The Three Little Guardian Angels novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Maisie paused, her eyes looking down.

“Why did you suddenly decide to tell me now?”

Stephen never wanted to talk about her mother, and Maisie always thought that he had forgotten about her. She would feel sad whenever she saw Willow and Leila.

Stephen saw the dismay in her eyes, and his heart was heavy. “I didn’t talk about it because I didn’t want to get into it.”

“I always wanted to know, did you really hate my mother that much?”

She had given him a daughter but wasn’t better than Leila?

Stephen gnashed his teeth. “You don’t know what happened between your mother and me, and you think that I hate her?”

Maisie looked away without saying a word.

“Zee, you probably didn’t know that when your mother married me, she came to me. We didn’t get married for love at first.”

Not for love?

Maisie was stumped with surprise.

Stephen looked sad. “I was young and ambitious, wanting to build a career in Bassburgh after leaving Coralia. But I kept getting stonewalled until I met your mother.

“Your mother suddenly said something that shocked me. She said we should get married, and she would help me build my empire in Bassburgh. All I needed to do was give her a place to settle down.”

Maisie’s face gradually turned pale.

It seemed to be the truth, and that was hard for her to swallow.

“She was always cold to me. Even when I tried to cross that line, she wouldn’t agree. I really did think of being with her. I would do anything just as long as she would accept my love.

“But she kept rejecting me, and I ran out of ideas. I got together with Leila just to make her jealous. I told your mother, and I hoped that she would give me a firm answer.

“She still stood her ground.” Stephen’s eyes were empty. “Later on, I cut ties with Leila and stayed with your mother until two years after that when she agreed to have you. It was the happiest time of my life.”

He had been happy because Marina had finally accepted him and would spend her life with him, even giving him Zee. She had been less frigid, but he knew that he hadn’t fully captured her heart.