“Is it happy being with Robert?”
When Leda asked that, Georgia floundered for a few seconds.
She hadn’t thought that Leda would ask such a thing, and didn’t know how to respond in the instant.
If it had been between friends, Georgia could just say it outright.
She was happy. She was content being with Robert.
But Leda’s identity was different, and to ask such a question confused Georgia.
She didn’t know if she was just overthinking it, but she felt like Leda’s question wasn’t just a casual one.
“Is it hard to answer?”
Seeing Georgia remain silent, Leda smiled.
Georgia shook her head.
“I just didn’t imagine you’d ask me such a thing, so I got in a trance for a while. Robert is great. I’m happy with him.”
Georgia answered the question honestly this time, and still smiling, Leda continued.
“I think the two of you would be happy too. Back then when I knew Robert, he was still a high schooler, but he was already a responsible person to his family and in general. Anyone in his family received his full devotion, protection, and love. He definitely would pamper you after marrying him, and treat both you and the children well. I experienced that sense of being protected too. To be honest, I envy you.”
Georgia could only affirm with a little noise and a nod. She didn’t know how to continue that line of the conversation.
Leda mentioned Robert’s past with her, which Georgia actually didn’t want to know.
Besides, talking with Robert’s first love about how happy she was with him didn’t feel quite right.
She didn’t want to deliberately think about it, but Leda just had to discuss Robert with her, which exasperated her somewhat.
Luckily, after that, Leda started her own research in silence.
Georgia looked over the data and inputted new figures into the computer.
The afternoon passed just like that, and at night, Georgia had dinner with Robert.
Jason and Ivan had stayed with Robert to chat, and Robert’s energy levels were fine at night. His condition and all his figures were getting steadier and steadier, and he was almost completely out of danger this time.
Only, it was simply putting Robert into his previous stable state. If he got sick again and the equilibrium was broken, they needed to intervene again.
Georgia had already seen a lot of life or death crises in the data Riley had provided. She was worried all that would happen to Robert.
Thankfully, he was still normal right now.
Everyone had tired themselves out. At night, Georgia and Robert had Jason and Ivan head back and get some proper rest.
Wilson had already rested himself in the afternoon and didn’t even come for dinner.
By then, the time Georgia had set to call her mother came.
The moment the call connected, the kids’ faces appeared in the screen.
“Daddy, you’re awake! I missed you!”
“I missed you just like Annie too, Daddy!”
At that question, Robert looked to Georgia.
They’d discussed whether to take the children back today.
But the two of them didn’t have a better solution. Robert still had to stay here under observation, while Georgia had to remain working in the lab, and the two barely had any time to look after the children.
Besides, Jason, Wilson and Ivan were all busy. Even if they came back, they needed more effort to take care of the children.
They couldn’t guarantee their safety either.
“You might have to stay for a week or so.”
Georgia told the children, and as expected, they showed disappointed expressions, and Georgia was somewhat pained.
She missed the children too, but this side hadn’t been resolved yet, and even Georgia wasn’t sure about things.
Would Eric suddenly take revenge?
It was all right for adults to be hurt, but if the kids got hurt, Georgia really wouldn’t be able to take it.
“Mommy promises that in a month, Daddy and I are coming to take you home. Not here, but back home. Just treat it like a vacation out there, okay Annie, Wesley? Have fun and just put up with it for a week.”
At that, Annie and Wesley spoke together.
“We’ve got it, Mommy. Don’t worry, we’ll do what Grandma says.”
With such good children, Georgia was both guilty and pained.
The family exchanged an intimate conversation for a while, then the kids gave the space to Casey and for Georgia to talk with her own mother.
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