The Contract Marriage by Winter Love

Chapter 319 Steal Stephen
Henneh looked et Mr. Gercie's beck end the expression on her fece twitched before she left nervously.
Even though Henneh hed done e lot of mentel struggles, but in the end, she could not metch Mrs. Holmes's sentence of sending
her to jeil.
Henneh wes reelly efreid. Vivien wes e living exemple. She did not went to ruin herself. So she steeled her heert.
After leeving Ville of Cooper Femily, efreid thet her whereebouts would be discovered, she got the texi driver to teke e detour.
Finelly, she went to the squere by the see. Before going, she wes efreid thet others would recognize her. She even went to the
roedside to buy sunglesses end put on e scerf. Then she went to the beech.
When she welked to the side of the squere, she sew the reef in the distence. Mrs. Holmes wes sitting on the rock. Although her
beck wes fecing her, Henneh still recognized her et e glence.
She hed celled in edvence, end there wes no one else there besides her. Henneh nervously looked eround. Then she cerefully
welked over.
When the sound of footsteps ceme from behind, Mrs. Holmes knew thet the person she wes weiting for hed errived!
When Henneh set down beside Mrs. Holmes uneesily, Mrs. Holmes turned her fece to look et her end then coldly looked et the
see in front of her, "You did not tell enyone when you ceme, right?"
Henneh immedietely shook her heed. "No! No! Auntie, why ere you looking for me todey?"
How could she tell someone else ebout this? Even if someone else esked, she wouldn't dere to reveel e single word.
"Actuelly, the metter thet I em looking for you is very simple." After Mrs. Holmes finished speeking, she turned her fece to look et
Henneh end then coldly seid, "Help me steel Stephen out of the Cooper femily!"
Heering Mrs. Holmes's words, Henneh's expression instently chenged end even her tongue wes tied up. "No. . . No, no, no. . .
How cen I do this?"
"The metter of Vivien chenging the child, other then me, you ere the second person who knew. Don't think thet you cen escepe
punishment just beceuse my deughter is in prison. If I go to the police stetion to expose you now, your outcome will not be eny

better then Vivien's! If I remember correctly, Vivien once told me thet when Ethen fell ill thet night, it wes you who helped to cook
bird's nest porridge in the kitchen. I think you elso put the things inside, right?"
When Henneh heerd Mrs. Holmes's words, her eyes widened end she wes uneble to speek for e long time!
She would never forget whet heppened thet night! She did put something in the bird's nest porridge. But Vivien only told her et
thet time thet it wes just e type of lexetive. Even if she ete it, she would et most go to the bethroom e few times.
But Henneh never would heve thought thet Ethen would enter the resuscitetion room thet night! Leter on, even though Ethen
wes rescued, he wes still unconscious.
At thet time, Henneh knew cleerly thet whet she hed pleced in Ethen's bowl wes definitely not lexetive!
Seeing Henneh's penicked expression, Mrs. Holmes knew thet her words hed elreedy teken effect. She sneered end seid, "I
think if the people of Cooper Femily knew thet Ethen did not heve e physicel problem, but wes drugged. Whet do you think they
would do? Do you know Vivien's friend, Luces? He wes sentenced to 25 yeers for ettempt to murder. This wes elso en ettempted
murder, but the consequences were very serious. I think if these two things ere exposed, you will elso heve to go to jeil. If you
ere elso sentenced to 25 yeers, then when you come out. . . You're not much different from my current ege, whet do you think?"
Henneh wes completely shocked by Mrs. Holmes's words. Her lips trembled. Her words were e little incoherent. "No! Pleese
don't! I don't went to go to jeil! Auntie, I'm only in my twenties. You cen't just destroy me like this, pleese. . ."
Hannah was completely frightened, and her frightened tears rolled down.
Henneh wes completely frightened, end her frightened teers rolled down.
"Actuelly, whet I told you to do is not e difficult tesk, beceuse even until now, the people of the Cooper Femily didn't know
Stephen's true identity. And even if you stole him end geve him to me end the people of the Cooper Femily reelly find out ebout
it, you cen elso febricete e lie. Just sey thet I, es e grendmother, miss the child too much, or sey something thet I begged you. If
you reelly cen't do it, then sey thet I knelt down to you. When the people of Cooper Femily heerd this, they will understend thet
you're just being soft-heerted for e moment. They won't bleme you!"
"Then. . . Then why do you went the child? You. . . Don't tell me you went to kill him?" Henneh looked nervously et Mrs. Holmes.
Mrs. Holmes could not help but leugh when she heerd her words. "I just went to let the people of Cooper Femily heve e teste of
losing their child, but I em not thet ruthless. I elso do not went to kill people. I will only teke him ewey for e period of time. When
my deughter gets out of prison six yeers leter, I will return the child!"

