For the past five years, Charles had been serving Conrad loyally, fulfilling every task that was asked of him. Conrad felt that Charles was not as naggy as Silas; so, he would always ask him to bring him out in secret.“Just looking around.” Conrad peered out the car window as he thought of that woman and her children.Her children… The twins looked so cute and adorable. Their eyes were sparklingly beautiful. They had her eyes. Still, no matter how beautiful her eyes were, that woman always acted so cold around him. What a waste…Her eyes were the most beautiful eyes he had seen since he woke up from that car crash. Yet, she was so difficult to get along with.Charles said, “Sir, we can’t park the car here for too long.”“Drive into the area!”Hearing this, Charles complied and drove the car into Aurora Residences. Yet, when they reached the gate, there was a sign that clearly stated that no outsiders were allowed in.“Sir, what now?” Charles was speechless when he saw this.Co
Conrad was pretending, of course. He wanted to give them the impression that he did not know they lived here.“We live here!” the twins said to him in unison.Seeing Conrad talking to the children, the security guard asked them, “Do you two know him?”“We do, Uncle Security!” Irene gave a cute smile at the guard.Seeing this, the security guard calmed down from his heated argument with Conrad. “Then, you go in. I thought you’re a scammer since you insisted on not calling them over.”“This mister is no scammer!” Adrian could not help defending Conrad. To him, this poor man had already lost a leg. Why did everyone keep bullying him wherever he went?“Okay, okay. Now I know he’s not a scammer. You two can bring him in now. Geez, this man has such a bad temper. He keeps on yelling at us and refuses to listen to reason.”The security guard was speechless. He was not trying to give Conrad a hard time. This man had suddenly come here and began causing a ruckus, so they had to stop him
Irene directed a sympathetic gaze at Conrad and said, “Mister, you have a bad leg. You should take care of yourself more.”“Thank you,” Conrad replied warmly.Irene widened her pretty eyes and pulled his sleeve.“Mister, your eyes look so warm. They’re like the sun!”Adrian widened his eyes as well. “Oh, they have the same colors as mine! Look, my eyes are amber too!”Hearing this, Fia became apprehensive and lightly kicked on Adrian’s leg.“Whoah, what are you doing?!” Adrian quickly hopped away, “It hurts, Mommy.”Fia glared at him and said, “Have you forgotten what I told you?”Irene gave Adrian a silent stare. Her brother had broken the promise they made with their mother.“What’s wrong?” Conrad did not understand as he raised his head to look at Fia. He then noticed that her eyes were as black as obsidian. So, maybe she was envious that he and her son’s eyes shared the same color? She was mad at her son just because of that?“Come. Let’s go home.”Fia did not want t
The security guard then said, “For a cripple, you’re quite brave but unfortunate at the same time. That woman gave you a kick despite you already being injured on one leg. She’s quite rough, isn’t she?”“What does that have to do with you?!” Conrad was annoyed. Despite making the first move, she still gave him the cold shoulder.He then took out his phone and gave Silas a call. “Get me a place in Aurora Residences.”Silas had no words. He was making his aim so obvious.“Silas?” When Conrad didn’t get a response, his mood got even worse.“I hear you,” Silas responded. He then took a deep breath and asked with a smile, “Do you want one that’s closer to or further from Ms. Sia?”Conrad knew he asked him deliberately!Conrad gritted his teeth. “Do I need you to do it if it’s further away?”“Understood,” Silas said and quickly hung up, worried that his boss would continue to berate him.Silas wasn’t planning to refuse his boss’s request, however. That was because once his boss move
Conrad looked at the twins as they carried on with their conversation, and warmth filled his heart.Fia gave him a cold stare. When the elevator door opened, she quickly walked out with her children.“Ms. Sia,” Conrad called out and chased after her. While he knew that he would limp if he were to speed up, he didn’t care that much.He wanted to become friends with this woman. It was an impulse that he never had with Felicity!It wasn’t just a mere impulse!There were plenty of strange emotions being stimulated inside of him. He wanted to get closer to her, wanting to know more about her.“Mommy, he’s calling you,” Irene tried to tell Fia.Fia took a deep breath and then said to Irene, “We don’t know him, so don’t get close to him, understand?” “But Mommy, you kicked him so many times already! I think…”“It's alright, Irene!” When Adrian saw his mother’s expression becoming darker, he quickly cut her off.Irene pouted and turned around to look at Conrad walking with a cane an
He looked at the frigidness in her eyes and muttered, “Any bad intentions.”“Hahaha!” Fia let out a laugh. “No bad intentions?”The reason that she ended up like this was all because of his brutality and viciousness.“Why are you laughing?” Conrad felt upset. Why did her laugh sound like she was accusing him of something?“Nothing!” Fia stopped laughing at the next second and then turned to look at her twins coldly.Adrian and Irene were sitting on a wooden horse. They kept on chatting between themselves when they saw Conrad and their mother talking.“Adrian, why do you think Mommy is laughing? Did he say something that made her happy?”“She’s not really laughing,” Adrian explained. “She’s angry. She’s laughing angrily.”“Why are adults so complicated? She laughed… But she’s angry?” Irene patted the horse’s head. “It’s so complicated.”“You’ll know about it when you grow up,” Adrian said with a hint of sadness in his voice. “I wonder what we’ll become when we grow up?”“We’ll
“Uncle!” It was the first time that Adrian felt pain in his heart as he helped Conrad up.“I’m alright.” Conrad couldn’t bear to put all his weight on a child, and so tried his best to stand up himself.Fia tried her best to ignore the discomfort she was feeling. After getting Irene down from the wooden horse, she pulled up Adrian’s hood from his jacket.“Time to go home.”“Mommy!” Adrian cried out. “He got hurt because of me! His leg wasn’t doing well even before this!”Fia wanted to say that he deserved it!Even if he died for you, he deserved it all the same!However, she couldn’t say it when faced with her twins’ innocent gaze.“Mommy, he got hurt because of Adrian,” Irene said as she looked at her pitifully.Fia stared at Conrad as all her thoughts ran wild in her mind. In the end, she grabbed Conrad by the arm as she gritted her teeth.“You…” Conrad was slightly surprised, and he almost fell again as he lost balance.Fia got him up straight and said in annoyance, “You
Conrad didn’t expose them. Instead, he started a new topic.“Are you two in school?”Adrian shook his head. “We’re going to one after the new year.”Irene nodded. “My brother and I didn’t want to go originally. Daddy said that there’s no fun in school! But Mommy wants us to go, and we don’t want her to be unhappy.”Conrad gave it a thought and said, “Your daddy’s wrong, but your mommy’s right. Children need to go to school.”Adrian and Irene frowned and looked at him, upset.Conrad asked, “What is it?”Irene then said, “You can’t say bad things about our daddy.”Adrian nodded. “That’s right! That’s just not nice!”Conrad was stunned. Before he could even think of a way to argue, the children had already run away.The doctor smiled and said, “How can you speak about their father like that? Of course, they’ll get angry when it’s their father you’re talking about.” Conrad answered honestly, “Children should go to school.”The doctor laughed. “But they like to have fun. If the