Lucas was dreaming about something utterly soft and mild. He felt great in every inch of his body as if he had arrived in paradise, delighting his body and so.Naturally, the sudden shriek beside his ear startled him.He opened his groggy eyes and saw Cordy from up close, looking utterly unhappy and… blushing?Lucas, however, did not care that much—being yanked out of his sweet dream left his temper flaring."Is this how you treat your savior, Cordy Sachs?!" he growled angrily. "I would have been careful not to wake you if I woke early myself, but you'd actually treat me so harshly! Doesn't your conscience hurt?!"Cordy was actually prepared, expecting grouchiness from him when he woke her.Biting her lip, she said, "I was worried you'll regret it.""What would I regret? Wait, I am already regretting warming your bed! I mean, insomnia? You're clearly sleeping like a log, even snoring so loudly I can't sleep at all! And the instant I closed my eyes and started to sleep, you had
Whatever. Cordy decided to leave the misunderstanding alone, since she did not want her efforts to go to waste, not after she had gone through such lengths to bring Lucas back to the mansion.-Meanwhile, Lucas stayed in his bed until noon.He was unable to sleep after Cordy left. He was supposed to be absolutely sleepy since he went the whole night without sleep, but somehow could not.He realized then how horrible it was to lose sleep.But Cordy somehow went through the same thing for days and nights. How did she survive that?!Soon, he got out of bed and headed downstairs after washing up and getting changed.Richard was practicing the piano softly downstairs. He leaped off the piano and stood when he saw that Lucas was up and walked up to him. "You're up, Daddy!""Call me Lucas.""Okay." Richard nodded tamely—he was going to verify their connection soon enough when he headed to the hospital.He would make sure that his mommy and daddy knew that he was right."Where
Cordy was driving home when she realized why Richard was behaving unusually—he obviously wanted to set her up with Lucas.Her son had been convinced that Lucas was John and was therefore single-minded about getting them together.But despite knowing that, she did not want to rain on Richard's parade—Richard was a major reason for her to live right now, after all.Therefore, she had no reason to refuse anything that made her son happy—as long as it did not violate her principles, naturally.When she returned to the mansion, Richard was already having lunch with Lucas.Noticing that she returned just then, Richard quickly called out to her, "Mommy! Lucas said he's hungry, so we started without you.""That's fine." She smiled, putting down her bag and heading to the dining room.Lucas never once looked up, while Richard said with slight disappointment, "He also told me that he's leaving for the capital after lunch.""Yeah, I know, Cordy replied and turned toward Lucas with composu
There was a large bruise over Cordy's head too.While Lucas was hesitating if he should help her to her feet, Richard cried out worriedly from behind, "Mommy!"He must have heard her fall and rushed up the stairs.Winston was following the boy and was stunned to find Cordy on the floor and bleeding profusely from her nose. "What happened, Ms. Sachs?! I'll get the family doctor right this instant!""Mommy? Mommy? Does it hurt? You're bleeding…" Richard was crouching on the floor, heartbreak showing all over his little face.Lucas, however, knew that someone as young as Cordy would not suffer much from a fall like that.Hence, he turned to leave after a brief hesitation.Cordy hence watched as she went, thinking to herself that she honestly did not want to see that vile man ever again.She would never reach out to him even if he lived next door!-To no surprise, Lucas never got in touch with Cordy ever since he left North City. They both seemed content to stay in their respect
Richard returned home happily in the afternoon, and the first thing he did was to ask Winston urgently, "Was there a parcel for me, Winston?""Parcel?" Winston was perplexed."It's on your desk. I happened to be here when it arrived, so I put it in your room," Cordy said casually from the couch while watching TV."Thanks, Mommy!" Richard said politely before dashing upstairs."Be careful, you'll trip if you run too quickly! Even the lump on Ms. Sachs' head has yet to fade!" Winston warned him loudly from downstairs.Cordy could not help pursing her lips, since she did not go to work because of that huge lump on her head.She could not help remembering Lucas in turn… along with that paternity test.She was feeling an emotional roller coaster right then.-Richard excitedly found the parcel on his desk.He had always been sharp and meticulous, but he was somehow completely oblivious to the fact that the parcel had been opened.He promptly picked up the envelope and took out th
Richard was left biting his tiny lip.So, Lucas was really not his father?He should know that he should put his faith in science too.Nonetheless, the voice on the other end suddenly added, "The only possible room for error is a mistake in samples. We've actually had that issue before.""How so?" Richard was at once excited."As in, the samples you provided us were not the samples of the intended test subjects," the voice explained. "For example, you wanted a paternity test between yourself and subject A, but it turns out that you provided us with a DNA sample of yourself and subject B. We've had that issue before, but otherwise we had not seen other errors.""Alright, thank you.""You're welcome. Thank you for your inquiry."Once he hung up, Richard started thinking about the hair sample he sent.He would rather believe that he sent the wrong strand of hair, than the fact that Lucas was not his daddy…Hold on! He realized with a start as he remembered that he knocked into
Cordy's heart was filled with yet another sense of bitterness. She touched Richard's head slightly and made a promise. "I'll take good care of you." "Mommy, I'll take good care of you too." Richard smiled sweetly. After that, they seemed to have reached a tacit understanding, and they never mentioned Lucas. Half a month passed by, and Sean called and asked her when she was going to the capital. She had promised his grandfather the other day that she would stay in the capital for a while that month. As expected, she could not make promises casually. Though she did not feel like going, one should not break their promise. Besides, Richard was on winter break now, and Sean had even specially asked her to bring Richard along. Hence, Cordy could only agree to it. Luckily, Richard had a winter camp these few days and he would be back a week later, so she could delay their trip there until next week. She went to negotiate some business at North City TV. They were the ones w
In a public makeup room backstage of the shooting room of Actors on Set, the makeup artists chatted with each other as they worked. "Hey, did you guys see him? Mr. Parker, the great director, is here. I didn't believe it when they announced that he would join this show. After all, I've never seen him join any variety show. So, our TV station is quite awesome." "Yes, I saw him. I walked past from behind him just now. He's so handsome and tall. He'll be very outstanding among the stars. It's a pity that he became a director." "It's not a pity at all. We won't see so many good films if he's not a director. Not only are his movies and dramas good, but the female stars in his shows are very beautiful too. The people in the field claim that there won't be any ugly women in his shows. He's indeed a lucky star for female celebrities." "That's right. I saw an actress before, who is a famous star now. She generally looks ordinary, but the audience soon saw how beautiful she was in Mr. Park