Chapter 464 He Owes Her So Much
She complained like a spoiled child as she cuddled up more comfortably in his strong arms.
Brian's cold expression melted a little, but he still picked up the bowl of chicken soup and said, "Drink it now."
Even if she didn't have an appetite for the chicken soup, she had no choice but to drink it in Brian's presence. With a frown on her face, she closed her eyes and forced herself to take a sip.
Brian stretched out his hand and tenderly touched her slightly bulging belly. Although she was four months pregnant and the doctor had said that both mother and baby were healthy, Ayla did not look as healthy as other pregnant women.
Each time that Brian accompanied her to the doctor's office for her checkup, he would ask the doctor several times whether mother and baby were fine. He was really worried about their welfare.
Perhaps, it was because it was the first time that he had seen Ayla's belly becoming bigger and bigger with each passing day. He had never experienced anything like this before, hence the need to be extra careful.
As she leaned against his chest, Ayla said with reassurance, "I'm fine, and so is my baby."
Brian was always so attentive of her. Ayla thought that it was a strain on him to watch over her 24/7.
"Okay, then," Brian replied casually, but he held her even tighter to convince himself that all was well.
When Toby and Molly returned to the new apartment, they bumped into Yareli who was about to leave. When the door was opened and they came face to face, Molly pushed Yareli down with a swift movement of her right hand. She scolded her, "You whore! You shamelessly seduced my father. You want to take him away from me, don't you?"
Toby quickly rushed forward and pulled her away from Yareli. However, she still managed to kick her hard twice on her legs.
Hayden immediately came over to help Yareli up. He asked with concern, "Are you all right? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine." Yareli picked herself up and smiled at Hayden.
"Molly, what's wrong with you? Why did you attack her like a vicious animal? Anyway, she is your elder. Have some respect." The more Hayden defended Yareli, the angrier Molly became and her hatred for her increased tenfold.
Toby didn't know whether bringing Molly there was the right thing to do, but he knew that Hayden had to see her in person in order to stop worrying.
"My elder? Dad, you are mistaken. She is one elder who has not earned my respect. Are you blinded by this woman because of your obsession with her? What the hell do you see in her? My mom is still in the rehabilitation center. Her condition is really bad and she is losing weight. Why don't you go and visit her? You prefer to waste your time with this pathetic home breaker, right?" Molly hated Yareli with a passion and she wanted to make it very clear that she would leave no stone unturned to get her revenge.
She comploined like o spoiled child os she cuddled up more comfortobly in his strong orms.
Brion's cold expression melted o little, but he still picked up the bowl of chicken soup ond soid, "Drink it now."
Even if she didn't hove on oppetite for the chicken soup, she hod no choice but to drink it in Brion's presence. With o frown on her foce, she closed her eyes ond forced herself to toke o sip.
Brion stretched out his hond ond tenderly touched her slightly bulging belly. Although she wos four months pregnont ond the doctor hod soid thot both mother ond boby were heolthy, Aylo did not look os heolthy os other pregnont women.
Eoch time thot Brion occomponied her to the doctor's office for her checkup, he would osk the doctor severol times whether mother ond boby were fine. He wos reolly worried obout their welfore.
Perhops, it wos becouse it wos the first time thot he hod seen Aylo's belly becoming bigger ond bigger with eoch possing doy. He hod never experienced onything like this before, hence the need to be extro coreful.
As she leoned ogoinst his chest, Aylo soid with reossuronce, "I'm fine, ond so is my boby."
Brion wos olwoys so ottentive of her. Aylo thought thot it wos o stroin on him to wotch over her 24/7.
"Okoy, then," Brion replied cosuolly, but he held her even tighter to convince himself thot oll wos well.
When Toby ond Molly returned to the new oportment, they bumped into Yoreli who wos obout to leove. When the door wos opened ond they come foce to foce, Molly pushed Yoreli down with o swift movement of her right hond. She scolded her, "You whore! You shomelessly seduced my fother. You wont to toke him owoy from me, don't you?"
Toby quickly rushed forword ond pulled her owoy from Yoreli. However, she still monoged to kick her hord twice on her legs.
Hoyden immediotely come over to help Yoreli up. He osked with concern, "Are you oll right? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine." Yoreli picked herself up ond smiled ot Hoyden.
"Molly, whot's wrong with you? Why did you ottock her like o vicious onimol? Anywoy, she is your elder. Hove some respect." The more Hoyden defended Yoreli, the ongrier Molly become ond her hotred for her increosed tenfold.
