The Windfalls of Love (Roxanne and Harrison)

Chapter 144

That night, Harrison and Roxanne just cuddled up and slept. No hanky-panky, just holding each other.

Roxanne felt this incredible sense of comfort and happiness. It was different from when they got busy.

It was more tranquil, more powerful, more secure.

Outside, the autumn moon was hazy. The gentle, serene moonlight seemed to reflect Roxanne's state

of mind.

In Harrison's arms, she could forget all her troubles and just be a simple, loved woman. All her worries

simply vanished. That night, Roxanne had a sound sleep.

When she woke up in the morning, Harrison had already prepared a hearty breakfast. After freshening

up, Harrison led her to the dining table.

"There's your favorite seafood pasta and chili sauce. I bought some chilies and made the sauce myself.

Super clean and hygienic," he said while presenting a jar of chili sauce.

The spicy scent was tantalizing.

"The seafood is super fresh, just bought from the supermarket," he added.

After being together for over four months, Harrison knew her food preferences inside out. But since it

was autumn, the weather could be quite dry. So, he had also made a creamy pumpkin soup. "This soup

is good for you.

Drinking a bowl in the morning can help improve your diet," he said as he served the soup. Roxanne

chuckled, "I feel like I'm being treated like a queen."

Having someone take care of her breakfast so thoughtfully was delightful.

"This is just the beginning," Harrison said, stroking her nose. "When you get pregnant, you'll be treated

even better."

Roxanne's heart melted as she sipped the soup. She smiled at Harrison and said, "Then I should have

more babies for you."

"No need," Harrison said seriously. "Giving birth is painful. I don't want you to go through that. One is

enough. Hopefully, a girl. My dad and I both love girls."

"What if the first one is a boy?"

"Even if it's a boy, you don't need to give birth again. It's too painful," he replied.

Roxanne didn't say anything and just continued her soup. She thought to herself, she wouldn't

exchange Harrison for all the money in the world. They both loved girls, and regardless of the pain, she

would have a girl for the Rodriguez family. Besides, she loved girls too.

Where could she find a man as considerate, reliable, and responsible as Harrison? In reality, after

marriage, men expect their wives to earn money, have kids, and raise them.

No matter how painful childbirth was, they thought it was a woman's duty. If a woman complained of

pain, fatigue, or lack of rest during childbirth, they thought she was being weak.

Roxanne felt lucky to have Harrison as her partner. People often said that marriage was a turning point

in a woman's life. This was indeed true for Roxanne.

Meeting Harrison had completely turned her life around.

With these happy thoughts, she went to work.

At lunch, Audrey, a young woman with short hair, brought in lunch.

"Roxanne, there's a man named Sebastian outside. He wants to see you. Is he your father?" Audrey

asked, standing in front of Roxanne.

Roxanne's mood instantly changed. She became stern, and her brows furrowed.

Sebastian, who wanted to sell her off to an old man for his son's future, had the audacity to come to

see her.

Rage filled her heart. She curtly said, "Ignore him. Pretend you didn't see him."

"Okay!" Audrey replied and returned to her seat.

Lillian, a glasses-wearing colleague, asked, "Audrey, who's that limping old man outside? Roxanne's

dad?"

Audrey nodded and said, "Seems like it."

Lillian adjusted her glasses, "Why isn't Roxanne seeing him? Is she that heartless?"

Chloe came over, knocking on the table, "Don't judge before you know the whole story. If you knew that

Roxanne was abandoned by her parents when she was four, and she grew up on people's charity, and

that the old man only thought of her when he had no one to take care of him and wanted to benefit of

her, would you still think Roxanne is heartless towards him?"

Hearing this, Audrey and Lillian immediately felt sympathy for Roxanne. Behind her strong and cheerful

exterior, she had such a painful past. Life hadn't been easy for her.

Sebastian waited outside for hours. It was only after the sun had set and Roxanne had finished her

work that Chloe and Roxanne locked the office and went outside.

