My Love for You Broke Me
Chapter 568

Chapter 568

Chapter 568 Thank You, Renee

Those things that happened back then were obscure, but I could tell from Joseph and Anthony'sattitude that someone with malicious intent was obliterating the truth.

However, Joseph and Anthony signed a non-disclosure agreement...

They both worked for the Xenos Family.

Could Zack… be a bodyguard for the Xenoses as well?

I suddenly thought of this key point.

So, was it my father or Shawn who doubted his devotion?

Or were things more complicated than I thought?!

I couldn't look too deeply into it. The more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong, notto mention how much my curiosity grew. I put this topic to a stop to comfort Olivia. "The truth will nevercome late. Don't be sad."

Olivia nodded in agreement. "It was something that happened nine years ago. We can't do anythingeven if we think about it. The truth might have been completely wiped off by now."

"You have to think positive, Olivia."

As soon as our conversation ended, Robert came down from upstairs and went to Clair beside us tochat. When it had gotten late, I eventually took Eilam back to the hospital for him to stay theretemporarily.

I wanted to let him stay at Felix's Villa, but he might feel uncomfortable, having to stay somewhere hewasn't familiar with on the first day. I was the one who adopted him after all, so I simply brought himalong with me.

While we were on the way, I mentioned to the taciturn young man again, "It may be hard for you to callme your mother since you are not a child anymore. From now on, you can call me Aunt—

"Mother." He cut me off mid-sentence.

Hearing that, I cast him a look of surprise. "Eh?"

"You adopted me. I get to enjoy everything you give me, and I will keep enjoying them even in thefuture. It's only reasonable for me to call you my mother."

He was so oddly mature.

He knew what give-and-take was.

I raised my hand and ruffled his hair as I coaxed him. "No need to be so reserved. I will be your motherfrom now on, and I will take care of you for the rest of your life! I will watch you grow up healthy, getmarried, and have children. Of course, I don't expect you to bring me glory. I only hope that you arehappy."

"Do you not want to see me succeed in my career when I grow up, Mother?"

"It's not that. I care more about your emotions." I gently caressed the back of his neck. "I hope yougrow up to be someone outstanding. But before that, I want you to be happy! Eilam, I will send you toschool after two days when you get used to being in Bryxton so that you can continue with yourstudies. And I will take you back to Felix's Villa tomorrow. That is my home. For now, you and I will stayat the hospital."

"Why the hospital?" he asked curiously.

"I need to stay in the hospital for a few more days because of an injury. I planned to let you stay at thevilla tonight, but since it is your first day here, I'll take you with me because I'm worried that you wouldfeel self-conscious."

The boy seemed taken aback at first, and he only uttered thanks after a long minute.

He fell silent after that.

I only looked at his thin shoulders and said nothing. After arriving at the hospital, I had him sleep on thecouch for the night.

As I got him a blanket, he took off his shoes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. He came outwearing the short-sleeved top and trousers I bought for him today. He was a handsome young man, butthere was a look of desolation in his eyes. It must have been from the things he had had to experiencewhen he was a child.

Eilam was someone who had experienced the fickleness of human nature.

"Was the water cold?" I asked him, to which he shook his head and replied, "It's just nice."

"Alright. The hair dryer is over here."

I wanted to wait until he finished drying his hair to ask him the reason why he suddenly decided to lookfor me. However, I was somewhat worried about him being reluctant to tell me. I simply gave up and layon the bed as I started to scroll through my phone.

I hadn't seen the information Waylen sent me.

I clicked into the file and saw the detailed records of Eilam's parents. His father was a businessman inRothfield, well-established but slightly inferior to Daniel.

Eilam's mother, on the other hand, was the daughter of a wealthy family in Rothfield.

Their marriage was considered an alliance among the fittest.

I continued to scroll down and saw that Eilam's mother had married beneath her by making Eilam'sfather her husband. His father's company only grew in size and strength after he married Eilam'smother. They were just like me and Nicholas back then. However, his father was a cruel person. Afterusing Eilam's mother to strengthen his company, he quickly abandoned her and married some otherwealthy man's daughter from another city.

After his second marriage to that other rich woman, he relied on the woman's power to continue togrow. It took him many years of hardships to finally catch up to Daniel.

It was because of this that his family played second fiddle in Rothfield. It seemed like Eilam's fatherwas the ungrateful one.

And what of Eilam's mother?

She took Eilam back to France after she was abandoned. However, being the ambitious woman thatshe was, she hid the fact that she had a child in order to marry into a local powerful family, and sheeven abandoned Eilam three years ago. Eilam was left homeless in France for three years, and mymother's castle was his permanent residence.

My mother must have treated him well, considering how he politely called my mother the Duchesswhen I first met him. Furthermore, he lied to me then about how his mother was a mistress who ruinedsomeone else's family and was threatened to leave for France by the legal wife of the family.

Eilam also said at the time that abandoning him was a condition the Frenchwoman proposed. However,what was written in this document was that his mother had hidden the fact that she had a child. Hismother actually lied to him so that he wouldn't hate her too much.

I was baffled by how someone like this even existed. I was a mother as well, and if I were her, I wouldnever be able to do something so heartless.

I started to pity Eilam. It hurt to think about how he lived those three years. What exactly did he have togo through that turned him into a stony-hearted person who seemingly had seen through life? Come tothink of it, he was currently only 11 years old!

He was but an 11-year-old young boy...

As I sighed, Eilam, who had been quietly lying on the couch, suddenly asked, "Why aren't you askingme for the reason I decided to follow you?"

Right. I was curious about why he changed his mind. After all, he was the one who kept insisting hedidn't need my sympathy back then.

I went along with it. "Well, why did you decide to follow me?"

He suddenly sat up and stared at me with his pair of beautiful eyes. I told him before that these were apair of indescribably clear and cold eyes hard to replace anywhere else in the world.

His eyes were the most valuable thing about him.

"I saw my mother again."

My heart skipped a beat. "Did she say something?"

"She said that I would be discovered sooner or later if I stayed in France, and I would disrupt her life.She also said that she bought me a plane ticket so that I could leave and go to where my father was.Then again, my father couldn't care less about me."

"Did you look for me because you didn't want to go to your father?"

"Whether it is my biological father or mother, they are both unworthy of my yearning, let alone my

pursuit. Even if I am left with nowhere to go, I will not look for them. But right when I didn't haveanywhere I could go, I remembered what you said to me. I gave you a go, and you didn't refuse me..."

"I keep my promises."

"Thank you, Renee. From now on…"