OH PLEASE, MY EX-WIFE

Hearing his words, the reporters are pumped with adrenalin, photographing and asking.

"Mr. Smith, Miss Roberts, are you getting married?"

"Is that true? Is Joanna informed of this?"

"Don't Mr. Smith mind the kids are not yours? Or are you going to have your own baby?"

One after another, Alice somehow feels released that they don't understand what Edward really means, that is, Albert and Rebecca are his kids.

But she really is upset that he talks about marriage in front of the press.

His words are just like a bomb exploding in the upper air of the city, catching all eyes on. Moreover, it is not long since he called off the engagement with Joanna. The Hale family will not sit idle upon the news is seen. "I disagree!" A piercing voice sounds. It is Janet, Edward's mother.

She stares at Alice angrily. There is no way for her to marry Edward with two bastards.

"I will agree with it over my dead body!" Janet says, grinding her teeth.

Her speech again makes the reporters excited, and their complaints of squatting for days without harvest disappear at once.

"It's my business."

Edward's voice as cold as winter makes the present hearts lurching. Everyone here is affected by his anger.

Janet is stiff. She knows Edward very well, so she says nothing more so as not to be disgraced in front of others. Reluctantly, she gives Alice a withering look, and says to Edward, "anyway, I am your mother!" She is suggesting that she has the right to meddle in his marriage.

However, Edward is refusing to give her face. In the presence of the reporters, he says, "so?"

No one can change his mind to marry Alice.

His statement arises turbulence again among the crowd. Edward has been so arbitrary before in a press conference. But now he is bent on his marriage with Alice, regardless of his mother's opposition. It is sheer desperate for love. It occurs to nobody that cold Edward has done such things. The crowds watching the fun pick up phones taking pictures, not to mention the reporters.

Alice frowns, and blocks the faces of her kids, lest they will be seen by the public.

Beyond doubt, while, there will be a lot of gossip prevalent online soon.

"Edward..." Alice gives a little call.

Edward turned to her, then to the two kids. He takes off his coat, and covers it on kids, with an unintentional glance at their faces.

His cold eyes move across all those present, "I see my kids on the Internet or elsewhere at your peril." He says.

The people are startled, feeling cold from toe to head. It is clear that Edward is not telling a joke, and he truly worries about the kids.

Finally, Janet leaves in anger, and Alice sends the two kids to kindergarten. She is afraid that the kids will never come back from such thing, and keeps comforting them. Fortunately, Albert and Rebecca are smart and sensible. They are not as depressed as she is. On the contrary, they say that "daddy is so decisive", which makes Alice mixed feeling. The warned reporters are still outside the kindergarten. They have to make the headlines of abridged version, after all, they dare not to become enemies to the Smith family. Others are smart enough to keep silent. And several among the crowds who have business relations with SA Group say hello to Edward, but avoid the topic deliberately. Edward makes small talk with them like nothing ever happened. Finally, one of them hesitates to ask, "Mr. Smith, are you really going to marry Miss Roberts? The two kids..." People in upper class all know a truth. If a woman marries into a rich family with her children, the family name will make the children the lawful heir to the possessions of the family. This man thought that Edward not be so "stupid", but obviously, it's quite possible for the two children to take the family name Smith!

His question is not surprising, but he believes that Edward will not reply. After all, this is family privacy.

However, Edward unexpectedly makes a serious and indifferent reply.

"Of course they will take my family name."

His generous attitude makes people around who want to persuade speechless for a moment. What to say? Say he is stupid? No one is so bold to say that. Watching Alice coming, those partners murmur an excuse and hurry away one after another.

But when they notice Edward's eyes of concentration and affection, they suddenly understand. Maybe there is true love in this world?

When Alice comes to Edward, he naturally holds her hand. She feels a little uncomfortable to struggle, but gives up, feeling his force on her wrist. "What are you going to do if I don't come?" He asks.

She is silent. What could she do? Janet is his mother, and she really has nothing to do with Edward, except that he is the father of her kids.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

"Can't you rely on me?" Edward frowns slightly.

"......No" Once she relies on him, she will suffer ten more times of pain than before if that thing happens again. She does not have the courage to try again at the risk of her relatives. "Am I not so worthy to be trusted?" Edward inquires.

Biting a lip, Alice looks at Edward's eyes full of pain. Does she trust him? She gets no answer.

But when she was falsely accused of hitting Jacquiline while driving, his "I trust you" made her deep contentment.

"It's not about you, and it's just because I can face it myself." She cannot always rely on him. She must be strong herself.

He looks at her for long and holds her in his arms. A low and hoarse voice sounds by her ear. "You can rely on me."