Cupid's Arrow Hit On Me novel (Serenity and Zachary) novel Chapter 52

“Zachary isn’t someone she can handle. Try and get her to move on. You don’t see other young women hanging around Zachary other than his family. He’s a heartless man. Why can’t Elisa listen to reason?”

Clive threw in the towel on his sister.

“I’m too busy to deal with her now. Honey, I’ll leave Elisa in your hands.”

“Carry on with your work. I’ll pick Elisa up now and take her to go shopping with Mom. Mom’s been feeling down lately.”

Clive’s wife, Alice, had a great relationship with her mother-in-law. Seeing that her mother-in-law was feeling blue, Alice persuaded her to go out and get some sunshine. A bit of retail therapy might do her good.

Clive fell silent.

He knew the reason behind his mother’s melancholy. There had not been any news about his aunt. It was the one thing Mom could never stop talking about.

Clive’s mother, Audrey, grew up in an orphanage. Her parents passed away when Audrey was young, survived by Audrey and her sister who was four years younger. The sisters were then sent to the orphanage. Later, a wealthy couple came to the orphanage with the interest to adopt a child.

The couple took to Audrey’s younger sister. At the time, Audrey was eight years old while her sister was merely four. Although reluctant to part with her sister, Audrey knew she was in better hands with the couple. Hence, Audrey agreed to let the couple adopt her sister.

The sisters took a picture as a memento before the fateful separation. It had been decades since they saw each other again.

As she came of age, Audrey left the orphanage and put her wits and skills to the test, working her way up the corporate ladder. She earned the boss’ trust and confidence in return. Plus, she caught the eye of the boss’ eldest son. Finally, she married into a wealthy family and became Mrs. Stone.

Now that she had the means, Audrey never gave up on looking for her sister but heard nothing back despite her decades of effort.