Chapter 82
Aria hugged my neck tightly in fear. I crossed the road and went back to my car.
My driver was shocked by my actions.
I got inside the car as Aria was still in my arms. I could not believe how little she was. I was holding her in one arm.
Aria did not make any movements. As she leaned her head against my shoulder, she was crying uncontrollably.
I patted her back. I did not know what had happened to her or what she was doing in the middle of the road.
“Alpha, who is this child?” my driver asked me.
“Stop your fucking mouth. Can’t you see she’s crying?” I said while glaring at my driver.
His eyes widened, and he shifted his gaze to the road. He did not. start the car since I had not ordered him yet.
After a while, Aria moved her head from my shoulder and looked
at me.
As a result of her crying, I was able to observe that her eyes were puffy and that her nose was red.
I put her in the next seat and asked,
“Where is your mom?”
She sobbed and replied, “I–I lost mommy.”
“What? How?”
Her eyes turned teary again. I told my driver to start the car as
Aria began to tell me what had happened to her earlier.
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Today, Aria and Noah went to the park close to their school. Their mother took them there. They spent a lot of time together. Aria was happy, too. When they were just about to come out of the park, she and Noah asked their mother for ice cream.
Natalia instructed them to have a seat on a bench, and then she walked to the store to buy some ice cream. After some time had passed, Noah told her that he wanted to go back to their mother and asked her to follow him.
In the way of following him, Aria came to a stop when she
noticed a kitten on the road leading out of the park. The moment she went to pet it, it began to run away from her. She chased it, but at that time, she realized that she was lost.
Due to the fact that she was unfamiliar with the path, she began searching for her mother. She did not know which way he had come from.
She saw someone who looked like her mother. She tried to stop her, but she was not her mother. Aria started crying because she was lost and had no idea where to look for her mother.
When Adrian came to her, she found hope as if he were someone close to her. She hugged him out of fear that she might become lost once more.
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END OF THE FLASHBACK
“If you get lost again, the first thing you should do is ask
someone for a phone and then give your mom a quick call, okay? “I told Aria.
Seeing her in tears was something that I did not like to see. She was a little child. How could Natalia be so careless?
“Uncle, can you give me your phone?”
I chuckled at her when I realized that she had applied my advice
on me.
“For informing your mom?”
She nodded her head and wiped away the tears that rolled down her cheeks.
She looked relaxed, as though she trusted me. I found it surprising how this girl was crying a while ago but is now calming down because of me.
Why did she trust me? I was a stranger to her, wasn’t I? She should not trust just anyone.
I wanted to advise her not to believe in anyone. But looking at her pale face, I could not say it.
She could put her trust in me. I was not that bad, was I?
“You don’t need my phone. I will inform your mom about you. Don’t be concerned.”
I pulled out my phone and dialed Patric’s number.
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“Are you not coming back?” Patric asked.
“I’m with Natalia’s daughter right now.”
“You what?”
“I don’t like to repeat my words.”
“What are you doing with her child? Don’t tell me you are trying to take revenge on Natalia for her family’s words.”
I frowned when I heard him. Did he think like that of me? Would I hurt a child to take revenge on their mother?
“Inform her that Aria is with me.”
“Oh, okay.” Patric said as he got what the actual matter was.
“Tell me where you are so that I can inform her to take her daughter from you.”
Something hit my mind as I smirked while looking outside.
“That’s her duty to find out.”
I cut the call and turned my head towards Aria.
“Your mom will get to know that you are with me.”
She gave me a smile after hearing me. “She won’t be worried now.”
I was shocked by her sudden maturity. She was not thinking about herself but about her mother.
I told my driver to stop close to an ice cream parlor since Aria wanted to eat ice cream before she got lost.
I was about to tell my driver to get
fell on Aria’s upset face.
She was looking at a little girl who was holding a young man’s hand. It looked like a father brought her child there.
“Do you want to go inside?” I asked her.
She immediately turned her head away from the window and lowered her head while shaking it.
I felt awkward because of her behavior.
“Tell your dad to bring you here next time,” I said to her while looking away from her.
I did not like to talk about Eric, but seeing this child’s upset face, I had to say it.
She raised her head and asked,
“My d–dad?”
“What? Doesn’t your dad take you and your brother out with him?
“I–I don’t have a d–dad.”
I frowned at her. Did she not know about her biological father? But I heard that Eric even went to attend the parent’s meeting. “Isn’t Eric your dad?”
She shook her head. “Everyone thinks that he is our dad. In fact, my friend’s parents also think that.”
“What do you mean? Isn’t he your dad?” I asked with a desperate
tone.
But the moment she replied, I
“No, Eric is our uncle. My mommy said he’s not our dad.”
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Chapter 81
Twas at a loss to understand whether or not I should believe this little child’s words. It seemed to me that she was not aware of the truth. On the other hand, how could Natalia even hide the truth from her children? How was it possible for Eric not to call his children his own? Exactly what kind of man he was?
After heaving a sigh, I shook my head. “Didn’t Eric go to your parents‘ meeting?”
As a response, she gave me a slight nod. “But that was because Mommy had an exam that day. Uncle Eric told her not to worry, and he then accompanied us.”
“She had an exam? She is studying?”
“Mommy has just finished her studies. Don’t you know that?”
