I'm Sorry, But I Love You novel Chapter 14

His taunting gaze was filled with naked contempt for her when he stared at her, and even though this was not the first time that she had been humiliated by the man in front of her, her heart would still ache whenever she was subjected to his demeaning treatment.

Catherine’s sanity finally came back to her the moment her white T-shirt was being lifted by him. Despite trembling all over due to extreme fear, she forced herself to regain her composure and stared at Anderson, “Didn’t you like Isabella the most? Won’t you be afraid that she will hate you in hell?”

Anderson’s hand halted abruptly in its track on her body.

She knew that mentioning Isabella would work on him, hence she hurriedly continued, “Isabella always hated the fact that you and I were together, and I still remembered clearly that she would fall sick whenever you had stayed the night.”

Anderson’s lechery had dissipated entirely when Isabella was suddenly mentioned, and it was at that moment that the driver had stopped the car, “We’re here, Mr. Clark.”

As soon as the car was parked, Catherine got down at once and made a run for it.

He stared at her fleeing figure while adjusting his tie, and soon after he walked with long strides into the hospital.

When Catherine had finally reached the ward that Sophia was in, she could immediately pick up on a faint weeping sound at the door. Her heart was instantly broken into thousands of pieces, and she promptly pushed open the door and walked inside.

Lincoln and Sophia were sitting on the bed while snuggling up to each other, and Madison whom was at a loss could be seen seated on the sofa further away. Sophia’s hair was a mess, and it was a heart-rending sight to take in as her eyes and nose had been reddened from all the crying she had done.

When Madison had laid her eyes on Catherine, her eyes lighted up in an instant.

However, Catherine did not manage to catch the changes in Madison’s expression as she was contending with dismay, and she quickly called out to the kids on the bed in a soft tone, “Mommy’s here, Sophia.”

Sophia’s sobbing stopped abruptly when she heard Catherine’s voice, and when she had raised her head to look into her direction and confirmed that her mother had indeed come for her, she burst out crying again, this time in a more aggrieved manner as she rolled down the bed and threw herself at Catherine.

“Sophia misses you very much, Mommy.”

Catherine hugged her tightly and muttered under her breath, “Mommy misses you too.”

“You said that you were going to pick me up yesterday. Why did you lie to me?” Sophia lied in her arms and grumbled in grievance.

“Sorry for not keeping to my promise, I know Mommy’s at fault.” Catherine suddenly thought of Anderson’s comment that Sophia had not been eating at all, so she patted her consolingly on the shoulder and said, “Since Mommy is here, can you eat something now?”

Sophia nodded obediently while curling her lips into a line and uttered in an upset manner, “I’m very hungry, Mommy.”

Catherine was on the verge of tears upon hearing her daughter’s pitiful remark, but she forced herself to hold back her tears.

Lincoln brought over a small bowl of porridge to her, “You can feed this to Sophia, Mommy.”

It was as if a wall of barrier had been set up between the three of them and the outside world, and not a single outsider could meddle in between them.

Anderson watched on with a gloomy look in his eyes as bitter sorrow gradually crept up onto him. They were his children too, so why did he feel so left out?

“Go get the kids and bring them to the table so that they can eat properly, Andy. There are too much stuffs on the floor.” Madison tried to steer him to make a move as she poked at Anderson whom was standing still and looking on from a near distance with her cane.

He frowned for a second after being told to bring Sophia over to the table, but in the end, he marched forward and stooped down to try to carry her in his arms.

Sophia was shocked by his sudden movement, and she instantly backed away from him.

Catherine glared at him after noticing his gesture, and the grim look on her face was as if she would fight him off if he ever dared to lay his hands on Sophia.

Anderson’s countenance blackened after seeing Sophia’s defensive action, and he called out to the frightened little girl whom was hiding in Catherine’s embrace in a frigid tone, “Daddy will bring you to the table so that you can eat properly.”

Sophia whimpered softly, “But I want Mommy.”

Anderson nodded in reply, “Your Mommy will come along too.”

Sophia finally reached out her arms towards Anderson after he had made a promise to her as she stared at him with tears still in her eyes. Eagerness and fear could be seen manifested in her gaze while she uttered in a childish voice, “Hug me, Daddy.”