"So did you stay with him afterward? Did you also live a life with a knife's edge?"
After a moment of silence, Arabella Vanderbilt replied, "Not really. At first, it was just about protecting myself, learning a few things, and later... it was to live better."
To live better, a price must be paid.
No one can live without worries.
Isabella Harrison nodded, "Anyway, the past is the past. I hope you stay happy forever and don't make me worry so much."
Arabella turned to glance at her, "I should be the one saying that."
Emma hesitated, turned her gaze toward the construction site in the distance, and sighed.
"Arabella, at the end of the day, the child will be my everything. I'll be a mother, a role that requires the ability to protect my child, not to be protected. Just like you said earlier, to live better, the premise of all this is to protect myself well. If you can do it, so can I."
