Chapter 733 - 732: Conquering Her Heart (16)

Chapter 733: Chapter 732: Conquering Her Heart (16)

How many women can calmly handle everything when faced with earth-shattering changes?

Bella Acker might have held a bit of resentment before, but after she became a mother herself, she understood.

A normal mother’s love for her child would never be fake.

Even if it’s not intense, even if it can’t surpass romantic love, such love does indeed exist.

Bella Acker sighed and continued, "Aunt Rhodes, you are my mother, and that’s a fact no one can change."

"Bella, then... are you willing to acknowledge me as your mother now?" Aunt Rhodes carefully chose her words as if afraid to say one wrong word.

Her expectant yet cautious demeanor made Bella Acker feel heartache.

But Bella Acker was aware that her feelings for Aunt Rhodes, while friendly, were a bit forced to elevate to familial.

After all, she grew up unaware of her parents’ existence, and the closest person to her was Aunt Sienna, whom she lived with for twenty years.

Some connections require living together to truly develop, beyond just blood ties.

"Aunt Rhodes, I’m sorry," Bella Acker said, "I might not be able to treat you like other daughters treat their mothers."

"No... no problem, you don’t have to do anything for me," Aunt Rhodes quickly reassured her, "Bella, you just need to accept my kindness, let me be good to you, and I’ll be content."

Bella Acker knew Aunt Rhodes felt guilty towards her and wanted to make amends. And after Aunt Rhodes regained her memory, she changed her surname back to her father’s, indicating she never forgot Ronan Rhodes.

The reason she married and had children with her current husband was entirely due to her memory loss.

In truth, Aunt Rhodes was the one who suffered the most.

She loved her former husband but married and had children with another man due to amnesia, which was a deep torment after regaining memory.

However, for the sake of the children, she couldn’t divorce her current husband.

Now, her beloved daughter was right in front of her, yet she couldn’t acknowledge her due to many concerns.

Her heart was constantly in agony.

Bella Acker understood and felt sorry for her, finally nodding, "Alright."

"Rea... really?" Aunt Rhodes couldn’t believe Bella’s response and excitedly reached out to hold Bella’s hand, "Bella, is it really okay?"

"Aunt Rhodes, I’ll keep calling you this," Bella was truly unable to call her ’mother’ just yet.

"Alright, alright, it’s okay, anything is fine," Aunt Rhodes nodded unconditionally.

"Aunt Rhodes, we can continue to call and meet as before. However, I insist on my own thoughts. I don’t want to disrupt your current family, so can you not tell them about my existence?"

She naturally referred to Aunt Rhodes’ current husband and children.

"Alright, as long as you feel good, I’m okay with it," Aunt Rhodes nodded, "Bella, I never expected to meet you today, and impulsively made some excessive requests... thank you for being willing to forgive me."

"I never blamed you," Bella Acker said, "I just occasionally wondered what my parents were like."

Aunt Rhodes’ eyes reddened again, "Bella, I’m sorry. I was immature and selfish at the time, only considering my own feelings without thinking about you, it won’t happen again."