Substitute Mother

Chapters 137. Risk It All

It's okay if he doesn't have Jeanno, at least he'll have a part of the man, which is their son he raised without Jeanno's knowledge. At least that's what Judith thought.

“Honey, eat yes?”

Fate lately has been so cruel to her. Not giving him a pause to just breathe a sigh of relief. His life and heart were tossed. One time Judith felt she had grasped the world and its contents by becoming ‘part’ of the Jeanno family. In the end he felt what the warm family would be like if it formed properly. But the next day, his world collapsed. Jeanno's angry attitude is not playful, unilateral contract decision, three billion lawsuit, then must lose her fetus. Being a blow to Judith, she asked the universe what else she was alive for. Because his reason for fighting every day was no longer there.

“Judith, eat yes? just a few mouthfuls, the important thing is you have nutrition”

Judith cried for a long time. Makes Hannah a distraught. The woman seemed to be crushed inside out, no matter the soothing sentence from Hannah, in fact the issue never subsided. Not hysterical cries and tantrums in the form of throwing goods, Judith cried in silence. But that's what made Hannah feel the pain. He had never seen Judith cry this deep, until she was humbled and her eyes were badly swollen. Her best friend had calmed down about half an hour ago, then threw away her face, choosing to look out the window blankly.

“Alright if you don't want to eat yet. If you're hungry, will you say yes? I bribe”

Do not answer yes or no, or just give a gesture in the form of a nod or a slug. Hannah understood that, who would not be shocked if she lost her biological child?

“I've only been with him for a while, Hannah. But why did God take it so quickly?”

The sound was heard again. Hoarse and heartbreaking.

“Maybe because God loves my son more? God doesn't want her to suffer if she was born from the womb of a woman like me. So God took it back, God saved my son from the suffering he would go through later”

“Ssh.. don't say that, baby. God took it again because it's not time for him to be with you. There is nothing wrong with being born to a woman like you. You're just like any other woman. Don't say as if you're an unworthy sinful woman happy”

Judith did not give any response. Presumably crying made him tired, plus the feeling of weakness that still occupied him, before long his eyes closed and his breathing was regular. Hannah breathed a sigh of relief, at least Judith stopped babbling strange things and at least she did not need the help of medical personnel to give her a sedative.

Sebastian's woman got up, fixed Judith's blanket and kissed her forehead gently.

“Sleep, Judith. May you dream of meeting your son there”

Hannah moves to the couch, picks up her cell phone to check the news portal when she realizes the clock is showing at nine o'clock and there is no word from Mark. He tried dialing the husband's number, but there was no answer.

“Maybe driving” she thought, Hannah decided not to contact Mark anymore. Afraid that the phone would interfere with the man's focus on driving.

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Unfortunately, Hannah was wrong.

Mark didn't answer his call because he was driving. But because he was venting his anger on Jeanno Alexander.

Starting from the request of the wife to tell him to go home and bring a change of clothes for himself and stop by Judith's apartment to pick up a copy of clothes as well. The condition of the unit was still the same as when it was last abandoned. There is still a glass of milk that contains a quarter, an irregular sofa cushion, and furniture that begins to dust. Mark as a person who is quite strict in maintaining cleanliness, decided to set aside items that are messy. It didn't take long, only about half an hour, before the man entered Judith's room to pick up clothes as necessary.

Yeah, that's what makes Mark's emotions go up. And grabbed his car keys to go, not to the hospital, but to Jeanno's office.

He knew Jeanno was still in the office, because from the morning Aera had been entrusted to her mother.

Unfortunately, because the trip coincided with the hours of home office of several company slaves, Mark's vehicle inevitably became one of the victims of traffic jams. It took him an hour and a half to break through the crowded streets. An hour and a half was difficult for Mark, because his hands were itching to finish off his cousin who seemed to have gone insane.

Arriving at Jeanno's office building, Mark immediately entered the elevator. Without further ado or greeting anyone he meets. Unfortunately—or fortunately, Nora wasn't at her desk once Mark got to Jeanno's floor. The opportunity was Mark used to enter Jeanno's room without shading aling-aling.

Thus, Jeanno who was attacked without preparation, got some bogeman and kick. Only the umpteenth minute he managed to gather his wits, to avenge Mark with the same treatment. Although he still does not know why his cousin's brother is this kind of stinginess.

“It turns out one blow can't restore your sanity, my sister? How many more times, huh?” mark asked after successfully rising from Jeanno's punch, then returned with a kick in the stomach.

“If you're a grudge for being demoted, then you're a child, Mark!”

Mark grinned. “I don't care about your company, stupid! I can work in my own father's company, nothing to lose to you”

“Then why did you come and beat me up like crazy!”

Before replying, Mark spat out his saliva mixed with blood onto Jeanno's workroom carpet. Making Alexander's man's apoplexy back up.

“Three billion. Isn't this too much, Jeanno?”

This time it was Jeanno's turn to grin. “Ah, so he complained to you? What'd he say? He needs three billion dollars not to go to jail?”

“Let Go of Judith. If you don't want to see her again, let her go. Let him live his life normally. Don't be a bad guy like this, Jeanno”

Jeanno folded her arms around her chest, looking at Mark. “What did he give you until you defended him desperately? Let me guess, a blow? Is Hannah's mouth not as wise as Judith's? Should I tell Hannah about that?”

Thats enough. Wasting only time to talk to the person who was out of his mind, Mark stepped forward, again giving the handsome face a punch. Purple blue bruises and bloody torn wounds were visible on the faces of the two men.

The fight was over when Nora, who had just returned from dinner, shouted hysterically and called security to separate Jeanno and Mark.

“Starting today, don't ever consider me your cousin again!”

That was the last sentence Mark called out, before he voluntarily left Jeanno's room.

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