I was not aware of it. Did Natalia continue her studies? She had even completed her graduation?
It was then that I recalled how she had given up her schooling in order to marry me. At that time, her adoptive father told me that she had decided not to continue her education. I thought she was not a good student, so I did not ask her about it.
While I was thinking about it, Aria’s mumble reached my ears.
“Uncle Eric once told us to call him dad. But Mommy hushed us and told us that we should not refer to another man as our dad. He just loves us a lot, so that’s why he said that to us; we should not take it seriously.”
I was stunned by her words. I lowered my head to look at her face and asked,
Then who is your dad?”
Her eyes were filled with tears as she gazed at me. “He is not with us. He is no more.”
I was shocked. “What?”
“Mommy said our dad is no more. She said not to talk about him in our lives. So Noah and I never talk about him.‘
“He is no more?” I muttered while repeating her words.
I straightened my back and sat up as my thoughts began to mess up. Her words blew my mind. If Eric were really their father, Natalia would not have said that to her children. It was
impossible for her to destroy an image of their father when he was still in their lives.
Somewhere, I felt a heaviness move from my chest. Despite the fact that I was unaware of the reason behind it, the news that their father was not alive left me feeling strange.
“Tell me something more about your dad,” I told her.
She shook her head. “No. Mommy said not to talk about him.”
I rubbed my forehead as everything was stirring up my senses. Aria looked sad once again.
I got out of the car and went to open the door on her side. I bent down and carried her.
“Let’s go get some ice cream. Don’t be sad.”
She hugged my neck tightly. She was frightened that she would be lost again. I made her feel secure by holding her tightly in my
arms.
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Everyone looked at us as soon as I walked into the ice cream partor
I went straight to the counter, paying no attention to the other people there.
“Order wherever you want.”
She chose the vanilla and chocolate flavors and grabbed the ice cream when the staff placed it on the counter.
“Do you want to eat here or inside the car?”
She took a peek around and replied,
“It’s beautiful. I want to eat here.”
As I made my way to the last table, I made her take a seat in one of the chairs, and then I got into the chair that was directly across from her.
The expression on her face was one of pure joy as she began to consume ice cream. I found her cute. She reminded me of her mother.
While I was looking at her, I couldn’t help but wonder if her mother had been just as childish when she was younger.
It came to my mind that she had to live the life of an orphan. Was she forced to live a life of poverty, or did she have the opportunity to live a life of luxury? As far as I can remember, Gamma Jeremy did not adopt Natalia at this young age.
“How is mom?” I asked her out of nowhere.
She looked at me and replied,
“She is the best mom in the world.”
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And?”
She wants us to be happy. So Noah and I want her to be happy too.”
“How?”
As if someone else were going to pay attention to what she had to say, she leaned a little bit closer to me.
“I heard my grandma saying to my grandpa that my mommy is alone, so she needs a husband who can protect her.”
I was caught off guard. I averted my gaze from her and inquired, “What more does your grandma say?”
“She said my mommy always cried alone. But she never showed her pain to us.”
My heart froze when I heard her. Why did that woman cry? Wasn’t she happy with her boyfriend?
‘Is your Uncle Eric her boyfriend?”
ler eyes widened. “Is he?”
I’m asking you.”
had lost my mind. What was I even asking a child? Why am I so esperate to know about her mother’s life?
eave it,” I muttered.
Incle Eric is my uncle Jason’s friend. He is very caring. Noah
dI like him a lot.”
ot furious at hearing praise about Eric from be
“Are you done?” I asked as I got t
She glanced at her ice cream and
After letting out a sigh, I sat do about anything and instead allow peacefully,
At that time, I got a call from a fa
Unexpectedly, my mood lightene received the call.
“Where is my daughter?”
Natalia’s voice reached my ears the sounds of her frantic breathir
“I want to know the truth about your children’s father. I’m sending you an address. Come and pick up your daughter. But today, you will not be able to leave without disclosing the truth to
nothing to do with you. Adrian. Just let go my daugh”
I was in my room right now. Everyone in my family knew about Arla’s disappearance. They were trying their best to find her. So when I got a call from Patric, I told them that one of my friends. found Aria. I did not want them to contact Adrian directly. What if he hurt Aria?
“Natalia, what are you doing?” Eric asked, watching me walk to my closet.
He tried to pull the gun away from me, but I turned away from him to avoid his grab.
Hooked at the gun and nodded my head. “So It’s the best way to teach him a lesson. I can be a killer, but I can’t stay away from my children.”
At the moment of their birth, Alpha Martin summoned Qa the back house in order to bestow blessings upon them. O other hand, your mother requested that he take some action against the situation to prevent their father from recognizin them. You know he is a powerful man. He had the wizard’s b to cast any spell. He concealed their scents so that no one c smell them until someone broke the spell.”
I took a step back. When did my parents do that? I was not av of it at all.
Tam going to get Aria back,” I replied to them.
Jason was not at home, but I informed him of what I told my parents. I did not want him to remain in distress.
When Noah finally caught up with me, during the time that I wan ot purchasing lee cream for him and Arla, this was the only thing that he continued to repeat.
He was just a child. How could I blame him? It was my fault for not taking care of them properly and giving that ruthless man the chance to blackmail me.
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