True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1026

Hearing Zachary's words, Grace was surprised. She didn't know much about Aunt Nerissa but she seemed like a gentle and soft woman.

However, hearing how Zachary described her, there must be a reason behind it.

Looking at his serious expression, Grace said to him. "Zachary, don't worry. I believe that Aunt Nerissa will be happy to know that she now has a granddaughter. I'm pretty sure both of them will get close, and plus, Maria is her biological granddaughter. I'm sure that she will be happy to see her. She might be a traditional woman, but maybe she'll drop that after she sees Maria. Don't worry too much."

He smiled gently and sighed, "I hope so. In fact, I haven't thought about how to tell my mother. The key fact is that Yvonne has already run away."

"What did she say to you in the letter?"

"It's a very short letter. She told me that she gave me full custody of Maria and nothing else." Zachary was very angry with the short and brief letter.

Heinz frowned and comforted him. "I believe that it won't be easy for mothers to just abandon their child. Maybe she can do it now, but after some time she might miss her child and come back to look for Maria."

"You don't understand Yvonne. She can be really heartless at times." Zachary's eyes were full of disappointment when he brought up Yvonne. If she wasn't heartless she wouldn't have left him for so long without any news.

Grace could see that there was history between Zachary and Yvonne that was different than hers with Heinz.

She looked at his bloodshot eyes and was very worried for him. "Zachary, why don't you take a rest first? It seems that you didn't sleep well last night."

It was obvious that if he met Yvonne the previous night, he would definitely be plagued with many thoughts. It was understandable that he lost some sleep.

"Go and rest," Heinz said. "Maria just fell asleep. If she wakes up and doesn't see you around, she might cry."

Zachary nodded. He frowned then said, "I will take her home when she wakes up."

"It's okay if you want to stay here," Heinz said politely.

Zachary chuckled and shook his head. "I've seen what Little Gary and Ernest are like, I will go mad if I stay."

"Haha." Heinz laughed and said, "Don't take it personally. Your daughter really scared them. She is absolutely astonishing."

Heinz gave him a thumbs-up as he spoke.

Maria was really something else since she easily scared both his sons.

Zachary's solemn mood finally lifted up a little. He looked at Heinz and said, "I hope this is a sincere compliment without any criticism."

"Look at you. No matter what, she is still my niece. How can I belittle a child?" Heinz explained with a smile.

Looking at his smile, Zachary knew he was definitely not trying to belittle her child.

He then quickly returned to the guest room. Seeing his daughter deep in sleep, and the familiar crease between her eyebrows, his eyes turned gentler and warmer. He then laid down and slept for a while.

At four o'clock in the afternoon.

Little Gary and Ernest had woken up at almost the same time. The both of them had been sleeping for two hours or so. When they woke up, they were back to their energetic selves. "Gary, are you awake?" Ernest looked at him and asked, "Are you feeling better now?"

"I'm much better." Little Gary frowned and said, "It's strange. I thought we would be woken up while we slept. What is that little devil, Maria, doing? Why didn't she come to disturb us? Don't you think it's strange?"

"Gary, you are weird. Didn't you hope that Maria would not disturb us? If she did, we can't even take a nap. I feel refreshed and better now after sleeping for so long."

Little Gary got out of bed. "I feel much better than before. I feel energetic now but I feel like there's something wrong." He walked to the bedroom door and opened it. He stood by the door quietly and tried to pick up any noise that was happening outside.

The entire corridor was quiet and void of sound.

It was also quiet in the hall, and it looked like nobody was there. Little Gary turned to Ernest and said, "There's no sound at all. Nobody is talking. Did the little devil leave?"

Ernest was surprised to hear that. He then said, "It's better now that she is gone. Uncle Zachary is now deeply in love with his daughter. If we treat Maria even a tad bad, he will have our heads. Now that they are gone, we can breathe a sigh of relief when they are gone."

"I don't think so," Little Gary sighed. "Uncle Zachary was so fierce to me today. I did nothing wrong to him but he was still fierce towards me."

"Gary, you've been doing the same thing to our father, but he is at times angry at you. Uncle Zachary would not be as understanding as our father," Ernest took the opportunity to tease him seeing how we would react.

Little Gary immediately raised his eyebrows sharply and said, "Oh, you're right. I don't even spare a glance for Heinz. Forget about what I said about Uncle Zachary."

Saying that, he closed the door to the bathroom and went in to change his clothes.

Ernest was still in the bathroom. Little Gary left first and was walking along the guest room. The door to the guest room cracked open a little and voices entered into his ears.

"Maria, wake up. It's time to go home."

It was Uncle Zachary's voice.

Little Gary was surprised to replace that they were still here.

"Dad, are you afraid that I will be sad? Are you worried that I'll be sad because Little Gary and Ernest don't want to play with me?" Maria's voice sounded sweet and well-behaved. Hmph, don't be fooled by that.

Little Gary told himself not to fall into her trap.

Zachary did not expect his daughter to say so. These words were not something that a five-year-old child would say.

He looked at her and his eyes were full of heartache.

"Dad, don't worry." She said, "If they don't like me, it's not a big deal. I have a father now. Even if they don't like to play with me, I won't cry anymore."

"Good girl." Zachary held her in his arms.

"But," Maria suddenly said sadly, "I'm happy to have a father, but I don't have a mommy anymore. Why can't I have a father when I have a mother? Why can't I have you both together? Are you both enemies?" "No," he shook his head. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your mommy was once my girlfriend."

So she was Uncle Zachary's girlfriend?

Little Gary was secretly listening at the door. Her uncle had not taken good care of his girlfriend and had lost her. As such, she had given birth to a little devil.

Oh, perhaps they shared the same fate. Little Gary somehow felt that Maria was a little pitiful.

"Then why did mommy take me away?" Maria looked at her father with her eyes wide open in confusion.

He was also puzzled about that. He didn't know why.

Once he found Yvonne, he promised that he would ask her the reasons for her leaving him.