Damon was the one who said it, with a tone that left no room for doubt.
Chloe's eyes trembled slightly as she slowly raised her head to look at him, tears dropping onto his pristine white sleeve in the process. Her lips quivered as she looked at him. "...it's you..."
Damon gently tugged at her lips and pulled her tightly into his embrace. "I'm so relieved that we found her before our engagement ceremony."
Chloe felt her heart being overwhelmed by warmth and tears. What should she do? How should she react?
Her mom...
She turned her head again to look at the woman on the stage. Yasmine raised her head, giving her a faint smile. "Chloe."
She still remembered when she was a child, her mother holding her, her gaze piercing the darkness and looking into the distance. Her voice was calm and gentle, whispering, "Chloe, you'll have friends, a family, partners who will struggle alongside you, love you, support you, a lover who will treasure you. Chloe, you will never be lonely, even in the darkness, you'll never get lost."
Chloe was crying hard, like a child.
Seeing her cry so heartbrokenly, Damon held her tightly in his arms.
"Thank you, Damon... thank you..."
She couldn't express her gratitude to Damon in words. She wanted to, but felt that whatever she did, it wouldn't be enough to repay Damon for all he had done for her.
She had never stopped looking for her mother all these years. Everyone said her mother had died. Even the silence of all these years made her believe that there were no miracles in this world.
But miracles did exist. The fact that Damon appeared in her life was a miracle.
She stood up from Damon's arms, looked at Yasmine, hesitated on the spot, and finally took a step forward, slowly walking towards her. She didn't notice the gazes of the people around her. She just stared at the face of the woman who had changed a bit but was still familiar. As she got closer and closer, she dared not even blink.
Everyone around was curious. Who was this woman that made the normally strong Ms. Summers cry so hard?
"I've never seen this woman before, who is she?"
"I'm not sure, she looks familiar, but I can't remember..."
"She seems to have some resemblance to Ms. Summers..."
People were whispering, looking at Chloe standing still in front of the wheelchair, looking down.
Yasmine raised her head, staring at her daughter whose eyes were red and swollen, almost greedily taking in her appearance. She slowly reached out her shaking hand, hesitantly grabbing Chloe's hand that was at her side. "Chloe, I'm sorry..."
Chloe placed her hand over her chest, where too many feelings of pain, grievance, anxiety, shock, and joy were hidden. Her hand was wrapped in a warm and soft palm. This familiar feeling made her hard heart turn incredibly soft. Her lips were trembling, after a long time of suppressing her feelings, she finally said slowly, "...mom."
"Mm." Yasmine's tears suddenly fell.
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