<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Chapter 879 Better Not To Have Gone With Her</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Queenie’s hand froze in mid–air.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The little girl tugged at Cecilia’s hand. “Ma’am, can you take me home? I’m scared; I want to find my grandpa.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Right now, she only trusted Cecilia.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Unable to resist a child’s plea, Cecilia ‘agreed, “All right</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">After responding, Cecilia took the little girl’s hand and said to Queenie, “Mdm. Queenie, if you truly wish to adopt a child, you should consider the child’s own opinion.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Queenie slowly withdrew her hand that was hanging in mid–air.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Let’s go. I’ll apany you to take her home.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The young girl led the way, navigatin</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">residential building.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">through a series of narrow alleys until they arrived at an ordinary</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">This ce could be considered downtown, so given that, one would assume the girl’s family background wasn’t too shabby.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Before they could reach the little girl’s home, she had wriggled free from Cecilia’s grasp and ran toward an elderly man with streaks of white in his hair.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Grandpa!”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Anna!”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Grandpa, I don’t want to be someone else’s daughter. I want to stay with you forever. Please, don’t leave me behind, okay?” The little girl’s eyes were streaming with tears. “Don’t worry, Grandpa. I can earn money now. I made a thousand today.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The elderly man embraced the little girl tightly, then turned his gaze toward Queenie and her group.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Mdm. Queenie, I’m sorry, but I’ve changed my mind about giving Anna up to you for adoption.”</font></font>Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The elderly man released Anna and pulled out a bank card from his pocket. “Here’s your money back.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">After he had agreed to let Queenie adopt Anna earlier, he had returned home. Looking at the empty house, he instantly regretted it.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">His wife, his son, and daughter–inw were no longer with him. In this world, all he had left was Anna.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Simrly, all that was left for her was him!</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Initially, he had been thinking that he wouldn’t be able to care for Anna for long, so he wanted to find her a better family.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Now, he was resolved to care for Anna, regardless of the difficulties. If it really came to it, he’d buy an insurance policy. That way, if something happened to him, Anna would have a safety over to her and, in the end, epted it.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“All right, I hope you won’t regret this.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">After she finished speaking, she decisively turned around and left.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">How could the old man harbor any regrets? After all, it wasn’t Queenie’s money he had been after all along.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Cecilia also left with her.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Right before Cecillia could leave, the little girl said, “Thank you, ma’am.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">After giving her a few nces, Cecilia remained silent, offering no response.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Stepping out of the alley, Cecilia saw that Queenie hadn’t ventured far and was waiting for her.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“Ms. Smith, I hope you won’t tell anyone about what happened today.”</font></font>
Queenie had always cherished Cassandra deeply. Otherwise, with her financial capacity, adopting hundreds of children, let alone one, wouldn’t have been an issue at all.
In order not to divide her motherly love and attention, she had always refrained from adopting any other children, all to ensure Cassandra was not deprived.
This time, it was only because she found out that Cassandra’s biological mother was Pa and realized Cassandra truly was a cold–hearted woman that she considered adopting another daughter.
If Cassandra were to find out she was adopting another child, even if the adoption hadn’t gone through, Cassandra wouldn’t let Anna off the hook.
“Don’t worry, I won’t.”
Cecilia had no interest whatsoever in wh
Cecilia had no interest whatsoever in why Queenie wanted to adopt.
As Cecilia was about to leave, Queenie added, “Since you’ve chosen to stay in Tud, be a good wife to Nathaniel. Don’t hurt Cassandra anymore, or I won’t let you off.”
Cecilia didn’t respond to her, merely striding away quickly.
At first, Cecilia was worried that as Anna grew older, she might regret not going with Queenie. But now, she felt it was perhaps better that Anna hadn’t been adopted by this woman.
After all, Queenie had raised Cassandra into a heartless and cold woman. In stark contrast, even a young child like Anna understood the importance of familial bonds.