I’m Sorry But I Love You

Chapter 17

Lincoln gritted his teeth, “Dad.”

The clear and calm voice entered Anderson’s ears from the microphone. Anderson’s mouth curled and there were smiles in his eyes, “I promise you.”

Lincoln hung up the phone, washed his face and came out of the washroom. He put the phone back into Catherine’s bag, “Mommy, you can take Sophia home now.”

“Mrs. Clark, tell the bodyguard to put down Sophia,” Lincoln spoke to Madison.

Catherine realized that something was wrong, “Who did you call just now?”

After her words were uttered, Madison’s phone rang.

“Hello, Andy.”

“Oh? Lincoln will go to the Clark family is it?”

“Lincoln, who allows you to make a decision by yourself.” Catherine tightly pulled Lincoln and did not let go of him. Lincoln showed a sunny smile and gave Catherine a hug, “Mommy, don’t worry about me. I’m smarter than Mommy.”

Catherine’s eyes turned red and watery and she hated so much that her fingers were embedded into her skin, “It’s all Mommy’s fault. It’s because Mommy is too incompetent. Sorry, Lincoln.”

“You’re the best mommy in my view.” Lincoln kissed Catherine’s cheek, “You have to take good care of yourself. I’m his son; he won’t do anything to me.”

As Lincoln said, he pushed Catherine away and hugged Sophia who ran over to him, “Sophia, you must be obedient, you have to study yourself in the future.”

“No, I want you to teach me.” Although Sophia did not understand that Lincoln was saying goodbye to her, she knew that she could not finish her homework without her elder brother teaching her. She lay on top of Lincoln’s body like an octopus, “You teach.”

Lincoln laughed, “No way.”

The two kids talked with each other for a while. Not knowing what method Lincoln used to persuade Sophia, when Lincoln left with the members of the Clark family, Sophia even smiled and said goodbye to Lincoln.

Catherine was unable to show any smiles on her face.

On the contrary, Lincoln, who was sitting in the car, smiled and said goodbye to her. Lincoln stared at Catherine without turning his eyes until he could no longer see her figure in his sight, knowing that perhaps he would never see his mommy again in the rest of his life. Fortunately, he had a good memory so he was able to remember every little thing that happened when he was with his mommy.

“Mommy, don’t be sad. Lincoln will come back when he defeats the bad guys,” Sophia said innocently when she lay in Catherine’s arms.

“Yes, Mommy doesn’t cry.” Catherine held back her tears. She must bring Lincoln back! She would not let Lincoln lose his mom. After watching Lincoln leave, Catherine turned around and entered the hospital, heading to Antonio’s office.

As if Antonio had expected that she would come over, he sat in front of the tea table by the window while making tea. When he heard Catherine’s voice, he said while smiling, “Come and have a seat.”

Catherine put Sophia down, bent her body, and whispered, “Sophia, you go and play with the nurse for a while. Mommy has something to talk about with him.”

Sophia nodded obediently, approached Catherine, and whispered, “This doctor is very handsome and I don’t feel any pain at all when he gives me an injection.”

Catherine could not help but laugh. She handed over Sophia to the nurse in Antonio’s office, “Sorry to bother you.” “No problem, Sofia is very cute.”

After the nurse left with Sophia, the smile on Catherine’s face instantly disappeared.

“You’ve come to your senses?” Antonio handed the cup of tea to Catherine.

Catherine took the cup of tea, “Yes, it’s shameful to sidestep it.”

Antonio nodded with admiration, “This is how you should look like. I hear that for your sake, Owen has collaborated with the Clark Group. Five percent of the profits of the biopharmaceutical company under his name are given to the Clark Group for free. In addition, the Clark Group is allowed to interfere with the matter of the newly researched anti-cancer drug, with the condition that your children have to be returned to you.”

Catherine was stunned and she laughed silently with sorrow.

“I know he’s shameless but I don’t expect that he can be shameless to this extent.” This was because he gained advantages from people of two sides who were in a weak position.

Antonio took a sip of tea, “He’s a businessman.”

“I know.” Since the whole thing had been wrapped up, Catherine did not dwell on that matter for a long time, “I hear Sienna say that it was you who found my mom’s corpse.”

Antonio nodded, “Yes. When the Johnson family went bankrupt, your father passed away and you were put behind bars. These matters dealt a big blow to your mother, so I would go to check your mom’s body condition from time to time.”

“Thank you.”

Her mother grew up in a manner of being pampered and had never had a hard time living. But when she reached middle age, the company went bankrupt, her husband committed suicide by jumping off a building and her daughter was in jail. Catherine really did not dare to think about how did her mother endure all these matters.

“No problem, your mother has been kind to me either,” Antonio said while smiling, “If it wasn’t because of your mom’s support back then, I wouldn’t have taken the path of studying medical science. Your mom introduced a doctor who enlightened me to

me. “You’re here to ask about your mom, right?” Antonio guessed. “Yes, I want to know if what Sienna said is true.”

“When your mom had the accident, I was abroad. When I came back, I went to your mom’s house directly but it was still too late. When I reached there, your mom already had no breathing and the preliminary judgement was that she had a heart attack. I think Sienna has said many unpleasant words to you, don’t be too sad. Cats are originally carnivorous animals. After a person passes away, other than the memories left in the minds of living people, everything is non-existent…”

Although it was the matter of life and death, Antonio spoke calmly and slowly as if he was telling a story.

But hearing this, Catherine’s entire body quivered.

It turned out that Sienna did not lie.

Antonio took away the cup of cold tea in front of Catherine and replaced it with another cup of tea, “Do you need me to bring you to the graves of your parents?”

With tear-reddened eyes, Catherine shook her head, “No need, I don’t know how am I going to face them.”

“Your mother has never blamed you. She would tell me funny stories about you when you were young whenever I went to see

her.

“But I blame myself.” Catherine’s voice sounded that she was slightly crestfallen. Her voice was with a dry and muffled tone of crying.

It was noon when Catherine left Antonio Hospital. Despite walking in the sun, Catherine felt that her entire body was cold. “Get in the car.”

Owen asked the driver of the car to park the car next to Catherine and shouted at her.

“Why do you come over?” Catherine was bewildered as she did not tell Owen that she was at the hospital.

“Antonio has sent me a message and it’s just nice that I’m nearby so I directly come over.” Owen got out of the car, carried Sophia in his arms and gave a few kisses on her plump cheeks, “Do you miss me?”

Sophia kissed him back excitedly, “Yes, I miss Owen the most.” Catherine sat in the car, “Antonio has told me everything.”

Owen’s biopharmaceutical company was the largest company in the country. Even though she was unsure how much profit of five percent was, she knew that this was certainly a huge sum of number. Also, the Clark Group was allowed to participate and interfere in the new projects.

Owen was carrying Sophia in his arms, “I’m the nominal father of Sophia and Lincoln. So, it’s okay to do all this.”

Sophia apparently remembered something so she turned her head to say to Catherine, “Mommy, when will Daddy be free? I want to go to Disneyland.”

“Is it okay if I go with you?” Owen looked down and started to tease Sophia. Sophia agreed, “Yes, I want to ride the roller coaster.” Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“Sophia is back now and it’s good news that worth celebrating. Is it okay if we go to Disneyland with Sophia tomorrow?” Owen asked.

Catherine nodded in agreement and took out her phone to look at the photos of Sophia and Lincoln in the album. When she was swiping her phone, a message arrived.