MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Just then, someone sat down next to her and gently patted her back with a big warm hand.

Surprised, Savannah popped up to a sitting position and looked back hastily. Then she saw Kevin sitting next to her, looking at her worriedly.

He had arrived long before she came back, but he didn't disturb her when she rushed into her bedroom and cried.

He knew something must be wrong when she suggested a later return to Italy that day, and he had been watching in silence.

Today, he was worried when he learned that she hurried out, so he asked Dan to drive him to her house and waited for her.

Unexpectedly, she came back in tears.

"Kevin..."

"Tell me what happened when you want to tell me. I won't push you." Kevin looked at her and said.

Savannah could hardly hold back any longer. She told him everything, from the strange driver who wanted to kill her, the secret that Lionel's stepmother was her own mother, to the meeting with Joanne tonight. At last, she broke down in tears.

Kevin remained silent for quite a while to collect his mind. He also didn't expect Savannah would find her own mother just before they returned to Italy.

She had had too much these days alone.

Kevin patted on Savannah's back gently to appease her. After a while, she stopped sobbing, leaning on Kevin silently.

Just then, the phone rang. Savannah wiped away her tears and picked it up.

"Savannah?" Lionel's anxious voice came.

"What's the matter?" Savannah tried to be calm.

"Mom's been weeping away since she met you, and she went off into faint when she got home. Can you come to see her?"

"I'm not a doctor, and there's nothing I can do." Savannah's face slightly changed, but her voice was still indifferent.

"You know Mum's only thinking about you. Please, even if you still want to go to Italy, think of it as your last visit to her before you go abroad!" Lionel said, pleading.

Savannah bit her lip and hung up.

She was still angry at Lionel for hiding the truth from her for so long.

"You're not going to see your mother?" Kevin whispered. He had overheard her conversation with Lionel, and he could see the worry in her eyes.

"There are so many people in the Rowe family. They don't need me."

"But your mother needs you. Of all the people, you are the one she loves most." Kevin stared at her, "Savannah if you are really worried about your mother, go and see her. You still have the chance to be with your mother, but I have never had it."

The last words touched Savannah. Finally, she looked at Kevin and nodded.

* * *

A mist lay over the house of the Rowe family in Royal Villa under the dim street lights.

Savannah got out of the car and looked back at Kevin.

"Come on, I'll wait for you here." Kevin gave her a smile and urged her on.

Savannah went to the familiar house and was soon led in by a maid.

"Savannah, you're finally here!" Lionel stepped out, surprised to see her.

"How's Mrs. Rowe?" Savannah asked in an impassive way.

"The family doctor just came and checked her, saying that she had a heart attack. She took some medicine and is now lying on her bed. She'll be much better if she knows you've come," said Lionel, heartily.

However, Savannah's expression didn't change at all.

Lionel let out a sigh. Though he knew that she was his sister, she didn't seem to take him as her brother. Well, she even called her biological mother, Mrs. Rowe now.

When they came to the head of the stairs, Charlotte just came down in her pajamas. She looked alarmed when she saw Savannah coming.

"What are you doing here? Don't you know mom fell ill again because of you?" She cried sharply.

"Shut up! She's our sister. She's visiting mom!" Lionel shouted.

Charlotte folded her arms in defiance, saying nothing more but not wanting to see Savannah go upstairs.

"Upstairs, second door on the left. Can you go by yourself?" Lionel turned and said to Savannah, pulling his sister aside and decided to give her a good lesson.

Savannah nodded, not even giving Charlotte another glance as she walked upstairs.

Along the corridor, she walked to the second door, staring at the door hesitatingly for a long time. Just then, she heard a murmur coming from the room.

"Dear, don't think about it. The past is the past. It should be a happy thing to find your own daughter." The man sounded like a middle-aged man, very gentle, probably Joanne's husband, Mr. Rowe. He was comforting his wife on the bed.

"I can't stop thinking about it," The woman's voice was soft and weak. It was her mother, Joanne. "Savannah didn't die in the car accident that year. If I had known that she's still alive, I would have taken her to my side to take care of her... I had parted from my daughter for more than ten years because my father told me that she and Padgett died together in a car accident! How can I stop thinking about it?" Joanne began to weep again.

Padgett was Savannah's father.

"My father-in-law did this to protect you and the reputation of the Morton family... It's not quite right, but it's for your own good. Don't blame him." Ethan's voice sounded helpless.

"I know, it's no use to blame my father now," Joanne paused as if she remembered something, "Ethan, didn't you know this?"

"My sweetheart, what are you thinking? You are not doubting that I asked your father to lie to you?" Ethan was surprised.

"Not only my father, you and your mother also wanted me to marry you, but I kept saying no. You must know that I wouldn't marry you willingly until my husband and daughter were dead…" Joanne hesitated.

"So, you think I fabricated the lie that your daughter was also dead and asked your father to lie to you? Joanne, who do you think I am? At least we've been married for so many years. You know me well, don't you? How have I treated you?" Ethan sounded sad.

Joanne seemed to realize that her words had gone too far and hurt her husband's feelings.

"I'm sorry, Ethan. " She lowered her voice and bit her lip, "I'm too upset now and couldn't think clearly…"

"It's all right, baby. I understand. You know I'm not that kind of person." Ethan said softly.

Outside the door, Savannah froze.