Alden clenched his fists.It was the first time that his mom had spoken to him in a stern tone ever since he could remember.It was all because of Harold.Alden pursed his lips, lowered his head, and admitted his mistake. “I’m sorry, Mom. I made a mistake.”“Alden, go downstairs and tell Mel a story. I’ll help Harold take a shower.”Adina carried Harold into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.Alden stared at the door for a while before he turned around and went downstairs.Ten minutes later, Adina carried Harold downstairs after his shower. “Alden, I let him put on some of your clothes. Do you mind?”Alden obediently said, “Harold, you look good in that shirt. It’s my apology gift to you.”Harold turned to the side.He did not want to wear Alden’s clothes, but if he refused to wear them, he could only be naked or wear Melody’s dress.Adina patted his head. “Alden already apologized to you. What should you say?”Harold scoffed.He would never say, “It’s okay”!Tw
Duke was standing outside the villa.He could see the living room from his angle.Under the yellowish light, three kids were sitting on the mat while playing puzzles.Adina was sitting on the couch while tapping away on her laptop. She would raise her head and take a look at the three kids from time to time, and her smile was very gentle.The scene was so warm that Duke felt reluctant to ruin it.Eventually, he pursed his lips and pressed the doorbell.Ding dong!Adina raised her head, put down her laptop, and came over to open the door.When she saw the man with the cold aura, she paused for a while before she said, “Mr. Winters, this is the second time that your son has come to me.”Duke did not answer.If he counted carefully, this should be the eighth time.Mr. Brown had stopped Harold a few times, and the brat had come over at other times, but there was no one at home.However, Duke would not tell the woman about that.He stood at the door and spoke with a straight fa
Ever since he was born, Dad had never spoken to him like that before.If Dad could be that gentle and patient with him, he would not have thought of running away from home.But when Harold looked at the beautiful girl, he instantly felt troubled.If he looked one-tenth as good as Mel, Dad would also like him.Why did he look so ugly?Mel threw the puzzles away and stood up. She stared at Duke and slowly took the first step.But just as she took one step, she hesitantly moved back.She looked down and carefully took a look at Alden.Others did not know what her gaze meant, but Alden understood it.He had told Mel that this man did not deserve their love, so Mel hesitated.Alden felt extremely conflicted.He stood up, held Melody’s hand, and said in a deep voice, “Mel, you can go anywhere you want. I’ll go with you.”The little girl pursed her lips and smiled.She held Alden’s hand and walked toward Duke with excitement.“Mel’s a good girl.”Duke sighed in relief for some
The autumn night wind blew through the camphor tree in the courtyard, and the leaves made some rustling sounds.The wind whistled outside, but it was silent inside the house.It was so silent that even a pin dropping to the floor could be heard.Since it was that quiet, they did not hear Melody wrongly.Adina had a hard time speaking. “Mel, you really can speak.”She purposely ignored the word that the girl had uttered.“Mel, you’re amazing!” Alden’s black eyes were full of happiness. “Nobody can laugh at you for not knowing how to speak now!”“Wow, Mel! You’re awesome!” Harold was also ecstatic. He danced around excitedly. “Call me Brother! I want to hear you call me Brother!”Melody’s voice was really soothing. It was so sweet, like candy melted in butter, that people were addicted to it.Harold suddenly paused. “Mel, did you… say the wrong thing?”Duke was his dad. Why did Mel call him “Daddy”?Did he hear her wrongly or did Mel call identify him wrongly?Everyone had in
Alden stood at the side, and his gaze darkened.He clenched his fists and suppressed the urge to walk over.This man was not qualified to be their father, but he really was their father.When Duke was there, Melody’s autism clearly became better.He could not be selfish and decide for Melody!Alden turned around and did not look at the scene, which made him extremely uncomfortable.Meanwhile, Adina felt troubled and covered her face.She walked over to lift Melody up.However, when the girl was stubborn, she was as strong as a cow. No matter how strong Adina was, she still could not pull her away.“Aunt Adina, can Dad and I just stay here for one night?” Harold blinked. “Mel likes my dad so much, so she doesn’t want Dad to leave. Aunt Adina, I can sleep on the floor. I really can!”Duke nonchalantly said, “Ms. Daugherty, I’ve never slept over in another person’s home before, but I would like to make an exception for Mel today.”Adina was speechless.Why did he make it sound
Harold hid his hands under the blanket and held his them tightly.He was extremely nervous. He stared at Adina bashfully and was afraid of seeing her shake her head.Adina contemplated for a few seconds.Honestly, she still had not figured out why Melody would call Duke “Daddy.”Besides, why had Melody sneaked out of preschool and gone to Winters Corporation, which was far away?Had Duke given Melody some kind of drug?Luckily, Melody could speak now. Adina believed that Melody would tell her the answer after some time.Adina snapped out of her daze before she stared into Harold’s eyes. She softly said, “Mel doesn’t understand what ‘Daddy’ means, so she made a mistake. But you should know what ‘Mom’ means. I’m not your mom. You have your own Mom, right?”Harold’s eyes instantly turned red.He bit his bottom lip and felt angry as he said, “I have one, but so what? I don’t like her. That selfish woman can’t be my mom!”Adina suddenly felt sad.She did not know why she felt tha
He took a deep breath. “Formal logical fallacies and informal logical fallacies.”Duke was obviously surprised.He thought that this boy was just pretending to read the book, but he really understood it.Books on logic were dull. They were even more boring than mathematics. Regular people would not be able to read such a book and understand it.More importantly, this boy was just four years old.Duke closed the book and casually said, “Let me ask you another question about logic.”Alden lost his patience. “I don’t want this book now.”“If you want to study logic, you can’t be so impatient.” Duke curled his lips sternly. “The question I want to ask is related to your mother.”At the mention of his mother, Alden could no longer stay calm.He pursed his lips and firmly said, “You better leave my mom alone, or—” “I just want to ask a question,” Duke interrupted him. “You ask me to leave your mom alone, or else, you'll kill me, and at least three people hear it. The next day, I d
Adina slowly walked out of Melody’s room only after Duke had gotten bored of waiting downstairs for almost an hour.When she saw him, she was clearly stunned. “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”Duke was silent.It was only 10.00 pm, and he was not a child. How could he sleep so early?“I talked to your son for a while,” he said stoically.Adina walked down the stairs and collected the toys from the floor while she asked, “What did you guys talk about?”“Your son is very smart.” He paused for a while before he added, “Frankly speaking, he’s a child genius.”Adina stopped collecting the toys for a moment. “How did you come up with that conclusion?”In reality, before Alden turned three, he had already been extremely interested in coding. The code that he had casually written could work.Back then, it had shocked her, so she had taken Alden to do an intelligence test the next day.In the end, Alden’s intelligence turned out to be two times higher than that of children the same age.W