Chapter 180
“Alright.” Edward replied after a short moment.This content © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
“Ah?” Nathan later, her sister burst into tears. She didn’t know why.
“Okay, I’ll be your father. I’ll come over now and wipe my nose and eyes. Don’t cry.” Edward ordered. He stepped on the accelerator and sped up the car. He didn’t admit that he was crying for Nathan, but his voice had changed, mixed with the crying of another child.
Edward asked, “How old are you?”
Nathan later, he answered, “Four years old.”
Edward taught him that he could cry for Nathan. “You can still pretend that you don’t know anything about crying below four years old, but when you are four years old, you can already understand that men and women can’t cry anymore when they know they are a man. Why do you want to cry? Do you hurt or hungry? Since you don’t, then you can’t cry. If you cry, you are showing weakness. Maybe someone will pity or sympathize with you, but most people will choose to bully you, laugh at you, and even suppress you. You will always be in the dark and can’t get out. Think about how embarrassing it is for a man to cry for a little thing.”
A man should look like a man. You can be smart or not smart enough, but you can’t be like a mother-in-law or a mother-in-law. This is Mikaelson’s iron-blooded education. In the past, Edward had been beaten by Mikaelson many times, but after being beaten, he was not allowed to cry or cry.
Edward’s tough temper was shown little by little.
Nathan later, she wiped her wet eyes with the back of her hand, sniffed, and said firmly, “I didn’t cry. It’s my sister who cried.”
Edward was particularly tolerant of girls. “Yes, she can cry. Now dry her tears. I’m on my way here. I’ll take you and Nelissa home later.”
“Okay!” Nathan later, she took out a small hand from the trouser pocket of her school uniform and wiped her tears. Noelle was afraid at first, thinking that Edward would educate her like her younger brother, but in the end, she was a little lucky, broke into a smile and stopped crying.
The call ended.
Edward dialed another number and ordered.
Half an hour later.
Nelissa and Zayden chatted for a long time. From the past until now, she had figured out many things that she had never known, including her, Zayden’s, and Anna’s.
She asked Zayden if he had any intention of leaving the underworld. He only gave her a helpless smile, and it was a forced bitterness.
At that moment, Nelissa was a little happy, but then she couldn’t bear it. She should have sneered at this man who once betrayed her and said that he deserved it. It was best to let him die on this road. But after all, he didn’t have the heart of stone. Maybe there was a kind of soft-hearted nature in women’s bodies.
Therefore, a woman’s cruelty could never be compared with a man’s.
Nelissa tried to persuade Zayden to leave the underworld as soon as possible. She only said one word. Zayden was silent, and so was she. She had once thought that it would be a good thing for her mother to persuade Zayden to bring him back to the Orthodox Path, but she and her mother did not expect that Zayden had never left. For more than a decade, he had lived in the most dazzling sunshine and done the darkest dirty things. It turned out that no one had saved him.
Zayden was still Zayden. He had a hard life and had no ambition at a young age. He was struggling in reality.
Zayden said after a moment of silence, “Nelissa, you’ve always been a ray of sunlight in my life.”
Nelissa fixed her eyes on a wooden tea table in front of her and said, “I’m going back.”
Zayden looked at her closely. “Will you stay? This is your home.”
Nelissa shook her head and stood up to leave. She asked him in confusion, “How can I call it home? Where my family members are, I call it home. My family members are not here anymore.”
Zayden’s expression was gloomy. He really wanted to tell Nelissa that he was also her relative. He strode forward and grabbed her elbow. “Do you have to force me to do something to you?”
Nelissa didn’t speak. She looked blankly in front of her. There was a door in front of her, and there were two bookcases that looked like glass. The reflection of the glass reflected the figures of her and Zayden. He grabbed her elbow, and she had her back to him, looking like she was about to leave.
She turned her head to look at Zayden’s handsome face. “I know what you want to say. You have my mother’s evidence in your hand, and I can’t do anything about it. But this is also what happened after my mother woke up. At that time, the more Quest Group will do in your hands, the better it will be. If you release this evidence, it will have a great impact on you, and you won’t gain any benefit.”
They didn’t want to die together, so there was no need to be so extreme.
Zayden lowered his head and looked at Nelissa. He carefully examined her. After all, she was his master’s wife’s daughter. She didn’t understand before, but now she understood. She was still very sober.
At this time, someone’s cell phone rang, and neither of them moved.
“Yours,” Nelissa said. Her phone was broken.
Zayden took out his phone and looked at it. He didn’t hear Edward’s assistant’s call, but soon it rang again. It was still Andrew’s call. Since he was in such a hurry, there must be something urgent. Zayden was a little moved. He clicked the green button and picked up the phone, still holding Nelissa in his big hand.
