AN UNEXPECTED GROOM

One hour later.

Deborah slowly opened her eyes. Three expressionless faces immediately greeted her eyes, and she sighed inwardly. She placed her hands on the handrails and slowly sat down.

Enzo stepped forward to help her, but she politely rejected him.

– I can do it myself.

Roxane adjusted Deborah’s pillow so that she could sit more comfortably.

Then, Sebastien said tonelessly in his deep voice:

“You should have told me sooner.

-If I had told you, would you have agreed to give me a title? She asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

Sebastien’s face was expressionless and his gaze was cold. The answer was obvious.

Deborah lowered her head and smiled bitterly.

“So what’s the point of saying anything?”

“He won’t marry you, but it will be the same if I marry you,” Enzo said. The expression on his handsome face was unusually serious as he said:

-I can give you anything you want, and I can also protect Mathis.

Roxane turned to look at her brother in surprise.

– Brother, did you know for a long time?

Deborah was also a little surprised.

-How did you know?

He touched his nose and said:

-I accidentally saw the medicine bottles on your dressing table, so I looked through them out of curiosity.

Deborah pursed her lips.

– I should have thought of that a long time ago.

She should have known why Enzo suddenly changed his attitude towards her due to his illness.

Roxane’s look was complicated and contained a touch of pity.

– You want to marry Mr. Seb because you want Mumu to be Mr. Seb’s son. You want him to have someone he can rely on.

Deborah looked down and pursed her lips. She didn’t deny it. The love that parents had for their children was deep. She had thought of Mathis as soon as she was diagnosed. However, she didn’t expect Sebastien to get married. Additionally, the bond between Roxane and Sebastien was also much stronger than she had expected. No matter what she did, she couldn’t come between them at all.

– However, Mathis is Mr. Seb’s godson. Even if you don’t marry Mr. Seb, we will always take good care of him in the future, Roxane said in a clear voice.

Deborah looked at Roxane and said:

– It’s different. Mumu has never had a father since birth. He was alienated and ridiculed. If I leave, he won’t even have a mother. How will he live in the future? What’s better than being Sebastien Flores’ stepson in M City?

Deborah wanted to make things easier for Mathis in the future. The only way she could think of was to marry Sebastian. At that moment, Mathis would naturally become Sebastien’s stepson.

Although he was cold and distant, he was by no means a bad person. Deborah was sure that he would not treat Mathis harshly even if he had his own children in the future.

-If I want to protect him, even if he is not my son-in-law, no one in M City will dare to do anything. On the contrary, if I don’t want to protect him, even if he is my biological son, it will be useless, Sebastien declared bluntly.

In the end, Deborah did not understand Sebastien enough. She didn’t understand that for him, kinship and that sort of thing were useless. He would only protect those he wanted to protect.

Deborah’s eyes flashed. She parted her lips slightly, but she didn’t know what to say.

– I understand that you, as a mother, have had to make many choices because of your consideration for your son. However, I’m sorry. I cannot and will not accept your request, said Roxane. Under her long eyelashes, her large, bright and sincere eyes looked at Sebastien. She continued to say:

– Mr. Seb and I can take care of Mathis and treat him well, but we won’t let that affect our relationship. Moreover, by doing this you are only misunderstanding Mumu. He is too young to understand adult relationships. In the future, he would think that I destroyed your relationship and that I am the third party when I am clearly Mr. Seb’s wife and the one who will spend the rest of her life with him.

Deborah’s expression froze slightly and her lips twitched, but in the end she said nothing. It was undeniable that Roxane’s words were reasonable.

Complicated questions between adults were difficult for children to understand and would easily lead them to make mistakes. It was like setting a time bomb, not knowing when it would explode.

Sebastien’s eyes were filled with admiration and approval when he looked at Roxane. She was nice, but she wasn’t a pushover. From start to finish, she did not allow Deborah to affect their relationship.

The atmosphere in the room was solemn and sad. After all, they were dealing with a woman with uterine cancer.

In the end, Enzo broke the silence first and said:

-You should focus on taking care of yourself first! You don’t even know how many days you have left to live so why are you worrying about other things?!

– It doesn’t matter how much time I have left. The important thing is to make arrangements for Mumu. Otherwise…

Enzo intervened.

-What’s the point of making arrangements now? Even if you managed to marry old Flores and your son becomes his son-in-law, do you think you will be able to sleep peacefully? No one dares to belittle him, but can you guarantee that he will be free from illness and sorrow for the rest of his life? Can you be sure it will be free of disaster, man-made or otherwise? He could die. So what’s the point of making arrangements now?

Deborah couldn’t refute these words, so she only bit her lower lip.

– Just focus on your treatment now. Live as long as you can so you can accompany her as long as possible, Enzo said with a frown, lecturing Deborah seriously,

– Let’s talk about the future later. If you really die, Sebastien and I will be there for him. With the two of us, although I can’t say the whole country, this little bastard will be able to do whatever he wants in M City.

He had always been direct and unrestrained with his words. He may have been undisciplined, but he always kept his words too. Since he said so, he would definitely take care of Mathis until the end. Besides trying to help Roxane, he also felt sorry for the mother and son. Who knew he would also want to do something good from time to time?

Deborah looked at the trio in the room and suddenly wanted to cry. In the end, she couldn’t hold back and tears streamed down her face. She didn’t expect that in the last moments of her life, these people would be there to accompany her, comfort her and even make promises to her.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Okay, stop crying,” Enzo said, handing her a piece of cloth.

She wiped her tears with the tissue before looking at them and bowing slightly.

– THANKS.

– Just thank me! No need to thank them. Couples are unreliable, Enzo said out loud.

Deborah looked at Enzo before moving her gaze towards Sebastien and Roxane.

“I still want to apologize to both of you. I was the one who found people to spread these rumors back then. I’m sorry!

In order to separate Sebastien and Roxane, Deborah had indeed used devious methods. However, she didn’t expect that it would have no effect. In the end, it only served to show everyone how much Sebastien loved Roxane.

– Oh.

Roxane thought about it for a moment before reaching out her hand and saying seriously:

– I accept your apologies. Let’s get to know each other again. My name is Roxane Alvarez.

Deborah was slightly stunned as she looked at his outstretched hand. She didn’t expect Roxane to forgive her so generously. After hesitating for a few seconds, she shook Roxane’s hand and said:

– Hello, I’m Deborah Holt.

– In the future, we can be considered friends. If you need anything, let me know. As long as it is within my abilities, I will certainly help, said Roxane. Then she added with concern:

– But I won’t lend you my man…

Deborah was amused.

– Don’t worry. I won’t ask to borrow it again.

She wasn’t the kind of brainless woman who would persist after seeing how strong the bond between Sebastien and Roxane was. Enzo was right. The most important thing now was to take good care of her health so that she would have more time to spend with Mathis.

– Okay, those who are supposed to go to work or class can leave now. I will send her back later, Enzo said, giving the expulsion order.

Roxane and Sebastien exchanged a look before tacitly acquiescing.