It was just wishful thinking on Hana’s part. She had always felt that she still had a daughter, so for all the difficulties and work that she had to go through, she would have her daughter to back her up. However, what happened in the end? Her twenty-two years old daughter had slapped her twice, and those slaps had severed all of the familial relationships between a mother and a daughter. Hana no longer had a daughter.
Hana needed something for her to lean on. A place where she could lean against and rest. It so happened that Zayn also needed a place for him to nurse his wounds. Hana was extremely happy with the fact that the two people, who were hurt and incomplete, could end up together.
"Zayn, don't you think I'm too old? I am already forty years old."
"You’re very beautiful."
"But I..."
"I know. I am infertile, but we can adopt a child. No! W e can adopt about five children. With my financial abilities, we can afford to raise them. After we adopt the children, you can just stay at home to take care of the children. I will take care of them together with you after work. This way, the children will never be not close to you after they grow up," said Zayn.
"Hana." Zayn even changed the way he addressed her. "In the future, you will be someone with children. You will never have to endure the pain of separation between mother and daughter."
"Mm-hmm! We will adopt many children. Ten of them. When we are all old and gray, we will be surrounded b y the children. Zayn, you’re the best gift God has given me." Hana immediately burst out in tears. In an instant, she plunged herself into Zayn's arms. She cried so inconsolably and lose herself in her tears. The way she cried made all the neighbors at the scene sigh silently. Some of the older ones among them even had tears streaming down their faces.
After a long while, someone whispered, "My friend with such a miserable life, you have suffered for forty years. The hard times are finally over, and the good times are finally here. You can enjoy life from now o n." That was only a single voice.
Just as the voice stopped, another incomparably sharp and furious voice that sounded as if it wanted t o murder someone could be heard coming from behind Zayn and Hana. "Hana Sharpe! You shameless thing! You snatched away your daughter's boyfriend. How could you still live in this world so shamelessly?"
That was Tessa’s voice. She was so exasperated that she wanted to bang her head on the wall. She felt extremely embarrassed! A mother wanted to steal her daughter’s boyfriend away and even marry him. What the hell is that?
Right after Tessa finished her words, Hector, who had kept his mouth shut until then, spoke up. His tone was not as sharp as Tessa's, but it was more lethal than Tessa's tone. "Hana Sharpe! You shameless thing! You had abandoned your daughter since her childhood. Never mind if you did not take on the responsibility as a mother, but you even came to the house to snatch your daughter's boyfriend! I have never seen such a shameless woman like you! I truly have been doomed tremendously to have married you back then! I don't mind being embarrassed now. Hana Sharpe, can you even still remember how many men have you fooled around with? Don't you know how filthy you are? You still wanted to harm Tessa's boyfriend? Don't you forget that we still haven't been divorced yet! You're committing a crime of bigamy if you marry Tessa's boyfriend now! You will be imprisoned for that!”
What he said had truly made it sound like it was entirely Hana’s fault in an outsider's ears. Snatching her daughter's boyfriend and she still has not divorced her husband yet. No matter which of the above was singled out, it was enough for her to be spurned by others.
Zayn sneered. An older man truly is a wiser man. He could kill someone without even using a weapon. There had to be a reason for those people to have chosen Hector to be an assassin back then! This murderous evildoer!
Both Zayn and Hana turned their heads to look at
Hector who had a furious expression. Hector sneered. " Hana, you're committing a crime of bigamy. Do you know that?"
Without waiting for Hana to speak, Zayn asked, "Then may I ask if you have gotten a marriage certificate when you and Hana got married back then?"
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