"She saw you and you must have known it. Why didn't you turn around?"
His said gently, "I was afraid that you would be embarrassed and flushed, so I pretended I didn't notice her..."
Sherman thought that Grace should hear it from herself. She liked his decision.
In early winter, the sunlight streamed through the window. Grace narrowed her eyes and looked at Sherman, who was under the light. Sherman smiled, nodded, and told Kingsley to drive carefully...
In fact, Sherman was very lively and beautiful...
After Sherman hanging up the phone, Grace said, "I read some beautiful words from a book. No woman can win a man's respect only by her beauty. No woman can win a man's admiration without adornment. No woman can be young and beautiful forever. A smart woman always knows how to take care of herself and improve herself. There is no natural beauty in a woman, but only efforts work on her. To possess beauty is not to please others. It is to respect yourself, because you are more important than you think..."
Sherman laughed, "When did you become so sentimental?" "I read these words from a magazine. I thought it made sense, so I remembered it."
"I understand what you mean. I also understand what you want to say." Sherman said, "What did the doctor say to you?"
"I can't get pregnant. There was something wrong with my body. It is also impossible for me to try IV?." Grace didn't seem to care about too much, but actually she did. She wasn't able to be carefree in every aspect.
Sherman asked her to go back to the hospital to get properly checked out. Maybe something went wrong i n the previous test. Grace smiled. She fiddled with her coffee cup with her nails. She had already been to a few hospitals. Charlie thought it didn't matter, as long as she was with him. But it would always be a hurdle i n their hearts. Besides, Charlie's mother would never agree...
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