My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 748

Cooper found a grave that contained a 19-year-old young person.

The name on the grave was ‘Annabel Johnson’.

Since she was unmarried when she died, her grave was situated next to that of her parents. As her death came as a surprise, it was a simple-looking grave that others erected for her after that.

Someone seemed to have visited the grave moments ago—the snow in front of the grave had been removed with remnants of firecrackers being left behind. The joss sticks in front of the tomb were still lit and there were footprints in the snow.

As Sophia squatted in front of the grave, she looked at the fresh footprints in a daze.

She saw a series of small footprints with the familiar bear symbol in the middle. Each step had the bear, revealing the shoe owner’s childlike innocence.

Next to the little bear footprints were a series of larger ones that seemed to belong to an adult male.

As Sophia tilted her head while observing the footsteps, she pressed her feet next to the little bear footprints in curiosity.

The larger footprints surrounded the little footprints with the bear in the middle looked as if it belonged to a family of three.

Sophia watched the footprints with a blank expression, but she suddenly felt a heavy feeling in her chest, making her want to burst into tears.

On the other hand, Cooper merely looked at Annabel’s grave as he sank into a stupor. That’s my Anna. I can’t believe I only arrived twenty years later.

He trailed the name on the grave with his fingers —every inch of it was like knives being stabbed in his heart.

Anna, I’m late…

After both Connor and Sophia paid their respects at the grave, each of them walked down the hill with a heavy feeling. Since it was a deserted hill, there was only one way up—those who wanted to visit the grave needed to take the same road down.

She had been in search of the large footprints and the bear footprints that she spotted earlier on their journey down.

However, amidst the other footprints, the little bear one could no longer be seen.

After that, they returned to Bayside City. He merely entered his study in silence and stayed there without leaving. When she returned, she realized that all of the dogs and cats that were at her place earlier were gone—maybe because their owner had returned.

Since Cooper felt heavy and solemn and Linus was busy tending to his business, Sophia was left alone at home with nothing to do. It was freezing outside and many stores were still closed. The huge city of Cethos was always deserted during the new year since everyone returned home to spend time with their families.

After Sarah added Sophia on her Messenger, they occasionally chatted. When Sarah learned that she was dying of boredom at home, she encouraged the latter to play online games to alleviate her boredom.

Hence, Sophia’s desktop contained many icons of different games.

Sarah also shared that she owned pet stores and cat cafes, but were closed due to the holidays and would only reopen on the seventh day. Otherwise, she would have invited Sophia over to have a look.

After speaking about the scar, Sarah asked again, “Has your voice been like this since birth?”

Sophia had always been wearing a mask in the house as she did not dare to reveal her face. Only her eyes could be seen and as a result of wearing a mask, her voice sounded weaker than it was and hoarse. Since it was difficult to recognize, she felt as if she was speaking in a raspy voice and those addressing her had to whisper to her instead.

After Sophia nodded, Sarah immediately added, “I have a friend who was also in a similar situation as you. However, he managed to look for a doctor who cured his condition. I’ll ask him to send the doctor’s contact via Messenger. You can consider scheduling an appointment since that doctor is amazing!” she described in detail. “That friend of mine was immensely upset for a while after he was widowed and cried so much until he damaged his vocal cord. He used to be an opera singer and could not even speak when his condition was at its worst. Now that the doctor cured him, he has recovered his voice and it is better than before. I mentioned before that my husband is an actor, right? He knows many singers and all have visited this doctor. He’s an otolaryngologist and one of the most famous in his field. It’s difficult to schedule an appointment with him, but if you tell him that you’re my husband’s friend, you can also jump the line. You have to make the appointment soon. If you are late, you’ll have to wait till next year!”

Sophia quickly added the doctor’s contact on Messenger and proceeded to secure an appointment with him. However, as he had returned to his hometown during the new year break, the earliest spot they could obtain was February.

When Cooper knew about it, he immediately asked his men to purchase the hospital without any further delay. Then, he asked the famous doctor to treat his daughter as soon as he returned from his vacation.

It was a pity that the cosmetic hospital could not be purchased as the owner was an anonymous person in Bayside City. Since that person was an influential local, Cooper did not want to land himself in any trouble since his daughter depended on them to remove her facial scars.

Hence, they could only wait for the hospital to reopen and quickly repair her face.

During that period of time, Sophia went outdoors on a daily basis with Cooper as her bodyguard.

The pets, especially Judge, that belonged to their neighbor still swung by everyday. The dog seemed like it could not wait to visit Sophia and Cooper because it had to babysit when it was home.

The child would ensure that the husky wore shoes and skirts. On top of that, she would paint its nails pink, put cat ears on its head and apply makeup on its face—it was obvious that she was a mischievous little kid!