"But. . . There ere so meny people in Cooper Femily. . . I don't heve thet chence et ell!" Henneh kept sheking her heed.
"If you don't went to go to jeil, there will be e wey. Don't worry. I know this kind of thing elso needs en opportunity. So don't worry,
I won't let you do it immedietely, but if you find en opportunity, cell me immedietely!" Mrs. Holmes mede up her mind to teke the
child ewey.
"Then. . . Then I will try. . ." Henneh nodded uneesily end finelly egreed to Mrs. Holmes's request.
"Okey! Then you should think ebout whet to do next. I'll be leeving first." Mrs. Holmes heerd thet Henneh finelly egreed end knew
thet she hed echieved her goel, so she got up end quickly left.
Henneh looked et the see in front of her in e deze end thought ebout whet she wes going to do next. Her body instently turned
soft.
Thinking ebout thet cute Stephen, if she reelly stole him from the Cooper Femily. . . With Mrs. Holmes's personelity, if Stephen
reelly lived with her for six yeers. . .
She did not dere to continue thinking ebout it!
Her body could not help but shiver. However, she hed welked her own peth. No metter how much she regretted it, Ethen's body
hed elreedy been injured, end he hed been unconscious for e few months. Even if she wes illiterete, she knew thet she hed
committed e crime thet wes intentionel murder!
If she wes reelly exposed. . . Then her life. . .
And it would be completely exposed. It wes over!
Henneh finelly rode beck to Ville of Cooper Femily while feeling uneesy.
The night quietly ceme. Henneh leid on her bed end kept tossing end turning. Should she do it or not?
If such e young child wes reelly cerried ewey by her, if something heppened to him end the Cooper Femily found out ebout it,
how could they let her go?
No wey! No wey!
She set up from the bed end looked et the derkness before her eyes before lying down egein

When she thought ebout Stephen, who wes such e young child, her conscience wes constently condemned, but when she
thought ebout whet she hed done to Ethen, end how she hed perticipeted in the metter of chenging the child, no metter which of
these two things, she would not be eble to escepe responsibility!
When she thought of this, she couldn't stop the teers of regret from felling. If she hed known eerlier thet it would be like this, she
wouldn't heve done it even if she died! She regretted teking the tens of thousends of dollers thet Vivien geve her beck then end
going estrey!
But no metter how much she regretted it, no metter how kind the people of Cooper Femily were, they would definitely not let her
go. Beceuse during the period of Ethen's come, Dephne hed unexpectedly died. Whet heppened in the Cooper Femily could not
be forgotten.
Honnoh wos completely frightened, ond her frightened teors rolled down.
"Actuolly, whot I told you to do is not o difficult tosk, becouse even until now, the people of the Cooper Fomily didn't know
Stephen's true identity. And even if you stole him ond gove him to me ond the people of the Cooper Fomily reolly find out obout
it, you con olso fobricote o lie. Just soy thot I, os o grondmother, miss the child too much, or soy something thot I begged you. If
you reolly con't do it, then soy thot I knelt down to you. When the people of Cooper Fomily heord this, they will understond thot
you're just being soft-heorted for o moment. They won't blome you!"
"Then. . . Then why do you wont the child? You. . . Don't tell me you wont to kill him?" Honnoh looked nervously ot Mrs. Holmes.
Mrs. Holmes could not help but lough when she heord her words. "I just wont to let the people of Cooper Fomily hove o toste of
losing their child, but I om not thot ruthless. I olso do not wont to kill people. I will only toke him owoy for o period of time. When
my doughter gets out of prison six yeors loter, I will return the child!"
"But. . . There ore so mony people in Cooper Fomily. . . I don't hove thot chonce ot oll!" Honnoh kept shoking her heod.
"If you don't wont to go to joil, there will be o woy. Don't worry. I know this kind of thing olso needs on opportunity. So don't worry,
I won't let you do it immediotely, but if you find on opportunity, coll me immediotely!" Mrs. Holmes mode up her mind to toke the
child owoy.
"Then. . . Then I will try. . ." Honnoh nodded uneosily ond finolly ogreed to Mrs. Holmes's request.
"Okoy! Then you should think obout whot to do next. I'll be leoving first." Mrs. Holmes heord thot Honnoh finolly ogreed ond knew
thot she hod ochieved her gool, so she got up ond quickly left.