Sebastian limped towards them. "Roxanne!" He looked embarrassed. After his son, Nathaniel, had

stabbed him in the heart, he finally realized. His beloved son, whom he had raised and pampered,

whom he had given two houses to, whom he tried not to bother, fearing his lowly status would affect his

marriage to a rich girl, had tried to kill him. Sebastian regretted focusing on his new family and younger

son.

If only he had kept Roxanne by his side back then, take good care of her, he wouldn't be so alone now,

even betrayed by his own son.

Catching a glimpse of Sebastian, Roxanne felt a pang in her heart.

She walked past Sebastian, arm in arm with Chloe, her face void of any expression.

"Roxanne!"

Sebastian fell to his knees.

"I was wrong, and I need to apologize to you. I'm sorry, I'm deeply sorry."

This apology was from the heart.

Watching his daughter's retreating figure, Sebastian couldn't hold back his tears.

Roxanne turned around, glaring at him angrily.

Seeing Sebastian's tear-streaked face, she let out a painful, sarcastic laugh.

"Sebastian, what game are you playing now? Trying to win me over when your tough guy act didn't

work?"

Sebastian was choking on his words.

When she was little, Roxanne's voice was so sweet, always echoing in his ears.

"Dad, stop smoking, it's bad for your health."

"Dad, stop drinking. Your cough hasn't gotten any better."

"Dad, let me warm you up!"

How could he bear to leave such a precious little girl alone in the rural countryside, becoming a left-

behind child with no one to provide for her food, clothing, and education, having to eat other people's

leftovers?

Sebastian slapped himself hard on the face a few times.

Roxanne shouted in anger, "Sebastian, what the hell are you trying to do?"

"I know you can't forgive me." Sebastian knelt on the ground, looking at the weak Roxanne, "I just hope

to make it up to you."

He took out a property transfer document and handed it to Roxanne.

"This is a property of mine. It's already been transferred to you."

Normally, Roxanne would need to be present for the property transfer.

However, Harrison pulled some strings, allowing Sebastian to directly transfer the property to Roxanne,

and got the property transfer document done.

"Sebastian, what are you up to?"

"Roxanne, I know you won't forgive me, and I'm not asking you to." Sebastian, shaking, stood up.

He shoved the property transfer document into Roxanne's hands.

"I don't know what else I can do for you. Just take this for now."

With that, Sebastian wiped away his tears, turned around, and limped away.

He hadn't taken a few steps before he turned back.

With tears in his eyes, Sebastian gave Roxanne a smile and said, "Roxanne, you've found a good

man!"

Yesterday, Sebastian had promised Harrison that he wouldn't tell Roxanne about his status as the

richest man in Seraphim Haven.

That was a promise he made with Harrison.

After a wistful smile, Sebastian once again limped away.

Chloe asked, "Anne, is this property transfer document real? Your dad is so nice, and he's actually

willing to give you his house. Isn't he supposed to give everything to his son?"

Watching Sebastian's retreating figure, Roxanne didn't say a word.

She wasn't sure if Sebastian's apology was genuine.

It seemed genuine. But knowing Sebastian's ruthless nature, how could he possibly apologize to her?

At that moment, Harrison appeared from around the corner of the street.

He walked over to Roxanne and saw her tear-streaked face.

Harrison knew why Roxanne was crying. But he pretended not to know and hugged her, "What

happened? I came to pick you up and saw you crying so sadly, who bullied you?"

Chloe told Harrison about Sebastian.

Harrison pretended to be surprised.

Chloe asked, "This property transfer document isn't fake, is it? I don't believe Sebastian is kind-hearted

enough to apologize to Roxanne."

Harrison said, "We can check it."

Chloe asked, "How?"

Harrison took Roxanne's phone and said, "Open this app. We can check the property certificate."

After a series of operations, he showed the results to Chloe and Roxanne.

"This is real. Sebastian really did give his house to Roxanne."

In reality, Harrison could give Roxanne many houses like this one. But there were certain emotional

traumas and childhood shadows he couldn't heal for Roxanne.

The problem needed to be addressed at its root.

Only when Sebastian sincerely apologized to Roxanne for his mistakes could Roxanne truly find peace.

Otherwise, even if he loved Roxanne dearly, the lack of her original family would still exist.

