Chapter 1171

Willow's breath hitched at Aaron's suggestion to call her "Mom". It seemed absurd to let a child she hardly knew to call her "Mom", but when she saw the hopeful look in Aaron's eyes, she couldn't bring herself to refuse. Seeing that she didn't respond immediately, Aaron carefully wrote in the notebook, "If you don't want me to, then forget it." When Matthew and Ian had brought back her ashes, his biggest fear was that he would never see his mother again in this lifetime. Now that he had finally found her again, his greatest fear was that she might despise him. Even if he never got to call her "Mom" again, he didn't want her to hate him. "Why wouldn't I want that? Of course I do!" Willow's heart softened at his dejected expression. She gently patted his head and murmured, "If you don't mind, you can call me "Mom" all you want. You and Mia are my favorite children." Upon hearing her remarks, tears welled up in Aaron's eyes again. He kept telling himself that he was a strong man and