My Dreamy Old Husband
Chapter 1204

“Mom wants to recuperate in Bayside City for a while, but the Yard Family wants to amend thefamily tree and shift the ancestral grave, so there are quite a number of things to be done. Wethought we'd stay around and help out since Mom isn't emotionally stable, so we might not bereturning so soon,” Callum replied. He spoke in a respectful and meticulous manner, as if he wasreporting to his supervisor; there wasn't a hint of intimacy in his tone.

To the boys, Jordan was practically a stranger. Apart from the contribution of his sperm, he hadnever given them anything more. During the toughest periods of their lives when they wereyounger, Jordan would disappear and leave them with their mother. Furthermore, Jordan had otherwomen and children outside that often bullied them. Callum lowered his gaze after answering toJordan to conceal any hint of distaste in his eyes.

Jordan seemed a little disappointed by Callum’s reply. “We still need you boys to handle the mattersover at Ronney City.”

“I've dealt with everything before I left. I left Henry and Ryan in charge of the fashion week, andthere haven't been any other large events happening recently. We can handle the rest of it remotely,so you don't have to worry about it, Dad,” Callum uttered. It seemed like Jordan had begun to growsuspicious of Anna and the twins recently, and they decided that they'd simply leave him behindand let him continue being suspicious if that were the case. But Jordan didn't notice anything then,as he simply nodded before he went up to rest in another guest room.

After a restless night, Anna was extremely weak the next morning. Their personal doctor dropped byto check on her before prescribing medication for her. Her sickness wasn't a physical one but amental one; she was easily triggered, and her mental health was deteriorating. This left hersusceptible to all sorts of mental illnesses, so she had to depend on long-term medications tostabilize her emotions. The doctor said that such cases like hers were due to a traumatic incidentthat occurred in the past, but this illness had been with Anna for her whole life, even before shegave birth to Callum and Cade. She couldn't recall anything from her past, and she didn’t know whatshe had been through then.

The doctor had a long discussion with Jordan before they both left. Jordan didn't return after that,and no one knew when he'd ever reappear again. They didn’t look forward to his visits, anyway.Carmen dropped by again that afternoon, with a basket carrying some food and two nearly frozenroses. The roses were from her grandfather, and the food was her way of showing her appreciationto them for allowing her to play with the dogs.

Carmen was shocked to see Anna with an IV drip the moment she stepped into the house. “Are yousick, Miss Beautiful?”

“Miss Beautiful's sick, so she can’t play with you today,” Callum quickly said.

“Well, should I sing her a song, then? I have a great voice!” Carmen offered. Callum was worried thatthe young girl might be disturbing Anna, but Anna gestured for him to allow it. Although she wasn'tfeeling too well, she was still pleased to see Carmen around. “Come over here and sing me a song,”she uttered.

Carmen placed her basket down before she began to sing and dance cheerily. “The fields are soakedand the rain’s over... The trees are growing faster than ever... La la la la, I'm a little boss who sells thenewspaper..."

Callum leaned his body against the doorframe with a cup in his hand as he listened to the younggirl's song. He was surprised to hear how great her voice sounded; it felt like his ears were filled withhoney when he listened to her sing. Carmen's grandmother, Elizabeth, had a voice that had left amark on the last two generations of Cethosians, and Carmen's father had an amazing voice himself;hence, it made sense that this young girl inherited the same talents. Her voice was like some sort ofmagnet that attracted everyone's attention. Since God had blessed her with such wonderful talents,it'd be a shame if she didn't grow up to be a star. But conversely, it'd also be a shame if she becamea star—she had such a huge family business that she could take over if she wished to.

Anna beamed happily as Carmen hopped and pranced around the room while singing. The splittingheadache that had been bothering Anna the entire day miraculously disappeared; she felt like shefinally found peace as all the anxiety and fear seemed to have left her body. Right then, Sophiaknocked on the front door of the Yards Residence. She was furious after she found out aboutCarmen walking over here, and she paid them a visit to drag her daughter back home. Cade was theone who opened the door. “Where's my daughter?” Sophia asked as she stuck her head inside.“Shh.” Cade pointed up to the second floor, and they both heard Carmen's sweet voice coming fromthe room. “Sophia, my mother has been sick for the past two days. Your daughter's voice is reallyhelping to cure her headaches! Can I beg you to leave your daughter here for a while more? Just awhile more; I'll send her back to you by noon.” Cade’s eyes were filled with sincerity.

“Your mother’s sick?” Sophia felt her heart aching upon hearing that Anna had fallen sick. Sheglanced up to the second floor and lowered her voice without even realizing it herself. “What...illness is it? Is it serious?” she asked in a whisper. When she looked into the house, she caught aglimpse of someone who looked like a doctor gathering his medical equipment.

“It's nothing; just an old iliness that she’s been dealing with for a long while. She just needs a lot ofrest,” Cade explained. “I see.” Sophia no longer seemed interested in dragging her daughter home,and she absent-mindedly walked away. She didn’t even turn around when Cade called out for

her. Should I tell Cooper that Anna's sick?

Sophia went straight to Villa No. 2 after going home, as Cooper's office was located there. Cooperand Linus would often have their meetings and do their work there before they would return toSophia's to eat and rest. When Sophia went in, Cooper was having an online conference call withpeople from the Michel Group. She exchanged glances with Linus outside the meeting room, and hethrew her a warning stare while gesturing for her not to enter the room. She didn't push the dooropen, but instead stood outside and listened to the contents of discussion between Cooper and anelder of Michel Group.

“She's the fiancée your ancestors had picked for you. If it weren't for her help, you wouldn't havemanaged to obtain your position here so easily. Like the old Cethosian saying goes, don't bite thehand that feeds you,” the elder uttered. Cooper has a fiancée?! And he relied on her to obtain hisposition? Sophia perked up her ears as she was shocked to hear this. The elder spoke in a sterntone, and he had a thick and posh British accent that was hard to understand. “She's on the waynow. You have to be well-prepared; I hope you can get married to her as soon as possible.”

Get married? Does that mean Cooper is going to get married soon? Am I going to have astepmother? But Cooper didn’t seem interested. “I have no plans of doing so,” he muttered. Sophiafelt a rollercoaster of emotions within her after listening to their conversation. Is Cooper reallythinking about marriage? Will I have a stepmother? No! I don't want a stepmother!

The elders lost their temper and began to criticize Cooper on breaking his promise. Unconcerned bythis, Cooper casually hung up on them before he walked out of the room with a cold expression. Hewas surprised to see Sophia outside. “What are you doing here, my darling?”

Sophia felt a little uneasy. She previously hoped for Cooper to replace himself a wife, but she now felt alittle unhappy to hear that he was about to marry someone. I have a mother now..

“She's... sick. Carmen's visiting her now,” Sophia muttered. Once Cooper heard that “the woman’ wassick, the cold expression he wore quickly fell apart to reveal the anxiety between his brows. Hepatted Sophia on the shoulder before he rushed off without saying anything more.

He clearly hadn't let go of her. They were together for 30 long years, after all; he couldn't just let goeven if he wanted to. They were deeply in love, but they simply weren't fated to be together...