He pretended not to hear Aino’s stomping, and went straight to the ward with Aino.“Stinky Bum, where are you taking me? Are you trying to sell me to the orphanage?” Aino asked angrily, but she knew the Stinky Bum would never sell her.“There’s an old man who wants to see you.” Sebastian said truthfully.An old man? Aino could not think of anyone, and followed Sebastian into the ward.The ward was very luxurious, and five specialized nurses were inside. Sean Ford and Rose Quinton were also there.“Father.” Sebastian called out when he entered.When Sean saw Aino, he was stunned. Rose had an ugly expression on her face.She had three children, but all of them had passed away during their prime, not even leaving behind any grandchildren for her. Instead, it was that bastard child’s daughter that was now the remaining descendant of the Ford family. It was incredibly humiliating.Sebastian was a bastard son, and his daughter was also a bastard daughter.A look of disdain flashed th
Sebastian’s calm tone left no room for debate. “Scott.”“Are you not planning on recognizing this child?” Rose asked.Sebastian’s lips twitched. “Isn’t that what you are hoping for?”“You!” Sean’s face was red with anger. “How ruthless can you be?! No matter how much I didn’t acknowledge you, you were still a Ford! You still inherited the Ford empire! You are better, you aren’t even letting your daughter be a Ford!”“You are the cruelest!” Sebastian smiled coldly. His own daughter, no matter what she was named, would still be Sebastian’s daughter. Even if she had her mother’s name her whole life, she would still inherit the Ford Group in the future! With regards to that matter, no one had anything to say. Sebastian did not bother giving any explanations. Even he did not like the Ford name, what more his daughter? From his perspective, it was better for her to have her mother’s name!At that time, his stepmother sighed, “It seems like, just like the rumors say, you really hate th
The other three in the room were stunned.As it happened, the doctor in charge of Henry was there to perform a checkup. Behind him were some younger doctors, nurses, and another group of people. Arriving at the door, they were all stunned.For a whole thirty seconds, none of them said anything.The first to react was the head doctor. “My god! The old master’s condition is not stable and he can’t be disturbed right now! Where on earth did this child come from? She is so unruly and mischievous, and seems to be uneducated! Someone get that child out of here now!”To the doctor’s knowledge, the Ford family did not have such a young child.She couldn’t be part of the Ford family, nor the Conor family.By right, that child should have no relation to Old Master Henry.Just as he had been about to chase the child out himself, the doctor suddenly heard Old Master Henry’s wizened laugh. “Hahaha, ah, my little granddaughter, you’re going to pull out my nose. It hurts, please let it go. I’l
Sebastian looked at Old Master Henry calmly as he started to speak. “I’m her father, I’ll decide what her name should be. Didn’t you just want to take a look at her? Since you’ve seen her now, she should be going back to kindergarten.” Sebastian then turned his attention to the small child. “Aino, let’s go, you should be in kindergarten.”Aino, on the other hand, looked away from Sebastian, clearly unwilling to follow him anywhere.Why did he have to badmouth her mother?Sebastian’s face straightened. “Haven’t I already apologized? Have you never done anything wrong before?”Aino didn’t know how to react. She was a very bright child, but there was no way she could win an argument with Sebastian. After all, he had indeed apologized to her.She was reluctant to leave with Sebastian, but didn’t really have a say in the matter either.Aino did not say anything to Sebastian throughout the journey. When they arrived at the kindergarten, Sebastian was about to hold her hand and bring
On the way home, Kingston focused on driving while Sebastian remained silent.It only made Aino want to talk to him more, asking him who the man and woman she met this morning were, as well as the old man lying on the bed.However, when she noticed that Stinky Bum was not saying anything at all, Aino decided to stop asking.Sebastian was lost in his thoughts.At eleven that day, just as he had finished his meeting at the company, Sebastian received a phone call from his father.“Dad? What is it?” Sebastian asked calmly.“Sebastian, you can’t abandon that child!” Sean said on the other end of the call.Sebastian smiled sarcastically at that. “It’s my own child, so why do you think you have a say in whether I want to keep her or not?”Sean’s tone suddenly turned gentle. “Sebastian! I know my words don’t hold much weight to you, but let me tell you something from my own experiences. I was the one who failed you and your mother all those years ago, allowing the two of you to suffer
While taking off his shoes, Sebastian asked, “What is it?”Aino had already let go of Sebastian’s hand and was now running into Sabrina’s arms. She started to tell her excitedly, “Mother, I met two old men and an old lady today. The old lady is a little fierce, and so is the smaller old man, but the old man on the bed wasn’t. I defeated him!”Sabrina immediately realized who Aino was talking about.She looked at Sebastian, puzzled. “You brought Aino to the hospital to visit… Your grandfather?”Sebastian did not answer. Instead, he asked Sabrina calmly, “Didn’t you have something to discuss with me?”Sabrina bit her lips and asked carefully, “You’ve actually already accepted Aino as your daughter, right?”Yes!She wasn’t dumb!Sebastian continued looking at Sabrina. “What did you want to discuss with me?”Right after he asked that, Sebastian brought Aino to the washroom to wash her hands, and sat her at the dining table.Aunt Lewis, who was in charge of dinner, brought many di
Sebastian quickly fanned it for Aino. Once he felt that the corn was cool enough, he carefully put it into her mouth. As she ate it, joy spread throughout her body“I want juice,” Aino demanded.Sabrina immediately went to get a fresh glass of orange juice for Aino.“Corn!” Aino looked innocently at Sebastian.Without skipping a beat, Sebastian put the corn into Aino’s mouth.Even back when he had no social status and lived his life drifting about, Sebastian had never served anyone like that before. It was his first time obeying anyone so subserviently and serving them, much less a five year old girl.As he looked at Aino eating away happily, a sense of fondness overwhelmed himSabrina furrowed her eyebrows and pretended to scold Aino but failed to hide her smile in the end. “Aino! You can’t be like this! We might be from a small town, but I’ve always made sure that you had enough to eat. Why are you eating just like a country bumpkin?“You look so ugly eating away like this,
Before she had even asked the question, Sabrina already knew that Sebastian was unlikely to agree to her request. She smiled self-mockingly. “I was just joking around.”Architecture was her greatest passion in life, and a skill that she had relied on to make a living. It was definitely not a joke.However, if Sebastian did not agree to it, there was nothing more she could do.The man did not spare her another glance, and left for the toy room. Sabrina stood outside the room, her eyes still on himAino had been playing by herself in a wooden toy house.“Do you know what the password is?” Aino asked Sebastian.Sebastian answered in a serious tone, “I don’t know, can you tell me?”Aino had a serious look on her as well. “The password is three five one two seven eight eight.” Sebastian repeated the numbers.Aino said happily, “That’s the correct answer, you can enter!”The man carefully walked in.Sabrina was dazed when she saw all this.Was this the same cold-blooded and ruth