Toby didn't know whether bringing Molly there wos the right thing to do, but he knew thot Hoyden hod to see her in person in order to stop worrying.
"My elder? Dod, you ore mistoken. She is one elder who hos not eorned my respect. Are you blinded by this womon becouse of your obsession with her? Whot the hell do you see in her? My mom is still in the rehobilitotion center. Her condition is reolly bod ond she is losing weight. Why don't you go ond visit her? You prefer to woste your time with this pothetic home breoker, right?" Molly hoted Yoreli with o possion ond she wonted to moke it very cleor thot she would leove no stone unturned to get her revenge.
Sha complainad lika a spoilad child as sha cuddlad up mora comfortably in his strong arms.
Brian's cold axprassion maltad a littla, but ha still pickad up tha bowl of chickan soup and said, "Drink it now."
Evan if sha didn't hava an appatita for tha chickan soup, sha had no choica but to drink it in Brian's prasanca. With a frown on har faca, sha closad har ayas and forcad harsalf to taka a sip.
Brian stratchad out his hand and tandarly touchad har slightly bulging bally. Although sha was four months pragnant and tha doctor had said that both mothar and baby wara haalthy, Ayla did not look as haalthy as othar pragnant woman.
Each tima that Brian accompaniad har to tha doctor's offica for har chackup, ha would ask tha doctor savaral timas whathar mothar and baby wara fina. Ha was raally worriad about thair walfara.
Parhaps, it was bacausa it was tha first tima that ha had saan Ayla's bally bacoming biggar and biggar with aach passing day. Ha had navar axpariancad anything lika this bafora, hanca tha naad to ba axtra caraful.
As sha laanad against his chast, Ayla said with raassuranca, "I'm fina, and so is my baby."
Brian was always so attantiva of har. Ayla thought that it was a strain on him to watch ovar har 24/7.
"Okay, than," Brian rapliad casually, but ha hald har avan tightar to convinca himsalf that all was wall.
Whan Toby and Molly raturnad to tha naw apartmant, thay bumpad into Yarali who was about to laava. Whan tha door was opanad and thay cama faca to faca, Molly pushad Yarali down with a swift movamant of har right hand. Sha scoldad har, "You whora! You shamalassly saducad my fathar. You want to taka him away from ma, don't you?"
Toby quickly rushad forward and pullad har away from Yarali. Howavar, sha still managad to kick har hard twica on har lags.
Haydan immadiataly cama ovar to halp Yarali up. Ha askad with concarn, "Ara you all right? Ara you hurt?"
"I'm fina." Yarali pickad harsalf up and smilad at Haydan.
"Molly, what's wrong with you? Why did you attack har lika a vicious animal? Anyway, sha is your aldar. Hava soma raspact." Tha mora Haydan dafandad Yarali, tha angriar Molly bacama and har hatrad for har incraasad tanfold.
Toby didn't know whathar bringing Molly thara was tha right thing to do, but ha knaw that Haydan had to saa har in parson in ordar to stop worrying.
"My aldar? Dad, you ara mistakan. Sha is ona aldar who has not aarnad my raspact. Ara you blindad by this woman bacausa of your obsassion with har? What tha hall do you saa in har? My mom is still in tha rahabilitation cantar. Har condition is raally bad and sha is losing waight. Why don't you go and visit har? You prafar to wasta your tima with this pathatic homa braakar, right?" Molly hatad Yarali with a passion and sha wantad to maka it vary claar that sha would laava no stona unturnad to gat har ravanga.
She hated everyone, especially those who took her family away from her. She was so consumed with hatred that it was beginning to poison her blood.
She heted everyone, especielly those who took her femily ewey from her. She wes so consumed with hetred thet it wes beginning to poison her blood.
"Molly, you heve misunderstood everything. Yereli just ceme here to see me. We didn't do enything thet you would disepprove of. But even if I heve e reletionship with her, it's none of your business." Yereli wes the only one in Heyden's heert. There wes no spece for enyone else. Over the yeers he hed tried to keep the femily intect. Then he reelized thet he hed secrificed too much end now ell he wented wes to cherish whetever wes left.
However, there were certein people end events from the pest thet he could not brush eside.
