The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife
Chapter 503 The Feeling Of Missing Someone Is Unbearable

Ignoring Seth, who had suffered a bad shock, Julian grabbed both Susan and Chesney into his arms and the three of them went back to their home happily.

Susan was happy to see that Jacob had finally worn Anna down in the Wright Mansion. However, her happiness ebbed away when she heard the faint coughing spell from upstairs the moment she arrived at her house.

Mandy's condition was getting worse and worse, and Susan reckoned that her days were numbered.

Susan visited Mandy and chatted with her for a while before returning to her own room.

When Julian noticed the frown on Susan's face, he asked, "How is she?"

Susan pressed her lips tight but did not reply instantly. After a long while, she started to speak. "I think the world is really amazing. One side of it is brimming with joy, while the other side is filled with sadness. We can't predict our fate, and we never know what is awaiting us in the future. Just like Mandy. Before she was diagnosed with lung cancer, who would have thought that she would get a terminal disease?" Susan sighed and looked dejected. Julian approached her and scooped her into his arms. "We can never predict our future.

That's why we should hold on to what we have right now."

His voice was soft, but there was a deep sadness in his eyes.

Susan was talking about Mandy, but what she did not know was that her own condition was no better than Mandy's.

So long as the Errol Virus still existed, he would live in fear of losing Susan.

He was a stone-hearted man. Susan felt sad for Mandy, but he felt nothing about her condition.

However, if the person who suffered from lung cancer was not Mandy but Susan...

Julian dared not think about it as he tightened his arms around Susan.

Susan sensed the changes in Julian and angled her head up to look at him. "Julian, I have a feeling that you seem rather disturbed lately. What is disturbing you?"

Julian was stunned for a while. He had already tried his best to look as normal as possible in front of Susan. He had not expected that Susan would be able to see through him.

Julian smiled and replied in a hushed voice, "Susie, the only thing that I fear in this world is that I won't spend all my life with you until both of us grow old and gray. I'm afraid that you might leave me alone." Apparently, what Julian said and what Susan understood were two different things.

Her gaze softened as she replied, "Both of us dealt with the matter at hand in the wrong way this time. Let's take a step back. Don't mention it again. Julian, if you don't betray me, I'll never leave you no matter what."

After being separated from Julian for a few months, Susan had realized that she could not leave the man anymore.

Without Julian, she was nothing more than a walking corpse.

They had misunderstood each other, and they had walked away from each other before. They had questioned themselves about their choices, and they'd had a quarrel. However, the silver lining was that neither of them had let each other go in the end.

The matter with Willa was a misunderstanding, and Susan did not want to think about Madam Shaw anymore. Time would heal everything, and she hoped that nothing would split them apart anymore. "Okay, let's not mention it again." Julian secured Susan tightly in his embrace.

Then, he said in a stern voice, "Susie, I know I have done a lot of bad things to you.

I know I shouldn't always keep you in the dark, but no matter what happens, you have to believe that my feelings for you have remained the same all along."

Susan leaned against his chest, hearing his strong heartbeat.

She listened for a while and then replied in a soft voice after a long while, "I believe you, but I hope that you will tell me everything in the future, no matter what it is."

Julian let out a bitter laugh but did not agree to it.

'Susie, I can hide everything from you but one thing... I will never let you suffer like Mandy. I will help you shoulder all the anxiety and woes. I will bear all the darkness so that you and Chessie can walk in a world of light peacefully.'

This was the first time after so many months that the two of them hugged and talked to each other in such a calm manner.

Even though it was not some kind of lovers' chat, they still felt a surge of happiness in their hearts.

The moonlight was exceptionally beautiful that night, and the two shadows hugged each other as if nothing in this world could split them apart.

Happiness and sadness were often standing opposite each other.

At a place not far away from Susan and Julian, Mandy was coughing her lungs out.

The doctor had been monitoring her around the clock, yet he could not prevent her from getting sick quickly.

Mandy coughed up blood once again.

"Mommy, mommy, are you alright? Luca is scared," Lucas said anxiously.

A weak smile crawled on Mandy's lips as she ruffled Lucas' hair. Then, she said," Don't worry, Luca. Mommy is alright."

She could clearly feel that she could not hold on for much longer.

A month... A month...

She had thought she could wait, but considering her condition right now, could she really hold on until then?

'Luke, I just want to meet you again before I die. Is that too much to ask?'

There was deep sorrow flowing in Mandy's eyes, but she still tried her best to smile at Lucas.

She said softly, "Listen to me, Luca.

Mommy will take off on a long trip in a while. Aunty Susan is mommy's best friend, so Luca is going to stay with uncle and aunty after mommy is gone." "Where are you going, mommy? Luca is going with you," Lucas said without any hesitation.

"This won't do, Luca. Luca cannot go where mommy is going," Mandy replied softly. " Besides, Luca will not have enough food to eat if he follows mommy. You won't have enough clothes to keep you warm and you will be bullied. If you stay here, uncle and aunty will take good care of you. You will have many clothes to wear and a lot of food to eat. Besides, no one will bully you anymore."

Lucas was stunned for a while before he suddenly cried, "Is mommy going to abandon Luca if Luca wants good-looking clothes and delicious food? Then, Luca doesn't want anything. Luca only wants to be with mommy."

A pang of pain shot across Mandy's heart. She then told Lucas in a strained voice, 'Why, Luca? I'm not a qualified mother. I can't give you a good life, and I often hit you and scolded you in the past few years. Don't you hate mommy?"

"Luca doesn't hate mommy. Luca knows mommy hit Luca because mommy is sad. If hitting Luca can make mommy feel better, mommy can hit Luca all mommy wants. Luca is not afraid of pain," Lucas said with tears in his eyes. He refused to let go of Mandy's hand.

Mandy could not help turning her head around, as she did not want Lucas to see the tears in her eyes.

How lucky she was to have been bestowed with a kid like Lucas. Unfortunately, she had been putting all her heart and effort into searching for Luke all these years. She had not had much time to devote to her child, and it was only now that she was dying that she felt regret.

However, it was too late now.

"Mommy, Luca is not afraid of being beaten or being scolded. Can mommy bring Luca along, please?" Lucas looked longingly at Mandy.

Mandy turned her head away and wiped her tears clean. Then, she put on a grim expression as she shouted angrily, "How can you be so thoughtless? I don't want to bring you along because I have something very important to deal with!"

"But Luca doesn't want mommy to go..."

"You are a man, so stop crying like a wuss. It annoys me." Mandy picked something up and hurled it toward Lucas.

Her death was imminent. If possible, she would rather Lucas hate her than miss her.

This was because she knew very well how unbearable it was to miss someone.