Love You Like I Used To Forget It (Millie Bridge) novel Chapter 575

Mom gave everything, but in the end, she raised the very person who caused the death of the man she loved and his only remaining child.

How could she possibly accept that?

She would rather die than face the truth. She was in such strong denial that even though she rationally knew everything was real, she insisted I had made it all up.

She needed to shift all the guilt and unbearable pain onto me just so she could keep living like nothing had happened.

But I wasn't who I used to be. I looked at her and smiled. "You can believe whatever you want. It doesn't matter. There's nothing you can do to stop me or save your precious Julianne," I said indifferently.

That completely set her off again, just after she had barely calmed down.

"You witch! If I'd known you'd grow up to be so cruel and heartless, I would've strangled you the moment you were born!" she shouted.

I pouted and said, "Well, that's on you then. You had the chance, and you didn't take it. Now, even if you want to, you can't."

In the past, whenever she said things like that, I'd spiral into dark thoughts. If even my own mother despised me, what was the point of living?

She gave me life. If she wanted to take it back, maybe I should just give it to her.

But now, I asked myself, "Why should I?"

I never owed her anything. She was the one who owed me, for giving birth to me but not raising me. If she didn't want a child with a man she didn't love, she shouldn't have had me in the first place.

We had just arrived at the mall when William appeared.

Ava looked at her uncle, who should've been busy with work at this hour, and teased, "Uncle Will, what are you doing here? Didn't you say you have a lot of meetings today?"

He smiled at us and said, "Nothing's more important than carrying bags and paying for my princesses."

Honestly, he was one of the most good-looking people I'd ever seen. He didn't even have to do anything, and he looked like a piece of art just standing there.

And when he smiled, it was like the whole world instantly lit up.

That smile was so dazzling that even though I had promised myself to dedicate my life to research and raising my children, I couldn't help but feel a little enchanted by him.