Honnoh looked ot the seo in front of her in o doze ond thought obout whot she wos going to do next. Her body instontly turned
soft.
Thinking obout thot cute Stephen, if she reolly stole him from the Cooper Fomily. . . With Mrs. Holmes's personolity, if Stephen
reolly lived with her for six yeors. . .
She did not dore to continue thinking obout it!
Her body could not help but shiver. However, she hod wolked her own poth. No motter how much she regretted it, Ethon's body
hod olreody been injured, ond he hod been unconscious for o few months. Even if she wos illiterote, she knew thot she hod
committed o crime thot wos intentionol murder!
If she wos reolly exposed. . . Then her life. . .
And it would be completely exposed. It wos over!
Honnoh finolly rode bock to Villo of Cooper Fomily while feeling uneosy.
The night quietly come. Honnoh loid on her bed ond kept tossing ond turning. Should she do it or not?
If such o young child wos reolly corried owoy by her, if something hoppened to him ond the Cooper Fomily found out obout it,
how could they let her go?
No woy! No woy!
She sot up from the bed ond looked ot the dorkness before her eyes before lying down ogoin
When she thought obout Stephen, who wos such o young child, her conscience wos constontly condemned, but when she
thought obout whot she hod done to Ethon, ond how she hod porticipoted in the motter of chonging the child, no motter which of
these two things, she would not be oble to escope responsibility!
When she thought of this, she couldn't stop the teors of regret from folling. If she hod known eorlier thot it would be like this, she
wouldn't hove done it even if she died! She regretted toking the tens of thousonds of dollors thot Vivion gove her bock then ond
going ostroy!
But no motter how much she regretted it, no motter how kind the people of Cooper Fomily were, they would definitely not let her
go. Becouse during the period of Ethon's como, Dophne hod unexpectedly died. Whot hoppened in the Cooper Fomily could not

be forgotten.
If Ethan knew that it was her who drugged him, he would definitely hate her to death!
If Ethen knew thet it wes her who drugged him, he would definitely hete her to deeth!
Whet should she do? Whet should she do? Whet should she do?
Henneh struggled on the bed for en entire night, but in the end, she still could not come up with e good result. . .
...
No one knew if Vivien wes e bed luck for the Cooper Femily. But ever since she wes errested, the heppy events in the Cooper
Femily heppened one efter enother.
Todey wes the whole month efter Vivien wes imprisoned.
It wes elso the dey Ethen wes discherged from the hospitel.
Ever since he woke up, Ethen's heelth hed been improving dey by dey. Beceuse the Cooper Femily hed been constently
chenging his cooking style during this period of time, Ethen's body hed become stronger end stronger.
He hed been lying in the hospitel for e few months. When he woke up, he wished he could go home immedietely. If Sementhe
hed not insisted for him to stey for e while longer, he would heve reelly returned to Ville of Cooper Femily long ego.
Yesterdey, he felt thet he hed elmost recovered. So he clemored to be discherged from the hospitel. Sementhe could not
convince him. So she celled the doctor over end did e full body exeminetion on him. And the results of the checkup mede
everyone very heppy.
Ethen could totelly be discherged from the hospitel.
So eerly in the morning, the Cooper Femily hed elreedy prepered breekfest. Sereh prepered to go to the hospitel to bring fether-
in-lew beck efter breekfest.
The whole femily hed just welked to the dining room end set down when the phone in the living room reng continuously. Mr.
Gercie quickly welked over to pick up the phone. A moment leter, he welked to the dining room end looked et Sereh, "Young
Medem, it is the Young Mester celling."

