Yuna looked at Cecelia, her tone serious. "Auntie, there won't be any man better than Tobias."
Cecilia's heart missed a beat.
Yuna seemed to be recalling something, and her face brightened. "Auntie, Tobias is older than me by eight years."
Cecilia nodded.
Yuna indeed looked really young, and could only be in her early twenties.
"Auntie, I'd seen Tobias on TV before, back when I was in high school. It only took that one glance for me to be completely smitten. I thought to myself, how could there be such a handsome man on this earth?"
She paused for a moment before continuing, "I was elated to know that my grandfather and Mr. Whitlock were comrade-in-arms, and I was even happier that Mr. Whitlock liked me. I'm guessing that though he has a son, since Mr. Whitlock is trying to matchmake the two of us, Tobias doesn't have a wife, right?"
She stared unblinkingly at Cecilia.
What Yuna had said made Cecilia paused for a
moment.
She didn't expect Yuna to be this observant.
Cecelia didn't know how to respond to Yuna's question.
It was true that Tobias didn't have a wife right now.
And with both Tobias and Natalie's attitudes, it didn't seem possible that they'd get back together.
Although Cecilia didn't say anything, looking at her expression, Yuna had a grasp of the situation.
Her eyes flashed.
She looked at Cecilia sincerely. "Auntie, although I'm young, I think I can be a good stepmother. Please give me a chance."
Yuna had made her viewpoint clear with this sentence.
Cecilia's heart skipped a beat.
After a while, she sighed. "Yuna, it's useless for you to ask what I think. If you want, you should ask Tobias."
Hearing Cecilia's words, Yuna's heart suddenly started to race.
A blush appeared on her face.
Time seemed to rewind back to that moment years ago, when she'd accidentally seen that godly
face on TV.
In that moment, she was smitten.
After Peter had woken up from his afternoon nap, Cecilia went to look for him at once.
This matter could no longer be concealed, and it had to be told.
Cecilia told Peter all about Hayden.
Peter took a whole minute to process the news.
His eyes widened to the limit. "What child? Why haven't I heard of him? Where did this child come from? Is he really Tobias' son?"
Cecilia exhaled, "Peter, this matter is very complicated, but Hayden is indeed Tobias' son."
Peter was unable to accept this fact at all.
He even suspected that Hayden wasn't Tobias' son at all and that Cecelia was just making things up to reject Yuna.
"When that child comes back, I have to do a DNA test. I don't believe that Tobias would suddenly become a father!"
Cecilia did not try to explain or refute him.
Instead, she silently took Hayden's photo and showed it to Peter.
This time, Peter was completely dumbfounded.
In the photo, Hayden was like a carbon copy of a young Tobias.
Peter didn't bring up the DNA test anymore.
"Where's the child's mother?" Peter suddenly asked, looking at Cecelia.
Cecilia had no idea how to answer this question.
She wanted to skip this topic by remaining silent, but Peter was persistent.
In the end, she had no choice.
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