Love Contract

Chapter 197 Marry Me (Part One)

"Where is Elissa?" asked Mary as she touched her son's hair.

"She's still inside."

Mary frowned and looked inside. "Alick, go and ask your sister to come out. Let's go home now.

"Okay!" Alick nodded and ran inside.

"Why don't you go in by yourself?" William walked over slowly. "You haven't been here for so many years. Don't you want to take a look inside?"

Mary bit her lips. She remembered the time when she left this place in hurry with Lucas to go to the hospital. Then, she came back to pack her things up. At that time, she tried her best to escape, without even taking a last look at the place.

"No, thanks." Mary closed her eyes.

William stood behind her and his expression was gloomy and silent. He knew that the apartment would only bring her bad memories.

"Mommy," said Alick as he walked out of the apartment carefully, "Elissa is sleeping." "What?" The corners of Mary's mouth twitched. "How come... How come she's asleep?"

"It's genetic. Just like you, she could fall asleep in two or three minutes." William laughed. "Since you don't want to go in, I'll carry her out."

"Okay, thanks." Mary nodded.

"Don't say that to me," said William with a gloomy face. "Otherwise, you won't go home tonight."

Mary did not answer.

Standing obediently beside his mother, Alick watched William who walked in to get Elissa and asked, "Mommy, did you marry Uncle Lan?"

"Marry..." She was about to speak when she saw the huge photo hanging on the wall through the half open door.

Mary's eyes were fixated on the photograph.

Her heart beating fast, Mary walked to the photo unconsciously while staring at it. It was as if everything else had become blurry and the only thing clear was the photo.

Hanging on the wall was William and Mary's wedding photo. She was wearing a phoenix coronet while William wore a Chinese ancient robe. In the picture, William held her waist while kissing her.

Mary could not tell how she felt now. She could not tell if she was feeling nostalgic or sentimental, or a little bit of both.

Suddenly, William walked out of the bedroom with Elissa in his arms. In Elissa's arms was a soft pillow so she would not wake up easily.

Looking at Mary's blank expression, William turned to look at what she was staring at. When he realized she was gazing at the wedding photo on the wall, he asked, "Are you shocked to see it?"

"Hmm?" William's voice made Mary jump. When she heard him, she returned to her senses at once.

"Nothing has changed here," said William, a bitter smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. "I kept things exactly the way they used to be when you left. I didn't dare move anything.

Mary looked around confused and bewildered. Nothing had changed indeed.

"Did I mistreat you? Smile! I want you to smile at me!"

Snap!

"Mary Lu, you can't step out from now on!"

"No."

Painful memories flashed in Mary's mind. Finally, she shook her head and said, "Let bygones be bygones."

William was about to speak but he suddenly felt that the words at the tip of his tongue disappear abruptly.

William opened his mouth and asked, "Are they all bygones to you, Mary? After I made a mistake once, won't you give me a chance to make it up to you? Isn't it unfair to directly sentence me to death?"

"I'm Barry's... girlfriend."

"But you are the mother of my children."

Upon hearing that, Mary raised her head all of a sudden.

"The relationship between us is far more complicated than you think." William stared at her firmly. "Mary, sometimes we just need to follow our hearts."

Follow our hearts...

Before she could even answer, Mary heard Elissa stir in her sleep. This made the pillow underneath Elissa fall to the floor.

"What's this?" Alick ran to pick it up and asked, "Mommy, where should I put it?"

It was a small grey white square pillow. At first, Mary glanced at it indifferently, but when she looked at it for the second time, a spark flashed in her mind. Mary did not like high pillows so when she first came here, she took out half of the cotton from her new pillow. However, she felt that it would be a waste to throw it away, so she sewed the useless cotton with a piece of cloth and made a cushion from it. Since she was not good at sewing, she made something like a pillow and threw it on the bed.

She never expected to see it again.

"Alick, give that to me! Or just put it on the sofa, " William said with embarrassment. "Uncle Lan will sleep holding it at night."

"It's so ugly." Alick pouted and threw it on the sofa anyway.

Mary did not know how to react so she just watched. The corners of her mouth twitched. She hurried to William and said, "Give me Elissa. It's really late. We have to go home."

"Then... let me take her downstairs."

"No, thanks. I can do it myself." Mary shook her head and took over the sleeping little girl.

"Mary," William swallowed hard as he looked at her ear and said, "it's humid these days. Is your ear okay? Have you gone to a doctor for a checkup?"

"Thanks, I'm fine." With an indifferent expression on her face, Mary turned to her other kid and said, "Alick, let's go home together." "Okay." Alick nodded, and followed Mary out of the apartment, and into the elevator.

William's apartment instantly quieted down and the unfinished food of the two kids was still on the table. Frowning, he strode out and followed them.

He ran all the way down just in time to see Mary put the two kids in the car. Her every move exuded of motherly love.

The car slowly drove out of the community, farther and farther away.

Standing at the door of the community, William looked at the car from a distance.

In Barry's villa.

Barry's car had just arrived home, followed by Mary's. Barry got off the car first, walked up to her, and took the sleeping Elissa from Mary's arms. He asked gently, "Why are you so late?"

"I..." Mary averted her gaze.

"Daddy Barry!" Alick jumped out of the car and held Barry's leg. "Why didn't you pick me and my sister up today?" This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Barry reached out one hand to touch his head. "I'm sorry, Alick. I had work to do today. I really didn't have time to make it. I'll pick you up next time, okay?"

"Okay!" "Well, let's go inside," said Mary.

"Okay."

They walked into the villa together. Meanwhile, Mary went straight to the kitchen. She put on an apron right away, and began to cook.

"Madam, you just came back." Hester came over and continued, "Tell me what you want to eat, I'll cook it for you."

"It's okay," answered Mary while shaking her head, "I'm not tired."

In the bedroom on the second floor, Barry gently put Elissa on the bed, but she opened her eyes all of a sudden.

"Daddy Barry."

"Elissa, are you awake? Did Daddy Barry wake you up?" Barry asked gently.

"Where is Dad?" Elissa looked around in confusion.

Dad? Elissa said "Dad"!

Shocked, Barry asked in a trembling voice, "What do you mean "Dad"?

"It's Daddy Lan!" Elissa got up from the bed and found that she had returned home. She pouted and said gloomily, "When did I come back?"

At Elissa's words, Barry's breath trembled as if he was hit by a heavy hammer. "Elissa, you... Why did you call him Dad?"

"Because Daddy Lan and Mommy are married!" Elissa suddenly became overjoyed. She pulled Barry's hand, and excitedly said, "Do you know, Daddy Barry? I saw a lot of photos at Dad's house. Mommy was wearing beautiful wedding gowns! In one of them, Dad was kissing Mommy ! Hee hee!"

Dad, wedding photos, kisses...

Barry knew that he must look terrible. When he heard Elissa's childish voice, he felt for the first time that a child's voice could be so sharp.

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