“Do you think I’ll do it just because you want me to? What about my life? What about my family?” Niamh felt that this was preposterous. “Ryan, are you still not awake even when we’ve come to this?”
Niamh said that and walked forward.
When she walked past Ryan, he grabbed her arm suddenly.
Niamh lifted her sharp eyes without showing any weakness. “Let go.”
Ryan did not let go and curled the corners of his lips profoundly. “Since you want to leave, then why don’t we play a game? If you win, I’ll personally send you away from this place.”
Hearing this, Niamh found it ridiculous and was emotionally exhausted.
“How many times are you going to play such tricks? Do you think you’ll be happy if you get me to reluctantly accompany you?” she asked. She had a feeling that this man seemed to be obsessed with this.
Sure enough, Ryan’s answer was within Niamh’s expectation.
He looked at her, his gaze under the moonlight very stubborn and firm.
“Yes, I’ll tell myself that I’m very happy. I don’t have much time, so this will be the last dream and luxury of my life.”
Judging from what Ryan said, he was insisting on being stubborn.
‘So, the only way out is to play this game with him?’
Niamh pondered for a moment and realized she had no other choice.
“Ryan, you have to keep your promise. If I win, you’ll let me go back.”
“You won’t.” Ryan smiled.
Niamh’s attitude was more confident than his when she saw that he had his card up his sleeve. “Then tell me, what kind of game is it?”
“It’s too late now. Let’s just go to bed. I’ll tell you the rules of the game tomorrow morning.” Ryan released Niamh’s arm. “However, the precondition of the game is that you must stay with me tonight.”
He glanced at Niamh deeply. Then, he turned around in front of her after speaking.
Niamh turned the wedding ring on her ring finger as she calmly followed behind Ryan.
After returning to the bedroom, she saw Ryan lying down in his original spot.
Niamh walked to the other side. She tried to keep her distance as best as she could from Ryan by lying on her side on the edge of the bed.
Niamh stared quietly at the ring on her finger under the moonlight.
‘Kendrick, I’ll return to your side soon. You mustn’t be fooled and you have to protect our children.’
…
The night ended and morning came.
Kendrick spent the whole night in the study and missed Niamh very much while he was in there.
However, when he had the urge to hold Niamh to sleep, he would stop when he was at the door of the room.
He obviously missed her, but he did not want to get close to her.
Such contradictory thoughts puzzled Kendrick.
He did not go back to the bedroom and went downstairs after washing up.
It was early, but Kendrick saw that Jackson and Lillian were already sitting obediently in the dining room for breakfast.
He recalled what his son said to him last night. As such, Kendrick waited for the two children to finish their breakfast before sending them to the kindergarten himself.
In the car, Kendrick glanced at his son who was sitting in the backseat from time to time.
When he was waiting at the red light, he wanted to say something when his son’s childish doubts were voiced out from the back. “Dad, why do you keep looking at me? Do you have anything to ask me?”
He did not expect his son to be so observant, so Kendrick did not beat around the bush. “Jack, do you think your mother is a little different than usual?”
Jackson heard the words and thought for a few seconds before nodding sadly. “Mommy doesn’t seem to like me anymore.”
“Silly boy, why are you thinking nonsense again? How could your mother not like you?” Kendrick dispelled his son’s worries.
He could see how Niamh cared about Jackson.
Jackson was their first child and a treasure that was lost and recovered. How could they not love this son?
“But when I was making the cake yesterday and you went out to answer the phone, Mommy really glared at me,” Jackson emphasized what happened at the time.
Kendrick watched the green light turn on and suddenly grabbed the steering wheel absently. “Mommy glared at you? Did you do something wrong? Do you think Mommy was just mad at you on purpose?”
“I think it’s more likely that you made Mommy mad.”
“…” Kendrick felt nervous all of a sudden when he heard that.
“Daddy, did you forget about any special days and didn’t give Mommy a present?”
Special days?
After his son’s reminder, Kendrick did remember something.
‘However, is Nia someone who’ll change her attitude toward me and my children because I forgot about a special day?”
Kendrick was curious but he felt that it made sense.
‘Women are still cute even when they throw tantrums sometimes.’
When Kendrick thought about this, he felt much better.
After he sent the children to kindergarten, Kendrick was about to go buy a present for their anniversary.
However, the moment Kendrick left the entrance of the kindergarten, a tall figure started wandering around the entrance.
The man did not try to go in. He just stood outside the fence as he watched one of the classrooms in the kindergarten silently.
It was finally recess and he watched as Lillian’s tiny figure walked out from her classroom. After a while, Jackson walked next to Lillian. The siblings then walked under a ginkgo tree to play quietly.
When Fabian saw this scene, he smiled faintly.
He carefully approached the fence near the tree. He could only watch them at this distance.
It was still horrible when he remembered how Lillian would run away or even cry when she saw him back then.
As such, Fabian did not want to disturb her. However, he was still spotted by the observant Jackson.
“It’s Lily’s friend.” He looked at Fabian and blinked.
The speechless Lillian looked over to where Jackson was looking. When she saw Fabian, the little princess was stunned.
However, Fabian was happy with this one glance. “Lily.”
He called out the little girl’s name softly and was waiting for Lillian to show him her innocent, unaffected smile. However, Lillian frowned and shook her head. Then, she turned around without saying anything.
“Lily.” Fabian felt his heart was empty.
“Did you make my sister unhappy?” Jackson asked curiously and frowned. “My sister won’t get mad for no reason.”
“…” Fabian had nothing to say to that. When he saw Jackson leaving as well, he quickly called out to him, “Jackson, please give this to Lily for me.”
He reached his hand out through the fence and was holding a small box in his hand.
Jackson hesitated for a while before going over to take it.
“Thank you.” Fabian thanked him and looked at Lillian’s back as she walked away before turning around.
Even though Jackson was still young, he could see the sadness and disappointment in Fabian when he turned around to leave.
He looked at the box in his hand and sprinted to Lillian.
“Lily, Lily,” he called out to Lillian gently and handed the box over. “The guy from just now told me to give you this. He said it’s for you.”
Lillian furrowed her adorable little eyebrows and shook her head like she was resisting it.
“Do you not want it?” Jackson asked to confirm.
Lillian still shook her head after she heard that. She was a little down.
“If you don’t want it, I’ll give it back to him now,” Jackson said before running to the entrance of the kindergarten.
However, the gates were closed now and the guard at the gates would never let a child go out alone.
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