Angela looked at Kathy and wanted to say something but didn't.
"Mom, why are you in the hospital? Where's Maurice?" Kathy tried to keep calm but her voice trembled.
"He ... he passed away." Angela said sadly.
Kathy was surprised and did not regain her senses for a long time.
"How could this be..."
"He came to me because he wanted to spend the last days of his life with me." Angela said in a broken
voice.
After a long while, Angela repressed her sadness.
"Kathy, I didn't let you know about that because I don't have much time left, either." Angela sighed.
"No, I don't believe it." Kathy immediately shook her head.
Angela would be fine.
However, how could Angela lie to her in such a matter?
Kathy wanted to deceive herself.
"I'm at the terminal stage of cancer. I didn't want to let you know, but I changed my mind after Reece
visited me."
"Mom, I won’t let you go," Kathy murmured. She took the medical record and read it carefully. The
more she read, the more tears she shed.
"Kathy, I know that I don't have much time left. But I just don’t want you to be aggrieved.
"I'm not aggrieved. Mom, I'm fine." She said calmly.
Angela did not believe, "Joseph and you broke up, right?"
Kathy was slightly stunned, "We're fine."
"I've known from the latest news that he would marry a woman named Ella. Kathy, are you going to be
his mistress? I will never allow that!" Angela said angrily.
"Mom, I'm not his mistress. We're a couple. The news ... the news...." She didn't know how to argue
about that.
She hadn't got in touch with Joseph. Although she trusted him, she was still hesitating.
"Everyone can know from those pictures that they're intimate. Kathy, don't make excuses for him. And
Mom doesn't want you to be with Joseph." Angela told her firmly.
Kathy was stunned, "Mom, I..."
"Kathy, if you still recognize me as your mother, then stay in Country F. Don't go to City N, and don't
have any contact with Joseph."
"Why?"
"Kathy, you only need to know that I just want what's best for you." Angela hid her pain when speaking.
Angela's words got Kathy deep in thought. She asked her not to go to City N and leave Joseph.
Can she do that?
"Did Reece say something to you? Don't be misled by him. Joseph and I are good." Kathy tried her
best to explain.
But she knew that Angela didn't change her mind.
"It has nothing to do with Reece. Kathy, I want you to be happy, but Joseph can't make it. I regret my
permission to your marriage before." Angela was very frustrated.
"Mom, the news can't be true. Don't treat Joseph with prejudice." After a while, Kathy explained.
She knew that was not who Joseph were.
"Kathy, leave now." Angela sighed and didn't say anything else.
She didn't want to interfere with Kathy's private business, but she just couldn't help it.
Thinking of Maurice, she could no longer allow her daughter to be with Joseph.
And now, she thought that Joseph had a low reputation.
"Alright, I'll stop speaking and just stay with you." Kathy was not willing to leave.
She finally saw Angela and knew that she was sick. She had to stay by her side now.
"Kathy, stay in Country F, okay? I hope Reece can take care of you if you agree that."
Angela didn't have much contact with Reece, but she knew that he liked her daughter.
He also promised that he would protect Kathy forever.
Most of the mothers in the world wanted their daughters to live happy lives and that's enough.
Kathy bit her lips and did not answer.
"Mom, apart from the news, tell me why you rejected Joseph so much. Didn't you like him before?"
Kathy asked doubtfully.
Now, Kathy was full of wonder about Angela's attitude.
She didn't want to oppose Angela. However, Joseph was her light and she couldn't imagine what her
life would be without him.
It was he who had supported her for many years.
She couldn't bear the thought of leaving him. It was the overwhelming suffering in her life.
She can't tolerate it.
"There is another reason why I didn't contact you. It's Joseph family that hindered me doing so."
Kathy listened to her mother quietly and suddenly froze.
"Joseph won't do this!" After a while, she came back to her senses and retorted.
"His family has always warned me not to return to City N. I think that's the order Joseph made. He's
such a ruthless man and how can I trust him and allow him to be your man? And his family won't treat
you well. I don't want you to suffer." Angela said earnestly.
"I'm not wronged." Kathy lowered her eyes.
Indeed, Mathew disliked her now, but Joseph always protected her. She really did not feel wronged.
"I'm tired. Go out now. I have said what I want to say, but the decision is up to you."
Angela had already fallen asleep and Kathy sat at her bedside in a daze. Now, she only wanted to ask
Joseph for the truth. She was willing to trust him.
However, she did not expect that Joseph and Ella's wedding would proceed so quickly.
Three days later, Kathy watched the news on the Internet. Ella was wearing a white wedding dress,
linking her arm with Joseph's and their wedding was held in a hotel invested by the Joseph Group.
Ella really had a happy smile.
Kathy cried when she saw it, tears flowing over her face.
The ring on Ella's ring finger was so dazzling that she saw it immediately.
Kathy regretted not accepting Joseph's ring. Even if they weren't married, a ring would offer her
courage to trust him.
But now, Joseph had already married Ella.
She could not contact him and just sit on the sofa and watched the wedding on TV.
The woman beside him was not her.
It was the most painful thing in her life.
After a while, Kathy heard footsteps coming towards her. Without raising hand to check, she knew that
it was Reece.
"I want to call him." Her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Reece.
"Alright."
Reece did not refuse. But he thought that Joseph should be with Ella at this time. Then would he
answer her phone?
After Kathy dialed his number, she waited the phone to be connected.
Kathy's heart was beating fast.
Finally, before Joseph could speak, she heard his ruthless voice, "Kathy, we broke
up."
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