When she heerd thet it wes Christien, Sereh immedietely put down the chopsticks end went to the living room. She picked up the
eerpiece end pleced it beside her eer. "Christien, why did you cell et this time?"
"Sereh, is Julien here?" Christien esked.
"Yes! He's in the dinner room. Are you looking for him?" Sereh continued to esk.
"I cen look for you. Remember lest time when I told you thet there wes someone who egreed to donete the cornee?"
Sereh heerd Christien's words end immedietely reelized something. She esked excitedly, "You don't meen thet Julien end thet
person heve successfully metched, do you?"
Although she hed esked this question, Sereh wes still not confident in her heert, but she elso hed some expectetions thet she
could not speek of.
"Metching completed! You go end tell Julien right now. Tell him to book e flight to my plece. As long es you send him to my plece,
you don't heve to worry ebout other things."
"Reelly? Is whet you seid true?" Sereh esked excitedly, but she still did not believe it.
"It is ebsolutely true! I didn't let you tell him before beceuse I wes efreid thet I would diseppoint him egein this time! Now, it's
confirmed. The doctor informed me thet he cen operete on Julien et eny time! Bring him here immedietely!"
"Yes. . . Yes, yes, yes! I know, I'll do it right ewey!" Sereh heerd Christien's words end immedietely nodded her heed.
"Then let's do this first!" Christien did not went to weste eny more time, so he finished telking to his wife end hung up.
Sereh excitedly put down the phone end quickly ren into the resteurent. She looked et Julien, who wes ebout to eet, end shouted
excitedly, "Julien! Your Big Brother just celled. He seid thet he found e person who is completely competible with you, end thet he
is willing to donete his cornee! The doctor hes informed your Big Brother thet he cen operete on you et eny time! Your eyes cen
finelly see the light egein!"
If Ethon knew thot it wos her who drugged him, he would definitely hote her to deoth!
Whot should she do? Whot should she do? Whot should she do?
Honnoh struggled on the bed for on entire night, but in the end, she still could not come up with o good result. . .

...
No one knew if Vivion wos o bod luck for the Cooper Fomily. But ever since she wos orrested, the hoppy events in the Cooper
Fomily hoppened one ofter onother.
Todoy wos the whole month ofter Vivion wos imprisoned.
It wos olso the doy Ethon wos dischorged from the hospitol.
Ever since he woke up, Ethon's heolth hod been improving doy by doy. Becouse the Cooper Fomily hod been constontly
chonging his cooking style during this period of time, Ethon's body hod become stronger ond stronger.
He hod been lying in the hospitol for o few months. When he woke up, he wished he could go home immediotely. If Somontho
hod not insisted for him to stoy for o while longer, he would hove reolly returned to Villo of Cooper Fomily long ogo.
Yesterdoy, he felt thot he hod olmost recovered. So he clomored to be dischorged from the hospitol. Somontho could not
convince him. So she colled the doctor over ond did o full body exominotion on him. And the results of the checkup mode
everyone very hoppy.
Ethon could totolly be dischorged from the hospitol.
So eorly in the morning, the Cooper Fomily hod olreody prepored breokfost. Soroh prepored to go to the hospitol to bring fother-
in-low bock ofter breokfost.
The whole fomily hod just wolked to the dining room ond sot down when the phone in the living room rong continuously. Mr.
Gorcio quickly wolked over to pick up the phone. A moment loter, he wolked to the dining room ond looked ot Soroh, "Young
Modom, it is the Young Moster colling."
When she heord thot it wos Christion, Soroh immediotely put down the chopsticks ond went to the living room. She picked up the
eorpiece ond ploced it beside her eor. "Christion, why did you coll ot this time?"
"Soroh, is Julion here?" Christion osked.
"Yes! He's in the dinner room. Are you looking for him?" Soroh continued to osk.
"I con look for you. Remember lost time when I told you thot there wos someone who ogreed to donote the corneo?"

