Sebastian recognized Damon. He immediately understood the current situation and put down his fork to greet Damon with a smile. "Hello, Mr."The use of "Mr" as an address carried a great irony to Damon. He clenched his fist and didn't respond.Leo looked at Damon indifferently without saying a word. He had long been used to not speaking in unfamiliar situations.What a good-looking kid. He was as aloof and distant as his mother, with the same captivating yet icy-cold eyes.Damon had noticed Leo from the beginning. He also noticed Sebastian creeping a little closer to Celeste. He was asserting his dominance. A wave of bitterness welled up in Damon's heart."Did you come back for a visit?" He forced himself to speak.Celeste nodded. Then she shook her head again as if remembering something. "Not really. We've come back to settle down."Her "we" referred to her and her son. But to Damon's ears, that statement also included Sebastian.The atmosphere became tense once again."Leo, s
Sebastian's sexual orientation wasn't known to the public, yet he appeared "straighter" than most straight men. Damon's friends knew about Celeste's remarriage, but they all chose to keep silent about it around him.As for Leo, Celeste didn't hide his existence. Privacy laws regarding children were strict abroad, and taking photos of minors without parental consent was illegal. Moreover, she wasn't a public figure. Hence, keeping Leo's existence under wraps was easy.Even though she settled back in her home country, Celeste didn't intend to hide Leo's existence. She had nothing to feel guilty about regarding Damon. Hence, why should she avoid anything? They should just live their separate lives.Damon got heavily drunk that night. Meanwhile, Celeste and the others treated the incident as a minor episode. After Damon left, they talked about other things as if nothing had happened.She admitted that seeing Damon looking so haggard made her feel incredibly sorry for him. But so what?
On Sundays, the Bishop residence's housekeeper would bring Damon's son, Lester Bishop, to the mansion for a day of play as usual. This was the only father-son time Damon had in the past three years.The child didn't initially have the name “Lester.” Damon chose the name "Lester" after gaining custody of the child. It was widely known that this name was selected simply because its pronunciation was similar to Celeste's.Damon's love for Celeste had already awakened at the time. However, she was already married to someone else, and it was too late for him to do anything about it.The fact that Damon used the child's name as a means to express his longing for another woman displeased Fiona. However, after Damon helped her regain visitation rights to her other two children, Lester was bought out by the Bishop family according to the agreement. Fiona had no say in the matter anymore.At first, Fiona dreamed of using the child to get Damon to marry her. She would visit the Bishop residen
Damon was filled with bitterness as he looked at the pretty child before him. If he and Celeste made up and had another child, he wondered what their child would look like.Would their child be as intelligent as Leo? Their child would probably be good-looking as well. After all, neither he nor Celeste lacked looks.It was strange that Damon didn't feel any resentment when he saw Celeste's child with another man. Instead, he was filled with a longing for what could have been if the child had been his.But then again, he was the one who had done wrong. He didn't deserve to resent anyone.Damon stared at Leo and was lost in thought. What was on his mind? Leo looked at him in confusion. Damon didn't say anything, and neither did Leo. He allowed Leo to scrutinize him."Leo, have you been doing well these past few years?" Damon suddenly asked.However, he felt frustrated after asking the question. How could he talk to a three-year-old like that? How could he understand?"It's been pre
Leo was initially playing outside the villa with a maid. However, the maid took a phone call on the way and accidentally let him run away.It wasn't until the maid realized Leo was missing and was about to go back to the Belasco's for help that she realized Leo had returned with the ball in his hand."Leo, my dear prince, where did you go?" The maid, with a worried expression, held him tightly and bombarded him with questions."Nowhere." Leo concealed what had just happened. He felt gloomy as he returned home with the maid.While Leo was a genius child, he had only been in the world for just over three years and lacked experience in hiding his emotions. Others might not notice anything wrong with him, but Celeste, as his mother, saw it all.He wasn't happy.Leo's temperament was similar to Celeste's. He was a child with a strong personality. Although he could be aloof, he rarely got upset over trivial matters.What happened to him?Celeste went to ask the maid what had happened
Leo had been unhappy for nearly the whole day before he saw Damon's gift. Celeste immediately understood what was going on. They must have met that day.She shouldn't have denied Leo the right to see his father, and Celeste knew that.Damon's gift made Leo so happy that it made Celeste's heart ache.Liam was even more emotional as he watched the mother and son. He had witnessed Damon and Celeste's time together and almost every step of their separation. Neither of them was at fault. It was just fate playing its tricks."Now that the gift is delivered, I should take my leave." Liam got up and was ready to leave."Leo, go play by yourself for a while. I'll see Mr. Fletcher off." Celeste stroked her son's head before escorting Liam to the door."Tell Damon not to bother sending gifts in the future. We don't lack anything in our house." She was still as cold as ever, even after four years. She spoke so lightly that one couldn't tell her emotions.Liam hesitated for a moment but coul
Liam figured that since Leo had asked him to tell Damon that his name wasn't Leo Miller but Leo York, he must have something to pass on."I've never encountered a child like him before. Leo is extraordinary." Liam carefully chose his words.Leo gave him the feeling of an adult confined in the body of a three-year-old. It was hard for him to treat him as a child. Still, he couldn't really treat him as an adult.Damon chuckled. "He's smarter than the average kid. But in the end, he's just a child. He's quite innocent and adorable."Damon recalled when Lester first arrived, and he found it hard to accept that he was suddenly his father. Meanwhile, it was easier for him to accept Celeste and someone else's child, Leo.He shouldn't like him. He should at least distance himself from Leo. Nevertheless, he seemed to be having a hard time doing that. He genuinely liked Leo."He's not Leo Miller?" It took Damon a moment to react to what Liam had said."Yeah. Leo said he's not called Leo M
Damon's heart softened instantly when he saw Leo's excited demeanor.It was important for him to find out if Leo was his child. But what about Leo?If Leo's father was Sebastian, would he distance himself from Celeste and her son?Damon thought for a moment. No, he wouldn't. He would still treat Leo well and consider him as his own.The relationship between people was strange. Damon found that bonding with his "biological" son required effort. However, liking Leo came naturally to him.After coming down from the training stage, Leo sat with Damon in the resting area. Meanwhile, the maid and driver were waiting outside the training centre's parking lot. They were unaware of what was happening inside.His biological father, "Mr. Bishop," was sitting right next to him, and their arms were touching. Damon had lost weight over the years, but his muscles were still toned. The temperature of his arm was slightly higher than Leo's.Leo got so nervous that he didn't dare to move a muscle