Filed To Story: The Plan of Saving Nora Novel Free
After Mrs. Landis entered the kitchen, the atmosphere among the trio standing outside immediately became a little awkward.
Iris looked at Nora and then at Justin. At last, she said, “I’ll go and give Mrs. Landis a hand. Given her age, she’ll be too slow!”
After speaking, she also went into the kitchen.
Nora and Justin were the only ones left outside. The two of them looked around the greenhouse. Justin pointed at the orchids and said, “I heard that people who raise orchids have high moral character. Now it seems like that’s not always the case.”
He was referring to Lauren.
Nora, however, laughed and said, “I don’t know about others, but I know why my god-sister likes taking care of orchids.”
Nora deliberately emphasized the words “god-sister”.
Justin: “??!”
He raised his eyebrows, knowing that Nora was being cheeky and asking to be taught a lesson again.
As soon as the thought formed, he looked at Nora’s lips, wishing he could take a few nips to vent his “anger”.
As for Nora, she said, “Do you want to know why? If you do, then call me God-aunt Nora. I’ll tell you if you do.”
Tsk.
She was starting to take advantage of him now.
Justin stroked his chin and suddenly leaned forward. He lowered his voice and asked, “Ms. Smith, are you sure you want to be my god-aunt?”
Nora: “?”
She decided not to tease him anymore, lest it backfired on herself. She coughed and said, “Iris… I mean, Aunt Iris and I already knew each other before she even knew who I was. She told me at that time that she was raising all these flowers because her son had given her a pot of orchids once.”
Justin was stunned.
He looked at the orchids, his jaw tensing up.
He remembered now. When he was ten years old, he had indeed given her a pot of orchids on her birthday. The woman had accepted his gift. At the same time, she had also told him that she had only accepted the gift because she liked orchids.
Since then, the floodgates opened and she started to buy a lot of orchids.
Justin had always thought that it was because she liked orchids. But as it turned out, it was just an excuse for her to accept her son’s gift.
He turned to look at Iris in the kitchen.
Mrs. Landis had prepared some ingredients, and she was picking and choosing from among them. However, everything that she picked out just so happened to be his favorite…
Justin lowered his head.
In truth, his mother had never really left him all these years, and he’d always had his mother’s love with him by his side, right?
In this instant, he suddenly reconciled with his mother—or rather, with the part of himself that had been uncomfortable because his mother hadn’t taken care of him.
He also suddenly became open-minded and let go of some things in this instant.
He let out a silent sigh. Right at this moment, his cell phone rang.
When he answered, Herman’s voice came from the other side.
“Justin, didn’t you want to know why your mother has been avoiding you? I will tell you now.”
Upon hearing his voice, Justin narrowed his eyes. He wanted to say he didn’t need it—he wanted to hear it from Iris instead—but he suddenly paused.
Iris would never tell him about her grievances. He would only be able to hear about her grievances from others.
For example, Iris would probably never tell him why she liked orchids because she had never been a woman who knew how to express her feelings.
Justin thought about it and said, “Okay, speak.”
In a villa in the outskirts of New York.
Herman and Lauren sat on the sofa.
Lauren was looking at Herman, who said, “You probably only know that I cheated on your mother with Lauren back then, so all this time, you must have thought that all the problems with our marriage lie with me, right?”
Herman’s words gave voice to the mentality that most women held—that every man who cheated was a scumbag.
Justin lowered his eyes, but he sneered, “You are wrong.”
Herman was taken aback.
Justin said, “You are not a good husband, and at the same time, you are not a good father either.”
Many people thought that once a man cheated, he would no longer be a good father.
But that wasn’t necessarily true.
Some men might cheat on their wives a lot, but they wouldn’t hold back on their love for their children. Perhaps the cheating itself might affect the children, but even so, they would still try to make up for it later.
Besides, some married couples were indeed not suitable to stay together. Even if they had children, those who needed to divorce would still divorce each other. However, the divorce did not affect their love for their children.
But this wasn’t true in Herman’s case.
Not only had he cheated and hurt Iris, but he had also left Justin to fend for himself afterward. It was as if he’d never had a son like him.
He hadn’t just let Iris down, but also Justin.
Herman was stunned for a while. Then, he tried to explain himself. “Justin, it’s not that I didn’t care about you, or that I did not love you…”
“At your age, you shouldn’t keep going on and on about things like love and romance.”
Justin dissed him mercilessly again.
Herman: “…”
Justin said concisely, “Just tell me the reason.”
Herman spent a while organizing his thoughts. Finally, he sighed and said, “Justin, I know I’ve neglected you, but you have to understand. I did all that because your mother cheated on me first! I am a man, how could I let someone cuckold me? That’s why I went to Lauren! Don’t be fooled by how Iris looks as if she’s at peace with the world! She is not as indifferent to fame and fortune as she makes herself out to be!”
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