But…”
“No buts.”
Neil sighed, “If Mommy had a choice, she wouldn’t agree to this. Let’s go. Mr. Morrison and Ms. Peterson are not a danger to us.”
With that, the little guy held his sister’s hand. “Lily, please bring me my jacket and my book bag.”
Lily paused, then hurriedly nodded, and rushed into the room, packing the two children’s belongings.
“Mommy, don’t forget, you owe us one.”
Neil put on his jacket and said in a whine, “We wanted to spend the whole day with you. You have to compensate us in the future! “
Bethan nodded vigorously. “Okay! “
Ten minutes later, the three of them walked downstairs together. Lily followed behind them, dragging their suitcases.
“Neil, my little baby! “
Seeing them come downstairs, Alice flung her arms wide open and rushed up to Neil, then knelt down and hugged him. “Mommy missed you so much! “
Neil frowned slightly and placed his lips next to her ear. “Ms. Peterson, aren’t you tired of acting?”
Alice narrowed her eyes slightly, then lowered her voice, “In terms of acting, your mother’s acting skills are far superior to mine, no?”
Neil snorted and pushed her away, then strode forward with his short, stubby legs and climbed into the car. The little guy sat down in the backseat, then leaned back elegantly on the leather seat, finally side- eyeing Brettley lazily. “Mr. Morrison, long time no see.”
Brettley could not help but lift his lips in a smile at the little boy’s antics. “Indeed, long time no see.” “I remember, before you left, you wanted to divorce Ms. Alice.”
As he spoke, the little guy glanced at Brettley out of the corners of his eyes. “Tell me, why did you change your mind after a trip to Sea City?”
Brettley raised his eyebrows.
He never expected this would be the first question his son would ask him after spending days apart from each other.
He glanced at his son out of the corners of his eyes. “
You seem reluctant to see your Mommy and I reconcile with each other?”
Neil paused. He turned his head, looked at Brettley solemnly, then lifted two fingers.
“Firstly, I never accepted Ms. Alice Peterson. To me, she was never my Mommy. My Mommy is Bethan.
Secondly, my likes or dislikes, are they important to you, Mr. Morrison? If you really considered our thoughts and feelings, then you would not force my sister and I to do the things we do not want to do, for example, taking us back to Blue Bay Villa now. Finally, I don’t care about you and Alice, I just wanted to find out why your attitude toward her took a 18o degree turn after returning from Sea City.”
Before they left, they were already separated, and had even announced they would set a date and sign the divorce papers. But not long after they arrived in Sea City, they reconciled and were as loving as ever. And, from the looks of it, they had even grown more intimate with each other than before.
Brettley narrowed his eyes slightly. What caused the change in his attitude toward Alice? It had to be the night after the banquet. That night, he was drunk, and that was the first time he was intimate with Alice after they reunited. He found the feeling he had back then when he was with Bethan Peterson. His memories of that night were fuzzy. But the way she called him dear, time and time again, made him reluctant to divorce her.
Even if Alice had turned into the woman that she was right now. But still, she was still the woman who once gave up everything for him, the woman who he missed and yearned for for six whole years.
The next morning after he woke up, he looked at Alice who lay in bed beside him, and suddenly, he did not want to divorce her anymore.
It was all his fault. If back then, she was not with him, then she would not have to go through all of this, and would not turn into the woman she was right now.
He was the one who turned her, took away her kindness and innocence.
If now, he discarded her again with a fling of his hand, then she would have nothing. That’s why he chose to patiently bear with everything that she did, and remain married to her. He believed deep down; she was still as kind as always. If he tried hard enough, she would turn into the Bethan Peterson who she once was.
But he could not explain all these to his son.
And so, the man sucked in a deep breath and laughed lightly, “It must be love that changed my mind, made me decide not divorce her.”
Even though the children did not understand the concept of love, in their memories, they remembered, it must be love that kept their parents together, right?
The moment the words left Brettley’s mouth; Neil snorted dismissively, “Your love… comes and goes so easily.”
Brettley was slightly irritated. “Neil, I have loved your Mommy for years.”
What did he mean when he said it came and went so easily?
The little guy rolled his eyes, then waved to his sister standing outside who was hesitating between which car to ride in. “Get in! “
Nellie paused, then ran over to him with her stubby little legs. After the little girl entered the car, Neil locked the door immediately. “It will be just the three of us in this car.”
Then, he closed his eyes and leaned back on the seat. “I’m going to take a nap, wake me when we’re there.”
Nellie nodded seriously. “Okay, sleep tight, Neil! “
With that, the little girl turned and looked out the window, not at all intending to address her father.
The man frowned. In the past, Nellie was the closest to him. But now…
He coughed slightly, “Nellie.”
The little girl did not even bother to turn back, “
Anything, Mr. Morrison?”
Brettley looked at her stubborn little head from the back. “You seem to be angry at me?”
“I would never dare get angry at Daddy.”
There was a chill in the little girl’s sweet voice, “Mr. Morrison doesn’t even allow Mommy to spend time alone with us. You’re so domineering, I would never dare talk to you so casually.”
Brettley was silent.
Alice was the one who came up with the idea of taking the children home, so she could bond with them. Initially, he wanted to take this opportunity to make the children grow closer to Alice.
At the same time, he did miss them a lot, it had been a long time since he last saw them. That’s why he suggested bringing everyone to Blue Bay Villa so they could all reunite.
But it seemed like…
He only succeeded in making both the children and Bethan mad at him?
The cars drove on.
A short while later, the line of cars stopped in front of Blue Bay Villa.
When Bethan stepped out of the car where Yuri and Zach kept the luggage, Alice had already stepped out too.
Standing outside Brettley’s car, she hung a fake smile on her face. “Nellie, come here, Mommy will carry you into the house! “
Nellie rolled her eyes, walked past her, and headed to the door with her short, stubby legs.
Neil, on the other hand, rushed into her arms with a smile on his face. “If Nellie doesn’t want you to carry her, then carry me instead! I’m not very heavy either, just slightly heavier than Nellie.”
Alice heaved him up into her arms, her expression ugly, taking a step forward with incredible effort.
Neil conveniently slung his arm around her neck. “Ms. Alice, come on, I am your precious little baby, it’ll b e bad if I fall on the group and get hurt! “
Alice’s expression turned uglier and uglier.
Beside them, the more she watched them, the more Bethan wanted to laugh. Actually, Neil was not very heavy. When they were living abroad, she could carry both Neil and Nellie together at the same time.
Even though Neil was not heavy, but to someone who was not used to carrying children, it would take a lot of energy for her to do so.
Only mothers could handle some things effortlessly.
Brettley could not bear to see the way Alice carried Neil so awkwardly.
“I’ll do it.”
The man lifted his legs and stepped forward, took Neil from her and carried him in his arms. Alice took the opportunity and hooked her arm through his, turning her head and glanced at Bethan. “
Ms. Bethan, go on in.”
With that, she headed in the direction of the entrance together with Brettley. Looking at the two adults and the child, the scene looked surprisingly harmonious.
“Mommy. “
At that moment, a small hand grabbed onto hers gently. It was Nellie, who was already at the door just now. The little girl was worried Bethan would feel uncomfortable, so she ran out again and held her hand. “Neil wanted to punish that woman. But who knew Daddy would be so protective of her.”
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