Secret Wealthy Marriage
Chapter 279: Everyone Wants to Do Well (1)

Chapter 279: Chapter 279: Everyone Wants to Do Well (1)

Carolline Ruiz didn’t stay long with Bryan Hawkins, as she had to work the next day, and Andy Aguirre also had to operate. An agreement they made a month ago had Bryan picking up the bill, and both parties dispersed from there.

When they got on the elevator, they stood one in front of the other. Carolline gave Bryan only a view of her backside. As the elevator door opened, Carolline stepped out, and Bryan followed.

As Carolline took out her keys to unlock her door, Bryan suddenly said, "Carolline, I want to do better."

Carolline dropped her keys to the floor in shock. She didn’t know why Bryan suddenly brought up this topic, yet she knew that he was responding to Megan Clifton’s so-called ’interview’.

’Want to do better,’ what does that mean?

Does he mean to be a better father or a better husband?

"Why didn’t you ever mention the time my mother approached you?" Bryan bent over to pick up the keys, put them back into Carolline’s hand as she suddenly said this.

Had it not been for Emily Hill bringing up past events, she wouldn’t have known that without her knowledge, he had faced these hardships.

Even if she didn’t hear firsthand what Emily Hill said to him, she could guess that her mother at the time wouldn’t have said any nice words about him. But why didn’t he say anything, instead choosing to suffer these indignities alone?

"It’s all in the past, there’s no point talking about it, besides, you were injured because of me, I was responsible for your suffering," he replied while looking at her.

"..." Carolline looked at him, not knowing what to say. Time seemed to stand still. Bryan slowly approached her, took her hand, and pulled her into his arms. In a mournful tone, he said, "Carolline, we missed so many years because of our misunderstanding. I let Xavier Estrada handle the divorce because I thought... I thought Andy Aguirre would bring you happiness, and you also chose him, so... "

"Luckily everything is in the past. Carolline, I..." Just as Bryan was about to say something more, feeling the atmosphere was right and Carolline didn’t resist his hug, a cough sounded from the hallway.

Carolline instantly recognized it as her neighbor’s cough. She quickly pushed Bryan off, her face flushing as she turned to open the door. Instantly, she heard Axel’s crying.

Behind Carolline, Bryan ran faster than her. He ran inside urgently asking, "Axel, what happened? Why are you crying?"

Wasn’t he just sleeping so soundly?

"Daddy—" The moment Axel saw him, he ran over, burying himself in Bryan’s arms. "Daddy, Axel had a nightmare. You flew away overseas again and stayed away for many years."

"..." In that instant, Bryan felt a deep, agonizing heartache. His negligence those years to Carolline and their son had caused such profound damage to Axel. His nose stung, and his throat was sore as he soothed Axel, "Good boy, Axel, don’t cry. Daddy promises, from now on, I’ll never leave Axel and... mommy, okay?"

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, okay." Axel, with tearful eyes, stared at Bryan’s face. He chose to believe him.

Carolline averted her gaze from this scene, as did Emily Hill, whose eyes were also filled with tears. Getting to her feet, Emily said, "Alright, alright, didn’t grandma tell you? Daddy hasn’t gone anywhere, see? Daddy and mommy are both back. It’s time to go to bed, grandma is going to take you back to your room."