Chapter 213

The door to the bedroom upstairs was closed, but a small gap was left open, and Tristan pressed his ear against the tight gap. Although he did not hear the entire conversation clearly, he could still hear about sixty or seventy percent of it.

"What should I do? Is Mommy going to hurt Cherry?" Upon recalling the events from five years ago, Tristan's face turned pale. Before that incident, he had regarded his mother as the epitome of gentleness. However, following that event, he found himself unable to sleep at night, growing increasingly fearful of her as he grew older.

Footsteps sounded from the staircase, and Tristan quickly sat down at the desk, picked up a pen, and doodled on his workbook.

Vivienne glanced in through the gap, seeing him doing homework before reassuringly returning to her room.

After maintaining the posture for over ten minutes, Tristan quietly got up and closed the door.

'What should I do? I can't even protect myself, how can I protect Cherry?'

The young boy's