The next morning, Elliot woke up and didn't rush to go to work. But as he passed by the room, he accidentally overheard what sounded like a little boy talking inside.
"Is there any other toothbrush?" the child asked.
"There should be one in the bathroom," Rose replied warmly before kissing Sean on the forehead.
"Shall we get up and eat breakfast?" Rose asked.
"Sure!" Sean stretched lazily in bed.
Just then, Elliot's tall figure appeared at the door. He frowned slightly and looked around the room. "Why do I hear a boy's voice?"
Sean couldn't believe his scumbag dad was still home at this hour – he almost blew their cover! So when he heard this question, he immediately lowered his head back under the covers without saying a word.
Rose quickly explained, "Oh, Leah's throat is a bit hoarse today so it might sound like a boy."
Elliot's gaze slowly scanned over the mother and son in the room. "It's getting late now; Wash up and have breakfast together with me."
During breakfast, Elliot kept glancing intentionally or unintentionally at Sean. He cleared his throat and softened his tone deliberately. "Did you fall yesterday?"
Sean tightened his grip on his spoon and stared fixedly into his bowl of porridge without answering.
Not hearing an answer from Sean, Elliot patiently asked again, "Did I do something wrong that made you unhappy?"
He wanted to find out as soon as possible what was bothering this child.
Finally unable to hold back anymore, Sean looked directly across from him at Elliot with conviction. "I'm not satisfied with anything about you."
Rose sighed softly when she heard these words – she knew that of all three children, Sean disliked Elliot most. Khalil had more mature temperament despite being reserved while Leah was cute and lively. But Sean was completely different; often pretending to be aloof but actually lacking love or security deep down inside himself.
As Rose thought about these things, she picked up Sean's favorite food and put it into his bowl.
"Be good, what happened yesterday wasn't Mr. Harper's fault," Elliot said to the little one, who remained silent and continued eating without agreeing or disagreeing. The dining room suddenly became quiet.
After a moment of silence, Elliot broke the stillness by saying, "If you can pass the third level, I'll give you a lot of money." He thought that Valentin was doing his best to raise the child alone and could use some extra cash.
However, Elliot hadn't anticipated that Valentin was much wealthier than he had imagined...
Upon hearing this, Rose furrowed her eyebrows and looked inquisitively at the little one sitting beside her. "What's this about the third level?"
But Sean didn't answer her question; instead, he looked at the scumbag sitting across from him with a cold gaze.
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