Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 218

Chapter 218 Including You And Me

Although Winnie acknowledged Yuliana as her daughter-in-law in front of everyone at Zachary’s birthday banquet, she still felt slightly displeased with the latter. However, after several recent interactions, Winnie found Yuliana was impeccable in everything and gradually changed her attitude.

Winnie said, “Family Day is in two days. You can bring them over with Christopher when you come for dinner that day. Why do you have to come here personally at this time?”

After saying that, she thought her words were inappropriate and added, “It’s not that I don’t want you to come. It’s just that you must take care of yourself at the last stage of your pregnancy. Besides, it’s your firstborn child.”

Yuliana nodded. “Don’t worry. The baby and I are doing well.”

“Stay in the Solace residence for dinner later. What do you want to eat? I’ll have them prepared.” Winnie paused and smiled. “Or if you’re comfortable with it, you can stay here for two days. Someone cleans Christopher’s room frequently. You can stay any time and don’t have to travel back and forth.”

Winnie also knew well that young people nowadays needed privacy and may be unwilling to live with their in-laws.

Yuliana smiled and said, “What’s there to feel uncomfortable about? Christopher went to Romdale, and school hasn’t started yet. I feel bored alone at home. It would be lively to stay here and spend time with you, Ken, Joyce, and Alex.”

Her words made Winnie feel at ease. “All right. You’ll stay here with me for two days.”

Yuliana nodded and followed Winnie, who asked Sofia to supervise the dinner preparations in the kitchen, making sure the food suited Yuliana’s preference and was suitable for pregnancy.

Yuliana accompanied Winnie to take a stroll in the backyard for a while. As time passed, Yuliana still hadn’t received any news from Layla, so she thought something terrible must have happened.

Winnie had tried calling Zachary many times, but his phone was switched off, so she couldn’t help but worry. According to Layla, since Zachary stepped down from his position in Solace Corporation, he was by Winnie’s side almost always, except when he went fishing for a few hours. Winnie was in poor health and couldn’t tag. along. When they met their friends over meals, they would go together.

They had never been apart for nearly ten hours, just like today.

Winnie started to grow anxious. “What is Zachary doing? Why is he not picking up the phone?” Yuliana comforted her, saying, “Maybe his phone is out of battery. He’ll pick up soon. Don’t worry, Mom.” Winnie put her phone down and sighed. Yuliana’s words didn’t soothe her anxiety at all. She then said, “How can I not worry? He usually comes back in a few hours after fishing, yet he’s now been out for most of the day. I called him several times, but he didn’t answer. I don’t know what has happened to him.”

Winnie contacted Zachary’s fishing buddies shortly before lunch, who said they would return after the meal. However, when she called again in the afternoon, no one answered.

The more Winnie thought about it, the more certain she was that something terrible had happened. Ignoring Yuliana’s words, she immediately picked up the phone and called Layla. Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.

Layla managed to fool Winnie with just a few words, promising she would let the latter know immediately after she contacted Zachary. A few minutes later, Layla called Winnie again, saying that Zachary was having coffee with his friends, his phone was broken, and he would return late so that Winnie wouldn’t worry.

After hearing Layla’s words, Winnie felt more at ease.

Yuliana listened at the side, thinking they couldn’t hide from Winnie forever. Unless Zachary regained consciousness, Winnie would definitely notice something wrong, given her close relationship with him over the years.

Meanwhile, Kendrick, who was on a business trip in Jeahron, Immediately rushed back after hearing about Zachary’s accident He arrived shortly at the hospital after Christopher.

They went to see Zachary, who was rescued, and then met the latter’s attending doctor.

The doctor explained Zachary’s test results to Kendrick and Christopher. Due to the drowning. Zachary suffered from pulmonary edema and asphyxia. The respiratory dysfunction had affected his brain nerves,

causing a severe brain injury. That was why Zachary was in a coma.

After explaining, the doctor was silent and said disappointedly, “Mr. Solace’s life is not in danger for the time being, but no one knows whether he can or when he will regain consciousness. You should prepare yourselves mentally.”

Zachary might look healthy, but he had underlying diseases from overworking all these years. In recent years, he was on medication to control his condition and kept a healthy lifestyle, which made him look relatively fit. His sudden fainting had something to do with his underlying diseases. His condition became serious as he lost consciousness in the water.

Kendrick and Christopher were silent when they exited the doctor’s office.

To Kendrick, Zachary was more like a teacher with higher expectations than a father. Therefore, they were nothing like a father and a son, as they rarely talked about other things except for business or some necessary matters.

However, Christopher was different. Although Zachary seldom looked after him as a child, his attitude toward the latter was utterly different from that toward Kendrick. Zachary was a kind and gentle father to Christopher. No matter what Christopher did, Zachary always tolerated the latter. Even if Christopher did something wrong. Zachary gave only guidance and never reproached Christopher.

When Christopher heard that Zachary might not be able to wake up, he was dumbfounded until now. His mind seemed full of thoughts and empty at the same time.

After a while, he looked at Kendrick and said in a choked voice, “What if Mr. Solace really can’t wake up?” Kendrick stopped and looked at Christopher. “Everyone would age, fall sick, and die one day. It’s the law of nature no one can change.”

When Christopher heard that, his gaze was seemingly frozen. “What the hell are you talking about? He’s your father.”

Kendrick looked at Christopher quietly for a short while and added, “Everyone will die one day, including you and me. Grow up, Christopher.”

After saying that, Kendrick walked away.

Christopher looked at his back and stood there for a while before catching up.

There was no way Zachary’s incident could be hidden forever, not even for a day. If Zachary didn’t return home at night, Winnie would definitely sense something was wrong.

So, her children decided to tell her about Zachary.

Kendrick and Joyce stayed at the hospital while Christopher and Layla returned to tell the news.

After all, Winnie adored Christopher the most and was relatively close to Layla. They thought it would be best for them to tell Winnie the bad news.

When they got home, it was already past dinner time.

There was a table full of dishes, but no one ate them.

After talking to Layla on the phone, Winnie waited for Zachary to return until the sky turned dark. However, he still didn’t.

Then, she finally gave up, stopped calling Zachary, and just sat quietly while looking at the door.

Yuliana stayed by her side all the time.