As soon as Clarissa returned home, she received a call from Matthew and found out it was a video call session.
She handed Damian the phone and started reading next to him. Thus, she could vividly hear the conversation the father and son duo had.
“Damian, I’m currently at W City! I’ll drop by and visit you tomorrow! What do you think?”
“Great! Hurry up and join us!”
“Why don’t you ask Mommy to bring us around tomorrow?”
Once again, Matthew got Clarissa involved in their conversation. Therefore, Damian looked at Clarissa with his head tilted and asked, “Mommy, where shall we visit tomorrow?”
“There’s nothing much going on since everyone’s away for the holiday.”
Damian then asked, “If that’s the case, shall we get Daddy over to keep us company?”
“That’s not really a great idea.”
“Why? Isn’t that the right thing to do as a family during festive seasons?”
Has Matthew told Damian something without informing me? Otherwise, Damian wouldn’t have brought this up!
Clarissa gave her son’s question a thought and answered, “Your great-grandmother doesn’t really want Daddy anywhere near her.”
The little boy stared at his mother with his abysmal pair of eyes glistering in confusion and asked, “Why?”
His mother was rendered speechless by his question.
The little boy’s father then broke the silence when he heard their conversation. Matthew said, “Damian, it’s because of a mistake I made back in the day.”
“Have you apologized, Daddy?”
“No.”
“Why don’t you go ahead and say sorry? I’m sure she’s going to forgive you as long as you’re sincere! If that’s the case, you’ll get to join us!”
Matthew was also rendered speechless by their son’s innocent remark.
Damian, who was a little boy, thought a simple apology was all it would take to resolve the sort of grudges the adults held against one another.
Unfortunately, the wasn’t the case as it would take more than a simple apology to resolve the issue that had been around for years.
“Damian, it’s time to call it a day! I’ll see you tomorrow!”
When Damian reluctantly returned the phone to Clarissa, she accidentally caught a glimpse of Matthew’s abysmal pair of eyes.
A few seconds after she hung up the call and wrapped up the session, she held her son in her arms and started reading him a bedtime story.
Clarissa mentioned nothing about meeting Matthew when she made her way out the next day. However, Catherine could easily figure out her granddaughter’s destination since it was New Year’s eve.
The moment they reached the entrance, they noticed Matthew had long pulled over and alighted from the car, waiting for them in the cold.
The man dressed in black couldn’t be bothered by the cold at all. When he caught a glimpse of the mother and son duo, he beamed in satisfaction.
He then rushed over to welcome them and lifted their son in his arms. After he had enough of kissing their son, he leaned over to kiss Clarissa as he knew she would never turn him down in front of their son.
Matthew, who had finally achieved his goal, asked with a smirk, “Damian, where do you wish to head over today?”
When he caught their son looking in the direction of Clarissa, Matthew turned around and had his eyes glued to Clarissa in a similar manner.
Clarissa announced, “We’ll just head out and see if there are any ongoing events. If there’s nothing else, we’ll head over to the hotel and spend a day there. It’s way too cold to aimlessly wander on the streets.”
“Alright, we’ll head over to Daddy’s place!”
Once they made up their minds, the family of three made their way to the hotel and spent the rest of their time doing nothing.
Clarissa had Matthew keep Damian company and started indulging in mobile games. Halfway through her game, she received a call from an anonymous number.
After much hesitation, she picked it up and heard a woman announcing, “Clarissa, it’s me.”
As soon as she heard Jolene’s voice, she hung up the call without a second thought.
Meanwhile, Jolene, who had announced she would be able to get Clarissa to spend a night with Johnny, was dumbfounded when her call was hung up the moment it was picked up.
What the heck? Is she not going to listen to the things I have in store for her?
After a few seconds, Jolene made another call. However, no longer could she get through to Clarissa. It was safe to assume Clarissa had blocked her contact number.
Irked, she then glared at her phone in silence. Johnny, who had just made his way out of the bathroom, asked, “How’s it going? Did you manage to reach her yet?”
The vicious plan Jolene had prepared beforehand couldn’t be of much use as Clarissa refused to listen to her.
Unfortunately, they ran out of ideas to get in touch with Clarissa as Clarissa’s contact number was the only thing they had been made aware of.
At that, Jolene cast her phone aside and cursed, “This foolish woman actually blocks me without figuring out the things I have in store for her! I-It’s just—”
As she let loose of herself in front of Johnny, she was no longer the flirtatious woman he had always known.
Johnny, who was in a bathrobe, took a seat next to Jolene and looked at her with a scowl.
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