I Hope You Will Never Regret

After school, Aiden went to his mother’s room and greeted her with a smile. His mother smiled back at him and said, “How was your day, my favourite son?” Aiden smiled and replied, “We didn’t do much because it was the Mathematics Olympiad Competition today. Our school has been in second place for a long time but this time we took first spot. Mom, guess who won?” His mother indicated that she didn’t care, since her favourite son wasn’t a competitor.Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Aiden changed the topic and said, “Mommy, would you be so kind as to buy me the Galaxy Star Projector? I haven’t seen it yet, but my friends told me that you can see the stars on your ceiling.” His mother ruffled his hair and replied, “Why don’t you ask your father to buy it for you?” Aiden hid his sadness in his eyes and said, “I will do so, Mommy.” Was his mother short of money?

When Avery and her father arrived home, Aiden was in the living room with his mother watching cartoons. Avery approached him slowly and said, “Big brother, our school won the Mathematics Olympiad Competition.” Aiden looked at her and replied annoyingly, “Avery, I told you several times that I am no longer your brother, please don’t ever show your face in front of me.” His mother smiled and looked at her husband who was standing behind Avery provocatively.

Mr Martins looked at his wife coldly and said, “Elizabeth, stop encouraging our son to distance himself from his sister. There will be a time when you will need your children to treat each other as siblings, but it will be too late to regret it. Stop feeding my son lies.” Elizabeth smiled and replied, “August, I have never acknowledged Avery as my daughter, and I don’t have the word regret in my vocabulary.”

Avery’s heart ached when she heard her mother’s words. Then she made a silent prayer asking the Lord to take the pain away. She had already accepted in her heart that her mother didn’t love her, but her mother’s words hurt her deeply. She was longing for her mother’s love and her praise. She decided to give up on her mother.

Avery looked at Aiden with sorrow in her eyes and said, “Big brother, I apologize for offending you. Please forgive me. I love you so much and I can’t lose you.” Aiden laughed out loud and replied, “Avery, don’t act dumb. I have already told you my condition for being your brother, but your nanny is still at my house. It is clear to me that you don’t treat me as your brother. Chase your nanny away, then we will be siblings.”

Mr Martins looked at his son and said, “Aiden, please don’t do something you will regret in the future. Are you sure that you will not regret it when your sister turns her back on you in the future?” Aiden looked at his mother for support. His mother smiled and nodded her head.

Aiden looked at his father and replied, “I already indicated that Avery is no longer my sister, and I will never regret my decision. The only thing I ask from her is that she should stop pestering me because it is annoying. Mommy told me that she wanted to abort her when she was in her womb, but you stopped her. I wish she succeeded.”

His father was shocked when he heard his son’s words. He looked at his wife, his gaze was icy cold and said, “Elizabeth, are you proud of yourself for corrupting my son? How could you tell an eight-year-old child about abortion? Are you out of your mind? I regret keeping you by my side after you showed me your true colours.” Elizabeth opened her mouth, but she didn’t say anything.

Mr Martins hugged his daughter and said, “Sweetheart, don’t take your brother’s words into heart because you are my precious gift from the Lord. Also, Bridgette has sacrificed a lot to be your nanny more than anyone in this room. If Aiden doesn’t want to be your brother anymore, let him be. The Lord will bless you with a brother who will love you unconditionally. Aiden doesn’t deserve to be your brother.”

Aiden looked at his father with tears in his eyes. He really loved his sister, but he wanted to be strong for his mother. He wanted Bridgette to pay for beating up his mother. Hence, he wanted Avery to chase her away. Unbeknownst to him, Aunt Bridgette was Avery’s bottom line. What was his father talking about when he said Avery would be blessed with a brother who would love her unconditionally? Could it be his father had another son outside? He started panicking.

Avery looked at her brother coldly and something happened in her heart. She decided to give up on him and said, “Big brother, since I was born, I haven’t experienced my mother’s love and I made peace with that. I told myself that I don’t have a mother. I am sorry; I will not be able to honour your request because Aunt Bridge is my bottom line. I have to applaud your mother for sowing a discord between us.”

Then she walked towards the lift and went to her room with a heavy heart. It was clear that their mother wanted Aunt Bridgette to leave her house. Unfortunately, it was her wishful thinking. After she left the living room, her father looked at Aiden coldly and said, “At a young age you are vicious like your mother. Don’t you know how to distinguish between right and wrong? Go to your room and wash your filthy mouth.”

Aiden went to his room with tears in his eyes. It was the first time he had been scolded by his father. August sat opposite his wife and said, “Elizabeth, what would you achieve by creating animosity between our children? The first time I saw you, I thought you would be a good wife and a loving mother to our child. It is clear to me that it was my wishful thinking. You are not the woman I fell in love with. Let’s divorce, Elizabeth.”

Elizabeth was so shocked; she didn’t come back to her senses for a long time. She looked at her husband with tears in her eyes and said, “I am sorry August, I was wrong. I was getting back to Avery because you stopped loving me the first time she came into our lives. Also, I felt threatened by her nanny; hence I wanted her to go. Please forgive me this time, I will ask Aiden to fix his relationship with his sister.”

August looked at his wife and replied, “It is too late, Elizabeth. Stop pretending, I know that you don’t want to be in this sham of a marriage, but you are scared of being poor. Don’t worry; I will give you lots of money to start your own life far away from my children.” Elizabeth cried sorrowfully when she heard her husband’s words and replied, “August, I will never sign those divorce papers.” Her husband looked at her coldly, and then he went to his study room. Would August divorce Elizabeth?