“Ben.” Brandon‘s chin tightened, and he gnashed his teeth when he said that.
Savanna did not have time to take a look at Brandon before the video ended.
Immediately, Ben‘s phone rang.
Ben looked down and glanced at the name on the phone screen. He quickly went out with his phone.
Savanna sat there and did not move.
After Ben received the video, the first thing she saw on the screen was the hand with the cigarette.
Although the slender joints were distinct, the calluses and cement on the nails were clear. At that
moment, her mind went blank.
She wondered what kind of life Brandon was living.
When Savanna lit the second cigarette, Ben was back.
Ben glanced at Savanna, who was silent, and said softly, “Savanna, I‘m sorry for what happened just
now.”
Ben apologized for his offense just now. He just wanted to let Brandon see the woman he loved.
If he did not force her over, Savanna would not let Brandon see her.
Savanna did not speak, only smoking.
“Don‘t smoke too much.” Ben took the cigarette from her hand, put it in the ashtray, and put it out, “It‘s
late, I‘ll send you back.”
Savanna took another cigarette from the cigarette box. She put it in her mouth and lit it. This time, Ben
did not stop her. He just looked down at her.
When the cigarette in her hand was burnt out, he took the cigarette butt and put it in the ashtray.
Ben picked up the coat on the sofa and wanted to put it on her. She grabbed the coat and looked up at
Ben‘s deep eyes.
Ben curled his lips. Afraid that Savanna would misunderstand, he quickly explained,
“You are Brandon‘s woman. Even if I am single for a lifetime, I will not have feelings for you. You can
rest assured.”
Savanna raised her eyebrows. “Just now... Did he call?”
Ben did not want to tell her. After hesitating for two seconds, he finally nodded.
“What did he say?”
It was impossible for Ben to tell her about their conversation. He only said, “Savanna. Brandon is
having a hard time right now. Mrs. Giselle is sick, and she seems to be seriously ill.”
Giselle had been seriously ill before. If she had not met Krissa, Giselle would have died.
At that time, Giselle did not leave with Brandon and Mandel. Maybe she was thinking about Harris.
She heard that Terri took Harris away last month, so Giselle went to look for Brandon and Mandel.
If Giselle relapsed, the consequences... Savanna didn‘t dare to think about it.
“He asked you to tell me?” Savanna asked.
Ben was a little disturbed. “He didn‘t tell me that.”
Brandon just warned him over the phone to stay away from Savanna.
Ben really wanted to tell Brandon, you can guard against me, but can you guard against other men?
There are many men by Savanna‘s side, like Cain, Leo, and Lucas.
“He just told me not to bring you to this kind of place.”
Savanna broke into laughter. “Didn‘t he come to this place often before?”
She thought, one may steal a horse while another may not look over the hedge.
Savanna propped up her tottering body, put on her coat, and walked outside. Ben chased after her.
That night, Savanna did not go home but drove to the cemetery to see her mother, Krissa.
In front of the tomb, there was a bouquet of lilies, the petals swaying in the wind, beautiful and eye–
catching.
Savanna looked at her mother‘s smile on the tablet and murmured, “Mom, how are you doing over
there?”
Savanna sat in front of the grave for the whole night. There were some words that she could not say to
others, so she could only run to her mother‘s grave and talk.
On the afternoon of the third day, Savanna could not bear the inner torment. She took a flight to
Philadelphia. After boarding the hotel, she called Brandon and said she missed Mandel.
Brandon asked where she was, and she sent an address to Brandon.
At noon, someone knocked on the door. Savanna opened the door and saw Mandel, who was wearing
a snow–white little suit, outside the door.
Mandel had not seen her for a long time, and the way he looked at her was a little
strange.
And his gaze hurt Savanna like a needle piercing her heart.
She pulled the child in and looked out. Seeing that there was no one outside, she asked Mandel,
“Where is your father?”
“Dad is downstairs. He said that after you saw me, I would go downstairs, and he would take me back.”
Being separated from Mandel for a long time, Savanna didn‘t know what to say.
She just hugged Mandel and rested her chin on his forehead. The silence gradually
turned sad.
Mandel cleared his throat. He asked, “Are you ... my mother?”
Savanna closed her eyes. Tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, sparkling and translucent
like pearls.
Hearing Savanna was silent, Mandel asked again, “Are you my mother?”
“Do you want me to be your mother?”
To her surprise, just as she asked, Mandel became impatient. “Of course not. But my father said that
you were my mother. My grandmother said that my mother died after giving birth to me. If you are my
mother, why didn’t you want me five years ago? If you are my mother, why didn‘t you acknowledge
me?”
Mandel asked a series of questions, and Savanna was unable to answer them.
She was dumbfounded and took a step back.
She looked at Mandel‘s face and stroked his hair, her voice trembling. “I did not abandon you. Back
then...”
Mandel wanted to explain, but Mandel did not listen at all.
“Savanna, let me tell you, you are not my mother. Even if you are, I will not acknowledge you. No
matter how poor my father is, I will be with him.”
Mandel looked at Savanna with a strange and hateful gaze.
Savanna‘s heart skipped a beat. Her hands and feet couldn‘t stop shaking. What she couldn‘t accept
the most was the hatred of her own child.
“I‘m leaving.”
Mandel looked at Savanna with red eyes. He felt sad, but he would never forgive her.
“Mandel.”
Seeing that Mandel was about to leave, Savanna was incoherent and at a loss. She grabbed his hand.
Mandel turned his face. When he looked back at Savanna, his eyes were extremely cold, no longer as
cheerful as when he had seen Savanna in the past.
The sharp contrast disappointed Savanna.
Savanna felt as if a sharp thorn had been stabbed into her heart, and the pain was so great that she
could not feel any worse.
She slowly let go of her hand.
Mandel left without looking back.
Savanna could not bear to part with him, so she quietly followed him out of the room.
When she got downstairs, she saw Brandon standing under the holly on the opposite side of the road.
Mandel crossed the road and went up to hold Brandon‘s hand.
Brandon looked down at Mandel and reached out to Mandel‘s shiny black hair. The strong sunlight
shone down from the gaps in the leaves, making Brandon‘s face even paler, and the exhaustion
between his eyebrows was so obvious.
He took Mandel‘s hand, and they gradually disappeared from Savanna‘s vision.
Brandon was poor and destitute, while Mandel wore no change at all. He was always the noble little
Prince.
Savanna had always felt that Brandon did not love Mandel, but from the way he looked at Mandel just
now, it seemed that Mandel was his everything. Only then did Savanna know that Brandon loved
Mandel so much.
Savanna rushed across the road, and they had already gone far away. Savanna stood under the holly
and looked in the direction where they disappeared. She stood still, lost in thought, and her heart broke
into pieces.
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