…I stood in front of the master bedroom with tears in my eyes. No matter how hard I knocked on the door, Little Lion refused to open it. I felt so helpless.A few minutes later, I heard footsteps as someone walked downstairs. And I only felt worse when Xin's grandfather stopped beside me with a smile on his face.“Oops! I didn't know you had such a complicated personality,” he said, his hands in his pockets.I looked at him in confusion. I had begun to understand why Xin never brought me to see his family, even after being married for one year. Xin's grandfather didn't like me even a little.“What do you mean?“ I asked, trying hard not to cry out aloud. I didn't know why my life always had to be that dark. It was exhausting.“What do I mean? You made sure to crawl into his bed when he wanted to divorce you. Five years later, you come back with his child. What do you want? Money?“ He asked, his expression suddenly changing.And I shuddered. He looked like he wanted to kill me that ins
…When Xin stepped out of the room, his heart was beating so fast. He lifted his hand and touched his chest. He then took a deep breath, and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips again.He turned to look at the closed door behind him before slowly walking downstairs.He knocked on Little Lion's door a few times, but the child did not open it. Left with no choice, he looked for the spare key and opened the door.And the sight that befell him made his heart ache. On the bed, Little Lion was seated. His face was covered in tears, and his shoulders were shaking.Xin slowly sat on the bed beside the child, but Little Lion turned to face the other side. He still did not believe that both his mom and Xin had lied to him.While everyone was laughing at him at school for being fatherless, he had the most powerful dad in the country. It hurt him.“I didn't know that you were my son until today, when I came to look for you at the park,” Xin quietly explained. He understood what the child wa
…Abby fell asleep while crying. However, a knock at the door woke her up. She creased her brows in irritation. Who would be disturbing her sleep at such a time?But when there was another knock, she sat up and looked at the clock. It was only ten o'clock in the evening. Huh! Her eyes widened. How did she fall asleep that early?She stretched a bit before going to open the door. And the person before her made her blink her eyes. “Chris?“ She called in confusion.Chris immediately pulled her into his arms. “I was about to break down your door if you didn't open it,” he said. He had missed her so much.Tears immediately welled in Abby's eyes. “I thought you would never come back,” she said. She was scared that maybe she would never see him again.Chris pinched her cheeks and pulled her into the house. “Never come back? Are you crazy? I will die if I don't come back to you,” he said, pressing his lips against her.How could he voluntarily choose to stay away from someone as sweet as Abby
“You are not putting on your slippers, darling. You might catch a cold,” he said so close to my ears that I shivered.His warm breath caressed my skin, and goosebumps formed all over. My heart also began beating so fast.He put me back on the bed and put a pair of slippers on the floor. “Put them on when you want to run around,” he said.I sighed and looked away from him. I didn't know what he was trying to play at. The last thing I remembered was that he was so mad at me that he couldn't even talk to me. Why was he so sweet all of a sudden?He walked into the bathroom and came out a few minutes later. “Your bath is ready. I will send some fresh clothes over. Once you are done, come down for breakfast,” he said calmly.And I almost laughed. “Xin?“ I called in confusion. “What the hell are you trying to do? I didn't move into your house.“Xin looked at me briefly before shrugging his shoulders. “I didn't say you moved in, sweetheart. I just thought that you wouldn't have enough time to
Goosebumps formed all over my skin when he asked me that. My lips moved for a while, but I just did not know what to say.“Honey, do you have any? Why aren't you saying anything?“ He asked again, moving closer to me.And all I could do was shake my head at him. “You won't do this to me, Xin. Why are you always so heartless?“ I asked.When I signed the divorce papers five years ago, I did not ever think about having a copy for myself. I had left it at his house without even taking a picture of it.I was so naive at that time that I didn't even have a lawyer for myself. How could I be that stupid? I didn't have any proof that we were divorced.“Do what, darling? I'm not hurting you. I just want to give you the life that you deserve, okay?“ He asked and leaned closer to me.I shook my head at him. “I don't want that life. My son and I have been doing just fine. Why don't you leave us alone?“ I asked. That was what I wanted. I didn't want any more connection with him.But his expression t
And when he got out of the car, he opened my door and forced me out. He tightly held my hand in his and began walking away.“Xin, what are you doing?“ I asked in confusion. What had gotten over him? Did he want us to walk like that to the office?Xin only shrugged his shoulders. "I am going to the office with my wife. Is something wrong with that?“ He asked. His calmness shocked me more.“But everyone will look at us,” I tried to say to him. How would we explain things to everyone if they saw us like that?“I don't care what anyone says, darling. Let us go to work,” he said, pulling away.I could see the look of shock on some of the guards that were around. It felt so awkward. All I could do was look at the floor as he pulled me to his private lift.Since I wasn't looking at him, I ended up bumping into his chest. “Ouch!“ I winced in pain and rubbed my chest.Xin hurriedly looked at me. “Are you okay?“ He asked, and his hand went to my chest. I didn't know what he was just about to do
