The Return of His Unrivaled Ex-Wife by Zara Gibbon

Chapter 13

“Lilia has just woken up!”

“Okay, Mommy’s going to check on her first, alright?”

Joanna changed her clothes, washed her face and hands, disinfected herself, and then finally went to her daughter’s room.

“Lilia, Mommy’s home!”

“Mommy!”

Lilia Haynes was lying in bed, a big, bright smile on her skinny little face.

The little girl had been hurt by a congenital heart defect and hemolytic anemia ever since she was born. The hemamebas in her body were poorly hematopoietic. So she would need to be transplanted with new hematopoietic stem cells after some time.

For more than three years, poor Lilia had been lying in bed, unable even to stand up once. Her skin was covered with needle marks and scars.

The hospital bills and the cost of follow-up treatments were a heavy burden, and they also pushed Joanna to go forward.

Joanna’s biggest wish was that her daughter could recover one day, and she could see Lilia standing up.

“Lilia, does it still hurt?” Joanna was holding her daughter’s thin hand, and her heart was twitching with pain.

Whenever Joanna saw her daughter, she would have to try so hard to prevent the tears from welling up in her eyes.

Lilia shook her head slightly. “Not anymore.”

Joanna was chewing her upper lips to fight the great sadness inside. Her daughter had just had a major operation. The kid must pretend to be fine.

“Mommy, can I have some chocolates?” Lilia begged weakly.

The little girl’s mouth was filled with bitterness that was brought by the medicine during the operation. And she would like to eat something sweet.

know you just had your pills. How about this? When you get better, Mommy

with expectation when hearing this. She nodded obediently. “But is it okay if I have a look at the chocolate, then? I

of course,

of chocolate in

eat it, Mommy, not

Joanna’s heart to hear this. Tears finally overcame

to her because the little girl was simply too

please, take good care of Lilia!” With that,

sadly. “I’ll take care of Lilia!

“I will. Thank you.”

the door, and took a deep breath! Then she caught sight

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? Nothing!”

and Irvin turned off the laptop at once when hearing their mother’s

time on it.

screen for too long. It’s bad for

“Yes, Mummy!”

your hands and

The boys slipped down the chairs

nice surprise for that bad guy. I couldn’t help imagining his face tomorrow

your voice down. We don’t want Mommy to know

that bad guy. How dare he bully

stories until they were asleep. Then, at last, she could go back to

at three o’clock in the morning, and finally,

Chapter 13

a day for years! And this kind of lifestyle had made it impossible for her to think of anything

Morning came soon.

Buzz, buzz, buzz…

Joanna could get up, Jaydon blew

What are you calling me for