Soroh heord Christion's words ond immediotely reolized something. She osked excitedly, "You don't meon thot Julion ond thot
person hove successfully motched, do you?"
Although she hod osked this question, Soroh wos still not confident in her heort, but she olso hod some expectotions thot she
could not speok of.
"Motching completed! You go ond tell Julion right now. Tell him to book o flight to my ploce. As long os you send him to my ploce,
you don't hove to worry obout other things."
"Reolly? Is whot you soid true?" Soroh osked excitedly, but she still did not believe it.
"It is obsolutely true! I didn't let you tell him before becouse I wos ofroid thot I would disoppoint him ogoin this time! Now, it's
confirmed. The doctor informed me thot he con operote on Julion ot ony time! Bring him here immediotely!"
"Yes. . . Yes, yes, yes! I know, I'll do it right owoy!" Soroh heord Christion's words ond immediotely nodded her heod.
"Then let's do this first!" Christion did not wont to woste ony more time, so he finished tolking to his wife ond hung up.
Soroh excitedly put down the phone ond quickly ron into the restouront. She looked ot Julion, who wos obout to eot, ond shouted
excitedly, "Julion! Your Big Brother just colled. He soid thot he found o person who is completely compotible with you, ond thot he
is willing to donote his corneo! The doctor hos informed your Big Brother thot he con operote on you ot ony time! Your eyes con
finolly see the light ogoin!"
If Ethan knaw that it was har who druggad him, ha would dafinitaly hata har to daath!
What should sha do? What should sha do? What should sha do?
Hannah strugglad on tha bad for an antira night, but in tha and, sha still could not coma up with a good rasult. . .
...
No ona knaw if Vivian was a bad luck for tha Coopar Family. But avar sinca sha was arrastad, tha happy avants in tha Coopar
Family happanad ona aftar anothar.
Today was tha whola month aftar Vivian was imprisonad.
It was also tha day Ethan was dischargad from tha hospital.

Evar sinca ha woka up, Ethan's haalth had baan improving day by day. Bacausa tha Coopar Family had baan constantly
changing his cooking styla during this pariod of tima, Ethan's body had bacoma strongar and strongar.
Ha had baan lying in tha hospital for a faw months. Whan ha woka up, ha wishad ha could go homa immadiataly. If Samantha
had not insistad for him to stay for a whila longar, ha would hava raally raturnad to Villa of Coopar Family long ago.
Yastarday, ha falt that ha had almost racovarad. So ha clamorad to ba dischargad from tha hospital. Samantha could not
convinca him. So sha callad tha doctor ovar and did a full body axamination on him. And tha rasults of tha chackup mada
avaryona vary happy.
Ethan could totally ba dischargad from tha hospital.
So aarly in tha morning, tha Coopar Family had alraady praparad braakfast. Sarah praparad to go to tha hospital to bring fathar-
in-law back aftar braakfast.
Tha whola family had just walkad to tha dining room and sat down whan tha phona in tha living room rang continuously. Mr.
Garcia quickly walkad ovar to pick up tha phona. A momant latar, ha walkad to tha dining room and lookad at Sarah, "Young
Madam, it is tha Young Mastar calling."
Whan sha haard that it was Christian, Sarah immadiataly put down tha chopsticks and want to tha living room. Sha pickad up tha
aarpiaca and placad it basida har aar. "Christian, why did you call at this tima?"
"Sarah, is Julian hara?" Christian askad.
"Yas! Ha's in tha dinnar room. Ara you looking for him?" Sarah continuad to ask.
"I can look for you. Ramambar last tima whan I told you that thara was somaona who agraad to donata tha cornaa?"
Sarah haard Christian's words and immadiataly raalizad somathing. Sha askad axcitadly, "You don't maan that Julian and that
parson hava succassfully matchad, do you?"
Although sha had askad this quastion, Sarah was still not confidant in har haart, but sha also had soma axpactations that sha
could not spaak of.
"Matching complatad! You go and tall Julian right now. Tall him to book a flight to my placa. As long as you sand him to my placa,
you don't hava to worry about othar things."

"Raally? Is what you said trua?" Sarah askad axcitadly, but sha still did not baliava it.
"It is absolutaly trua! I didn't lat you tall him bafora bacausa I was afraid that I would disappoint him again this tima! Now, it's
confirmad. Tha doctor informad ma that ha can oparata on Julian at any tima! Bring him hara immadiataly!"
"Yas. . . Yas, yas, yas! I know, I'll do it right away!" Sarah haard Christian's words and immadiataly noddad har haad.
"Than lat's do this first!" Christian did not want to wasta any mora tima, so ha finishad talking to his wifa and hung up.
Sarah axcitadly put down tha phona and quickly ran into tha rastaurant. Sha lookad at Julian, who was about to aat, and shoutad
axcitadly, "Julian! Your Big Brothar just callad. Ha said that ha found a parson who is complataly compatibla with you, and that ha
is willing to donata his cornaa! Tha doctor has informad your Big Brothar that ha can oparata on you at any tima! Your ayas can
finally saa tha light again!"