The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride novel Chapter 1358

"Your food shouldn’t touch the floor, or you'll be starving."
Winston's voice suddenly rang out, and then a kid holding a tray suddenly burst into tears.
Winston, who was already stone-faced, now looked even more ruthless. "Why cry?" Did he say something upsetting? Why did they suddenly start crying so sadly?
"Wah!" The crying seemed contagious and soon several kids in front of Winston started weeping.
Chloe quickly stepped forward, came to Winston's side, bent down and said to the kids, "Guys, don't cry. If there's a problem, talk about it first. If you cry, we'll be really worried, you know?"
Chloe's gentle tone left Winston slightly taken aback. He had seen Chloe before as someone who was usually detached from the Summers family matters, very focused on her job. He rarely witnessed this gentle side of Chloe, and her patience and kindness towards the children, in particular, caught him off guard.
Could kids really change a person like that?
These kids were so naive. They always regarded their teachers as the smartest people in the world, hoping for their praise and affection. Hearing Chloe's words, the crying stopped.
"Who can tell me what happened?" Chloe asked with a smile.
A little girl wiped her tears and pointed at Winston tremblingly, "He bullied us and wants to starve us. His face is scary..."
Winston was speechless, and his expression grew even darker.
"Wah...so scary!"
"Really mean..."
"So scary..."
Chloe turned her head and looked at Winston, her eyes full of dissatisfaction and blame.
"When did I bully them?" Winston bit his lip, looking unconvinced.
Chloe accused, "You're going to starve them!"
"Yes!" The kids nodded their heads.
Winston turned his head and glared at them, "When did I say I'd starve them?"
"Wah...so mean..."
Winston was speechless. "I saw it just now. You said if they knocked over their food tray they would starve."
Winston's cold face twitched slightly; he looked down at the little girl standing in front of him, staring at her tear-stained eyes. "I was just trying to make her be careful..."
Chloe looked up at Winston and counter-questioned, "Your demeanor isn't friendly to begin with, and your words are so ambiguous. No wonder they're crying."
Winston closed his eyes in frustration, and took a deep breath, "Fine, I'm sorry, I apologize."
The little girl rubbed her eyes and said with a thick nasal voice, "I accept your apology. But can I take a picture with you?"
The other little girls also cautiously came out, looking at Winston's stern face, their eyes full of longing, "Can I take a picture with you too?"
"I also want to, even though you look very strict, you're actually handsome..."
Chloe smiled helplessly, not expecting things to turn out this way.
Compared to the scheming in the business world, Chloe found the world of children to be a completely new and unknown territory.
The little girls who had just been frightened to tears by Winston suddenly ran over to request a photo with him the next moment. They were too cute.
Finally, under Chloe's urging, Winston bent down and took photos with a few little girls, receiving all kinds of hugs and kisses, successfully arousing the jealousy of the other boys in the orphanage and becoming the "enemy of the boys".
Faced with a sea of laughter and joy, Cicely found herself unable to join in. Her gaze wandered around the cafeteria, and finally, in a distant corner, she saw Hugo, the one she had been longing for all along.
Hugo sat obediently in the chair, his legs dangling in the air, yet he still sat up straight, his delicate face filled with calmness.
Although Cicely really didn't want to admit it, Hugo's demeanor was too similar to Seth's.
Cicely's heart couldn't help but tremble, just watching from afar, the sourness in her heart spread all over her body.
Chloe somehow came to her side and gently patted her shoulder.
"Hugo is a good boy." Cicely said, her voice full of indescribable emotions and heartache.
Chloe nodded.
Hugo sat there quietly, so well-behaved that it tugged at people’s heartstrings. If his eyes could see, maybe there would be more expressions on his face, maybe he would be as playful and mischievous as the boys next to him.
That was what children his age should look like, wasn't it? In contrast, this quiet and obedient Hugo, how could he not be pitied?
Hugo's eyes couldn't see, so the orphanage had special staff to take care of him. As a caregiver was carrying a tray to Hugo, Cicely immediately stepped forward and stopped the caregiver.
"I'll do it." Cicely said.
The caregiver, knew that there were guests at the orphanage today, thought for a moment and handed the tray to Cicely.
"This is the kid's meal. He's been refusing to let others feed him recently..."
"Thank you." Cicely said softly, carrying the tray to Hugo's side.
But just as she got to Hugo, before she could speak, Hugo's eyes moved. He reached out and tightly grabbed her clothes as if afraid she would leave.
Cicely bit her lip, barely holding back her tears.
"Hugo..." She called softly.
Hugo's eyes turned red instantly, tears swirling in his eyes, his lips tightly pressed, trying not to cry.
"Is...is Hugo not good?"
His voice was particularly soft, and his careful demeanor made Chloe, who was nearby, feel a sense of melancholy.
Cicely placed the tray in front of him, but at the moment she bent down, two glistening tears fell, illuminated by the light.
"Hugo, you're a good boy..." Cicely said, biting her lip.
"But...you took so long to come see me..." Hugo said softly, full of grievance.
Chloe turned away, unable to restrain the sorrow in her heart, her eyes burning with tears.
Cicely tasted a hint of rust in her mouth as tears silently rolled down, drop by drop, falling to the ground. "I've been busting my hump trying to make ends meet. Once I've scraped together enough dough, I'll get your eyes fixed, then we can start living our lives together. So I'm sorry, Hugo. Can you forgive me?"