Chapter 2179
"No..." Kate looked sad and forced a smile. "I just thought that it would be really uncomfortable for Zayn to take you back later. Maxwell, I'm afraid that after he takes you back, he won't let you see me in the future."
Maxwell didn't say anything. She just looked at her.
Kate originally wanted Maxwell to say that he wouldn't leave, but when she saw that he didn't say anything, she became anxious. She held Maxwell's little hand under the quilt and immediately apologized. "Maxwell, it's really my fault for your illness. It's my fault. I didn't take good care of you yesterday. But believe me, I am your mother. I just want to accompany you in person. Just like the mother of an ordinary family, I take care of children to eat and take care of them to sleep. I think this is like mother and son. I didn't even want other servants to take care of you yesterday..."
As she said this, Kate's face became lower and lower. "I was too naive. I was powerless. I didn't expect that taking care of a child was not so simple. As soon as I took you back to Bishop Family, you caught a cold. Maxwell, I'm sorry."
"You don't have to blame yourself." Maxwell said, "Last night, I forgot that I couldn't sleep with my hair wet. It's obvious that Auntie Xiang told me that I must dry my hair to sleep. I forgot."
"You are still a child. Mom is an adult, but I didn't expect..." Kate's tears were red and full of tears. She smiled sadly. "Zayn is right. I caused you to get sick. I deserve to die!"
She raised her hand and suddenly slapped her face.
"Pa!" It was neither too big nor too small, but it gave Maxwell a fright.
Maxwell sat up and grabbed her hand. "I said you don't have to blame yourself. I didn't blame you. I don't want to see you beat me up, but I don't want you to hit yourself."
Kate's tears welled up in her eyes. Looking at Maxwell who felt sorry for her, she was moved and excited. She hugged Maxwell tightly and said, "Maxwell, I knew that you must feel sorry for me. Please forgive me. I will take good care of you in the future and don't go back to the Ali Enterprises, okay?"
Maxwell was suddenly hugged by her like this. She did not know what to do for a moment.
Slowly, Maxwell nudged her shoulder. "I have something to tell you..."
Kate was shocked and thought that he should go back. She quickly held Maxwell's little shoulder and looked at him. "Maxwell, I have already apologized to you. Didn't you say that you don't blame me? Then don't go back, okay? You promised me that you would stay for a few days!"
"By the way, are you still blaming me for cheating you?" Kate remembered that Zayn had told Maxwell that she was lying in the restaurant. Kate became anxious. "I had no choice at that time. I just missed you too much. I thought that as long as I could accompany you, it would be fine. Maxwell, I apologize. I will never lie to you again. Don't be angry, okay?"
Looking at Kate's tears, Maxwell was a little stunned for a while. After a while, he sighed and said, "I didn't blame you."
"Really?" Kate, who was crying, smiled after hearing his words. She held him in her arms again and said, "Thank you, Maxwell. Thank you for not blaming me."
Maxwell thought for a while and looked at Kate seriously.
His eyes were firm, as if he had made up his mind.
"Listen up. You're my mother. I know. I won't deny this." Maxwell said, "Even if my father doesn't marry you or be with you, you'll still be my mother in the future. I won't deny you. Don't worry about that."
Kate couldn't believe her ears and kept nodding. "Okay!"
As expected, she was still his son! Look, this is blood!
Even if she had never brought him up, he was her son and her son. If that Nia thought of her position, it would be too whimsical! After hearing Maxwell's words, Kate finally put down a big stone in her heart.
"I promised you that I would accompany you these days and stay with the Bishop Family. I will keep my promise." Maxwell sat on the bed and said to Kate in a childish voice, "But I want to ask you to promise me one thing."
Kate was stunned. "... What's the matter?"
Although Maxwell was young, he could see through many of the adults' matters.
Perhaps the children wanted their parents to be together and have a complete family, but Maxwell only had her father and grandparents by her side since she was a child. For him, all of his family members were from the Ali Enterprises.
Later, when he saw that his father was lonely, he felt that his father needed a wife, so he hoped that his father would be with Nia.
Kate, his biological mother, appeared after he recognized his father, Zayn, and Nia...
"I know you like daddy." Maxwell said, "I also know that you were together before and you gave birth to me. However, dad said to him that he couldn't be like you anymore."
Kate pursed her lips.