That was why he went through so much trouble yesterday, sailing his luxury yacht out to sea, letting

Nathaniel and Sebastian fight each other.

His goal was to make Sebastian see his son's true colors and face the facts.

Harrison originally thought that the father and son would attack each other, at least there would be a

fierce struggle.

But to his surprise, Sebastian was willing to sacrifice himself for his son.

This was unexpected for Harrison. But it was a good thing.

It proved that Sebastian was actually a man full of fatherly love.

Otherwise, he wouldn't rather die than see Nathaniel die. But his love was misplaced.

After returning home, Roxanne sat on the sofa for a long time, staring at the property transfer

document in her hand.

Harrison had proven to her more than once that it was a legally binding, genuine property transfer

document.

However, Roxanne didn't believe it.

She leaned into Harrison's arms and said, "Harrison, can you tell me why Sebastian suddenly wanted

to give me his house and apologize to me?"

"I'm not sure." Harrison pretended to be in the dark and made a guess, "Maybe he's finally seen the

light."

"Was his apology sincere?" Roxanne cried, tears and snot streaming down her face.

She seldom cried in front of Harrison, let alone in front of others.

She usually only cried in her dreams.

Maybe it was because Harrison had fully entered her heart.

In front of Harrison, she didn't need to put on a brave front anymore.

She let herself cry, tears soaking her cheeks.

Harrison grabbed some tissues, wiping away her tears and snot.

"You're crying so ugly. Your face is all snot."

Although Harrison said this, he didn't show any signs of disgust while wiping her nose.

Roxanne laughed, throwing herself into his arms and hugging his neck tightly.

"Harrison, I never dreamed my dad would apologize to me."

"So, do you feel better now?" Harrison worried about her.

She nodded, then shook her head, "A little bit better."

However, the psychological scars from her childhood were not so easily healed.

Harrison patted her back and said, "Don't worry, things will get better."

"Today, my dad said, I married a good man." Roxanne looked at him, "Harrison, did you talk to him?"

"No." Harrison denied firmly.

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"I'm not sure."

"Strange, you haven't had much contact with him."

"Maybe he saw that I was always protecting you, and he thought I was a good man."

"You really didn't talk to him?"

"No."

Alright, Roxanne decided to trust Harrison.

But she still felt that Sebastian's comment about her "having a good husband" had a deeper meaning.

To avoid further questioning, lest he couldn't continue to lie, Harrison pulled her up.

"I didn't cook today. Let's go to that little restaurant you like."

Now, as the richest man in Seraphim Haven, he ate at street stalls as naturally as eating home-cooked

meals, no longer feeling awkward.

He even felt that the exquisite food in high-end restaurants didn't taste as good as the street stalls.

They walked to the restaurant.

It was already dark outside.

The streetlights were dim, the shadows of the trees swaying.

Their hands intertwined, their affection deep.

Even their shadows on the ground were close, filled with a sweet atmosphere.

At the restaurant, Harrison wrote down the dishes Roxanne liked on a piece of paper and handed it to

the waiter.

They had to order grilled lobster.

While waiting for the food, he skillfully unpacked the plastic-wrapped utensils.

He used to worry about the hygiene of these utensils. But now he was used to it, and he didn't care

anymore.

He completely immersed himself in Roxanne's life.

When the grilled lobster was served, Harrison put on plastic gloves to peel the lobster for Roxanne.

After a few bites, Roxanne suddenly rushed to a deserted place by the road and vomited violently.

The lobster was fresh.

The meat was full, the texture tender.

Harrison also tasted it; the quality was definitely not an issue.

But Roxanne was vomiting severely.

He guessed based on his knowledge and patted Roxanne's back, "Anne, are you pregnant?"

They had been having sex frequently.

They did it every day, and they never used any contraception.

Harrison was very excited, "Anne, you might be pregnant. I'll have Dr. Maxwell check you out."

"Who's Dr. Maxwell?" Roxanne asked, wiping her mouth after throwing up.

Harrison was so happy that he wanted to call his own family doctor and explained, "I mean, I know

someone at the hospital. I'll have him check you out directly."