she made her appearance, young Matthew thought he had finally received the motherly love he had long yearned for