However, Julie could sort of make sense of the situation based on the words they said before leaving.
Julie never thought that her colleagues would come and deal with Fabian themselves. Now that they were done, she was awkward from head to toe.
“I’m sorry. They must have misunderstood our relationship,” Julie hurriedly apologized to Fabian.
Fabian smiled blandly. “It’s okay, other people’s misunderstandings don’t matter to me. My job is to take good care of Lily. I don’t care about anything else.
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“Miss Charles, don’t take it to heart. It’s not a big deal to me either. Just clear the misunderstanding with your colleagues. ” ’
Mr. Johnson turned to leave as soon as he was done talking.
He expressed his intentions clearly and concisely. Although he said that it was no big deal, he still asked Julie to clear the misunderstanding about their relationship.
The man who previously had a conflict with Fabian at the kindergarten had eavesdropped on the entire conversation.
He muttered to himself, “Pfft, no wonder this Julie woman is so concerned about this pretty boy named Johnson. They’re having an affair!”
After the short break, each class carried out some fun mini-games. The kids had a good time too.
When it was over, the guardians accompanied the kids back the way they came from in a neat line.
Fabian sensed that Lillian was tired and carried her in his arms without thinking twice. Lillian exhaustedly leaned her little head on Fabian’s shoulder.
“Lily, are you tired?” Fabian asked concernedly.
Lillian nodded gently,
“So, did you have fun today?”
Lillian still nodded her head.
“As long as you’re happy, that’s all I can ask for,” Fabian said softly.
As soon as he stopped talking, the sound of Lillian’s rapid and shallow breathing caught his ears.
His heart inexplicably skipped a beat. “Lily, what’s wrong? Are you sick?”
After hearing Fabian’s voice, Lillian blinked her eyes strenuously.
Fabian was able to notice the subtle change in Lillian’s expression at a glance.
After he was sure that Lillian was not feeling well, his muscles instantly tensed up.
“Lily, can you let me know where you’re not feeling well?” Fabian asked nervously without even noticing that his footsteps had quickened.
Lillian lifted her little hand and placed it on her heart.
The sight of that tugged at Fabian’s heartstrings. He suspected that she was experiencing shortness of breath.
He was disoriented for a moment, not knowing whether to hold the little one in his arms tighter.
Julie was walking not far behind Fabian. Her heart had been occupied with desolation and resentment ever since she had that conversation with him.
She was starting to doubt herself despite being an excellent person who was outstanding in every way. However, she could not even attract that man in the slightest, she did not know exactly what she was lacking, but she was even more curious to know the identity of the woman in Fabian’s heart.
When Julie was upset and imagining things, she noticed from behind that Fabian seemed a little off.
He was not walking normally but running.
The path was not rugged, but it was still a mountain trail. However, he was running with Lillian in his arms!
Julie hurriedly chased after him.
“Mr. Johnson, Mr. Johnson!” she shouted while chasing him, causing the parents and students to look over out of curiosity.
It seemed that everyone had heard her except for Fabian.
“Mr. Johnson!”
Julie ran faster, and because of that, she did not notice the uneven rocks beneath her feet. She accidentally tripped over them.
“Ah!” Julie exclaimed as she fell heavily to the ground.
Her palms were injured by the fine gravel as she landed on her hands, which left wounds of varying sizes.
“Miss Charles!”
“Miss Charles, are you okay?” “Julie, how did you fall?”
“Miss Charles…”
Parents, students, and teachers around Julie rushed over to help her up. They were all full of concern.
However, in Julie’s eyes, there was only Fabian, who continued running forward without even looking back.
Julie had never felt so aggrieved, and her vision was instantly blurred by uncontrollable tears.
These clueless people thought that Julie was crying because of the painful fall, when in fact, she was crying because she was upset that Fabian was ignoring her.
Fabian was worried about Lillian’s condition, so he rushed down to the foot of the mountain as fast as he could. He hailed a cab to head back immediately.
Throughout the journey, all he could think about was Lillian. He could not even think straight about anything else.
After reaching the hospital Evan worked at, he did a check-up for her and found out that the discomfort was caused by her weakened immune system. At that moment, Fabian finally felt like he could breathe again. 2
His promise to Niamh and Kendrick to take good care of Lillian was one thing, but what was more important was how important Lillian was to him.
The safety and health of this little girl were more important than his own.
After the check-up at the hospital, Fabian took Lillian home.
After returning home, he ordered the servants to make some nutritious snacks while he carried Lillian back to the bedroom.
At this time, Lillian seemed to be tired. Her pure and big eyes blinked at Fabian. She gradually fell into a state of drowsiness.
“Lily, sleep if you’re sleepy. When you wake up, I’ll give you something delicious.”
Fabian’s eyes were warm. It was as if he had endless patience.
Lillian seemed to have heard what Fabian said, and finally, she gently batted her thick eyelashes and fell asleep quietly.
As he was staring at Lillian’s peaceful sleeping face, Fabian’s heart seemed to have found a safe haven in an instant.
It seemed that he also wanted such a quiet and peaceful life.
“Little cutie, sleep at ease. I’ll always be with you,” Fabian promised softly. He walked to the seat at one side and waited quietly.
At this time, he took out his mobile phone and found that there were many missed calls, most of which were from Julie. There were also a few unfamiliar numbers he had never seen before.
However, he did not hear any of these calls. Fabian noticed that he had put his phone on silent unbeknownst to him.
He did not think much about it, and he really should have told Julie before leaving, but he was so worried about Lillian’s health at the time that he could not think about anything else.
Fabian pressed the call back button, and the person on the other end of the phone picked up the call after it rang just a few times.
“Mr. Johnson!” Julie sounded very emotional. “Mr. Johnson, you finally called me back.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Charles. I forgot to tell you before I left,” Fabian apologized and then explained, “Lily was a little sick, so I took her to the hospital for a check-up. Since I was worried about Lily’s condition, I didn’t pay attention to my phone.”
“Is Lily not feeling well? How is she now?” Julie asked with concern, “Did she feel unwell because of the hike today?”
“Don’t worry, she’s asleep now. She should just be tired. Don’t worry too much, Miss Charles.”
“It’s good that Lily is fine.” Julie let out a sigh of relief.
Only now did she learn that Fabian had run with Lillian in his arms at that time because Lillian was unwell. Hence, he hurried to the hospital with Lillian in his arms.
He really cared about this kid very much.
After hanging up the phone, Julie sat on the hospital bed in a trance. As she looked at her hands that were covered with gauze and also at her right foot which could not move at will for the moment, her heart felt even more aggrieved.
She fell and was injured because she wanted to remind Fabian to walk slowly and not run, but in the end, she did not receive his concern at all.
“Heh, Julie, what were you doing?” Julie asked herself in distress, but she could not get an answer in the end.
After two days off on the weekend, Fabian called Evan to come to the house to check on Lillian twice. After confirming that Lillian was okay, Fabian sent Lillian to the kindergarten with confidence on a new Monday morning.
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