"So you're Mr. Zay's eldest son who's been missing all this time?" Ardo exclaimed with wide eyes in disbelief.Felix, who had just sipped his drink, nodded lightly and put down his glass. "Hm."Knowing this, Ardo's curiosity increased greatly. He moved his body forward enthusiastically and asked, "What then?""What how?" But Felix looked at Ardo calmly.Ardo's brow furrowed in dissatisfaction, and stared at Felix intently. "Why do you only respond like that? Why doesn't your face look happy, either? Felix, what's wrong?"He straightened up and asked again cautiously. "Do you hate him because of past problems?""No," Felix replied quickly.But after that, he didn't say anything else. The silence lasted for a long time, and Ardo remained quietly waiting.Felix took a breath and let it out roughly. Then he turned his face to the side, looking at a small family eating happily. "It feels awkward. At first, I knew them as my superiors at work. Although my relationship with Mr. Zay is more t
Felix looked at his younger siblings with his old face and said, "Can you please not call me big brother?"Caitlin tilted her head and asked in confusion. "You are our big brother. If we don't call you Big Brother, what else should we call you?"Austin, who was on the side, also looked confused. But a moment later, he laughed and patted Caitlin's small shoulder. "Sister, you don't know. That's not what Brother Felix meant. He didn't mean it. He just wanted to joke with us.""Oh? Really?" Caitlin's round eyes instantly widened, and she looked at Felix enthusiastically. "Big Brother Felix is amazing! His way of joking around is different from the other siblings!"Austin laughed again.Clarita, who was next to him, couldn't help but purse her lips. After all, she was an adult and not as stupid as her two younger siblings. What Felix had said was not a joke to entertain. It was because the man had not fully accepted his new status.However, she chose to play dumb and smiled broadly as she
Mr. Adrian stared at Felix's departure until he was completely out of sight. Then he immediately looked at Mr. Zay and asked seriously. "What are your plans?"Mr. Zay raised his gaze. For a moment, he looked confused but then became serious. "Let's not talk about this here."Instantly, Mr. Adrian came to his senses. He looked at the few people beside him stiffly. But they seemed focused on their food and acted as if they hadn't heard anything.They had known things since childhood. When it was time for them to speak up and when it was time for them to remain silent, they had it down to a science.To be honest, as the oldest of the siblings, Clarita wanted to join in on this conversation. Although she usually liked to speak her mind, this was Old Adrian's house. Without their permission, she dared not act silly and embarrass her father.Seeing their pretense, Mr. Adrian was silent for a moment. After a moment, he looked at Mr. Zay. "They are your children. It doesn't matter if you want
Sarina was stunned.For a moment, she could only stare at her father with trembling eyes. Her heart rumbled, and the sadness returned, making her tears slowly well up.She thought her father wouldn't ask. And she thought he wasn't paying attention to her properly. From the beginning, she had tried to look fine with both corners of her lips pulled up."Father." She had underestimated a father's concern for his daughter.Seeing his daughter's pitiful appearance, Mr. Adrian became agitated. He held her face carefully and asked, "My dear, what's wrong with you? I'm just curious, if you don't want to answer, that's fine. Your comfort comes first. I won't force you. Please don't cry!"However, the more she heard her father's words, the more Sarina's tears fell down her smooth face.When someone is sad and suppressing their feelings, then everything will overflow when there are caring people nearby.Sarina shook her head. Her lips began to tremble, making her teardrops even heavier. "No. Fat
"The hatred towards the family hasn't changed even though you are someone I greatly respect. Mr. Zay, with our previous relationship, it makes me even more unsure of what to do. I harbor a hatred, but I don't want to hurt you either." Not all he felt was hatred, but also... trauma. However, Felix never thought to explain everything.He didn't. At least Mr. Zay already knew what was happening behind his attitude these few days.As Mr. Zay listened to Felix's words, his mind raced back to when Felix asked for help getting a divorce.He wondered, could the resentment he felt be due to the trauma of marriage?If it was, it shouldn't be this deep. He was sure there must be other factors that contributed to this hatred becoming so deeply ingrained. Whatever it was, he would have to find out later.Hatred can make people live, but it can also destroy them until nothing is left.Mr. Zay's face was filled with sadness. He looked at Felix compassionately and asked gently. "What should I do then
After carefully memorizing it, Felix resumed his steps. This time, he searched the time zone and came up empty. The girl was not there.Therefore, without wasting any more time, he ran towards the back of the Mall, where there was a park with several playgrounds.His gaze immediately wandered. This park did have some children playing with their parents, but none of them matched the characteristics the system had mentioned."It doesn't seem to be here," Felix muttered, turning around and heading back inside.This time, he didn't run anymore but walked slowly, going to places he hadn't been to yet."Huh, where's that kid?" Felix began to feel annoyed at not finding him.Finally, he stopped his steps in front of the movie theater, staring at the people passing by and occasionally sighing softly.Just as Felix was thinking about giving up, he accidentally saw a little girl in a pink dress in the distance. The child was looking right and left while crying.Felix spontaneously straightened
Immediately, all the passers-by rushed over, forming a circle around Felix, Zara, and Zara's mother."He kidnapped my child! Help! Look, he's even still openly holding my child and standing here like he's not a bad guy! Give me back my child! What do you want? Money? How much? Just tell me the amount. I'll give it to you as long as you give me back my child!" Zara's mother screamed hysterically with a tearful face.Felix's eyes grew cold.Zara was terrified at the sight of her mother like this, and she tried to call out to her. "Mom.""Calm down, my child. Mommy will help you. No matter what happens, you will come back to Mommy soon. Don't cry, okay? Mommy is here." However, Mrs. Zara did not care about anything else and was still acting like a victim.Then she looked back at Felix and snapped, "Let go of my child quickly! You can't do this to a child. She's innocent! If you want money or whatever, just tell me, don't take my child!"After these words were uttered, the sharp whispers
After the problem with Felix, Van immediately took his mother and sister home. They felt very embarrassed, as well as angry.For Rain, this was the first time she had ever been helpless in public. Since long ago, she had always straightened her face confidently. No one ever dared to play with her. But now, that stranger was making her helpless. This hurt her pride so much!"Zara, tell Mommy what really happened? Why are you with him?" Once home, Rain immediately sat Zara down on the sofa and looked at her with glaring eyes.Zara, who was already scared, couldn't help but tremble even more. "Mom, you left me in the toilet.""Left you? Zara, since when did you dare to lie? When did I leave you?" Rain knelt and held Zara's small arm a little tightly.Van stared at the scene in front of him with an unconcerned face and decided to go to his room.Today, his emotions were quite provoked—old anger and new anger created a deep grudge in his heart.After this, he was sure that Felix would be t