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
“You must be overthinking it,” Silas explained. “Maybe it’s because you suddenly became curious about Ms. Sia and don’t want to have anything to do with Miss Parker that you’re becoming suspicious. The two of them don’t know each other at all.”“Really?” Conrad felt that something was amiss.“That’s right. You’re really just overthinking things,” Silas said as he nodded with a sincere smile.Conrad didn’t want to give it too much thought either. He had been so agitated for the past two days.“Sir, you still have to go to work,” Silas reminded him. “Madam Beryl had called the office this morning. I was the one that answered for you.”“What’s wrong?” Conrad didn’t get what Silas was trying to say.Silas said, “For the past five years, you would personally answer the calls from Madam Beryl.”Conrad still didn’t understand. “As my secretary and personal assistant, is there a problem for you answering a call for me?”“Of course, it’s nothing!” Silas couldn’t say what he was holding
Fia was somewhat stunned. He seemed different from before.Silas stood up straight and patted Adrian’s shoulder. “A man can endure a lot of things. You’ll be very strong in the future, too.”Adrian nodded solemnly. “Yes. I will get stronger and stronger, so I can protect my mommy and sister!”“Yeah, that’s good!” Silas sighed. Sia’s son was good-looking and obedient!“I’m leaving now, Ms. Sia.”Fia simply showed him the side of her face as she faced outside the door.Silas felt somewhat unpleasant. Before he left, he turned around and looked at Fia.“Ms. Sia, can I have a few words with you outside?”Fia looked at Adrian and Irene who were already attracted by his gifts. They didn’t notice what was going on here at all.“Adrian, Irene, just stay here for a while. I’m going out for a few minutes. I’ll be back soon.”“Alright, Mommy!” Adrian and Irene were both quite happy. They thought that she was going to visit the injured Conrad.Fia took the key and got out, and then stop