"Lola, who'd pretend to be Cedrick? He's got guts, I'll give him that! Whoever he is, he's not getting away!"Wayne Mason happened to be visiting his cousin, Jamie in the hospital. The moment he was told that someone was pretending to be Cedrick, he quickly drove over in his BMD.Lola immediately greeted him with a smile upon his arrival. "Wayne, you're just in time. Everyone in Sapphire City knows that Cedrick of the Mason family only favors Maia, but this Catelyn had the guts to get someone to pretend to be him and abuse his power. You must stop her!""That's natural." Wayne looked at Lola smugly. He raised his head and looked at the people around him. "Who'd be so bold to do this? I'm going to give him hell!""Me," came an apathetic response.Wayne did not turn to look as he heard the response.That voice sounded awfully familiar.As soon as he turned, Wayne saw Cedrick holding a small cupcake in his hand, looking back at him in a relaxed manner. The man coolly added, "I hear
"I'm sorry, Miss Clark!" pleaded Lola as she solemnly bowed to Catelyn.Catelyn refused to let such a rare opportunity go to waste; not when she could be high and mighty. "Your apology is so insincere," she sneered."Wh—What do you want, then?""Don't you like asking people to kneel?" Miles, who was acting as Ollie, stretched his neck and raised his lips coolly. "If you want to apologize, you have to kneel."Lola wanted nothing more than to kill Catelyn at this moment.All her life, she had never kneeled before anyone, not even to her own father.She shut her watery eyes and looked at Cedrick pitifully, hoping she would be relieved. "Please," she whimpered, "I know I'm at fault, Master Cedrick."Cedrick felt disgusted at the thought that this despicable woman had feelings for him."Ollie had asked you to kneel, didn't you hear him?" he sneered, his tone colder than Catelyn's.Lola was stunned at this. Cedrick did not feel any pity for her at all!Before she could say anything
Although Miles had accepted Ollie's proposal to swap identities, it did not mean he accepted Cedrick. He still held a grudge against the man for locking him up in a room.Cedrick's brows twitched as he scanned the child's face before saying in a cold voice, "You've always been a picky eater, so your food has been prepared specifically by the chef Albert hired. Will you be able to eat the food that I don't like?"Miles clung to Catelyn's leg as his jewel-like eyes glimmered. "A man who lacks emotions like you will never understand that food tastes better in the company of a pretty woman."It was the first time ever that Cedrick was rendered speechless by his son, and he wondered whether his son truly knew the meaning of what he had just said."Alright, stop it, both of you." Catelyn did not wish to see the two arguing over a meal and squatted to look Miles in the eye. "Ollie, didn't your dad help us just now?"Although he was reluctant to admit it, Miles nodded before arguing weakl
Despite that, 'Ollie' refused to remove his mask and held onto it instead. "I have pimples on my face, so I don't look handsome right now. I can't show my face to Aunty Catelyn, or it's going to destroy my perfect impression on her.""I know you're a handsome little guy just looking at your dad. It won't affect your impression of me. How are you going to eat with your mask on?" Catelyn tried to convince him, but 'Ollie', who was often quite obedient, protested and ran to hide before Cedrick with his plate in his hands.He sat and batted his eyelashes. "I'm still not showing you."If his lies were exposed, Miles knew it would not end well for him. He had kicked Terry and called Cedrick names, after all, and he would suffer for these if they realized that he was not Ollie.Most importantly, he had not been to school for days, and Ollie was the one going in his place; his mother would surely be furious if she found out. She might even send him off to a boarding school, so he had to co
Catelyn then scooped another spoonful of stew onto Cedrick's plate. Seeing the way he responded, he must have liked this dish.Cedrick devoured the stew expressionlessly and said, "I had an important phone call that morning.""I get it—you're a busy man. You don't have to explain anything to me."Frankly, I still owe you the hospital bills." Perhaps it was because there was a child in the same room, but Catelyn did not feel as awkward and chatted casually with Cedrick.Cedrick's expression darkened and thought, 'She 'gets it'? What exactly does she mean? I didn't even leave the hospital that day; she was the one who ran off without saying a thing!'Catelyn sensed the shift in Cedrick's emotion in silence and thought back to all the words she had said, but she could not think of a second where she crossed the line. In the end, she decided to avoid talking to Cedrick altogether and focused on 'Ollie' instead. "Ollie, my son is around the same age as you are. He has the same taste to
Miles rolled his eyes and pouted when he realized that Cedrick was, in fact, ill. "You shouldn't have eaten spicy food if you can't take it. It's not like anyone would laugh at you for that."The only response he received was a chilling glare from Cedrick.Miles curled up for a moment, before straightening his back and added, "You're even worse than a kid. Hmph!"Cedrick's expression darkened as he studied how riled up Miles seemed. A person's temperament might change due to certain events, but one's taste would not.He was certain that Ollie could not tolerate spicy food, so what happened?Eason had informed the hospital of their arrival ahead of time, so by the time they arrived, everyone was cleared from the vicinity.Cedrick swallowed the medicine with warm water and felt the burning sensation in his stomach subsided. He grabbed onto Miles' collar and tossed him toward the doctor. "Check him, too.""I'm not sick. Why do I need to be checked?" Miles tried to get up from the c
"Just picked your son up from school, Catelyn?""My, your son is so cute! I have some vegetables here that are fresh out of the farm. You want some?"The old man at the butcher shop across from them saw Catelyn and Ollie and called out to them as usual, "Miles, come to Grandpa Santos. I'll chop some meat for you!"Ollie hesitated and contemplated whether he should go to the man.Catelyn finished buying the vegetables she needed and brought Miles to the butcher shop with a smile. "Grandpa Santos, give me the usual ribs.""Sure thing." The old man chopped up a piece of ribs and placed it on the electronic scale to weigh it, before making a face in Ollie's direction. It was apparent that the old man was close with Miles."Oh? Why isn't Miles smiling at Grandpa Santos today?"Whenever he made faces at Miles, the boy would often pretend to be an adult and shake his head proudly. Today, however, the boy was only looking back at him quietly.Ollie pursed his lips and greeted sweetly,
Catelyn sniffled as she tried to suppress the sorrow she felt.Ollie was just a child that was barely four-year-old after all, so he would not press on a topic that he knew would upset Catelyn. With that, he tried whatever he could to cheer Catelyn up and talked about the things that happened at school, such as what the teacher taught them, what he did, and how many red flowers he had gotten.Catelyn's attention was diverted, but the despair she felt lingered, all while she wondered if her baby would have survived had she been more careful.…At noon, the Mexicaean meat stew came fresh out of the stove.Both Stella and Catelyn were excited, but Ollie could not help but feel troubled.He could not stomach spicy food. Just a little bit from last time had him suffering through hell, and the dinner right in front of him at the moment was clearly even spicier. He could only scowl at the food."Miles, why aren't you eating?" Catelyn filled his plate with a spoonful of stew.Ollie sum