A Moment in Destiny novel Chapter 291

The boy rubbed his nose, then wrapped his arms around Vincent's neck.

"Where's mom?" Vincent asked again.

“She’s in the suite taking a shower. I snuck out all by myself!” Owen said. Then he lowered his head and pretended to be in a very miserable state, “Don’t be angry, daddy; it’s only because I missed you too much that I’d sneak out to look for you!”

“You little runt! Go, go get mommy!” Vincent picked up Owen and was about to leave.

Then, he seemed to notice Leila looking at him. He turned around to look at Leila’s pained expression. He did not give any explanation, as though she wasn’t there at all.

There was a void in Vincent’s eyes; he turned around and left with the child.

Was that his child?! Still in shock, Leila’s face turned more and more pale.

“Leila, isn’t he your husband?” Theodore couldn’t make sense of the situation either.

Leila smiled as she shook her head. “No; Professor Hall, let’s go eat!”

“Alright!”

Leila picked up her chopsticks, and perhaps because she was out of it, she didn’t take a good look before she picked up the raw fish and put it into her mouth. As she chewed, there was a strange odor, but she didn’t pay attention to it at all.

Theodore was stunned; looking at her eat raw fish, he became even more worried.

He didn’t know the details, but he knew it had something to do with that Vincent just now.

Theodore was keen to note her expression. The second Vincent showed up, it was as though her face instantly turned pale white. The second that child called Vincent daddy, her face became even paler.

“Leila, you’re chewing raw fish!”

“What?” Leila looked up at him.

Theodore pointed at the remains still on her chopsticks, “You’re chewing raw fish!”

“Ah- it’s raw?” In surprise, Leila dropped the piece of fish. She was still in shock; she actually ate raw fish. How could she have been so careless? Leila, you snap out of it, it’s not a big deal!

“Of course!” Theodore shook his head in worry. But looking at her distressed expression, he got the weird feeling of rejuvenation. As long as that godlike man had nothing to do with Leila, then Theodore still had a chance. “Leila, are you still going to stay at the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office after graduation?”

“Yes!” Leila nodded.

“Have you thought about looking for a job?”

“No!”

“What does your husband do for work?”

“…” Leila’s hand began to shake; she quickly changed the topic. “So how come you’re teaching at our school? Are you going to be a teacher forever?”

“No! After your dissertations and papers, I’ll be leaving the school to do other things!” He had to lead the class for dissertations since the prior teacher left. Besides, Theodore just returned back; he had to accept the job to get on the dean’s good graces.

“To do what?”

“Leila, I’m going to start a business!”

“Oh!” Leila half-heartedly replied, then fell silent.

That was a bland, tasteless meal, but Theodore felt as though things were going in his favor.

Eating with Theodore, Leila did not go to Vincent’s home. That child called him daddy; the way they behaved, no one would believe it if someone said they were not family, right? Besides, Vincent was a player; who knew how many women were dying to bear his child!

After the meal, Leila headed to Pearl Community, where she and her mother used to live.

Maybe this was the only place where she could find some peace and quiet.

At dawn, her phone rang; it was Vincent. “Where are you?”

Leila scoffed and asked, “Does it matter where I am at?”

“Where are you?” The voice on the other end started to get deeper.

“It doesn’t matter where I am; Mr. White, I need a quiet place to be alone. You go have a merry time with your son!”

She hung up, powered her phone down, and her tears began to pour down!

Vincent listened to the empty dial tone on the phone. He called again, only to get notified that the receiving end had turned off the phone.

“Shit!” He swore in a low voice.

Leila tried hard to raise her head and force a smile, but the tears would not stop flowing out the corner of her eyes. Her tiny hand shook a bit as she gripped her cell. Finally, everything was quiet, and she sat quietly on the couch.

The TV had on a Korean drama; the leading male and female roles were so happy together, and their lives were sugar coated with sweet memories. Why was her life such a mess?

The doorbell made her jump. She went to the door, only to see Vincent through the peephole, with a gloomy expression. She was shocked; why was he here?

But right now, she didn’t want to see him at all!