My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

The servant told Ruth to rest assured, telling her that they could take care of the children.

After hanging up on the phone, Ruth went to meet Yesseca.

After talking to Yesseca, Ruth left for the funeral hall.

She completed all her duties approximately at noon.

All the while, Yesseca had been waiting for her.

Yesseca brought Ruth into her store.

Upon seeing the bakery in front of her, Ruth's eyes widened slightly.

Ruth had heard from Yesseca before that she had a store to her name. However, she had reckoned that it would be a small shop. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be quite grand.

Desserts of various kinds were displayed by the glass window, looking extremely alluring.

Yesseca took Ruth up to the second floor and made a drink for her. She said, "This floor is for the customers to have a drink and relax, whereas downstairs is where we sell the pastries and desserts."

Looking around the bakery, Ruth then said, "Yesseca, I genuinely did not expect you to have such a grand store."

Not long ago, she had thought of Yesseca and how she was doing.

She had expected Yesseca to have a hard time after breaking things off with Tremaine.

However, that was not the case.

Yesseca did not look as frail and downcast as she had expected.

Instead, her face was glowing and her eyes were alight with energy.

The fact that she had opened such a big and magnificent store surprised Ruth even more.

Upon hearing Ruth's words, Yesseca smiled.

Truth be told, she was surprised too.

At first, baking was just a pastime of hers. However, after breaking things off with Tremaine, she had been extremely heartbroken. In order to keep herself distracted, she had started making desserts for her colleagues. Things then escalated from there, causing her to open her own bakery.

"I didn't expect all this as well." Yesseca said faintly, "I can't believe that I have my own career and that I've fulfilled my own dreams."

Ruth's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

Her own career?

Fulfilling her own dreams?

Those were all things unfathomable to her.

In her eyes, a woman was a man's accessory. How could she dare to have her own aspirations?

However, everything that she had just heard changed that mindset.

After leaving Tremaine, Yesseca had opened her own bakery, a grand one at that. She had indeed established her own career. "Ruth, how are you doing now?" Yesseca asked again.

Upon hearing Yesseca's question, Ruth's face darkened slightly.

She started, "I've given birth to a son and now I'm taking care of him alone in the villa next to the Quartley Palace, but..."

Ruth paused.

Looking at Ruth's hesitant expression, Yesseca could already discern her thoughts.

She couldn't help but ask, "Are they going to take him away?"

Ruth's heart felt a tinge of pain.

She smiled sadly, nodding.

"Ruth, if you don't want to part with your son, don't hand him over to

them. Just take him along with

and leave the place," Yesseca said.

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Ruth shook her head and insisted, "He belongs to the Quartley family. I must hand him over to them. I've already accepted my fate... all want now to have more days with my son, nothing more."

"Ruth, that child belongs to both the Quartley family and you. If you really want to keep him, you should put up a fight!"

Ruth shook her head again, replying, "Yesseca, you don't understand. In Nashaland, the Quartley family holds an extremely high position. How could I ever compete with them? I've long accepted my fate."

Just as Yesseca was about to retort, a thought popped into her head.

Ruth was different from her.

Ruth was from Nashaland, unlike her.

The boy was Zorion's flesh and blood. Ruth could never beat him.

Thus, Yesseca could not impose her own mindset onto Ruth.