Andrew asked him why he didn’t go to sign the contract today. Several senior executives of the Hales Group went to see his female secretary. The female secretary couldn’t decide the matter of signing the contract. She had been delaying time to think that he would come back soon. As a result, he didn’t go back in the evening, and everyone left unhappily.
Lu Ziwen asked Zayden if he wanted to sign it sincerely or not. If he wanted to sign it sincerely, he would come to the Hales Group now. If he didn’t sign it sincerely, there would be no chance of cooperation in the future and he would say no.
After all, Zayden was in the wrong. In business, he was very afraid of breaking his promise and not keeping his time.
Zayden said, “I’m coming right now.” He hung up the phone.
He let go of Nelissa’s elbow and said, “I’ll get someone to take you home.”
Nelissa shook her head. “No, I can go back by myself.” She was worried about her child, so she opened the door and walked out. “I’ll go down to see Noelle for Nathan.”
He found two precious eggs in the garden.
They sat on the swing and leaned against each other. They didn’t swing up mischievously, but just swayed gently with the breeze.
Nelissa was puzzled by their silence. “Don’t you want to play?”
Hearing Nelissa’s voice, Noelle raised her head and looked at Nelissa with sparkling eyes. She jumped off the swing and ran to her, holding her in her arms. “Mom…”
She kept calling him like a spoiled child trying to please him. In short, she was very close to him.
“What?” Nelissa crouched down and kissed him for Nathan. She said with a smile, “Are you scared because you can’t find me today? I’m sorry, I promise there won’t be a next time. Mom’s cell phone is broken, so you can’t get in touch with me.” She wanted to take the cell phone to repair it tomorrow and see if it could be repaired. Now it would cost thousands of yuan to buy a new mobile phone, which would cost a lot of money. She didn’t want to spend this money.
Nathan later, he snorted and said, “An excuse.” Then, he added, “I will forgive you once, and you are not allowed to do it again. You often say that if we don’t behave well, we will be punished. If you don’t behave well, we will also be punished.”
Nelissa smiled and asked sincerely, “How do you want to punish me?”
Nathan later, he met his sister’s eyes and said, “Let’s go home and never come here again!”
Nelissa asked him, “Why?”
Nathan later, he said in a cool voice, “We don’t want to recognize our father. We don’t want him anymore.”
Nelissa’s first thought was that she hadn’t seen her father for Nathan. Then she remembered that she hadn’t known that he was her real father for Nathan. She put aside all the thoughts in her mind and asked, “Who brought you here to recognize your father? Who?”
“Isn’t it Uncle Le?” Noelle asked in a low voice.
Nelissa said in surprise, “Of course not. What are you thinking about?”
After Nathan of doubt, he questioned his mother coldly, “You didn’t lie to us?”
Nelissa glared at him and gently rubbed her son’s handsome face, not allowing him to be so cool. “When have I ever lied to you?”
When adults talked to children, they were full of deception. Nelissa often lied to them for Nathan.
“Yes!” Noelle trusted her mother for Nathan. Suddenly, she became happy. Uncle Le was not their father!
Nelissa looked at the joy that the two cute children could not hide and asked them, “If you don’t like Uncle Le, who do you want to be your father?”
“Edward!” The two cute babies shouted at the same time. In many things, Noelle’s Nathan hobby was very similar.
Nelissa was unhappy. “You’re being rude. Call me by my name.”
Nelissa smiled happily for Nathan. She felt that her smart children were also silly. At this time, she turned her head and looked at their garden. She held her knees with both hands and whispered, “Let me tell you a piece of good news. Edward is your father.”
After telling the truth like a child, Nelissa suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Then she felt that she was too mean.
Nathan later, they were still in a daze. Looking at each other, they were not as smart as usual. For a moment, their minds were in a mess: Father, biological father, junior father…
It was like a math question with a large number. The two kids were trying hard to understand it by counting their fingers.
Nelissa left with Noelle for Nathan. She didn’t know when Zayden left.
When Edward arrived, he saw Zayden driving away. He parked his car in front of the villa, opened the door, and got out of the car with his long and straight legs. When he was about to call the doorbell to pick up his woman, the door was opened. Nelissa took Noelle’s hand and came out. The wind outside was a little strong, blowing her black hair. She let go of one hand, raised it, and tidied her flowing long hair.
Edward suddenly remembered the advertisement for shampoo. It was pure and beautiful, very feminine.
Nelissa’s heart skipped a beat when she saw Edward. The dim yellow light on the road at night made him look both real and vague, as if there was a layer of mystery between them. He stood tall beside the luxury car and looked straight at her. She knew that his dark eyes must be deep and heavy at this time. If he looked at her so directly, her heart would beat faster.
Nelissa looked at Edward, who was walking toward them, and asked softly, “Do you understand?”
Nathan later, Noelle called out to her father in her heart. Suddenly, Noelle shouted at Edward, “Dad!”