Chapter 486\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring that time, we were often apart, but we stayed together and eventually got married.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo why did you stop designing, Mom?\u201d Larissa asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sapphira\u2019s gaze drifted around the soft, pink\u2013hued room she had decorated for her daughter. The smile faded from her eyes, replaced by a shadow of sorrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause after your father and I got married, we tried for a long time to have a child, but nothing happened. Your grandfather thought it was because I was always working late at the studio, that the stress was affecting me. He suggested I quit and focus on resting and preparing my body.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa\u2019s admiration quickly turned to sympathy. So that was it. To have a child, women often had to make immense sacrifices.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sapphira looked down. \u201cYour father was very respectful of my wishes. He said if I loved my job, I didn\u2019t have to give it up for the sake of having a baby.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the more he supported me, the guiltier I felt. I was almost thirty\u2013five by then, and I really did want to have a child with him. So, I listened to your grandfather and stayed home to focus on my health.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut even then, two years went by, and I still couldn\u2019t get pregnant.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew your father had secretly gone to the hospital to get himself checked. His results were fine. But he never asked me to go. He just said it wasn\u2019t the right time and told me to relax, that a child\u00a0<\/p>\n
would come when fate intended.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEventually, I was the one who insisted on getting tested. It turned out the problem was with me. I had a uterine septum. After discussing it with your father, I had surgery to correct it. I recovered for six months and we tried again, but still, nothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, the pressure was immense. I was heartbroken. I knew your grandfather was putting pressure on your father, too. I was ready to divorce him, but he absolutely refused. He even told your grandfather that Paxton already had three children, which was more than enough to carry on the family line, and that he was willing to hand over the company to him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa was deeply moved. How many men in the world were like her father, willing to love a woman so much that they would give up the chance to have their own children? Most would only do so if they themselves were infertile. Others might pretend not to care while secretly having children with other women, only to bring them home years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if I saved the universe in a past life or what, but I can\u2019t believe I was lucky enough to be loved by a man like your father,\u201d Sapphira said, her eyes welling up with tears. \u201cI admit, I was selfish. I love him so much. When he chose to endure all the gossip and criticism to stay with me, I clung to him. I wanted to be his wife until the day I died.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore you came back to the Judson family, not a day went by that I didn\u2019t feel like I had failed him, that because of my flawed body, he couldn\u2019t have a child of his own\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa moved to sit beside her mother. \u201cMom,\u201d she said, her eyes serious, \u201cif you really want to have a child with Dad, I can\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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