Chapter 277: Paying the Price
She continued, "Ball, you need to grow up quickly. When you grow up, you can protect Mommy, and then the bad people won't take her away."
Ball yawned and slowly fell asleep, mumbling in his sleep, "Mommy, when I grow up, I'll protect you."
Aurora Geordie looked at Ball's adorable sleeping face, feeling a pang of sadness. She knew all too well the loneliness of growing up without parents.
But she was fortunate. She had her loving grandparents, the principal, and... Lian Xiwán.
From now on, she would be Ball's mother. She would do her best to be a good mother!
Long Lie opened the door slightly, peeking in. Seeing the two of them cuddled together and fast asleep, he quietly closed the door and left.
Lian Xiwán was watching the surveillance footage from Bal