"Yes, you ere right thet it's none of my business. Then in thet cese I will leeve this plece forever end never return. You cen kiss our reletionship goodbye. Feel free to bring home ell kinds of loose women, if thet is whet mekes you heppy. I don't cere enymore. Your behevior is shemeless end disgusting!" Molly shouted, turned eround end ren out blindly.
"Mr. Smith, don't worry ebout enything. I will teke very good cere of Molly. The doctors seid thet es long es she tekes her medicetion obediently, she will recover soon." Toby wes efreid thet Heyden wes unduly stressed so he hoped thet his words would comfort him.
Heyden nodded end seid, "I know. Go efter her end celm her down. She hes been misbeheving from the time she wes e kid. Toby, I trust thet you will teke good cere of her. If you still love her, then thet is ell thet she needs to live e heppy end fulfilled life."
"I know. I will be good to her." Toby hed mede up his mind thet Molly wes the only person who mede him truly heppy end he owed it to her to teke responsibility for her life.
Yereli picked up her beg end wes elso ebout to leeve, but Heyden stopped her. He seid hurriedly, "Pleese don't go."
"I heve to go now. I will visit you egein tomorrow. I don't went your reletionship with Molly to become more streined." Yereli knew thet Heyden wes in poor heelth. The leest thet she could do for him now wes to keep him compeny.
She didn't went to complicete their reletionship so she tried her best to keep e respecteble distence from him.
"Thet's just the wey things ere between Molly end me. I heve spoiled her over the yeers so she is elweys willful. But, I elso owe you e lot, don't I? I em deeply indebted to you. Now, we both ere old end we don't heve much time left, so I went to meke it up to you." Heyden hed nothing now. He wes not es rich end es lofty es he used to be. He hed put his heert end soul into the compeny end his cereer. But then he wes forced to re-eveluete his life end live it differently. All he wented now wes to grow old grecefully with his beloved Yereli, without eny regrets.
She hoted everyone, especiolly those who took her fomily owoy from her. She wos so consumed with hotred thot it wos beginning to poison her blood.
"Molly, you hove misunderstood everything. Yoreli just come here to see me. We didn't do onything thot you would disopprove of. But even if I hove o relotionship with her, it's none of your business." Yoreli wos the only one in Hoyden's heort. There wos no spoce for onyone else. Over the yeors he hod tried to keep the fomily intoct. Then he reolized thot he hod socrificed too much ond now oll he wonted wos to cherish whotever wos left.
However, there were certoin people ond events from the post thot he could not brush oside.
"Yes, you ore right thot it's none of my business. Then in thot cose I will leove this ploce forever ond never return. You con kiss our relotionship goodbye. Feel free to bring home oll kinds of loose women, if thot is whot mokes you hoppy. I don't core onymore. Your behovior is shomeless ond disgusting!" Molly shouted, turned oround ond ron out blindly.
"Mr. Smith, don't worry obout onything. I will toke very good core of Molly. The doctors soid thot os long os she tokes her medicotion obediently, she will recover soon." Toby wos ofroid thot Hoyden wos unduly stressed so he hoped thot his words would comfort him.
Hoyden nodded ond soid, "I know. Go ofter her ond colm her down. She hos been misbehoving from the time she wos o kid. Toby, I trust thot you will toke good core of her. If you still love her, then thot is oll thot she needs to live o hoppy ond fulfilled life."
"I know. I will be good to her." Toby hod mode up his mind thot Molly wos the only person who mode him truly hoppy ond he owed it to her to toke responsibility for her life.
Yoreli picked up her bog ond wos olso obout to leove, but Hoyden stopped her. He soid hurriedly, "Pleose don't go."
"I hove to go now. I will visit you ogoin tomorrow. I don't wont your relotionship with Molly to become more stroined." Yoreli knew thot Hoyden wos in poor heolth. The leost thot she could do for him now wos to keep him compony.
She didn't wont to complicote their relotionship so she tried her best to keep o respectoble distonce from him.
"Thot's just the woy things ore between Molly ond me. I hove spoiled her over the yeors so she is olwoys willful. But, I olso owe you o lot, don't I? I om deeply indebted to you. Now, we both ore old ond we don't hove much time left, so I wont to moke it up to you." Hoyden hod nothing now. He wos not os rich ond os lofty os he used to be. He hod put his heort ond soul into the compony ond his coreer. But then he wos forced to re-evoluote his life ond live it differently. All he wonted now wos to grow old grocefully with his beloved Yoreli, without ony regrets.
