"I am Sion Carroll, student of your father's." He had no idea where the racing heartbeat came from and why he has been uncharacteristically nervous.
"Uh-huh." The girl answered, hopping down the last steps like a little rabbit. She walked up to him with her hands behind her back and looked up at him. "Well... Where's my dad?"
"He's in the study." He was too shy to look at her in the eyes, so he broke eye contact pretending to be indifferent. However, the tips of his ears betrayed him by being reddish. At this time Toby just came out of the study, smiling broadly at his daughter before him.
"You're so quiet when I came back, I thought you weren't home."
The girl grinned, "I'm upstairs painting!"
Toby handed the paper to Sion and introduced, "You've met, I suppose. This is my daughter, Aurora." Then he said to his daughter, "Aura, this is daddy's student. He's a little older than you, so don't be rude." The girl liked to play pranks occasionally, whoever you are.
"Gotcha!" Aurora made a face to his father, and smiled at Sion, "Hi, you're cute."
The instant Sion looked into her sparkling eyes, it's like fireworks bloom all over the sky and fall down in silence in his heart, where his love for her was seeded. Years passed, and he thought the seed would eventually blossom and bear fruit, only to germinate and wither.
Sion leaned back with a hand covering his forehead. A drop of tears rolled down from the outer corner of his eyes without leaving a trace.
He straightened up, pushed open the door and got off the car. All this should end, he should be responsible for Nevaeh, whereas the girl that hopped into his heart at a young age would have her own bright future without him.
Aurora awoke in the evening after a drowsy sleep in the ward and had a sad dream that she didn't remember yet left a sadness in her heart where she held her hand over. It felt weird.
"You woke up?" The sudden sound startled Aurora who lifted her eyes and saw Sion sat on the sofa not far away.
"You're sitting here so quiet. What are you doing?" Aurora got out of bed and reached the table, serving herself a glass of water and gulping it down. She didn't look well.
Sion looked at her and said with a heavy voice, "There's something I want to tell you."
Aurora turned her head and looked at him. Thinking of the phone call from Nevaeh just now, she felt the same dull pain in her heart again.
She had to look away and asked calmly, "What is it?"
His eyes fixed upon her. "I went home and found the marriage certificate we had given him in his study." There was little sign of emotion in his tone of voice. The sentiment passed through his eyes was also unreadable. After a pause he continued, "Aurora, I think we should divorce."
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