True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1033

Nerissa was elated to find that she had a granddaughter. She sat on the sofa with Maria and ordered the butler, "Go and prepare dinner now. What are you standing there for? Prepare something delicious today. Whatever the child wants, prepare it for her. Get it?"

The butler was still in a daze.

He was happy to hear that the young master had a daughter. The house was too quiet and was always lonely.

Now, the family home could be full of noise and excitement again, but why didn't the girl have a mother?

The butler wanted to inquire more, but upon hearing both the madam and the young master's instructions, he quickly regained his senses and said, "Alright. I'll get right to it."

The butler left in a hurry.

Nerissa looked at her granddaughter. The more she liked her, the more worried she was for her. She looked at her son and could not wait any longer.

"Where's the child's mother?"

Zachary knew that his mother was worried and couldn't wait to know about the situation, so he said, "I had separated from her mother, Yvonne, six years ago. She was pregnant before I went to the United States. I didn't know about the child until now."

"You're so muddle- headed," Nerissa grimaced. "Why and how can you be so careless? You didn't even know that you'd made some poor girl pregnant. How muddle-headed are you?"

"Mom, show me some respect," Zachary smiled bitterly. He looked at his mother with a helpless gaze and said, "Can we not talk about this in front of the child?"

She looked at her son and sighed. "Okay, okay, fine. Well talk about this later. Then, how did you find Maria?"

"It's all thanks to Grace." He said, "She found that the child looked like me. Maria was with Little Gary and Ernest yesterday, and the three of them are in the same class in the kindergarten, so it's also fate's play."

Nerissa was surprised and said, "Oh, so that's how it is."

The dinner was sumptuous. The butler himself directed the kitchen and there was a large table full of delicious food.

Maria ate and finished everything happily.

After eating, they watched TV for some time in the living room. Zachary looked at his watch and saw that it was quite late. He then nudged his daughter to bring her to rest. "Maria, it's time to rest." "Daddy, I'm not sleepy." She shook her head. "I don't want to sleep."

It seemed that she was in good spirits and Zachary knew why. Perhaps it was because she had a good long nap in the afternoon which was why she was still energized so late at night. "Zachary, forget it. The child has just come back, so don't be too strict with her. I will play with you. Let's watch a little longer and head upstairs after that, okay?" Nerissa said.

Maria nodded and answered obediently, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Grandma."

"She's really a good girl." Nerissa patted Maria's head.

Zachary had no choice. Both his mother and his daughter were people he cherished the most. Seeing how they had just got back together, he decided to just let them enjoy their time a little longer. "Butler," Nerissa called out. "Tidy up the house tomorrow morning, and find someone to make up a room for the child. Buy the best furniture so that she can live comfortably."

"Yes!" The butler immediately nodded.

Maria looked at Nerissa and said, "Grandma, it's fine. I don't need anything much. I used to sleep in the same room with Mommy. I don't need my own room."

"Is that so?" Nerissa felt a strange tingling in her heart. She could understand that it wasn't easy for a single mother to bring up a child. It was normal if they weren't living lavishly. She then said, "Then just make up the room first. You can stay with me first for these few days, and when the room is done, you can have your own room, okay?"

"Okay. Thank you, Grandma," Maria thanked her again.

Zachary realized that she became more polite and obedient ever since they came back home.

He felt a great pain in his heart. He thought that she was behaving in such a way because she was feeling insecure as Yvonne had left her.

He felt sad and distressed over what was happening.

It looked like Maria would need to be filled with more love.

Nerissa accompanied Maria to watch some cartoons. Nerissa didn't usually sleep much, so she had the energy to be with her. Zachary then went ahead to his study room to handle some documents. At 12 midnight, Maria was coaxed to sleep by Nerissa.

She was gentle to her when she put Maria to sleep.

When Nerissa came out of the room, she looked up and saw her son standing in the corridor. He looked at his mother with concern in his eyes, then asked, "Mom, is Maria asleep?" Nerissa nodded, closed the door softly and spoke in a low voice, "Why does the child sleep so late? It's not normal for such a young child to sleep so late. There's something wrong."

He nodded. Because of how she stayed up so late, both Ernest and Little Gary were frightened of her.

"Apparently, she stayed up for almost the whole night yesterday. I saw that Little Gary and Ernest's eyes were red today from tiredness. Furthermore, Maria seems to be insecure. Everything she said today was to win our hearts."

Nerissa nodded and said, "I sensed it. She's a sensible child."

"It's probably because she lacks security, which is why she was considerate of us, trying not to offend or make us angry." Zachary felt sorry for

his daughter.

"I haven't had the chance to ask you. What's going on? Tell me everything clearly." Nerissa grabbed her son and went straight to the study. "Why did you mess around with young girls?"

"Yvonne was my classmate back in high school. I was in a relationship with her as a boyfriend at that time. At that time, we were in love and we didn't do anything stupid."

"You have had a girlfriend since you were in high school?" She was surprised to know about this. "Zachary, you are really good at hiding things. I thought you were sensible and well-behaved, but you were actually a dishonest person."

A touch of embarrassment flashed across his face. "Mom, at that time, I had feelings for her."

"Because of your feelings, you made her pregnant and gave birth to a child," she exclaimed.

"No," Zachary quickly explained. "What I meant was that I had feelings for her but we got together when we were in college before I went overseas."

Nerissa was surprised to hear that. She nodded and said, "No matter what, it's your fault for making her pregnant."

He was surprised. He didn't expect his mother to say such things. The things his mom had said were all from Yvonne's point of view, and it was something that he had not considered.

"You're not speaking. It seems like you're disagreeing with me?" She continued, "Zachary, if a woman is willing to give birth to a child for you, it means that she loves you. Otherwise, it won't even happen." "I..." He was speechless.

For a moment, his heart was springing with a thousand thoughts.

Yvonne, when will you be back?

He thought that she would not really abandon Maria, but he had not expected that she would leave for a year.

Throughout the year, she was totally off the grid.