His Coy Lover

When Elle saw Zelda and her brother, she stopped, her face showing concern, and asked Alan, “… how is she doing?”

Mom, the word couldn’t come out of her mouth.

Because she grew up in the Roscente, she instinctively called Chris her mother.

Her biological mother, she had only met once.

“She’s inside. You’ll know how she is when you go in.”

In the end, Elle still came. Alan’s attitude towards her softened a bit.

Zelda glanced at Elle. Brother said she didn’t want to see their mother, but now she came.

Zelda always felt that Elle wasn’t sincere.

But regardless of whether Elle was sincere or not, her presence would undoubtedly make the adoptive mother happy.

“Zelda, let’s go in together.”

Elle affectionately took Zelda’s hand, and together they pushed open the door.

Alan’s mom was lying in bed, eyes tightly closed, pale complexion, and the blood pressure monitor on the left side of the bed. Her right hand was connected to an IV.

“Mom.”

At the sight of the adoptive mother, Zelda felt heartache and called out. She shook off Elle’s hand and sat on the edge of the bed.

Hearing the familiar call, Alan’s mom opened her eyes. Seeing Zelda, she managed to muster a weak smile. “Zelda, is it you? Mom’s eyes aren’t playing tricks on her, right?”

“Mom, it’s me. I’ve come to see you.”

She then turned to Elle, who was standing next to her. “Talk to mom,” she said.

Only then did Alan’s mom notice Elle standing beside Zelda, and her eyes instantly lit up with anticipation.

She looked at Elle eagerly, hoping Elle would call her “mom.”

Elle and she locked eyes, and Elle remained calm, showing no signs of emotion.

If anything, it seemed like disdain.

Alan’s mom was around the same age as Chris, but due to years of hard work and poor maintenance, she looked twenty years older than Chris. Her hair had turned white, and wrinkles adorned her face. How could she compare to Chris, who lived a life of luxury?

“Lucy.”

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“Elle.”

Lucy quickly approached, first putting down the basket of fruit and then handing the bouquet of flowers to Elle.

Taking the bouquet, Elle placed the flowers next to Alan’s mom and said, “I bought you some flowers. I hope you like them. I also bought a basket of fruit. When you feel a bit better, they can help you wash and prepare the fruit.”

After saying that, she opened her bag and took out a stack of money, even more than what she gave Alan.

Elle placed the money on the bed sheet over Alan’s mom and looked at her wrinkled face. Although her voice was gentle, it lacked much emotion.

“This is twenty thousand. Use it to buy some nutritious food for yourself. Don’t be too thrifty. If it’s not enough, let me know, and I’ll get more for you.”

Alan’s mom, although disappointed that her biological daughter hadn’t called her “mom,” faced Elle, who was offering money. She forced a smile. “Elle, if you’re willing to visit mom, mom is already very happy. Mom doesn’t want your money. Take it back.”

She looked at Alan. “Alan, pick up the money and give it to your sister.”

The driver who hit her had already paid for medical expenses, the insurance company compensated, and the driver promised, in addition to the insurance compensation, to pay her an extra amount.

Her future medical expenses were not lacking.

What she hoped for was a simple acknowledgment from her biological daughter.

Alan immediately picked up the twenty thousand placed on the bedsheet and handed it back to Elle.

Elle didn’t take it, calmly saying, “I’m busy with work and can’t take care of you. I can only give you some money. If you don’t accept it, I’ll feel uneasy. Do you want to see me feeling guilty?”

She took the money back and placed it on the bed sheet over Alan’s mom again.

“Zelda, I have to go back to a meeting. Stay with your mom here. If there’s anything you need help with, contact me.”

After saying that, she turned and left hastily with Lucy.

She didn’t even want to come and see her biological mother. It was only because her adoptive mother thought she didn’t know about it and called to inform her that she hurried over to avoid her adoptive mother thinking she was too heartless.

“Elle!”

Zelda chased after her and stopped her.

Elle turned around.

“Elle, that’s your real mom. She had a car accident just to see you. Since you’ve come to see her, can’t you stay a few more minutes? Is work more important than being with mom?”

Elle signaled for Lucy to go downstairs and, once Lucy left, walked back to Zelda with a bright and sweet smile that made Zelda want to slap her.

Her biological mother had a serious accident, was seriously injured, and yet she could still smile so brightly!

“Even if there’s me? Zelda, you call her ‘mom’ so affectionately, and your relationship is deep. The one who raised you is her. You’re the one who should accompany her the most.”

“Although she’s my biological mom, she hasn’t raised me. I really can’t bring myself to call her ‘mom.’ In my heart and eyes, my mom has always been Chris.”

Zelda was the one who came back to snatch her mother. To people like Zelda, who should return to women like Alan’s mom.

Elle smoothed out Zelda’s clothes with her hand. “Zelda, stay with your mom. I’ll leave now. If there’s anything you need help with, contact me.”

After speaking, she turned and left, holding her head high.

Zelda watched Elle leave expressionlessly.

After a moment, she adjusted her emotions and turned to walk back.

“Excuse me, sorry to disturb.”

Suddenly, a deep voice sounded.

Zelda turned around and saw two men in black.

She raised her eyebrows, guarded, and asked, “Is there something wrong?”

“Hello, Zelda. We are bodyguards from the Rovella family. Our master would like to see you. Please come with us.”

Bodyguards from the Rovella family?

Zelda suspiciously asked, “I’m not familiar with your master. Why does he want to see me?”

“You just bumped into our master and even grabbed his tie. You should apologize to our master. Please come with us.”

The man she bumped into just now was Vinson, the master of the Rovella family!

How could it be Vinson?

In her previous life, she had seen Vinson a few times, but they never exchanged a single word, let alone any acquaintance.

She only remembered Vinson’s eyes.

Was Vinson the biological father of her daughter?

“I’m sorry, but I can’t go with you right now. Tell your master that I can apologize another day.”

Zelda refused to follow the bodyguards of the Rovella family. At this moment, she couldn’t leave her injured adoptive mother and faced with the prospect of meeting the biological father of her daughter, her mind was in chaos. She hadn’t figured out how to face that man.

In the previous life, how did she end up having a relationship with Vinson?

She had no memory of it.

Vinson took away her innocence, so why, after marrying into the Lowell family, did they occasionally meet at banquets, and Vinson showed no signs of anything?

Too many mysteries.

“Our master wants to see you right now. Please come with us.”

The attitude of the Rovella family’s bodyguards shifted from polite to firm.