Little Lion swallowed hard. What the boy said would have been true if it had just been a few days ago. But at the moment, Xin was actually his dad.“President Xin of XY Limited is my daddy,” he said, his expression so cold. In his previous school, his classmates had made fun of him so many times because he did not have a father.Now that he had Xin, he wasn't going to let the same thing repeat. Xin was his father, right?The other students began chuckling. “Who do you think that man is? You should just be lucky to have met him,” one of them said.“My dad watches him every day. He says that he never goes close to any woman. He cannot be your father,” another one said.Boyo, the boy who had spoken first, laughed. “Little Lion, since you joined this school, you have been acting so mighty. Just tell everyone the truth. President Xin is not your father,” he said.He was always the most admired boy in their class before Little Lion came. Now, all the girls were trying to hook up with Little
I rushed after Xin. So many things were going through my head. That was the first time I had heard that something had happened to Little Lion while at school.“What happened to him?“ I asked worriedly as I took the passenger seat. I wanted to reach the school as fast as I could.Xin looked at me. "Relax. They didn't say he was in the hospital. He is still in school,” he said.I relaxed a little. If something serious had happened to him, he would have been admitted to the hospital. But a second later, I got more curious. “Did they tell you what happened?“ I asked.I still did not understand why Xin had been called instead of me. I was the parent who had raised him for all this time.“He got into a fight,” Xin said calmly.And my heart leapt. “A fight?“ I asked in shock. “Little Lion never picks up fights with anyone.“Did Little Lion really fight anyone? Wait! What if he was hurt? I didn't want anything to happen to my baby.“Relax, honey. Little Lion is fine. We will get the details w
Xin seemed to have come back to his senses when I called him. He dropped the gun he was holding and held tightly onto me.“Bella, are you still there?“ He asked, his body trembling.I could feel that I was actually losing consciousness. So I could only groan at him. There were so many things that I wanted to tell him, but I could not.“Hang in there!“ He shouted and rushed to his car. “I am going to make sure that you are fine.““Xin…” I called. To be honest, I never felt like I could make it. “Take care… of Little Lion,” I said.“Bella!“ Xin called out fearfully, and that was the last thing I heard from him.…I tried to move my hand to get rid of the thing that was obstructing my breathing. However, I felt numb, like my body didn't belong to me.“Mommy?“ I heard a small voice beside me, and I quickly opened my eyes.I was confused for a second as I stared at the child before me. “Little Lion?“ I called. Wasn't I dead?“Mommy? You woke up?“ Little Lion asked and sprang to his feet. “
I felt my blood boil in anger, but I was too scared at the same time. I pulled Little Lion into my arms and hugged him tightly.He had been shot in the arm, and he was bleeding. I was scared that I would lose him if I wanted any longer.“I'm fine, mommy. We have to get out of here,” Little Lion said weakly. He was biting on his teeth, obviously trying to suppress the pain. And that hurt me even more.“Hold on a little longer, baby,” I said, standing up. I took the gun that he had been holding and pointed straight at the man in front of me.The others tried to shoot, but they were too slow for me. I shot at them, knowing that it was either me and my son or them.In a split second, most of them were lying on the ground. I didn't want to check whether they were breathing or not.The others, including my mom, looked a bit scared. They no longer dared to shoot.I took another gun from the man lying closest to me and pointed at them. "I am going to walk out of this place with my son," I sai
Knowing that he was talking to Old Xin, I felt so annoyed. “Old Xin, I want to talk to you. Why are you a coward? Come out and face me!“ I shouted.Why was he hiding in the shadows while trying to take advantage of us? If he wanted to kill us, then he should have done it himself.However, two men walked forward and captured me. “Watch your tongue, young lady,” they said.I struggled against them when they tried to pull me towards the gate. “You have to live and never come back. If you show up ever again, he is going to kill you,” one of the men said.I struggled intensely. “I am not going anywhere. I want to see my son. What have you people done to him?““Stop!“ Someone shouted when the gate was opened. And seeing that it was my mom, I felt even more terrible.The men paused, but they didn't say anything to her. They just stared at her calmly, as though nothing she said mattered.“I will get her out of here. She is going to leave and will never show up again, right, darling?“ She aske
