Blair ruffled Spike’s head. “Do you miss Mommy?”Spike nodded. “Mommy will be fine, right?”“Yeah, Mommy will be fine.”Blair looked at Spike, paused, and then suddenly asked, “Spike, can you call me Daddy?”Spike pursed his lips, looking conflicted.He could not...When Spike remained silent, Blair did not force him.He kissed the boy’s forehead, his gaze slightly regretful.Maybe he would not live long enough to hear Spike call him Daddy.Spike looked at his father and was quiet for a while before he changed the topic. “I want to go to the hospital to see Mommy.”Blair asked, “Your mommy needs to undergo treatment for the next few days, so you won’t be able to see her even if you go. Hold on for two more days, and your mommy will recover...”Mable must be very sad now. She would not want Spike to see her like this.Two days. In just two days, the male parasite in his body would be extracted, and her poison would be cured...“Okay. I’m going to school now.”Spike hopped
Tracey went back to Royal View Villa, but Blair was not around.She waited for almost half an hour before seeing his car drive into the villa.Blair entered the house. When he saw Tracey holding a document, he instantly guessed what it was.“Come with me into the study,” he told Tracey.Once inside, before Tracey could speak, he asked, “How is Mabes?”“You have a lot of nerve asking that!”Tracey glared at him, her face livid. “If you really cared about her, you wouldn’t have hurt her!“Blair, I never expected you to be such a scumbag. Mabes won’t forgive you, and neither will I!”Tracey slammed the divorce agreement Mable signed in front of Blair, disappointment written all over her face. “Mabes wants a divorce. She’s already signed.”Blair silently picked up the divorce agreement from the table, opened it, and looked at Mable’s signature.After a while, he said in a broken voice, “Did she say anything?”Tracey held back the tears in her eyes and pointed at him. “She said t
He did not want to die.He had not heard Spike call him Daddy yet and had not accompanied Mable everywhere she wanted to go.There were too many things he still had not done, like love Mable for a lifetime…Tracey hugged Blair, crying until she gasped for breath. “No, there must be a different way... Blair...”“Trace, I’ve already decided. Solomon and Kyle know about this as well. When I die, you just need to continue keeping this from Mabes.”Tracey asked, “Does Arthur know too?”Blair nodded.Tracey lowered her head. It was no wonder Arthur said that Blair had his reasons...Blair looked at her and said, “Trace, when I’m no longer around, take care of Mabes and Spike for me. Also, try to find Nicki’s biological father. I’ve already made arrangements for most things...”Tracey listened to how he seemed to be telling her his will and covered her ears, not wanting to hear anymore.Blair sighed in his heart and patted her back. “If the person lying in the hospital was Arthur, I
Blair had told Spike he could enter his study at any time to look for books.Thus, after school today, Spike came to Blair’s study to find a book.Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave, Blair and Tracey entered.Spike heard them talking about his mother, so he stayed silent and hid behind the bookshelf.Blair approached Spike and immediately crouched down. “Did you hear everything?”Spike nodded, his tears continuing to fall.“Were the things you said true?”Blair nodded. Since Spike heard everything, there was no need to hide it from him anymore.Spike tugged on Blair’s shirt, crying, “Didn’t you say that... that Mommy would be fine?”Blair pulled Spike into his arms, gently wiping away his tears. “I promised you that your mommy would be fine...”Spike hugged his neck. “But... I don’t want anything to happen to you either...”“Spike, we often have to sacrifice a lot for the people we love—time, money, and even our lives. Whatever it is, it’s all worth it as long as it
Blair looked at Tracey, standing by his bedside, and said, “Tell me when Mabes falls asleep tonight. I want to see her.”Perhaps it would be his last time seeing her.Tracey nodded with red eyes. “Okay.”Solomon and Kyle also arrived at the hospital.They looked at Blair with worried expressions.“Master Blair, it’s not too late to turn back,” Solomon said.Blair glanced at him and shook his head faintly.He would not turn back. There was no reason to.As long as he could save Mable, any sacrifice was worth it....In the ward downstairs.Mable saw Tracey enter and asked, “Tracey, did you give him the divorce agreement?”Tracey’s heart clenched, and her eyes flickered, not daring to look at Mable. “Y-Yeah.”Mable nodded. After a while, she asked, “Did he... say anything?”Tracey looked at her and remembered what Blair told her last night, so she said, “He said he’ll get a lawyer to handle the paperwork after he signs, so you don’t have to go to the bureau yourself.”Mabl
Late at night.Blair checked the time; it was almost one in the morning.Usually, Mable would have already been in deep slumber at this hour.Blair stood up, put on his coat, and made his way to Mable’s ward.However, upon pushing open the door, he found an empty bed. There was no sign of Mable in the washroom or the balcony either. Where could she have been at this hour?Blair got extremely worried. He hurried to the nurse’s station to check if the nurses knew about Mable’s whereabouts. Upon learning that Mable was missing, the nurse on duty was also shocked. “What? Mrs. Fowler isn't in her ward? That’s impossible! None of us saw her leaving her ward!” the nurse exclaimed.Realizing that something was wrong, Blair immediately ordered, “Call the security. Check the surveillance cameras now!”He then pulled out his phone to dial Mable’s number, only to hear her ringtone from inside the ward.She did not bring her phone!“Blair, what’s going on?” Tracey asked as she emerge
No traces of Mable were found anywhere.… On the first day of Mable’s disappearance, Blair practically turned the entire Richworth upside down.On the second day, he expanded the search range to the surrounding cities...By the fifth day, the search area had once again expanded to the entire Croquen and neighboring countries.Mable did not have many friends, and Blair knew almost all of them. The one with the closest relationship was Rahman.On the second day of Mable’s disappearance, Blair contacted her. Unaware of the situation, Rahman scolded Blair after which she also began searching everywhere.Even at Secret, Blair had someone secretly monitoring the situation.A week later, Mable’s whereabouts were still unknown.She seemed to have evaporated from the earth, disappearing without a trace and leaving no clues.Even Spike noticed something unusual because his parents had not come home in a week. He wanted to go to the hospital to see his mother, but his aunt would not al
In Richworth, the snow continued to fall for three consecutive days, covering everything in a white expanse forming a world draped in silver.Late at night, Blair returned home and went to the children’s room to check on Spike.Spike was already asleep, holding the teddy bear that his mother bought for him in his arms. His eyelashes were damp, and there were glistening teardrops at the corners of his eyes.Blair silently sat by the bedside, reaching out to wipe away the tears from the corner of Spike’s eyes. He stared at Spike’s face, which bore some resemblance to Mable. Regret filled his eyes.“Mommy…”In his sleep, Spike murmured as his eyebrows furrowed.Blair gently patted Spike’s back, comforting him.After an unknown period, Blair left Spike’s room and returned to the bedroom.He picked up the photo of her and Mable placed on the bedside table, his gaze lingering on Mable.“Mabes, where are you? It’s been thirteen days. Your condition can’t be delayed any longer...“Ma