Chapter 78: Suspected Marital Crisis
"Compassion is something everyone has, especially when it’s towards your biological mother. Though your relationship with her is distant, Florence, you are not a cold-hearted person."
She is passionate, sincere, kind...
The days he spent in a wheelchair were actually not pleasant; the rehabilitation process was painful, but with her arrival, he found happiness.
The Fuller Family didn’t value her, and she never thought about mending this relationship actively. Perhaps letting it remain cold was fine. If Laura Yates ended up like this, she could have mocked Clara Fuller for not coming anymore or done nothing about it.
But upon self-reflection.
She couldn’t do it.
Florence Fuller closed her eyes: "I really wish I could be a cold-hearted person."
"Perhaps you might be in some areas, but not towards your mother."
Florence looked at him quietly: "I still remember you once told me that being indifferent and selfish wasn’t necessarily bad, instead, it was about protecting oneself. If I ignore her, does that fall under a good indifference or bad selfishness?"
Is ignoring Laura Yates protecting herself?
"Perhaps." Ethan Harper smiled slightly: "You’re just addressing something in the Fuller Family and happened to lend a hand to her in the process; it isn’t truly helping her."
Florence nodded in satisfaction.