The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 289 She Is My Birth Mother

Easier said than done. Although Leila lectured her former colleague to mind her own business, she

couldn't resist her own curiosity. She couldn't help but fix her eyes on the glass door of the meeting

room, eager to know what was happening inside.

She expected to see some fight and hear some yelling. But to her disappointment, the conference

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Autumn sat twirling her ball-point pen between her fingers, while Jane sitting opposite her wore an

embarrassed expression.

Both of them kept silent.

Autumn didn't know what to say, and she even regretted letting Jane enter the company premises.

Jane didn't know how to apologize to Autumn.

When she came home from Autumn's company the other day, Sam had big fight with her. "Mom, why

do you insist that Little Ye and I have a thing? Did anyone say anything to you?" Sam couldn't help

raising his voice at his own mother.

Not until at that time did she realize that she might have really misunderstood Autumn.

After reflecting on what had happened, she recalled that it was Wendy who fed her the news that

Autumn and Sam got together again.

She believed Wendy as she was Autumn's mother.

"Miss... Ye, " Jane opened her mouth after hesitating for quite a while. "I'm sorry for what I had done to

you the other day."

In Autumn's eyes, Jane was a proud woman. It was impossible for her to make an apology. Therefore,

when Autumn heard her words, she was stunned. She couldn't believe her ears. "Pardon... me?" she

asked dumbfounded.

"I apologize for my rudeness and lack of class, " Jane explained. "Don't look at me with your amazed

eyes. No one is perfect and I make mistakes too. Now that I know I misjudged you, I should

acknowledge it. Is there anything wrong about that?" Jane chuckled, as she caught sight of Autumn's

surprised look.

"Of course not, " Autumn answered, withdrawing her eyes from Jane. And just like that, she found

herself looking at that gentle Jane who had treated her well when she was a little girl. Thinking of what

had happened between them, Autumn felt slightly sad. "It's the first time that you have acted like this

since I met you, " Autumn said in a soft tone.

"Hmm, that's true, " Jane smiled in agreement. "I have been proud and arrogant my whole life and I

was never expected to bow to others."

"Is that why you came to me?" Autumn asked. "There is no need for you to come to apologize to me. I

didn't give much thought to that."

'Mothers all want their children to find a suitable bride or groom. As I failed to live up to Jane's

expectation, it's natural for her to oppose our relationship. I don't blame her at all.

Now I live a happy life and I have already let it go.' thought Autumn to herself.

Jane stared at Autumn in surprise. She had thought that Autumn must be mad at her. She could even

give her a hard time after what she had done to her that day.

Before coming here, she had prepared to be treated with hostility. However, Autumn just said now that

she didn't blame her and understood her.

"You don't really blame me?" Jane asked, a bit confused. Jane thought that she had gone much too far

that day, so she had come here to give her sincere apology.

"Yes...I mean, no I don't blame you at all, " Autumn nodded. "I can understand where you are coming

from. If my son brought home a girl I disliked and asked for my blessing to marry her, perhaps I will do

the same..."

Autumn stuck her tongue out and winked.

"Autumn, you... are really a kind and beautiful person." Jane slightly giggled. 'I had an aversion to

Autumn because I believed Wendy's poisonous and manipulative words. If I had been wiser, I wouldn't

have parted her from Sam and Sam wouldn't have missed such a good girl, ' Jane was now overcome

with regret.

"Aunt Jane, if there is nothing else, you don't have to spend too much time here. I have no ill feelings

towards you. You can count on that." Autumn was up, meaning to open the door for Jane. "One more

thing..." Jane said to Autumn after some hesitation.

'Now that I came here, I must clear all my doubts, ' Jane thought.

"Yes, please go on, " Autumn responded. Autumn paused to allow Jane to continue.

"I prevented you from seeing Sam because of what someone told me. I want to know if that is true."

Jane spoke.

Autumn raised her eyebrow as she had guessed who had told Jane. "Is that person... Wendy?" Autumn

asked, expecting Jane to confirm it.

"Yes, it is, " Jane replied, nodding at Autumn.

Although Autumn had expected it, she still felt aggrieved. 'How could Wendy... treat me like that?'

"Are you alright?" Jane asked with concern, as she noticed Autumn's pale look.

"I'm fine, " Autumn answered with a slight smile.

"What did she tell you?" she continued.

'Why did I believe Wendy's baseless words? Perhaps because I didn't want to see Autumn and Sam

get together, so I found myself the perfect excuse to separate them, ' Jane reflected.

"She said... you went to the hospital to have an abortion at 15 because you slept with someone. You

were a materialistic girl and you chose to date Sam only because of our wealth. You wanted to marry a

rich man to change your fate..." Jane said. Jane no longer believed those. Meanwhile, Autumn's face

turned white with such sorrow that it was her own mother spreading such lies.

'She is my birth mother. How could she slander me and steal my happiness?' Autumn thought bitterly.

"I know the answer. She lied to me." 'It's ridiculous. I have already known that what Wendy told me

weren't true. Why did I ask Autumn about it?' Jane reproached herself.

Seeing Autumn get sadder by the second, Jane felt sorrier for her. "Autumn, child. I am so sorry. If I

had been wiser, you wouldn't have suffered so much, " Jane felt terrible about herself.