Chapter 28
In Country A. Isabella had developed a habit of calling Raven first thing every morning. This day, as usual, she called Raven immediately after waking up.
But before they could talk much, she burst into tears with a “Boohoo.” Because Raven had given her terrible news. “Aunt Raven is going back home!”
Heartbroken, Isabella immediately called Matteo after talking with Raven: “Dad, did you know about this?”
In the office, Matteo flipped through documents: “Yes.”
“When did you find out?”
“A while ago.”
“You… Dad, you’re so mean…” Isabella hugged her pink pig plushie, crying non–stop: “Why didn’t you tell me? I can’t bear to part with Aunt Raven. If she’s not here, I don’t want to study here either. I want to go home, Boohoo~”
Matteo replied coolly: “It’s being handled.”
Isabella didn’t understand: “W–what do you mean?”
“We’re going back home next week.”
Freya jumped up from her bed: “Really?!”
“Mm.”
“Then why didn’t Aunt Raven tell me earlier?”
“The matter just got settled. Haven’t told her yet.”
Isabella was overjoyed: “Dad, don’t tell Aunt Raven about this yet. Can we give her a surprise when we get back?!”
“Alright.”
“Dad, you’re the best! I love you so much!”
After hanging up, Isabella was still ecstatic, singing and dancing on her bed.
A moment later, she suddenly thought of Freya. These past few days, she had been in such a good mood because mom hadn’t called.
Actually, to avoid talking with mom, she had deliberately left early and either kept her phone far away or turned it off after school.
After two days, worried that mom would get angry if she found out, she stopped doing this.
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But surprisingly, mom hadn’t called her at all in the following days.
At first, she thought mom had discovered her deliberately missing the calls.
But then she reasoned that, based on past experience, if mom knew she had done something wrong, she would have immediately made her correct it rather than angrily refusing to call.
After all, she was the most important person in mom’s heart, mom loved her the most–she didn’t believe mom would really stop calling just because she was angry!
Thinking of this, Isabella suddenly missed Freya a little. This was the first time in many days that she had thought of her.
She couldn’t help but call her.
But just as she dialed, she suddenly realized that although she would see Aunt Raven soon after returning home, knowing her mother’s nature, mom would definitely try everything to prevent her from seeing Aunt Raven.
She would no longer be able to see Aunt Raven whenever she wanted like she could here. This thought immediately soured her mood.
It was early morning in Country B. Freya was already asleep. She was awakened by Isabella’s call.
When she saw it was from her daughter and was about to answer, Isabella angrily hung up.
Although Freya had specified in the divorce agreement to Matteo that she was giving up custody of Isabella, she was still her daughter.
She still had certain responsibilities toward her.
Seeing Isabella’s call and sudden hang–up, she worried something might be wrong and quickly called back.
Isabella saw it but turned her little face away, refusing to answer.
More worried now, Freya immediately dialed the villa’s landline.
Auntie Sara answered quickly and, after hearing Freya’s concern, hurriedly said: “The Young Miss should be fine. She went to bed very late last night and woke up late today. When I went upstairs earlier, she was still asleep. I’ll go check and call you back.”
Hearing this, Freya relaxed: “Alright, thank you for the trouble.”
When Auntie Sara went upstairs, Isabella was already washing up in the bathroom.
After Auntie Sara explained the situation, she lied while brushing her teeth: “I pressed it by accident.”
Auntie Sara didn’t suspect anything and went downstairs to report back to
Freya.
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Chapter 28
Isabella watched her go, gave a little snort, and felt somewhat better.
Freya was relieved by Auntie Sara’s report.
However, being suddenly awakened, she couldn’t fall back asleep for a long time, leaving her tired the next day at
work.
The envelope containing the divorce agreement that Freya had given to Matteo hadn’t crossed his mind since that day he took Raven’s call.
On the day of their return home, Matteo put the last document in his briefcase, checked nothing was forgotten, and went downstairs.
“Ready, let’s go.” The stretched Lincoln quickly departed from the v
