“Since Miss Fuller is here and Estie’s tree is already planted, you should bring them home, President Lawrence.” Rosalie did not want to gain any attention from the people here, so she indifferently interrupted Wendy’s words. Hearing this, Wendy stood up straight and looked at Byron with a smile on her face. Her purpose for coming here today was to not let Byron be together with Rosalie. Now that this woman suggested it, it was exactly what she was hoping for. Hearing what she had to say, the look in Byron’s eyes darkened. He frowned and glanced at her. “Miss Jacobs, you helped me and Estie plant the tree. I can’t just leave you guys here. There’s one more tree. Let’s plant it together.”Rosalie frowned a little, wanting to reject. Beside her, Estie timidly called out, “Aunt…”Hearing the little kid’s voice, Rosalie glanced back. Her heart ached a little when she saw the kid’s conflicted expression. Obviously, the kid was still traumatized by the last time Wendy laid her
“What are you doing here?”Byron brought Wendy to the edge of the woods and asked with a blank expression.Hearing this, Wendy looked at the little one in her arms. “I was worried about Estie, so I came here to have a look. Don’t worry, I won’t cause you any trouble.”After she spoke, Byron’s cold, hard voice sounded again. “Since you’ve checked and Estie is doing well, you can go back now.”Wendy’s expression froze. “Byron, I came all the way here. You can’t possibly not even have a meal with me or something, right…?”After saying this, she lowered her head in remorse and muttered, “I know that you’re still blaming me for the last time I laid my hands on Estie, but I swear I didn’t mean it. All these years, I’ve always treated her as my own child. How can I even bring myself to harm her? Besides, you’ve taught me a lesson for what happened the last time. Please just forgive me.”When she brought up the time she hit Estie, Byron’s expression got even colder. “I’m not the person y
“Hmmph!”Nox also heard the praises for Wendy and snorted angrily. Rosalie snapped back into reality and asked the little guy with some confusion, “What’s wrong?”Nox poked the food on his plate and answered sullenly, “I don’t like that aunt.”Rosalie could not help but be stunned for a moment when she heard this. “Why?”The little guy had only met Wendy twice. Where did such a big prejudice come from?Nox looked up to see his Mommy and wanted to say it was because that woman wanted to marry Daddy and it was because of her that his dad left them behind.However, he remembered that Mommy did not know that he and Lucian knew about this. He puffed his mouth, swallowed the words he was about to say, and answered, “Because she’s mean to Estie and Estie doesn’t like her.” The mention of the kid made Rosalie’s heart ache a little, but she could not say anything. All she could do was placate them with a smile. “How could that be? She’s going to be Estie’s mother in the future. How co
“Aunt…”Rosalie’s figure disappeared from their sight. Estie’s head lowered in grievance as she spoke in a tearful voice, “Want Aunt…”Byron was unhappy because of what Rosalie said earlier. When he heard the little kid continuing to express her wish to be with that woman, he frowned slightly. “Aunt has her own children, Estie. You cant always disturb her.” Estie angrily looked up at her daddy. Byron frowned while looking at the little kid. The father and daughter had the same look of insistence on their faces. After staring at him for a while, Estie still could not beat her Daddy, so she lowered her head angrily. Fine. After all, they were staying in the same room. Aunt still had to go back and pack her stuff!At the thought of that, the little kid stopped crying and said to Daddy, “I want to go room.”Byron did not know the kid’s intention. He thought it might be because Rosalie was not there and the kid was not used to places with many people that she wanted to return
The doorbell rang all of a sudden.Estie thought Rosalie and the rest were back, so her eyes gleamed as she leaped off the bed and quickly moved to open the door.Her gleaming eyes dimmed when she saw the person standing at the door.“Estie.” The smile plastered on Wendy’s face was a little forced.She was still a woman, and the roads that led here were basically hiking trails. Byron carried Estie and walked really quickly with no intentions of waiting for her.As they zoomed past her, she was left behind up to the extent that she could not even see them anymore.It was fortunate that there was only one hotel nearby. Hence, she was able to finally find them.After asking for their room number from the front desk, Wendy went straight up.Byron saw who was at the door, and his face fell as well.Wendy pretended that she did not see the change in the two people’s faces and walked into the room with a smile. She looked at Estie and said, “Estie, aren’t you feeling unwell? Why don’
Estie naturally refused.Wendy got up and looked at Byron. “Byron, I’ll ask the front desk. If possible, please change rooms, okay?”Estie turned around and looked at her daddy with hopeful eyes, hoping that her daddy would refuse.Byron’s eyes were dark and incomprehensible.Even if he rejected Wendy’s offer to change rooms now, when that woman came back, she would bring up the same thing too.When Miss Leigh Ann suggested for them to share rooms, that woman had been reluctant to do so.After seeing Wendy today, she would be more than eager to avoid him.Thinking about the possible reaction Rosalie might have, Byron was practically giving Wendy silent consent to what she was suggesting.Estie did not get a response from her daddy after some time, and as she watched the mean lady mean her word about changing rooms, she stomped on the floor angrily. She followed Wendy into the elevator.Wendy was stunned. “Estie, why did you come? Just wait upstairs with Daddy.”Estie lowered
Byron exited the hotel. Without a doubt in his mind, he ran in the direction of the botanical garden.That little girl wanted to be with Rosalie, and there was no doubt that she ran out of the hotel just for her. Other than the botanical garden, it was impossible for his little girl to be anywhere else.As he made his way to the botanical garden, he did not see Estie at all.Byron’s heart sank. He whipped out his phone to call Rosalie.Rosalie was sightseeing in the botanical garden with her little boys when her phone rang. When she saw whose call it was, she frowned.Byron should be with Wendy now, right? Why was he calling her now?Her phone rang for a while before Rosalie picked up hesitantly.“Have you seen Estie?”Before she could say anything, the man’s velvety voice rang from the other end of the call.He sounded a little frantic.Rosalie’s heart sank unknowingly. “No. Why?”Byron looked around him, his eyes not daring to take a break from scanning the place. “Estie’s
“How did Estie go missing?”The two walked out of the botanical garden, and Rosalie could not help but ask. If she did not find out the cause, she would feel guilty forever. Byron took a deep glance at her. Although Estie did not actually mention it, he already knew that the reason she went missing was that she ran out to look for Rosalie.Coming into eye contact with him, Rosalie felt even more uneasy. “Wasn’t she with the two of you? How could you two…”‘How is it possible for two people to not be able to look after a child? Plus, Estie has always been a good girl.’Rosalie did not continue her words. Byron was already anxious about the little girl going missing. If she said whatever she wanted to, it would sound like she was blaming him. Byron frowned and looked at her while explaining concisely, “She got angry with Wendy.”“How?” Rosalie could not imagine what could anger the little girl so much that she ran away.Byron retrieved his gaze and did not want to speak fur