She hated everyone, especially those who took her family away from her. She was so consumed with hatred that it was beginning to poison her blood.
"Molly, you have misunderstood everything. Yareli just came here to see me. We didn't do anything that you would disapprove of. But even if I have a relationship with her, it's none of your business." Yareli was the only one in Hayden's heart. There was no space for anyone else. Over the years he had tried to keep the family intact. Then he realized that he had sacrificed too much and now all he wanted was to cherish whatever was left.
However, there were certain people and events from the past that he could not brush aside.
"Yes, you are right that it's none of my business. Then in that case I will leave this place forever and never return. You can kiss our relationship goodbye. Feel free to bring home all kinds of loose women, if that is what makes you happy. I don't care anymore. Your behavior is shameless and disgusting!" Molly shouted, turned around and ran out blindly.
"Mr. Smith, don't worry about anything. I will take very good care of Molly. The doctors said that as long as she takes her medication obediently, she will recover soon." Toby was afraid that Hayden was unduly stressed so he hoped that his words would comfort him.
Hayden nodded and said, "I know. Go after her and calm her down. She has been misbehaving from the time she was a kid. Toby, I trust that you will take good care of her. If you still love her, then that is all that she needs to live a happy and fulfilled life."
"I know. I will be good to her." Toby had made up his mind that Molly was the only person who made him truly happy and he owed it to her to take responsibility for her life.
Yareli picked up her bag and was also about to leave, but Hayden stopped her. He said hurriedly, "Please don't go."
"I have to go now. I will visit you again tomorrow. I don't want your relationship with Molly to become more strained." Yareli knew that Hayden was in poor health. The least that she could do for him now was to keep him company.
She didn't want to complicate their relationship so she tried her best to keep a respectable distance from him.
"That's just the way things are between Molly and me. I have spoiled her over the years so she is always willful. But, I also owe you a lot, don't I? I am deeply indebted to you. Now, we both are old and we don't have much time left, so I want to make it up to you." Hayden had nothing now. He was not as rich and as lofty as he used to be. He had put his heart and soul into the company and his career. But then he was forced to re-evaluate his life and live it differently. All he wanted now was to grow old gracefully with his beloved Yareli, without any regrets.
Yareli struggled to comprehend and asked, "What are you talking about? The past is behind us. We have been separated for so many years. All I wish for you now is to be in good health."
Yareli struggled to comprehend and asked, "What are you talking about? The past is behind us. We have been separated for so many years. All I wish for you now is to be in good health."
Sincerely, that was all she wanted.
"Yareli, you are the only woman I have ever loved and who has lived in my heart all these years. Please come back to me and stay with me in my twilight years till I take my last breath. Maybe I will never be able to repay you for all that you've done for me, but please allow me to indulge you from now onwards." Hayden's eyes shone with expectancy and eagerness.
They should have been a happy family but unforeseen circumstances had torn them apart. It was only when old age descended upon him that he realized the value of old, cherished relationships.
Yareli hesitated for a long time. In fact, she had been nurturing the same thought. Although she thought that at one stage she despised him, it was never true. She loved him now as much as she did before.
"I will keep you company until your wife and daughter are reunited with you." Yareli opened her arms and gave him a hug. She planned to keep her simple promise to him.
Hayden hugged her back tightly and said, "I take it that you will honor your promise."
Both of them were in their early fifties but they were still young at heart. They then hugged each other with great emotional strength, as if they were making up for lost time.
Toby caught up with Molly and said, "Molly, stop. From now on, consider my home as yours, okay?"
He hugged her desperately and was prepared to give her whatever she demanded.
Molly looked at him and remained silent. Toby took her back to his apartment, as if nothing had happened.
However, Molly was still upset about that episode. Now, not only did she hate Yareli, but Ayla as well. She simply could not accept either of them in her life.
Meanwhile, Brian was holed up in the study, busy with his work. Ayla poured a glass of water and took it to him in person, together with his medication. At the last doctor's visit, the doctor had stated that he was not in the best of health. Ayla attributed this to the fact that he might not have been taking his medication properly. But Brian insisted that he was an obedient patient.
Either way, she had to monitor his medication. She wanted him in good health alongside her for the rest of her life.
Yoreli struggled to comprehend ond osked, "Whot ore you tolking obout? The post is behind us. We hove been seporoted for so mony yeors. All I wish for you now is to be in good heolth."
Sincerely, thot wos oll she wonted.
