Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 266

The video call was very pleasant. In the end, Ember was exhausted and needed to rest. So, Stanley had no choice but to end the call and let his Ember rest.

After Stanley had settled everything, he decided to go out, but Ember suddenly grabbed his wrist. Turning around, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Ember pointed to a chair on the side. "Sit down."

Following his mom's order, Stanley pulled the chair over and sat down in silence. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

"I have a few things to tell you."

"Go ahead."

Before she started speaking, Ember lay there and observed her son with her head tilted to one side, thinking how time had flown by quickly. In a blink of an eye, decades had passed, and the little boy she once held in her arms had now grown into a man. Now, he had the ability to take care of himself and even his own family. As a mother, she felt it's time to let go of him.

"What did Dr. Meyer say to you today? Tell me.

"Don't worry about it, Mom. I'll take care of it. The most important thing at the moment is for you to take care of yourself."

Hearing that, Ember laughed. "I'm afraid I can't go on longer. I'm well aware of my health."

Stanley's face darkened, and his expression showed displeasure.

"Although you don't like what I'm going to say, I still have to say it. Stanley, this is reality. Please don't torment me any longer. Just let me go..."

"Mom!" Stanley shouted.

Still, the expression on Ember's face did not change, and she continued with a smile. "You're an adult now, and you know that some facts should be accepted rationally, rather than being stubborn. I'm only speaking the truth. If you don't want to hear it, then fine, I will keep it to myself."

Throughout her life, Ember had a gentle personality. Especially on the matter of teaching Stanley since he was a kid. Her attitude had always been kind, which formed Stanley's calm and reserved personality.

Ember knew that her son needed some time to accept the fact. He was a smart man, and he knew how to think rationally.

Sure enough, after a while, Stanley moved his lips and said, "Your condition is serious, but I will not give up. As long as there's still hope, I will not give up."

"The hope you said is Sharon's father."

"There's still another hope..."

"Another hope?"

Stanley pursed his lips tightly, and he could not say anything as Ember was right. The truth was that the only hope for Ember was Sharon's father.

"Do you really want to take the organs from her father to save me?" Ember stared into her son's eyes and asked directly.

Avoiding Ember's gaze, Stanley held his head up. Today, his tall and strong body looked dispirited. He had flown for more than ten hours, plus he spent a few hours discussing the treatment plans with the doctor, so now, Stanley looked hollow and powerless.

It seemed as if some sort of invisible weight was crushing on his shoulders.

On one side was his mother, and on the other side was Sharon's father.

How should he choose?

If it was in the past, and before he had fallen in love with Sharon, he would not hesitate to choose to save his mother!

But now...

He did not know what to do.

In his thirty years of life, he had made many choices, and to be frank, this was the most difficult and most painful one!

Back in the day, Stanley had been to different hospitals around the world going through each organ selection himself, and it turned out that Sharon's father was the only one that matched. At that time, his mother's condition was not so serious, and she only needed to rely on medication.

But just to be safe, he deliberately chose the most suitable candidate that matched his mother's organs among thousands of candidates, thinking that in case his mother's condition worsened in the future, Sharon's father could be brought in immediately for an organ transplant.

Also, right at this moment, Stanley remembered that once Howard had warned him not to fall in love with Sharon... but he did not listen, and now his heart belonged to her.

Currently, Stanley was trapped in his own doings and he did not know what should be the next step.

"If you use Sharon's father's life in exchange for mine, Sharon will not forgive you." Ember reached out her hand to hold her son's hand. Although her voice was light, her words were heavy. "Having

suffered for so many years, I've has already seen through life and death. To live is torture for me, and death would be a relief. Don't feel sorry for me as this is my own choice. You go and live a good life with Sharon, and my spirit in heaven will be able to rest in peace."

Suddenly, Stanley raised his head, and his eyes were scarlet red. The veins on his neck were bulging. "Do you want me to do nothing and just watch you die like this?"

There was no way he could allow the woman who was pregnant with him for forty weeks, gave birth to him and worked hard to raise him, just die like this.

He could not do it!

Hearing his words, Ember smiled gently, "Even if a person lived for a hundred years, he would eventually die. Even if I don't die now, I will die sooner or later... Do you want me to live for a thousand years? Then won't I be an old goblin by then?"

Ember deliberately made a joke to make the topic more light-hearted, but Stanley turned his face away as his heart was bleeding from pain.

Looking at the way Stanely acted, Ember sighed and said, "I will only ask you one question. If you can give me an answer, then I will cooperate with your treatment."

Hearing that, hope rose from the bottom of Stanley's eyes. "What's that?"

"Do you love Sharon?"

If he loved her, how could he break her heart?

In the next second, Stanley seemed to understand what his mother meant. He froze for a moment.

Just this one question from Ember was able to drive his state of mind to the brink of a mental breakdown.

With that, Stanley slowly withdrew his gaze. Then, he held his head with both hands, and his long fingers entwined between his dark hair.

After a long time, Stanley opened his mouth. His voice was so hoarse that it sounded like a broken voice box. He spoke a word in an extremely light yet heavy tone, "Fine."

That answer made Ember laugh. "Good boy."

After a pause, Ember turned to look out of the window, but she could not see anything. Then, she muttered, "Take me back. I don't want to stay here anymore. If I'm going to die, I should die in my own house..."

Looking around, Sharon felt nervous, and her palms were sweating. She was so nervous that she felt like going to the toilet.

"Mrs. Jones, are you all right?"

Anthony saw that she kept shaking her legs, and it was obvious that she was anxious. He could not help but laugh and said, "Mr. Jones and the others should be coming out soon. Don't be nervous. We're just picking them up." A week ago, Stanley called and told Sharon that he intended to bring Ember back to the country. He also told her the details about his flight, hoping that she would pick them up at the airport.

Which was now.

Sharon licked her lips. "Charles, of course, you're not nervous. You've been by Stanley's side for so many years, and you must have seen Ember. But I have not, so this is the first time I'm meeting my mother-in-law. Wouldn't it be weirder if I'm not nervous?"

At this moment, she was even more nervous than the day they met in the video call.

Anthony gave a muffled laugh and nodded. "Right."

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a tall and straight figure slowly appearing at the entrance of the passageway. Anthony pointed to the front and said, "Mrs. Jones, they have arrived."

Following the direction he was pointing at, Sharon raised her head and looked over. Stanley was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and his steps were steady. His outstanding facial features were obviously deep and profound.

They had not seen each other for a week. Only now that Sharon saw him did she realize how much she missed him.