Love You Like I Used To Forget It (Millie Bridge) novel Chapter 573

Ava just couldn't understand it. She couldn't fathom how a mother like this could exist.

Ava had lost her own mother when she was very young. But in her memories, her mother had been the gentlest and most loving person on earth.

She used to believe that she and Noah were very pitiful because they had lost their mother at a young age. She had thought there was nothing sadder than growing up without a mother.

But now, seeing how my birth mother behaved, Ava suddenly felt that motherless children weren't more pitiful. Instead, growing up with a mother like mine was much worse than growing up without one.

This realization caused her heart to ache for me, and she couldn't help reaching over to grasp my hand.

My expression hadn't changed at all. In fact, my gaze even held a hint of contempt as I watched Mom grovel.

When Ava noticed this, her heart ached even more. She also knew I used to yearn for my parents' love as a child. So, she couldn't imagine how much hurt I must have repeatedly endured to become like this.

Squeezing my hand, she said, "You have us from now on, Aunt Emi. We'll be the family who loves you most in this world."

I turned to look at Ava. Her hand was warm, and her words were even warmer.

The Ashfords really were all wonderful people. They might seem cold on the outside, but they were warm and loving at heart.

I couldn't help but squeeze her hand firmly in return.

"Emi, please! I'm begging you! Just let Lianne go just this once!" Mom repeated.

Her forehead banged loudly against the pavement as she grovelled, making it impossible to ignore her, no matter how much I wanted to.

I originally hadn't wanted to waste another second on Mom. I had planned on having her dragged away so that Ava and I could go back to our shopping trip.

It was of Henry and his true first love—Julianne's birth mother—in an intimate and tender moment. The video also had audio. In it, Regina couldn't stop talking about her precious daughter, Julianne.

The longer Mom watched, the paler she became. By the time the video ended, her face was ghostly pale and devoid of all color.

She looked as though someone had abruptly sucked the life out of her, instantly turning her into a hollow puppet.

Mom had only treated Julianne so well and loved her so much because she had believed Julianne was the daughter of the only man she loved but could never have.

Keeping Julianne by her side and watching her thrive had made Mom feel like she had somehow succeeded in snagging David, that Julianne was their child. It had given her something to live for in her otherwise dull and empty life.

But now, Mom had learned Julianne wasn't actually the child of the man she loved. What was worse, she had even caused the death of the only child he did have.

This left her utterly shocked to the core.