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Chapter 1215
The 100-year-old Russell Estate looked the same as usual, but one might think it had significantly aged
due to all that had happened recently.
Ralph knelt by the bed in Margaret's bedroom. He had lost a lot of weight, and his hair on both sides
had become grayer.
Margaret had mixed feelings seeing him. She shut her eyes without saying anything as tears slowly fell
from the corners of her eyes.
"I'm sorry. Mom! I wish I could still call you so. I was wrong," Ralph said lowly. ’
"I've thought it through. It's not entirely your fault, and I'm partly to blame for failing to guide you
properly until you turned out like this." Margaret said in a nasal tone as her eyes remained closed.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe continued slowly, "Forget it if you'd like me to reinstate you as a Russel family member. From now
on, Alex will take charge of everything, and I will no longer interfere with his decisions."
Ralph lowered his head. "I didn't come to ask you for anything but to apologize. I consider myself lucky
to be alive. I want nothing else and hope you can allow me to care for you."
Margaret opened her eyes to look at Ralph. "You mean it?" "I've signed the papers to return everything
to the Russell family since they don't belong to me. I'm an orphan, and I should be grateful that you’ve
cared for me for many years. Annie lost her life because of me. I-I've wronged too many people that I
deserve to die!" He burst into tears.
"Who's Annie?" Margaret had not learned about what happened and asked, somewhat puzzled.
"She's a woman I’m indebted to for life." Ralph felt a deep sting when he thought of how Hannah
looked at him before she died. He thought nothing mattered more than staying alive, but he knew now
he was wrong, as many things did.
Sadly, he knew he could not start over.
A year and a half later, La Beaute Group opened its tenth branch overseas and expanded its business
empire.
Simultaneously, Lily's studio grew, and her perfumes became the world's top brand.
It was something to die for, but she had too much on her plate.
"Galen Russell, I told you not to climb on that! Are you deaf?" Lily was holding a test tube when she
shouted angrily and hurried over to pull him off the table.
The one-year-old boy grinned and giggled, showing a few teeth. He looked so adorable that Lily could
not bear to smack his buttock. She sighed and said, "I wish you were a baby in my belly again so you
wouldn’t be climbing all over."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe thought she could focus on her perfumery career after giving birth to her son, but the boy was the
opposite of Alexander, always restless and mischievous.
"Then your belly will explode!" Olivia laughed, pointing at Lily's belly.
Since Lily was pregnant with twins now, and her bulging stomach was much bigger than before, it might
explode if Galen was back inside.
Lily snorted. "Look who's talking. Aren't you the same?"
Olivia was carrying a baby too. The two pregnant women enjoyed working and bantering in the studio
daily.
"Why aren't you even a bit like your dad? If you behave like this again. I’ll leave you at home and not
bring you here again." Lily patted her son’s buttock and spoke threateningly.
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