Cooper Coldson hesitated whether to tell Jaxon Greenwood about his true heritage.
"Cooper," Jaxon Greenwood sighed, breaking the silence first, "I owe you an apology for what happened at the last wedding."
Cooper frowned, "Why did Patriarch Greenwood allow Yolanda Greenwood in at that ti?"
"It was a mont of confusion for as well." Jaxon Greenwood didn’t want to ntion Gemma Morgan; the deceased had passed, and he didn’t want others to speculate too much about his beloved wife.
He looked seriously at Cooper, "Cooper, when do you Coldsons plan to redo the wedding?"
"Aren’t you going to ask why I left with Yolanda Greenwood at that ti?" Cooper retorted.
"Is it important?" Jaxon Greenwood seed truly indifferent, "Everyone has their monts of folly, as long as you’re sure you will still marry lissa."
Cooper fell silent.
After discovering the mystery of his birth, for so reason, he felt uncertain about the idea of marrying lissa Greenwood.
He faintly realized there were many things he needed to know.
Before, Cooper simply believed that since lissa Greenwood had saved him and his brother years ago, he could accept her no matter what kind of person she was, as long as she wasn’t a murderer or arsonist.
After all, he only wanted to give her the status of a wife; he had never loved her.
But when Yolanda Greenwood suggested that what happened in the past might not have been lissa Greenwood’s doing, everything changed.
"Cooper," Jaxon Greenwood urged when he received no reply, getting a bit anxious, "You’ve seen lissa’s condition. Although she can be discharged now, the doctor has said that if she gets stimulated again, she might attempt suicide, and it’ll be too late to save her by then."
"Patriarch Greenwood, I understand how you feel. As for the marriage, I’ll discuss it with her slowly."
Jaxon Greenwood was right; lissa Greenwood couldn’t handle any more stress. If Cooper clarified things with Jaxon Greenwood now, it might as well be a death sentence for lissa Greenwood.
He planned to talk to lissa Greenwood first.
Although Jaxon Greenwood was the Patriarch of the Greenwood Family, he still felt a strong sense of pressure when facing Cooper.
Moreover, marriage was indeed a matter between two people, and Jaxon Greenwood would not have pressured Cooper if lissa Greenwood hadn’t repeatedly asked him to.
Without saying much more, Jaxon Greenwood asked again, "Right, you just ntioned you had sothing to talk about?"
"It’s actually about our wedding." Cooper lied, "I was also worried that Patriarch Greenwood might be anxious."
Jaxon nodded, and spoke with deep aning, "lissa is my only child. How could I not be anxious about her life-long happiness? But I also understand these things cannot be rushed. You haven’t divorced Yolanda yet, have you?"
"Yes," Cooper replied with so embarrassnt, "but don’t worry, Patriarch Greenwood, it should be soon."
Jaxon Greenwood gave a wry smile, "I trust you’ll handle it well."
He left soon after, leaving Cooper to stay with lissa Greenwood for the night.
As Cooper opened the door, he saw lissa Greenwood seemingly waiting eagerly at the door, waiting for his return.
He strode forward, "Why haven’t you slept yet?"
lissa Greenwood looked down, her voice feeble, "I can’t sleep without you here."
Cooper said nothing.
lissa then looked up at him with a fearful face, "Cooper, am I too much trouble?"
"Don’t talk nonsense." Cooper pulled up a chair and sat beside the bed, looking at lissa.
He realized sothing—he had known lissa for so many years but it seed he had never truly looked at her. So, at this mont, he sohow felt she was a stranger.
In college, Cooper always believed that it was Yolanda Greenwood who was the little girl who had saved him back then. Despite all his attempts, he never got any response.
Sotis, he couldn’t quite distinguish – what were his feelings for Yolanda Greenwood at that ti?
Afterward, lissa Greenwood appeared with the Jade Pendant, and he realized he had mistaken soone else for her.
He couldn’t rember the scene of their recognition anymore, but the emotions from that ti were still vivid in his mind.
So, Yolanda Greenwood wasn’t that little girl!
This was the sole thought in his mind at that ti.
As lissa kept showing up more frequently, he still didn’t have eyes for her.
He even feared her appearances, although he didn’t know exactly what he was afraid of.
The day finally ca when lissa, in tears, confessed she was infertile and that she had fallen in love with him... and they ended up together.
It all seed so sudden, but Cooper Coldson felt as though he had long anticipated it.
He didn’t dare face Yolanda Greenwood again; he told himself that he had only thought Yolanda was the girl he owed his gratitude to, while the person he truly owed was lissa.
Was it really lissa?
Cooper looked at the pitiful figure on the hospital bed, finding himself truly unable to associate her with that four-year-old little girl; he just couldn’t.
In his mory, that frail child stubbornly stood in front of him, facing even the kidnappers he feared without a trace of fright.
Such an expression didn’t belong on her face.
A flash of disgust suddenly appeared in Cooper’s eyes, fleeting but still caught by lissa.
lissa’s heart skipped a beat, a wave of intense unease flooding her.
She knew Cooper rarely looked at her directly, but this kind of look was a first. Could he have found out sothing?
"lissa," Cooper finally spoke, "have you ever felt that Eliana Reed treats you very well, even better than she treats Yolanda?"
He kept his gaze on lissa’s face.
lissa showed a fleeting mont of panic, and Cooper’s staring made her feel uneasy.
She was sure Cooper knew.
She lowered her head, and after only a mont’s struggle, decided not to lie, "You know already."
Cooper narrowed his eyes and straightened up; the brief exchange of looks made him realize sothing—lissa was no simple character!
"Talk," he said in a casual tone.
"Cooper, I also found out not long ago that I’m not the biological daughter of my mom and dad." When lissa looked up again, her face was covered in tears, "Yolanda and I must have been switched at birth."
Cooper coldly asked her, "Since you already knew, why didn’t you say anything?"
"Say it? Are you suggesting I tell Yolanda?" lissa bit her lip, "So the mont you learned about this, you only thought of Yolanda and didn’t consider my feelings at all?"
Cooper frowned.
lissa suddenly laughed, "Do you think I’m the one who gained an advantage here?"
Cooper remained silent, because, in his view, lissa indeed had the advantage.
"Cooper, you really don’t have a shred of love for ," lissa said in a choked voice as she lay back, turning away from Cooper, "Since that’s what you think, you can go tell my dad now, tell Yolanda."
Her voice took on a tone of desolate resignation at the end.
"lissa," Cooper didn’t leave imdiately, but patiently said, "After all, this is a private matter between the two families. I won’t get involved."
lissa suddenly sat up, "But in your heart, you clearly favor Yolanda; you’re really in love with her, aren’t you?"
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