Reborn on Wedding Night: Flirting the Cold Bigshot into Blushes-Chapter 308: One Big Family

No matter what else is on her mind, as long as Nancy doesn’t say, it’s fine. After all, there’s plenty of time in the future.

Godfery Shaw tucked Nancy in, gently imprinting a kiss on her brow.

Godfery Shaw sat by the bedside for half the night, his eyes red from staying up, then returned to the Imperial Garden.

He took off his coat, revealing the shirt he wore when he went to rescue Nancy, still stained with blood.

After seeing blood, his gaze gradually changed, quickly becoming sinister and violent. He raised his hand and smashed a precious jade ornament in the bedroom, speaking gloomily: "Why can’t I, when clearly I am the one born for her? Why can your brother, but I can’t?"

Godfery Shaw remained silent for a long while.

Rubbing the bracelet gifted to him with his left hand, he gradually calmed down and murmured to himself: "It’s alright, she’s going to give me a new bracelet. Someday she will accept me."

"She will."

...

Nancy slept until dawn, and when she woke up, the room was already empty.

She messaged her parents and Emma Lewis saying she was back, after explaining a bit, she headed to the Ink Manor.

She hadn’t seen Sophie in a few days and heard that Emily Allen is now also staying at the Ink Manor.

Upon arriving at the Ink Manor and walking into the inner hall, Nancy saw that the usually sparsely populated place was extremely lively and filled with a harmonious scene.

Emily was teaching Nancy to read, mom and brother were shucking corn, teacher was pinching vegetables, while Emma Lewis was cracking melon seeds, and Godfery Shaw wore an apron.

It was like one big, bustling family.

As soon as Nancy arrived, everyone looked towards her.

The scene was like a heartless person who abandoned her husband and child finally coming back.

Nancy unknowingly felt guilty.

Seeing Nancy, Robert Reed suddenly darkened his face: "Finally willing to come back, huh? Didn’t get your fragile body wrecked this time? Next time you dare run off without a word, I’ll break your damned legs!"

Godfery Shaw had narrated those dangerous ordeals to Robert Reed, leaving him seething in anger.

From the moment he accepted this student, he worried she might die. After experiencing ordeal upon ordeal and finally being at peace, she just decided to leave.

Everyone had been cautious in taking care of her for her health, yet she recklessly tormented herself, infuriating him the more he thought about it. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Nancy was just about to apologize.

Suddenly, from a corner, Charles Allen spoke up: "What are you yelling about? Try touching my precious daughter."

Only then did Nancy notice her father sitting at a small bench in the corner, seemingly dismissed.

Robert Reed sneered: "Throw this man out, my Ink Manor doesn’t allow him in."

Edward Allen quickly went over to pull Charles Allen aside, whispering: "Dad, why are you provoking him! Moreover, you can’t afford to provoke him! Once thrown out, neither Emily nor Sophie can be seen."

Charles Allen stubbornly retorted: "As if I’m afraid of him! Nancy, whose side are you on?"

Mrs. Allen continued to shuck corn, appearing calm. Doesn’t Old Mr. Reed understand that the deeper the love, the sterner the scold? How could Old Reed actually hit Nancy?

Emma Lewis cracked her seeds, enjoying the show.

The people in the Ink Manor seemed accustomed to the disputes between Robert Reed and Edward Allen’s father.

Nancy felt a headache coming on.

At this moment, Godfery Shaw, wearing an apron, suddenly said: "It’s time to cook, is the corn ready? Is the green vegetable pinched?"

The room instantly fell silent.

Godfery Shaw said to Nancy: "Come help me in the kitchen."

Nancy quickly nodded and followed Godfery Shaw to the kitchen, avoiding the center of the dispute.

She couldn’t imagine everyone gathering together, and being this lively once assembled.

Previously, she hadn’t told her family about Sophie’s situation, fearing conflicts might arise between the family and the teacher over custody of the child.

In the end, after she left for a bit, everyone had gathered together. They weren’t exactly fighting over the child, but the situation wasn’t entirely harmonious either.

Nancy followed Godfery Shaw into the kitchen.

After Nancy entered the kitchen, the outside quieted down—without her there, arguments were pointless anyway.

The kitchen also fell silent.

The atmosphere between them was intimate yet carried an inexplicable gap, which felt utterly illogical.

Godfery Shaw didn’t ask, and Nancy didn’t explain.

Godfery Shaw started cooking, with dexterous and natural movements. Soon, Nancy smelled the scent of food.

It was hard to imagine that someone like Godfery Shaw would have such good cooking skills.

"Pass me the salt," Godfrey Shaw extended a hand toward Nancy.

Hearing the voice, Nancy glanced at the salt, right there beside Godfrey Shaw, feeling a bit speechless.

Still, she handed the salt over, placing it in Godfery Shaw’s hand.

Godfery Shaw added a little to the green vegetables in the pot, then handed it back to Nancy, clearly indicating for her to put it back.

Nancy had no idea what Godfery Shaw was doing.

Clearly, he could have just reached out and grabbed it himself.

Yet Godfery Shaw remained serious and focused: "Soy sauce, please."

Standing beside Godfery Shaw and handing him items—so this was what helping in the kitchen meant?

No one from outside came in to interrupt the two, and Godfery Shaw did nothing more intimate toward Nancy. Yet in the small kitchen space, Nancy felt increasingly uneasy.

Each time she handed condiments to Godfery Shaw, their hands would brush against each other.

Feeling anxious, Nancy took a note from beside the fridge and wrote: "You get busy, I’ll go check on Sophie."

Godfery Shaw didn’t make it difficult for Nancy, nodding for her to leave.

Nancy nearly fled in haste.

Godfery Shaw’s intense emotions worried her.

Nancy quickly exited the kitchen, where Emily was still reading a fairy tale to Sophie.

Seeing Nancy approach,

Sophie immediately exclaimed with delight: "Mommy, come here! I’ve missed you since we haven’t seen each other for days."

Sophie didn’t know what had transpired, thinking Nancy merely had something to attend afar.

Having often been away in the past, a ten-day departure didn’t unsettle Sophie.

Nancy walked over, and Sophie promptly offered her little bench for Nancy to sit on.

Emily originally sat beside Sophie and now shifted to sit beside Nancy, pausing in her storytelling.

Nancy knew Emily harbored resentment towards her, just as she was about to stand up, when the voice of a child continued, narrating the story.

Nancy looked at Emily in confusion.

Emily kept her eyes on the book, continuing the story.

Nancy’s gaze gradually softened as she placed Sophie on her lap, the two listening to Emily read the story.

After the story ended, Emily closed the book and said to Sophie: "Sophie, go play with little dinosaur for a while."

Sophie glanced at her brother, then at her mother, obediently going to play.

Once Sophie walked away,

Nancy felt somewhat anxious, wondering what Emily was going to say?

Nancy always felt she had harmed Emily, even if she had her own struggles.

Lost in thought, Nancy suddenly heard a voice.

"Aunt."

Nancy abruptly looked towards Emily.

Emily softly spoke: "Aunt, I’m sorry for my attitude towards you lately..."

Emily’s words were interrupted because Nancy wrapped him in an embrace.

The usually stern-faced boy now had red-rimmed eyes.

Years ago, when her aunt found him, she embraced him with the same tenderness.