Wesley was not an ignorant kid. When he was with other children, he knew some friends' parents got divorced.
Even in the TV drama, generally speaking, when parents asked the question that which side to choose between mom and dad, it meant that the parents would probably part.
Wesley certainly didn't want to see this happen, and the only thing he wished was to be together with mom and dad forever.
However, with dad asking, Wesley felt both hesitant and embarrassed.
Robert's heart was sinking.
"Are you unwilling to answer dad's question? It's fine for you to choose your mom. I just wonder what your answer will be."
"Honestly, I prefer to live with dad."
Wesley looked up and answered in a depressed voice.
If he had to make a decision, he preferred to be with his father.
In addition to what had happened last time, he felt a little scared when his mother pushed him forward instead of protecting him at the most dangerous moment.
Besides, he felt freer and happier with his father.
While staying by his mother's side, he always felt the way his mom looked at him became strange occasionally, even making him frightened.
With a child's instinct, he perceived that his mom sometimes detested him. Though his mother had spent more time with him, he preferred his dad, who never detested him.
This was an unexpected answer to Robert. Since most of the time, Sierra was by his son's side, coupled with a child's inborn reliance on his mother, Robert had been well prepared that Wesley might choose Sierra. Yet the outcome amazed him.
He asked again unconfidently.
"Wesley, you can tell me the truth. Do you really want to be with me? I know maybe you are afraid that I may get hurt, so you said you'll choose dad. But I want to hear the truth, and you can speak it out bravely."
At the moment, Wesley clasped Robert unexpectedly.
"Dad, do you want to dump me? All I just said is true. Comparing with mom, I like dad more. If let me choose whom I want to stay with, dad would be the only answer. It's not that I dislike mom, but I like dad more."
Robert noticed the fear in his son's words, but he couldn't understand what he was afraid of. Anyway, his answer made him relieved.
"I got it. What happened today is a secret between us father and son. Don't slip it out, especially in front of your mother, OK?"
Wesley nodded, of course, he wouldn't say it out.
He did prefer his dad, but once he spoke the truth, her mom would be grieved. He didn't wish his mom to be sad either.
The two went on chatting casually for a while before Wesley asked Robert a question as they approached the apartment Sierra was living in.
"Dad, you just asked me who would I choose between you and mom if I had to, so are you planning to leave my mom and be with Annie's mother?"
Robert didn't expect his son would be so sensitive. He considered temporizing with a lie or fudge the answer, but at the sight of his clear eyes as if he could be seen through, Robert responded with a sigh.
"There are some matters between your mom and I needed to be deal with, and I have not made a decision with many thoughts in my mind at present. I can't make up my mind until the last moment. You don't need to worry about it. I just hope you can grow up healthily."
Wesley was so young that he could only listen to whatever his father said. The two keep going towards Sierra's accommodation.
After moving out of Robert's villa, Sierra immediately rented a three-bedroom apartment in a well-guarded center community.
The community had a good security system and was strictly managed as well. After walking in it, Robert and Wesley went to the building Sierra was in and entered before taking the elevator to the front of the door of Sierra's apartment.
They knocked at the door. There was no reply.
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