Chapter 142-

“Mr. Gordon, we're still at the burn hospital. Ava left us, but I heard that Alessia got into a car accident and is at the X Hospital.”

"I know, I'll handle it." Gordon hung up the phone and walked back into the ward.

"Who is it, Gordon?" Evelyn asked. "Is it Christian?"

Gordon gently pulled up the blanket for Evelyn and said calmly, without changing his expression, "No, that child is probably busy with school. He hasn't called all day today."

In reality, he had blocked Christian's number last night.

Disappointment flickered in Evelyn's eyes.

Gordon watched Evelyn's changing expression carefully, handed her a glass of water, and tentatively said, "Children's preferences aren't fixed. Maybe after seeing you yesterday, he thought you were boring and didn't want to play with you anymore."

"No, Christian is a good kid. Yesterday wasn't the fi