Chapter 232 “You’re only a substitute.”
Since two days ago, knowing that Uncle Noah is her real father, Nina can be considered to be pampered and used, it seems that how to call dad is not enough, left a dad and a dad called, almost every day to call on the millions of sentences, sleep are to call out the word dad. As if to make up for all the times she missed calling out to her dad in her life…
And her heart is even more grateful to have him as her father, handsome and rich and gentle.
“You little brat, hurry up and take a nap, later your mother will come over and be careful not to be pleased.” Standing on the hospital bed, he covered the quilt that was kicked to the end of the bed by this girl, unmoved by her pouting.
When Nina heard Noah mention her mother, her little brow furrowed slightly, thinking that her mother was in a bad mood before she got sick, and that she couldn’t make her mother angry again since she was in a better mood these days.
At that moment, she closed the book and covered the blanket obediently, nodded her head and said, “Nina be good and sleep, daddy will sing to Nina, okay?”
Hearing Nina’s request, Noah was slightly stunned, looking at her expectant little face, could not help but some sound, singing? This…
“Daddy sings, mommy used to sing to Nina when she was sleeping!” Seeing Noah’s lack of response, Nina reached out her little hand to hold Noah’s index finger and said petulantly.
“That, Daddy doesn’t sing well…”
“It’s okay, sing it, sing it…”
Noah searched his brain in seconds for a song suitable for children, and his low voice slowly sang the beautiful music.
Ava, standing outside the ward door, watched the warmth of the father and daughter in the room, but her heart was mixed, perhaps this is the nature of father and daughter, instantly the two never knew each other before, but blood can still make them together, that indefinable intimacy, so that she is a mother are a little jealous.
Nina was very understanding at such a young age, and from the time she knew that she was different from other children, she asked why all the other children had father’s and she did not.
At that time, she made a random excuse, but the child who understood never asked her father’s question again. Later, after she cried once, Nina never asked again for fear of touching her heartbreak.
I thought I had enough love to make up for the lack of a father in my child’s childhood, but the past few days they spent with their father and daughter showed how wrong they were.
Nina followed herself never so happy-go-lucky.
Nina’s heart has always wanted a father.
Otherwise, every time I see Noah’s eyes will always flash at the kind of admiration.
And now, she finally knows who her real dad is.
But what about the future? Between them, what should they do?
Can she still be with Noah? Is it possible?
She didn’t know that the memories of the past, long since shattered beyond repair, but the words Cooper told her were a constant reminder of the damage this man had done to her.
And she was able to find traces of those days in the fragments of her memory.
She can always see herself jumping off the beach in that scene, that pain, she don’t want to experience it again. If you don’t love, you won’t get hurt.
Thinking about it, the hesitation in Ava’s eyes slowly firmed up. Since Nina liked him so much, she gave Noah the right to be a father and let them get closer. But she and he, no longer possible.
After a deep look at the two cozy people in the ward, Ava turned around and left the hospital, and when she came across Cooper, she sighed involuntarily and greeted him.
“Cooper.” The lips curled up in an effort to squeeze out a curve, and a light smile filled the room in greeting.
” Is Nina feeling better?” Since his last trip to the hospital, Cooper had thought a lot about how selfish he might be, but his love for Ava had never been stronger, and no matter what, he was going to fight for it.
“Much better, just fell asleep, I came out for a walk.” Thinking of the man upstairs putting his daughter to sleep, subconsciously Ava didn’t want Cooper to see.
“Let’s take a walk together then.” Cooper gently smiled and suggested.
“Good.”
The two of them were walking along the wooded path, and Ava was suddenly a little embarrassed. The man in front of her is very good to herself, she always knew, but since the last incident, she has some resentment against him, if he did not say this, perhaps they are in the dark, but their own scarred heart will not be so painful.
“Are you blaming me?”
A silence, Cooper when the first to speak, do not know at all, just a few words to ask the heart of Ava.
Ava was slightly stunned and looked up at Cooper and met his somewhat mocking eyes.
Looking at the astonished Ava, Cooper smiled faintly, a smile with endless bitterness, only to hear him say: ” Ava, perhaps I am a selfish man. Before I met you, love, marriage, these are not in my dictionary, for men and women, I have never thought, men and women love, each take what they need.
But after I met you, my heart moved for you. You are so simple and beautiful that you make my heart flutter. When I found out about your relationship with Noah, I thought about breaking it off with you. But how can I get my heart back so easily after giving it away?
