Emotional
Learning that Arielle would be the one operating on her made Susanne happy, especially since she
knew how good her daughter-in-law was.
Arielle stayed by Susanne’s side until nighttime. During the day, she taught the latter how to play poker
with her phone as she was afraid that the older woman would get bored. Susanne had a wonderful time
playing the game for the whole afternoon.
“Look at this guy, Sannie. Is he a robot? How can he play the cards so randomly? It’s making me
angry…”
“It’s possible that a child who doesn’t know the rules is playing with you right now.”
Just as Vinson arrived at the ward’s entrance, he heard voices coming from inside. With a smile, he
opened the door and saw the two women staring at a phone close to each other. It was a heartwarming
sight.
“You’re here, Vinson?” Susanne felt her neck getting sore after looking at the phone for too long. So,
she gently hit the back of her neck with her hand as she raised her head. Then she saw him standing
at the entrance with a silly smile. “Why are you standing there with a silly smile? Come in.”
His smile froze. This is a silly smile? I’m clearly smiling because I’m feeling happy and content. Is she
blind? After the rambling in his mind ended, he closed the door and put the fruits in his hand on the
table next to the bed. “What fruit do you want to eat, Mom?”
Upon hearing that, Susanne pointed at strawberries and grapes. “I want these two. Wash more of
them.”
Once the fruits were cleaned, Vinson served them to his mother. She immediately grabbed the fruit
plate and occasionally fed Arielle with a berry. Arielle would then smile at her sweetly.
The longer he stared, the more he felt something wasn’t right. Err… shouldn’t I be the one doing the
feeding?
“Mom, you should rest—”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Susanne. She was gazing at Arielle with a
gentle look as she uttered softly, “You should go home with Vinson and rest, Sannie. You can come
back tomorrow.”
“But Vinson’s not here yet…” Arielle stopped speaking when she noticed him staring at her with a look
of resentment. Her eyes widened as she asked, “When did you arrive? Why didn’t I know about it?”
Vinson was there for almost half an hour by that point. She’s even eating the fruit I bought and washed!
Yet she doesn’t know I’m here?
Vinson was rather speechless.
“Don’t you have an additional bed here, Mom? You can let Vinson sleep there. It’s better for me to
sleep with you tonight instead of going back and forth between the hospital and our house since the
operation is tomorrow.” After explaining her plan to Susanne, Arielle turned to him. “What do you
think?”
He nodded in agreement. “Sure. Whatever you say.”
Susanne didn’t feel like refusing the couple’s kindness, so she went along with it.
After Arielle washed up, she lay down on Susanne’s bed. Subconsciously, the older woman hugged the
younger one.
“So this is what it feels to be loved by a mother…” Arielle couldn’t help but mutter as she was in
Susanne’s embrace. Unbeknownst to her, that made Susanne emotional. Even though Arielle was
adopted after she lost her mother at such a young age, she probably still felt somewhat distant…
Patting Arielle’s hair gently, Susanne swore in her heart to treat her daughter-in-law even better in the
future. I’m going to shower her with all the motherly love Maureen failed to give her.
Vinson, who was sleeping on the other side, felt a warm, fuzzy feeling in his heart when he saw what
his mother did. This is the happy life I want.
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