"Nia is very good. She treats my father and me very well. My father likes her very much. Now that great grandma and grandparents have both agreed to their marriage, I'm very happy." Maxwell smiled and said, "Because of this, my father will have a companion in the future. With a wife, he won't be lonely anymore. So I'm also looking forward to their wedding."
Kate's face changed little by little.
"I've read a sentence in a book. It's said that the forcibly twisted melon is not sweet." Maxwell said to Kate, "Since you have no fate with Dad, I think it's better for both of you to let go of each other and find what you like."
"Maxwell!" Kate looked at him in disbelief. "Who taught you to say these words? Is it your father? No, it must be that Nia, right?"
"No one taught me," Maxwell said, "That's what I think. I've been watching my father over the past few years. I've never seen him so happy before he met Nia. He's only happy when he's with someone he likes, isn't he? Then it's time for him to marry someone he likes, right?"
Kate shook her head.
No...
She didn't approve of it.
"You are still young." Maxwell looked at Kate. "You will meet a good person in the future. When you get married, I will also bless you. So, please bless my father and Nia, okay?"
This was what Maxwell wanted to say to Kate. He could stay, but he wanted Kate to promise him.
He knew that it was impossible for his father to be with his mother, so he wanted to ask his mother to bless him.
Kate suddenly grabbed Maxwell's arm and looked at him with wide eyes. "Maxwell, did someone force you to say that? You don't
have to be afraid!"
Maxwell shook her head and said softly, "No, it's not like that. This is what I really think. I've also hesitated, but I saw my father and Nia today. I know that the two of them will only be happy when they're together."
"What about my happiness?" Kate was excited and looked at Maxwell with red eyes. "You can't only talk about him, you can't only think about him? Yes, Maxwell, don't you want a complete family? You should want me to be with Zayn! We are your biological parents!"
"But you don't love each other anymore," Maxwell said quietly.
Kate was stunned.
After a long while, a bitter smile appeared on her lips.
"There was a classmate in our class. He was unhappy every day. He said that his parents quarreled with each other every day," Maxwell said, "For his sake, his parents didn't separate. But my classmate said that even if his parents didn't get divorced, he didn't feel happy to see his parents like that every day."
Although the child was young, they could actually feel many things.
Seeing that Kate was silent, Maxwell reached out and pulled her hand. "So, can you let dad get married?"
Kate looked at Maxwell for a long time. "They are married. Are you going to call that woman mother?"
Maxwell blinked her eyes. "But you're also my mother."
You will live together in the future. If she treats you well, you will forget me, your mother, little by little, won't you?" Kate gritted her teeth.
"I won't forget you," Maxwell said. "Nia is Nia. You are you."
"You promise that even if they get married, you will still recognize me as your mother forever?" Kate asked Maxwell again, looking at him firmly, hoping to get confirmation from her son.
Maxwell thought for a moment and nodded.
In the end, Kate wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and sighed. "Well, since you said so, it seems that I'm not generous enough to refuse you. It seems that I've been pestering you all the time."
Maxwell's heart was filled with joy. She smiled and said, "Then..."
"But I also have a condition," Kate said, "I don't agree with them getting married now because I can't accept it. I have just been released from prison, and I have to face the people I like to marry another woman. My son called another woman as his mother. I need a process, and when the trouble around me is gone and I return to Lady Bishop and calm down, I can accept their relationship."
"You're talking about trouble. Is it about the two women who took photos of you? Back to Mrs. Bishop?" Maxwell thought for a moment and didn't quite understand Kate's meaning.
"Go and talk to your father. He will understand." Kate clenched her hands.
If she wanted to bless Zayn and Nia, she had to get what she wanted first.
"You want father to help you, don't you?" Although Maxwell didn't know the details, she understood a little. "But if father helps you, you have to bless him, Nia, and won't separate them in the future."
Kate smiled. "Of course, I will also attend their wedding as your own mother. I wish them the best."
Maxwell thought for a moment and nodded. No matter what, he hoped that his father and Nia's wedding would be blessed by his mother. Perhaps this was the perfect way.
"Knock knock knock!"
The door knocked twice and Zayn's voice came from outside.
Kate wiped the tears on her cheeks and stood up. Outside, Zayn and Nia opened the door and came in. Zayn glanced at Kate and walked to Maxwell. "Maxwell, let's go back."