Vivian got annoyed at once.
In addition, she felt a little sad.
Vivian admitted that the living condition was not so good for Roe living with her these years in both material and mental aspects, and she always felt sorry for her son.
But everyone except William should have blamed her for this.
Although she realized William was just joking, she was still hurt, and then she said seriously, “William, you have no right to say so. Even though I did not provide Roe with a better life, I, unlike you who have put him in danger so many times, went out of my way to prevent him from dangers.”
The man turned round with amazement in his eyes, as he did not expect that his joking words may hurt Vivian. He felt a little apologetic.
After hearing Vivian’s remarks, William felt displeased immediately.
It was just her own perspectives that she thought she owed John too much, thus got entangled with him. What’s more, he took such an unwise decision for the sake of making up for him, the stubborn woman.
Besides, it was safer to keep Roe with him.
It was a fact which was proven obviously by his ability to cope with the dangerous situation Roe had encountered.
It was a waste of effort for somebody who was not competent enough to attempt to protect others.
But he didn’t have the heart to tell such words to her.
And maybe nobody agreed.
“So I am compensating Roe.” William explained.
Vivian snorted, “You mean exposing Roe more to Angie?”
“At least she has done nothing bad to Roe since I realized Roe was my son. On the contrary, Roe was always in danger when he lived with you.” William raised his chin.
Vivian opened her mouth slightly, wanting to retort.
However, she admitted that what William had said was true after thinking it over.
Angie pretended to be well-behaved in front of William. In addition, it seemed like that the kidnapping of Roe had nothing to do with Angie.
But..
Vivian blinked and still mumbled persistently “After all, it is caused by you.”
The space was not so large in the car. The driver wisely chose to turn a blind eye to the dispute between Vivian and William.
Roe grabbed Vivian’s clothes tightly without a word, fearing Vivian left because of displeasure.
Thus, William heard the woman’s muttering clearly in such quite atmosphere.
William looked away and fixed his deep eyes on Roe, then caressed Roe’s head, pretending that he did not hear.
With eyes turning between William and Vivian, who were both in silence, Roe thought it over, then he moved towards Vivian, holding her arm and said in a sweet voice, “Mummy, the nurse said I don’t have to take the bitter medicine today, but a few pills.”
Vivian cracked a smile at once, “It means you are better now, and I believe you’ll be well again soon.”
“Yeah. Mummy, Could you please take me to the amusement park when I am well again?” Roe said with eager eyes.
Vivian was touched.
She knew what Roe desired for.
She had taken Roe to the amusement park, but the games he could play was so few in view of his poor health that he had to watch others playing most of the time.
For this reason, Vivian seldom took him to such places.
When he finished, it seemed that he was going to reach out and call the waiter.
Vivian stooped him immediately, “No, it’s fine.”
Then Vivian saw a strange smile on William’s face, and she tried her best to insist, “Now that you have made orders and it cannot be canceled, we’d better not waste it.”
William cracked a smile and did not continue.
William was quite good at enjoying life. When the appetite-boosting dishes were served, both Vivian and Roe enjoyed the meal quite a lot.
She supposed this was a well-pleasing meal if they were not interrupted.
“Mr. William, I haven’t seen you for a long time. I didn’t expect to meet you here. What a coincidence!” A tall woman in a suit appeared next to their desk with a surprised look on her face.
Vivian gave her a look, and her hair was coiled on her head. She wore exquisite makeup, holding a briefcase, with her back kept straight.
She was a typical business woman.
Besides, it was a quite good-looking one.
At the time Vivian was sizing up the woman, a light flashed in the woman’s sharp eyes when she saw Vivian which was almost too quickly to grasp.
Contrary to the woman’s enthusiasm, the expression on William’s face was glacial.
He just nodded, “Hello. Miss Caroline.”
“Mr. William, are you on leave? It’s quite surprising since I heard that you are a workaholic.” The woman said with a relaxed look as if she and William were old friends.
It was uncommon for William’s female acquaintance to talk to him in such a way.
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