Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 613

It had been almost an hour since Doctor Maniac was teaching Star. That kid learned well, and like a robot, he spoke every word he learned to Gabrielle and Westley.

Hearing Star's efficient voice, Gabrielle was not trying to hide her proud excitement.

"You're amazing, Star!" Star's intelligence left her speechless, so these were the only words that escaped Gabrielle's lips.

She was as overwhelmed and proud as if she was called to deliver a speech for her son, who had won first place. But the hardest thing for her was to speak under the spell of exhilaration.

"So, he learned and just spoke everything that you taught him, right, Doctor Maniac?" Gabrielle asked, still on the edge of her seat.

"Exactly! And believe me, it only took an hour for him to learn it all so well. I won't be joking if I conclude that Star has a talent in learning language, and I'd love to teach him more of it." Sincerity was evident in Doctor Maniac's voice.

Of course, like attracts like. Doctor Maniac was an intellectual person himself, so it was natural that he'd love to teach a smart kid.

"Wow!" In her amazement, Gabrielle nudged Westley. "Isn't Star a genius?" Gabrielle asked excitedly.

"There's no doubt about that for sure."

From the moment Star opened his eyes, Westley knew that that kid wasn't some ordinary child. Now, his guess was being proven by Star's excellent progress.

Thoughtful enough to let the young genius rest, the three of them accompanied Star for a while before letting him fall into dreaminess.

Rose made pies, but when she came in to ask them to eat, she met an already asleep Star. So, she helped Doctor Maniac up and got ready to take him down the way she brought him upstairs.

That was when Doctor Maniac suddenly interrupted her, "Don't get bothered, Rose. I can walk down by myself." Apart from the effort she was putting in, Rose's hands seemed so muscular that Doctor Maniac thought she'd break his hands if she held them too tightly.

"Don't try to be more stupid than you already are. You can't go down without me, but I won't mind if you wish to roll down without me either. It will be a worthy sight." Rose had a witty manner of arguing with Doctor Maniac.

Watching himself always fail in every argument with Rose, Doctor Maniac chose to shut up because he knew he couldn't convince her otherwise. If not rolling down the stairway, she'd obviously love to throw him down herself.

A question kept raking Gabrielle's mind effortlessly as she stepped down the stairs with Westley. It confused and absorbed her the more she focused on it.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Gabrielle was so lost in thought that Westley asked.

Her anxiety was evident from the slight frown on her face.

"Uhh, nothing just..." Gabrielle took a deep breath before continuing, "I was wondering who Star's parents were or who he was. Why was he dressed in a girl's clothes? What was the whole reason for his mother's hiding his gender?" The anxious frown never left Gabrielle's face as she continued with her questions, "And also, he's here with us now. Do we still have to raise him as a girl in Antawood?" Gabrielle looked genuinely concerned.

In his response, Westley simply shook his head. "Listen. Don't get disturbed about it. Star's life in Thailand with his mother is a part of the past now, Gabrielle. In that gunshot, those previous identities died. Now, he's our son, and he can be anything you want him to be, or he wants himself to be. The past isn't welcome to be repeated."

"Well, you're right."

Like always, Westley brought Gabrielle back on track from overthinking.

'Yes. Since he's away from Thailand, he has nothing to do with it in Antawood anymore.'

"I will assure that Star will live a decent life," Westley said, putting a hand on Gabrielle's shoulder, assuring her.

"Yes. His life should be full of satisfaction. I am such an over thinker." Asking her brain to rest for a bit, Gabrielle laced her fingers with Westley's hand and reached the table downstairs to eat pies.

Sophie's pies were effortlessly delicious, but Rose's were asking for a low rating, for which Gabrielle stayed silent. They were in a lot of shapes, though.

"They're ready!" Ro

se was excited about their comments. "Now guess which ones did I make?"