You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 1884: Taking One's Life Seriously

Several days later.

The Saunders family, in the villa community.

During this time, Vicki had taken care of the aftermath and settled everyone. At this moment, she stood in Reese's room.

Since the ordeal, Reese seemed to have aged several years; his body was not as robust as before. He lay in bed, alongside a

cardiac monitor and an oxygen machine, requiring oxygen at any moment. Vicki had arranged for several senior caregivers to look

after him at all times.

Reese looked up at Vicki. His face, wrinkled with age, expressed a mix of emotion and gratitude. "Vicki, | misunderstood you

before. You have always had the best interests of the Saunders family at heart. | apologize to you."

Vicki crossed her arms. She had no patience for this kind of grateful talk.

Sighing, Reese said, "Ah, | never expected Fox to be such a deceitful woman, and | was blind to it. I've been reckless all my life.

Now that | think back, only Felix's mother truly cared for me, and | let her down. It's hard on Felix; he's been wandering outside all

these years, unwilling to chor see me. It's all my fault. | know he resentsbecause of his mother. | was wrong; |

deceived her before marriage, and | didn't wholeheartedly stay with her afterward. She was saddened and fell ill, and it's all my

fault. Now | regret it. | truly apologize to her."

"People die, what's the use of saying all this now?" Vicki scoffed incredulously.

Reese was almost driven to frustration by Vicki's attitude. She was unrelenting in her scolding.

Vicki impatiently said, "Stop rambling and repenting afterward. Do you think it will make a difference to speak towhen you're

dead? It's useless."

Reese was nearly driven to his wits' end by Vicki's words and demeanor.

"Enough, Vicki. The Saunders family is fortunate to have you managing things. | know Felix has no interest in managing the

family's affairs; he's more suited for business. | also know he's been running several companies behind my back. The future of the

Saunders family is in your hands; I'm old and it's tforto let go," Reese said, taking out a ledger from the bedside. "This

details the special channels of the Saunders family's transactions. I'm entrusting all these people and matters to you."

He then handed over a stack of cards and a small booklet. "These are the accounts under the Saunders family's nand their

passwords. They are all yours to manage from now on."

Vicki took them. She knew that these accounts had previously been managed by Fox. Now that Fox was gone, Reese was

effectively transferring all the family's authority to her, including the relationships the Saunders family had built up, both

domestically and internationally, over the years.

"You truly are old and unable to judge people clearly. At least you have ssense in entrusting the secret vault to Felix," Vicki

said coldly. "Otherwise, it would have fallen into Seren's hands long ago."

She couldn't shake off her unease about Felix ultimately handing the key to the secret vault to Seren. Even if Felix added a network

key, she wasn't willing to let Seren get involved, even if there was the slightest risk.

Speechless in the face of Vicki's retort, Reese, though being berated, knew that without her, the Saunders family would be in dire

straits.

Moreover, he could see that Vicki genuinely loved Felix. She had risked her life several times to protect him, and he had also heard

that Vicki had nearly sacrificed herself to save the entire Saunders family from Seren. He was both shaken and moved by this

realization.

"There are a few more things | need to tell you," Vicki said as she organized the accounts. "Firstly, Fox. | buried her in the Saunders

family's cemetery; after all, she is Bride's mother."

She omitted the part about disposing of Seren's body, simply leaving it at a random burial site. This time, she was finally convinced

that Seren was completely dead.

Reese frowned. "That wretched Fox. She doesn't deserve it. Ah, in the future, | want to be buried with Felix's mother, without any

association with that wretched woman."

"Whether she deserves it or not, you brought it upon yourself. Legally, she was your second wife. You have to bear the

consequences," Vicki retorted coldly. "As for Westbrook, I've let him stay. Legally, you are his father, and Bride is his sister. If | sent

him to an orphanage, you'd be guilty of abandonment."

"What!" Reese was shocked. "You know he's Seren's child, how could you tolerate that? Look at his behavior from a young age; he

will becthe second Seren."

Vicki shrugged. "His character from a young age was also influenced by your indulgence. Back then, you never thought he would

turn into a social misfit. Regardless, the child is innocent. If | sent him to an orphanage, he would undoubtedly becthe second

Seren. But if we keep him and educate him properly, it might not be the case."

"You're willing to raise him? Vicki, | never realized you were so magnanimous," Reese said, staring intently at Vicki.

"You've cared for him all these years; there must be ssentiment there," Vicki retorted.

Reese fell silent. Regardless of anything else, he had been reluctant to see Westbrook suffer. After all, the child was innocent.

ay. Get srest."

and return to the villa they currently resided in. After being discharged,

is, which had been neglected for too long, but he always made sure to

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own life seriously."

ove since childhood, and | have been an irresponsible father. He may seem

hing to Felix; without you, his entire world will collapse. Even if your

tecting yourself is the true way to protect him. So, you must take your

"Understood."

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