“Killed? He won't kill his own grandson,” I said. Was something wrong with Kaycie?But she took the phone and threw it far away. I was sure it was broken into tiny pieces. “He is willing to kill Little Lion. Do you think he cares about a grandson who doesn't listen to him?“ She asked.Though shocked by the fact that she seemed to understand Old Xin so well, I thought Little Lion was more important at the time.His new phone indicated that he was within fifty meters of range. I had to find him before anything happened to him.I pushed Kaycie away and ran back into the house, checking every room and box that I could find on the way.And when I could not find him, I ran for the nearby houses. I didn't care about what others thought of me. I would know what to do after I found him.“Stop it, Bella. You are going to get yourself killed,” Kaycie said, running after me. But it was just too late for that.…“Hello? Hey, Bella. Are you there?“ Xin asked in fear when Bella stopped talking all o
I looked at her in confusion. “Mom? Is that why you called me here? Is that why you didn't want Xin to know I was coming?“ I asked.Kaycie held my hand. “Darling, it is for your own good. Once everything is settled, you can come back,” she explained.But I couldn't listen to her. I wasn't going to lose everything that I had once again. “I'm sorry, mom. I am going back.“She quickly held my hand and stopped me from going. “You are an idiot, Bella. That man is going to kill you. He gave you the lady chance to live. Don't go back,” she insisted.And I stopped to look at her in shock when something rang in my head. “You are working with him, aren't you?“ I asked.Her lips moved, but she didn't say no. I couldn't help but sigh angrily. “You have been working with her all this time. You sold him the company. Mom, what changed?“ I asked, tears welling in my eyes.She shook her head, her Dave turning pale. “Darling, everything I did was for our own good. We both wouldn't be here if I didn't d
…Once Little Lion was dropped off at the old mansion and Xin left, Old Xin made a call.“I have him here. How are things on your end?“ He asked.“Settled. She is on her way,” said the person on the other side. “It will be done soon.“Old Xin sighed in relief. “You will receive the amount on your account the moment you have it done,” he said and hung up.But when he turned around, he saw Little Lion standing behind him. He coughed awkwardly. “What do you want to eat for dinner, dear?“ He asked.Little Lion looked at him calmly for a while before raising his brows. “Do you want to hurt my mommy again?“ He asked.The old man pursed his lips. But he couldn't let himself be exposed at such a time. “What are you talking about?“ He asked, faking ignorance.Little Lion shrugged. “I don't know who you were talking on the phone with, but if you hurt my mommy, I will never forgive you,” he said and walked away.Old Xin quickly walked after him. “Kid, what makes you think that I want to hurt you
…On Friday morning, I was feeling so tense. I had told Xin that it would be a night out for me and Abby so that he didn't suspect that I was going somewhere.“You don't look well,” Xin suddenly said as he parked the car. And I looked at him in shock.“Mmh? What do you mean?“ I asked. Could he have suspected something?He looked at me for a while before shaking his head. “You seem deep in thought. Remember that you can share anything with me, okay?“I nodded with guilt. “Of course,” I said. “I can tell you anything.“Xin sighed. “Grandpa wants Little Lion to spend the weekend at the old mansion,” he explained.I was quiet for a while before I sighed back. “Xin, I think we should let him go,” I said. And of course, I got that look of shock that I expected from him.“What?“ He asked. “You know how things are, darling. Do you really think we should? Little Lion might not even be willing to do it.“I held his hand. “Relax, honey. Little Lion is his great-grandson. He will never do anythin
…For days, I kept wondering whether it was true that my mom was still alive. That thing had eaten up my brain.“Are you okay?“ Xin asked, waving a document in front of me.I came back to my senses and looked at him. “Do you think mom had something to do with dad's death?“ I asked.Xin seemed shocked for a second. Then he pulled me into his arms. “Darling, try not to think about it now, okay? Once you meet her, she'll explain everything,” he said.I nodded my head in understanding. More than a month had passed since I learned that she was alive. Yet, until now, I hadn't gotten any information about her.“What if she never wants to talk? What if she never agrees to see me?“ I asked. That could only explain some things to me.It had been fifteen years, and she never showed up. What made us think that she would finally do it?I could feel Xin tense up a little, and I realized that he could know something I didn't. A smile appeared on my lips. “You met her already, right? She refused to s
…Immediately after Xin left, Kaycie hurriedly made a call. “Did you tell your grandson where I was?“ she asked.The person on the other side was silent for a while. Then he cleared his throat. “Did he come to find you? What does he want?“Kaycie took a deep breath. “He wants to know what happened. He wants me to explain everything to my daughter. You know that I can't see her. You have to do something about it.“The person on the other side was silent for a while again. Then he exhaled deeply. “Kaycie, what if it is actually a good thing to meet her again?“Kaycie hurriedly shook her head. “No! That wasn't part of our deal, old Xin. I left everything behind, including her. I don't have the courage to see her. I won't know what to say to her,” she said while trembling.“Kaycie. Both you and I know that some rules have to be broken. You know my grandson, right? Nothing can stop him from doing anything he wants. Sooner or later, he is going to bring her right to you. You can never avoid