Lillian sat on the bench and swung her feet back and forth. She was still wondering why Kendrick kept ignoring her.
‘It seems that Handsome Mister doesn’t like me.
‘Have I been a bad girl?’
She pondered, and the more she thought about it, the sadder she felt.
Jackson went over to comfort Lillian. Just then, a ball flew over to them and smacked Lillian on the leg.
Lillian yelped softly in pain. She was already feeling aggrieved, but now, her eyes had turned red too. Even so, she did not let the tears escape her eyes.
A few boys around seven to eight years old came over while looking annoyed.
“What are you brats doing? You’re in the way of our game.”
“You hit my sister with your ball! Apologize now!” Jackson stood in front of Lillian, his face filled with solemness.
The boy peered at the teary-eyed Lillian and stuck out his chin nonchalantly. “Why should I? Who asked your sister to sit here? She deserved it!”
Jackson lifted his leg to kick the boy when he saw his attitude.
“Ouch!” the boy yelled in pain. When his friends saw this, they came forward to teach Jackson a lesson.
Lillian quickly ran in front of Jackson and blocked him from the children. She shook her head and waved her hands to tell them to stop fighting.
However, when the boys saw that Lillian could not speak and could only make hand gestures, they started laughing.
“Your sister is mute!”
“Aww, poor little mute who can’t speak!”
“Haha! There’s a mute here! How hilarious!”
When the boys started teasing Lillian, the leader of the gang started laughing even more hysterically now.
“Your sister is a mute! My daddy said that mutes are disabled. Why is a disabled person like you here in the park? Take your mute sister and scram!”
Jackson could not endure these people teasing and laughing at Lillian. Even though his fists were small, he was not weak.
He lifted his fist and punched the leader of the gang on the nose.
“Ouch!”
The boy wailed in pain again before touching his nose. Then, he realized he was bleeding.
He was infuriated and wanted to gather his friends to teach Jackson a lesson. However, before he could say anything, he felt someone yanking him by the collar. Immediately after that, he was dangling in the air.
His face turned pale with fear as he started kicking his feet around. When he lifted his head, he saw a terrifyingly dark face.
“W-Who are you?”
“Apologize to the girl now. If not, I’ll throw you into the sea to feed the fish,” Fabian warned. He was not joking at all.
The boy shrunk his neck and wetted himself from Fabian’s terrifying gaze.
Fabian looked under the boy’s feet, then threw him in front of Lillian. “Apologize.”
“I-I’ll do it! I’ll do it now!” the boy stuttered and apologized to Lillian repeatedly.
Fabian looked at the boy’s friends and they all immediately understood. Then, they ran over and started apologizing to Lillian as well.
Lillian stood behind Jackson. She looked at the boys, then back at Fabian.
“Scram!” Fabian roared at the terrifying children. The boys did not even take back their ball before running away.
Jackson looked at Fabian and thanked him sincerely, “Thanks.”
Fabian softened his expression and walked in front of Lillian. Then, he squatted before her. “Are you okay, Lily?”
He took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears away from Lillian’s eyes.
Lillian took out a piece of candy from her pocket and gave it to Fabian. She was smiling like she was thanking him.
“Lily, as long as I’m here, I won’t let anyone bully you,” promised Fabian.
Jackson looked at Fabian inquisitively. “I’m Lillian’s brother.”
“Oh.” Fabian then asked Jackson with interest, “Are you saying that Lily is only allowed to have one brother? If that’s the case, I don’t want to be her brother. I want to be something else.”
“What?” Jackson asked. There was a look of seriousness on his handsome face.
Fabian smiled and picked Lillian up. Then, he touched her cute face. “Lily, do you like me?”
Lillian nodded. Her fondness toward Fabian was just an innocent and naive admiration.
Fabian curled his lips into a smile. “I’ll remember that. When you grow up, I’ll be your boyfriend. What do you think?”
Lillian blinked in confusion. She did not even know what a boyfriend was, so she only looked at Fabian and smiled.
Fabian felt tears stinging at the corners of his eyes when he saw her innocent smile.
Yorick was already dead.
Now, the only thing that could warm up his heart was Lillian’s innocent and naive smile.
If possible, he did not want a big sister like Lana.
He only wanted a heartwarming little sister like Lillian.
…
Niamh stayed in the office for the entire afternoon with Kendrick.
Niamh felt like she needed to give Ryan an explanation regarding the situation now. However, she was worried that Kendrick would be jealous if she met up with Ryan alone. As such, Niamh asked Kendrick for his opinion.
“Kendrick, I have to give Rye an explanation. I want to ask him out to settle the business between us.”
Kendrick did not reject like how he used to. Instead, he grabbed Niamh’s hand and smiled. “I’ll go with you.”
“Okay.” Niamh nodded and called Ryan to ask him out that night.
That night, Niamh and Kendrick went to the restaurant together. Meanwhile, Ryan was already there.
When Niamh was about to sit down, she received a call from Ava. She handed Kendrick her purse and went to answer the call at one side. Before that, she did not forget to peek at the two men. She was worried that they would start fighting.
Ryan looked at Kendrick’s current appearance and felt fortunate for him. “Even though I don’t know what you’ve experienced, I’m happy that you came back safe and sound.”
Kendrick scoffed after he heard that. “I went to the headquarters of Interpol. Ryan, stop pretending. If there’s anyone who doesn’t want me back, it’s you.”
Ryan had just picked up his glass of water when he heard that. His hand was now frozen in mid-air.
There was a faint smile on his handsome and elegant face. “Kendrick, I think you may have misunderstood.”
“Have I?” Kendrick smiled profoundly. There seemed to be a dark tide in his amber eyes. “If you don’t want me to misunderstand, give me back my woman.”
Ryan understood what Kendrick was talking about. Then, he took a sip of water. “Even though your appearance has changed a lot, you’re still as possessive and overbearing as usual.”
“You’re also one of the reasons why I became like this,” Kendrick retorted.
The smile on Ryan’s face froze. “I think you’ve found out a lot. However, I don’t think you’ve gotten all of the information yet. There are some things that you’ll never know.”
Kendrick lifted his eyebrow. When he was about to say something, Niamh returned.
“What are you boys talking about?” Niamh smiled slightly and asked. Then, she walked over to where Kendrick was sitting. Before she could sit down, Kendrick stood up abruptly and held her hand.
Niamh looked at him in curiosity. “Kendrick, what’s wrong?”
Then, Kendrick leaned down and pressed his lips against Niamh’s right in front of Ryan.
Niamh was shocked by the sudden kiss. Then, she heard Kendrick say, “Ryan and I are done talking. You’ll sign the divorce papers tomorrow.”
That fast?
Niamh was in disbelief, but she did not suspect anything.
She looked at Ryan who got up with a smile. “Yeah, Kendrick and I have reached a compromise. Let’s sign the divorce papers tomorrow.”
Ryan answered without hesitation, making Niamh feel touched and glad. “Thank you, Rye.”
“Protecting you and your family is one of my tasks. I’m happy now that I’ve completed my task,” Ryan said, getting ready to leave. “You guys just reunited, so you should spend more time together. I’ll get going now.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.