Chapter 732 - 731: Conquering Her Heart (15)

Chapter 732: Chapter 731: Conquering Her Heart (15)

As soon as Bella Acker finished speaking, Aunt Rhodes’ eyes turned red.

She pursed her lips and turned her head, gently wiping her eyes with her fingers.

Bella hadn’t expected her words to make Aunt Rhodes cry and felt a bit helpless and awkward.

Aunt Rhodes wiped away the tears that had fallen, took a breath to calm her emotions, and then turned back with a forced smile, "I’m fine, it’s just... I miss you very much." As soon as she said these words, tears welled up again.

Bella handed her a tissue.

Aunt Rhodes wiped her tears and continued, "All these years, I have asked people to find out about you, but I couldn’t even get your phone number. I heard about what happened at the orphanage and was always worried, afraid that you couldn’t handle it alone, wanting to find you, but there was never any news."

"I’m sorry, I didn’t want to disturb your current family, so I didn’t call you." Bella didn’t know that Aunt Rhodes had been searching for her all these years, and she felt very apologetic when she heard this.

"I know, I know everything, and because I know, it pains me, it makes me hate myself even more," Aunt Rhodes said. "I have three children here, I can’t abandon them, especially Bonnie."

Bonnie heard Aunt Rhodes call his name, and he looked over here in confusion. Seeing both of them turn to look at him, he gave a silly smile and raised his Ultraman figure, making a whooshing sound.

"Bonnie is like this, I can only feel at ease having him with me," Aunt Rhodes said. "Bella, you are also my child, I can’t let go of you either." Especially since she had once abandoned this daughter, deep down she felt more guilt toward her.

"Aunt Rhodes..."

As Bella just started to speak, Aunt Rhodes interrupted her, "Bella, let me speak first. I know you are considering me and have good intentions, but having my daughter right in front of me and not being able to acknowledge her causes me great pain. Especially in these past few years without any word from you, I thought that the daughter I finally reunited with was lost again, and it terrified me. Bella, can you understand how I feel?"

"Aunt Rhodes, I’m already a mother now. If one day I suddenly lost contact with my daughter, I would definitely go mad," Bella said sincerely, nodding with empathy.

Aunt Rhodes paused, "That young man with the violin earlier, that was Ethan, right? So the little girl he was with is..."

"Yes, she’s my daughter, her name is Talia," Bella said.

"I didn’t expect you had gotten married and had a child in these years," Aunt Rhodes’ expression looked a bit dazed. "As your mother, I didn’t even attend your wedding or be there to take care of you when you had a child..."

"Aunt Rhodes, you don’t need to feel guilty. I’ve been doing well these past years, I haven’t suffered," Bella comforted her.

Aunt Rhodes wiped away the tears that emerged again, "Bella, I want to be a good mother, and I want to make it up to you. Would... would you give me that chance? You don’t have to worry about my current family, I... I will handle it."

"Aunt Rhodes, you carried me for ten months and gave birth to me, naturally you are my mother. This isn’t about whether anyone is willing to admit it or not."

Bella spoke softly and slowly, while Aunt Rhodes watched her with both nervousness and anticipation, seemingly holding her breath like a prisoner awaiting a verdict.

But what did she do wrong? She deeply loved her husband and couldn’t bear being separated by life and death, wanting to stay together in both life and death—that’s a love no one can criticize.

If she did anything wrong, it was probably being too selfish for the sake of her love, to the point of abandoning her daughter at the orphanage.