Watching you sad and hurt, I also struggled and asked if it was worth it for a woman. But the answer came when I saw your tears, and I understood that it was all worth it.”
“Cooper, I…” suddenly confessed, making Ava a little uneasy and could not help but interrupt.
“Don’t be afraid, I’m just saying it to let you know what I think.” Seeing her unease, Cooper smiled thoughtfully, looked ahead at the seat in the shade and pointed, “Go sit there for a while, will you?”
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“I’m sorry, Cooper. My heart is in turmoil, and I… can’t give you a promise.
Sitting in a chair, Ava looked at a gentle Cooper, her heart suddenly ached, in fact, facing this man who has been with her for five years, she really owes him too much.
“Oh, Ava don’t think too much, I’m not saying it to mean anything, I just hope that when Noah comes along, your wavering heart will give me a chance?”
“I didn’t…”
“Don’t deny it, your heart may not even have seen itself. Ava, I love you. Maybe I didn’t know when I fell in love with you, and by the time I knew, that heart had long been unrecoverable. Watching you sad, sad, desperate, do you know how much my heart hurts? Once, in Noah forced you to jump into the sea, I realized that at that time, I already began to care about you. Ava, marry me, I can not promise how the future, but for you, love has never changed. I will give you a complete love, give Nina a complete family, and will never hurt you mother and daughter like that man did, okay?”
Tears, I don’t know when they crossed her cheeks, looking at the man who looked at her with affection, Ava was shaken.
Yeah, she d almost forgotten. Even now Noah and she seem to have sketched out a great future.
But, once, she was just his mistress, wasn’t she?
How can she forget the hurt she had and be with Noah again?
And she, how can she let a man like Cooper treat her like this…
“Cooper, I know you mean well… but, I’m sorry, let me think about it, okay? I’m a mess, really a mess, I’m so tired these days…” Teardrops fell hard, Ava’s heart wavered.
She has endured enough in this time.
that’s why they are so eager for peace and quiet, even forgetting their past with Noah…
Marrying this man is probably the best choice for her, but Nina doesn’t like him, and now her daughter knows that her real father is Noah, she likes Noah so much, and in order to set herself up with Noah, she even goes to the extent of crashing the car, what should she do?
Can she really marry Cooper with such a swayed mind? Is it really good to marry him in this situation? Is it fair to him?
Cooper looked at the woman full of painful tears, sighed, gently hugged her, let her lean in his arms, voice bitter but also thoughtful: “I do not force you, Ava. as long as you know, no matter what time, as long as you need me, remember that I have always been here, in just you turn, you can see the place, I only ask you, look clearly Noah… he five years ago, it is because you and his once betrayed her fiancée have the same face to pester you… five years later, he once again pestered you, in the end for what… … I want you to think about it, I really do not want, you get hurt again…”
Ava looked at Cooper and couldn’t help but feel a sharp pain inside…
Five years ago, Noah, because of her fiancée to pester her, it turns out that last time Cooper said she looked like his sweetheart is true…
Inside, a strand of pain inexplicably surfaced for this fact.
Suddenly, surprisingly, I wish that I had not heard Cooper tell the truth about everything before, and I also hope that what he is saying now is also not the truth…
But her heart actually knew that he wasn’t wrong. He was just telling the truth. Just hoping to keep her.
She, on the other hand, is the one who is negative and fails him.
“I’m sorry Cooper… I don’t want to hear anymore…,” in his arms shook his head fiercely, in addition to sorry, Ava did not know what to say, such a deep love, she should do.
Feeling Ava’s agitation in his arms, he caressed her back with his palm and left a kiss in her hair, murmuring, “Call me if you need anything, I’ll be by your side until you don’t need me anymore.”
After Cooper left, Ava did not return to the ward, but sat on the bench for a long time until the lunch break patient came out for a walk, only to find herself out for a long time, wiping away the tear marks on her face and walking hurriedly towards the ward.
Standing in the elevator, eyes blankly staring at the rising numbers, the mind kept flashing Coopers words, this man himself should do? The emotions that had just been eased could not help but rise and fall, and tears once again surfaced in the eyes and crossed the cheeks.
Ding…
When the floor arrived, Ava rushed to the bathroom, washed her face and rearranged her makeup, not wanting her daughter to see that she had just cried, thinking that Noah should be at work by this time, she slightly adjusted her emotions and walked towards the hospital room.
Ava was a little shocked to see Noah, who shouldn’t be here at this time.
Seeing Noah looking towards her, thinking about what had just happened, she felt a mess in her heart and looked away to Nina and asked softly, “How are you feeling today?”