Flash Marriage: A Wife For A Stranger

Right then, the little girl also saw her.

She blinked her watery eyes, curiosity and alertness were written all over her pretty little face.

While Zoe was about to say something, suddenly, the little girl yelled, “Mommy!”

Zoe gaped.

The next second, the little girl stood up and rushed to her excitedly.

“Mommy! I’ve finally found you!”

Zoe was still agape and speechless.

She wondered what was going on.

How could she suddenly become a mother at midnight?

Zoe gaped at the little girl in pink who threw herself in her arms. She finally returned to her senses after a long while.

“Little girl, I’m not your mommy.”

“Mommy, I miss you so much! They told me that I can find you here only. I didn’t believe them. Whoa! You are truly here!”

The little girl seemed to be quite delighted. Her arms were wrapped around Zoe’s leg tightly, unwilling to let go at all.

Zoe was extremely embarrassed. However, she could understand from the little girl’s words that she came here to find her mother. Probably she had got lost.

Under such a circumstance, she didn’t know how to explain, so she decided to change the subject.

Zoe looked around and didn’t find anyone else. She asked, “Are you here alone? Where is your family?”

“I came out with Grandma, but I got lost. I can’t find my family.”

Zoe heaved a sigh secretly. It turned out just the same as she had guessed.

This place had been quite far away from the downtown and was almost the suburbs. She couldn’t help blaming the child’s family for leaving such a little girl here.

Feeling a bit irritated, she bent over and carried the child in her arms.

“What’s your name, little girl?”

“My name is Anne.”

“Anne, don’t be afraid. Let me take you to the police station. The policeman can help you find your family.”

The girl looked at her, blinking.

Her crystal-clear big eyes were full of confusion,

looking watery.

Zoe felt as if her heart was melting.

“Mommy, are you going to ask the policeman to arrest Grandma?”

Zoe was taken aback.

Inwardly, she agreed with it and really wanted to have the irresponsible grandmother arrested.

However, she knew that it wasn’t possible.

Judging from the child’s outfit, Zoe could tell that she was from a wealthy family. Probably she just got lost.

Hence, she shook her head. “Nope. I just want to ask them to help you find your grandpa.”

“But all the policemen have gone home, right? I’m so tired and sleepy. Mommy, can you take me home. I want to go home and sleep.”

Zoe was silent.

She cast a glance at the child in her arms. She could see the sleepiness from Anne’s watery big eyes.

She didn’t have the heart to say no.

Hence, she decided to take her to the police station the next day.

It would just be one night. She decided to take the little girl home. After Anne woke up the next morning, she would take Anne to find her family.

Thinking of that, Zoe carried the child back to her car.

Then she headed back to HanMansion.

Mrs. Dottie took a day off today. Other servants hadn’t come back to work because of the holiday. Hence, Zoe was the only one at home.

She carried the little girl to the guestroom. Since

she had come to a new place, Anne was curious about everything. She looked around and touched everything, her pretty eyes full of delight.

“Mommy, is this your house? Your house is so beautiful!”

Zoe corrected her with a smile. “I’m not your mommy. You can call me auntie.”

Anne looked at her in a grievance.

“But, you are really my mommy-”

Zoe was taken aback.

Looking at Anne’s slightly reddened eyes in a grievance, she felt a sharp pang in her heart as if it was stung for some reason.

She couldn’t understand why she had such a feeling. It was the first time she met Anne, but faintly, she felt quite familiar with her as if they had met long ago.

Zoe heaved a sigh.

She didn’t have the heart to correct the little girl again. Squatting down, she looked at Anne and said tenderly, “Okay. It’s quite late now. This is your room. You should go to bed now.”

Anne nodded obediently.

“Mommy, will you sleep with me?”

Zoe hesitated for a moment.

She had never taken care of a child before. However, this girl was so young, so she couldn’t rest assured to let her sleep alone.

Zoe nodded. “Sure.”

Seeing she agreed, Anne looked extremely excited.

Immediately, she pulled Zoe to lie down. She said, “Mommy, could you tell me a bedtime story?”

Zoe was stunned.

Telling a bed story?

She didn’t think she could do it.

Zoe wanted to refuse, but when meeting the little girl’s expectant and watery eyes, she didn’t have the heart to turn Anne down.

In the end, she bit the bullets and nodded in agreement. “Okay!”

“Yeah! I want to hear the story of the Snow Queen.”

“Uh… Okay.”

Fortunately, Zoe had seen this cartoon by accident. Although she couldn’t remember the full story, she recalled and made some parts up while telling.

Time passed. Shortly after, Anne fell asleep.

Zoe stopped telling the story. Looking at the child’s peaceful sleeping face, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, the child slept quite soundly. Zoe, however, couldn’t fall asleep at all after lying on the bed for several hours.

Until the second half of the night and it was almost dawn, she finally fell asleep.

On the second morning, Zoe and Anne had breakfast. Then they went to the police station.

The little girl was quite sensible. She knew that Zoe was helping her find her family, so she didn’t make any trouble on the way.

When they arrived at the police station, after the police heard that Anne was found last night, they recalled a report of a child missing last night. Immediately, they contacted the other party.

Zoe was sitting on the bench with Anne, waiting for her family. Shortly after, a gray-haired granny trotted over.

“Anne!”

“Grandma!”

The little girl looked delighted. Jumping off the bench, she trotted to the granny.

The old and the child hugged each other, and Zoe was finally sure that the granny was Anne’s family. She breathed a sigh of relief.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

“Excuse me, Miss. Did you find our Anne?” the granny asked Zoe.

Zoe nodded. After a pause, she couldn’t help but say, “Anne is so young. You are too careless. How could you leave her in that kind of place? What if something happened to her?”

Although she was scolded by Zoe, the granny wasn’t angry. She nodded with a smile.

“Yes. Yes. We’ll pay attention next time.”

Zoe couldn’t blame her more. After all, Anne was their child. She could tell that Anne and the

granny got along very well. Zoe was just an outsider. She had been nosy when blaming the granny. If she insisted, Zoe would be too unreasonable.

Hence, after signing the statement, Zoe was about to leave. However, the granny stopped her.

“Wait, Miss. You’ve helped us this time. This is a small gift. Please do accept it.”

The granny pulled out an envelope. Without opening it, from the shape, Zoe knew what was in there.