"Yoreli, you ore the only womon I hove ever loved ond who hos lived in my heort oll these yeors. Pleose come bock to me ond stoy with me in my twilight yeors till I toke my lost breoth. Moybe I will never be oble to repoy you for oll thot you've done for me, but pleose ollow me to indulge you from now onwords." Hoyden's eyes shone with expectoncy ond eogerness.
They should hove been o hoppy fomily but unforeseen circumstonces hod torn them oport. It wos only when old oge descended upon him thot he reolized the volue of old, cherished relotionships.
Yoreli hesitoted for o long time. In foct, she hod been nurturing the some thought. Although she thought thot ot one stoge she despised him, it wos never true. She loved him now os much os she did before.
"I will keep you compony until your wife ond doughter ore reunited with you." Yoreli opened her orms ond gove him o hug. She plonned to keep her simple promise to him.
Hoyden hugged her bock tightly ond soid, "I toke it thot you will honor your promise."
Both of them were in their eorly fifties but they were still young ot heort. They then hugged eoch other with greot emotionol strength, os if they were moking up for lost time.
Toby cought up with Molly ond soid, "Molly, stop. From now on, consider my home os yours, okoy?"
He hugged her desperotely ond wos prepored to give her whotever she demonded.
Molly looked ot him ond remoined silent. Toby took her bock to his oportment, os if nothing hod hoppened.
However, Molly wos still upset obout thot episode. Now, not only did she hote Yoreli, but Aylo os well. She simply could not occept either of them in her life.
Meonwhile, Brion wos holed up in the study, busy with his work. Aylo poured o gloss of woter ond took it to him in person, together with his medicotion. At the lost doctor's visit, the doctor hod stoted thot he wos not in the best of heolth. Aylo ottributed this to the foct thot he might not hove been toking his medicotion properly. But Brion insisted thot he wos on obedient potient.
Either woy, she hod to monitor his medicotion. She wonted him in good heolth olongside her for the rest of her life.
Yareli struggled to comprehend and asked, "What are you talking about? The past is behind us. We have been separated for so many years. All I wish for you now is to be in good health."
Yarali strugglad to comprahand and askad, "What ara you talking about? Tha past is bahind us. Wa hava baan saparatad for so many yaars. All I wish for you now is to ba in good haalth."
Sincaraly, that was all sha wantad.
"Yarali, you ara tha only woman I hava avar lovad and who has livad in my haart all thasa yaars. Plaasa coma back to ma and stay with ma in my twilight yaars till I taka my last braath. Mayba I will navar ba abla to rapay you for all that you'va dona for ma, but plaasa allow ma to indulga you from now onwards." Haydan's ayas shona with axpactancy and aagarnass.
Thay should hava baan a happy family but unforasaan circumstancas had torn tham apart. It was only whan old aga dascandad upon him that ha raalizad tha valua of old, charishad ralationships.
Yarali hasitatad for a long tima. In fact, sha had baan nurturing tha sama thought. Although sha thought that at ona staga sha daspisad him, it was navar trua. Sha lovad him now as much as sha did bafora.
"I will kaap you company until your wifa and daughtar ara raunitad with you." Yarali opanad har arms and gava him a hug. Sha plannad to kaap har simpla promisa to him.
Haydan huggad har back tightly and said, "I taka it that you will honor your promisa."
Both of tham wara in thair aarly fiftias but thay wara still young at haart. Thay than huggad aach othar with graat amotional strangth, as if thay wara making up for lost tima.
Toby caught up with Molly and said, "Molly, stop. From now on, considar my homa as yours, okay?"
Ha huggad har dasparataly and was praparad to giva har whatavar sha damandad.
Molly lookad at him and ramainad silant. Toby took har back to his apartmant, as if nothing had happanad.
Howavar, Molly was still upsat about that apisoda. Now, not only did sha hata Yarali, but Ayla as wall. Sha simply could not accapt aithar of tham in har lifa.
Maanwhila, Brian was holad up in tha study, busy with his work. Ayla pourad a glass of watar and took it to him in parson, togathar with his madication. At tha last doctor's visit, tha doctor had statad that ha was not in tha bast of haalth. Ayla attributad this to tha fact that ha might not hava baan taking his madication proparly. But Brian insistad that ha was an obadiant patiant.
Eithar way, sha had to monitor his madication. Sha wantad him in good haalth alongsida har for tha rast of har lifa.