>Chap: 21

After one year;

"Yohoo!

" Brian was running around with a smile on his face

I chuckled looking at Brian, who was running behind Joe.

"He is so happy. I haven't seen him so happy ever before." Ashley said, looking at them playing around.

I nodded my head with a proud smile on my face.

Through the last year, my only goal was to bond with Brian and make him confident so that no one can mess with him. After a while, i moved back to my house which Anthony gifted me. Everything was untouched. I felt a home feeling when i entered in it. Brian really liked the house too. I had to hire staff to look after the house and Brian. Brian was always so afraid of me leaving him that whenever i used to go out for work or anything, he used to throw a fit. I had to work hard on creating our trust and develop a proper mother and child bond. But in the end my hard work pay off. He was now independent and instead tells me to take care of myself.

"When are you going to celebrate his 9th birthday?" She a