She wanted to carry on with her life in such a state forever.
“I want to give you many, many children.” She wrapped her arms around Joan’s neck and leaned on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
However, all happiness was temporary.
By the time the child was due, Joan received a mission which he could not refuse.
“Don’t worry, I will wait for you. I and the child will be waiting for you.” She said to him.
Ten days had passed, but Joan hadn’t come back yet.
While Amanda was at home one day, she received a piece of terrible news.
When Joan was on a mission, an accident had happened.
“To save someone, he couldn’t escape before the explosion!”
Before the messenger could finish, Amanda had fainted.
“Marquise Morton!”
She was sent to the hospital.
After six hours of labour, she gave birth to a baby boy.
At the same time, she received a piece of confirmed news that Joan was dead.
After learning of that, she bled a lot after her labour. She was on the brink of death.
Loredana kept watching after her.
She was afraid that Amanda would do something stupid.
At Joan’s funeral, she cried many times over, and she almost fainted in some occasions.
It was a short period in her adulthood when she felt real happiness. Those days were the happiest days of her life.
The funeral ended.
A lawyer came to visit her.
He gave Amanda a document.
It was left behind by Joan.
It was a will.
Joan had named all of his inheritance and assets to Amanda.
Upon seeing the vast wealth at her disposal, Amanda could only cry endlessly.
She recalled the wedding night when Joan was gone from the bed when she woke up in the middle of the night.
She saw him writing something in the study.
She saw on the will that it was drafted on the day of their marriage.
The moment they tied the knot, he had given her everything that he had.
It was the accumulated wealth of all bygone generations of the Morton family.
This man had employed such method, no, his everything to love the woman he loved.
As time moved on, she slowly gathered herself and recovered. She took great care in looking after the child born of Joan and her.
However, the longing and sadness she felt whenever she thought of him never lessened.
Stanford wanted to look after her and the child.
But she rejected him.
“In my life, I will never marry another person.” She would stand by him, and by their child. She would protect this family.
Amanda ceased her interaction with any men after this episode.
She stayed in the Morton family.
Stanford didn’t marry again either.
He used his way to look after her from afar.
Although her heart belonged to another man, he wasn’t jealous of Joan.
This was because Joan did love her with all his heart.
He was able to warm up Amanda’s cold heart again, made her believe in love again.
There was no sequence to love in this world.
One beautiful night, the moon was shining bright in the night sky. Cormac was holding Loredana by her shoulder and they were gazing at the children running around in the courtyard.
All their children and grandchildren were gathered by their side. It was the happiness that most people were looking for.
A tinge of sorrow was hidden under the surface of Loredana’ face.
Cormac knew that she was worried about Amanda the most.
Their only daughter didn’t have it easy when it came to love.
In the first part of her life, she met Stanford.
She had lost her child and was on the verge of death.
Then, she met Joan.
Just when everyone thought she could finally have a happy life!
He reached out and wrapped his arm around Loredana’ shoulders, “You only need one true love in your whole life.”
That love would fill your heart to the fullest and accompany you your whole life. You can’t think of anyone else anymore.
——-The End
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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