Awakened Housewife Ignore Betrayer's Begs (Scarlett) novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210 Protective Stances

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Vincent held Vanessa closer, pressing her against his chest. His expression was cold, his gaze icy as it settled on Damian. “This is a private family matter. It has nothing to do with you, Mr. Langley.”

Damian let out a disdainful snort. “Hah. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, Mr. Stewart. Having affairs during marriage might not be illegal, but acting against a woman’s will… that’s crossing a line.”

Hearing Damian’s words from behind him, Scarlett instinctively reached out and tugged gently on his sleeve, whispering, “Damian, let’s just go.”

She didn’t want to cause a scene or waste time arguing pointlessly with Vincent.

Damian looked down at her fingers clutching his sleeve, and his expression softened immediately. He turned, took Eric’s hand, and said to her, “Alright.”

Scarlett took Clara’s hand. “Clara, we’re heading home now.”

With that, their group walked away together.

Vincent watched them leave, the muscles along his jawline tightening visibly.

Vanessa looked up and saw Scarlett holding Clara’s hand, the younger girl skipping happily beside her. The sight felt sharp and irritating to her eyes, stirring a wave of resentment within her.

Wrapping her arms tighter around Vincent’s neck, Vanessa said in a small, slightly sour voice, “Daddy, let’s go home. My leg hurts a little.”

Concerned, Vincent carefully set her down on a nearby bench to examine the injury. Once satisfied it wasn’t inflamed, he picked her up and left the theme park.

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Damian, holding Eric’s hand, walked behind Scarlett and Clara.

Once they were a reasonable distance away, Damian bent down and whispered to Eric, “Eric, go ask Ms. Theron if you can join them for dinner tonight.”

Eric immediately drooped. “But Mr. Langley, you promised! You said if I came out with you today, you’d take me to the haunted house! Why are we talking about dinner now?”

Worried his voice was too loud, Damian quickly crouched down, covered Eric’s mouth gently, and made a “shush” gesture.

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Eric understood and nodded quickly.

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Once Damian released him, he gave Eric’s head an affectionate pat. “Once I sort out his… situation, I’ll definitely take you to the haunted house. To all the best ones in town.”

Eric rolled his eyes at Damian. “Xavier, you’re all talk.”

Damian clasped his hands together in a playful pleading gesture. “Please? Do this one thing for me?”

Eric’s

eyes shifted thoughtfully before he reluctantly agreed. “Alright, fine.”

But then another thought occurred to him. “But Mr. Langley, Clara is really fierce! I want to be friends with her, but I’m kinda scared to talk to her.”

Damian had already noticed Eric was somewhat intimidated by Clara. But he also knew that while Clara might seem tough, she was actually a very kind-hearted and well-behaved child.

He couldn’t help but reflect on his own past. If only he had been more determined, more insistent on fighting for what he wanted before Scarlett married Vincent… then maybe things wouldn’t be so complicated now.

But back then, Scarlett was so deeply in love with Vincent that Damian felt he had no choice but to step back.

If he had known it would end like this, he would have fought for her with everything he had.

So, stroking Eric’s cheek gently, Damian said seriously, “Listen, a real man does what he believes is right. Don’t wait until later to realize you should have acted, and then live with regret.”

He was telling this to Eric, but also, deeply, to himself.

Eric nodded. “Okay, I understand.”

Gathering his courage, he trotted up behind Scarlett and Clara. “Ms. Theron!”

Scarlett stopped and turned to look at him. “Yes, Eric? What is it?”

Eric looked up at her earnestly. “Ms. Theron, I want to have dinner with you tonight.”

Before Scarlett could respond, Clara cut in firmly, “Eric, my mom just called. She wants me and

Auntie to come home for dinner.”

Eric’s face fell. “Huh?”

Seeing his disappointed expression, Clara couldn’t help her sharp tone. “What? If we can’t

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today, we’ll do it another time! There will be plenty of chances later.”

Faced with Clara’s stern look, Eric instinctively glanced back at Damian for support.

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Damian wasn’t about to let this opportunity slip away. He signaled frantically with his eyes for Eric to plead with Scarlett directly.

Eric turned back to Scarlett. “Please, Ms. Theron? Can’t you come?”

Clara had had enough. She raised her voice at Eric. “Eric, you’re being difficult! I told you, we have to go home for dinner!”

Eric instantly backed down. “O-okay then…”

Seeing Clara being a bit too harsh, Scarlett gently reminded her, “Clara, speak nicely to Eric.”

Clara mumbled an “Okay” and stepped back to stand beside Scarlett.

Scarlett crouched down to Eric’s eye level and rubbed his shoulder reassuringly. “Eric, let’s have dinner together next time, okay? Next time, it’ll be my treat.”

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