When he thought of leaving, he just felt a pain tugging his heart, the word ‘leaving’ pressed heavily on his heart.
“Hehe-” Esther grinned; her pale face looked so delightful for that instant. She pouted and said dissatisfiedly, “I haven’t seen Lena for a month, I want to see Oscar, the little handsome boy too.”
Looking at her expectant face and thinking about the child, it was a difficult task for Elijah to refuse her. He landed a quick kiss on Esther’s cheek and said softly, “Well, you can only go for an hour. You belonged to me after that. I will wait for you at the door.”
“Really?” Esther nodded excitedly. “Well, even one hour is good!”
Esther got out of the car and she didn’t forget to turn her head to say goodbye to him. “Elijah, go ahead and do something else. Call me after an hour, don’t just wait here!”
“Okay!” He said the word softly.
“I am going in now, see you later!” Esther smiled and turned around.
“Oh, wait!” He got out of the car.
“Is there anything else?” Esther turned around again. She was suspicious when she saw him walking around the car to her front.
Elijah reached out to help her to pull up her sweater. It was early winter, and it was already cold so he helped her to wrap her clothes up. “Don’t catch a cold!”
Her heart tightened and she was full of happiness when she mentioned his gentle actions. However, she felt a little uneasy behind the happiness because he was always by her side these days, and the more happiness she was having now, the more afraid she would be when losing it.
“Elijah! Don’t leave me, okay? Don’t leave me forever, okay?” Esther had already begun to lose confidence.
His heart tightened and he nodded. “Okay! I won’t leave you for the rest of my life!”
“I’m going!”
“Just go!”
When she entered the alley, Elijah’s eagle-like gaze also flooded the light. There was a touch of gloom on her upper cheek. Her heart was still hurting, and the pain almost made her suffocate.
He did not leave. He waited for her outside the alley as he also didn’t want to be too far away from her because without her he would feel extra cold and depressive. He smoked a cigarette. He lit it and exhaled a puff of smoke.
Lena home.
“Ah-Esther-” Lena immediately rushed over when she saw Esther. She hugged Esther kindly. “What’s wrong with you? Why did you drop out of school suddenly?”
Seeing that she treated her so kindly, Esther blushed of a sudden. “I’m fine, where is Oscar?”
“Sleeping!” Oscar pointed at the small bed in the corner.
Esther saw Oscar lying on the small bed. She walked over and found that the little boy had grown up. He was sleeping very soundly. What a cute baby! If there was nothing wrong with her child, their child must be a cute baby in the future.
But-
“Esther?” Lena shouted out her name when she realized that something was wrong with Esther.
“Lena!” She didn’t expect that Esther turned around of a sudden and hugged her tightly. “Lena, my baby is gone, I’m sad, so sad!”
That was the first time that she showed up her fragility. She felt that her pretense of being deliberately strong from the day of the operation had made her collapse at that moment.
“How could this happen?” Lena didn’t expect it.
“The baby has no fetal heart rate and fetal buds. It’s just not for me!” Esther choked.
“Don’t cry!” Lena hugged her tightly. She could imagine Esther’s sadness. “It’s okay, you are still young. You would have children again, don’t cry!”
“I haven’t dared to cry. I’m afraid he will be even more depressed when he sees me crying!” Esther was sad. She didn’t know who to tell her thoughts. She didn’t tell Elijah and Philip because she was afraid that they would be worried about her. Now, she took Lena as her best friend. Thus, she exposed her true emotions when she met her.
Lena sighed. She just hugged Esther tightly, “Cry it out, it’s fine to cry. But he will still be worried when he sees your red eyes which is the proof of your crying! Are you sure you still want to cry?”
After hearing her words, Esther stopped crying instantly. Yes, Elijah would still be worried when he saw that her eyes were red.
Soon, she stopped crying. She wiped her tears away, gently quit Lena’s embrace. When she looked up again, Lena saw that her face had returned to a smiling face.
Lena felt sour and patted her shoulder. She could imagine Esther’s sorrow and she felt proud of her strength.
“It’s okay. You will be fine after crying!” Esther said with a smile as if she was about to take care of this depressed feeling. She turned her head and looked at Oscar. She spoke in dissatisfaction, “How did this boy choose to sleep at the time when I came? I only have one hour, can you wake him up!”
“Okay! I’ll wake him up!” Lena walked over and woke her son up. To comfort Esther, she didn’t care that her son would get up angrily.
“Don’t-” Esther’s action was not fast enough to stop her. Lena had already disturbed her child and woke the little boy up.
The little boy seemed to be a little angry, frowning his good-looking brows. Then, he blinked his charming blue eyes which looked like deep-sea when he saw Lena.
“Oscar, handsome boy, aunty has come to see you!” Esther leaned forward.
When the little guy saw Esther again, he became excited immediately. Then, his big eyes were bent into crescents.
“Wow! He didn’t get angry! Esther, my son gave you so much face!” Lena shouted, “He will not smile for a long time whenever I wake him up. I didn’t expect him to smile when he sees you today.”
“Is it?” Esther reached out and hugged Oscar.
“Aunt… Aunt…” Oscar muttered.
“Ah! He already can speak?” Esther was a little surprised, but she became even more excited. “Baby, could you call aunty? Call it again!”
“Aunty-” The little boy called her again obediently.
“Your son can speak!”
“He has started talking these few days!” Lena was also very excited. “He was able to call Mummy and Grandma now!”
“So cute!” Looking at Oscar’s little cute face, Esther was lost for a moment.
Outside the alley, Elijah smoked the cigarettes by the car alone. A cigarette was pinched between his slender fingers and his black eyelashes were lowered to cover the light in his eyes. The people who passed by looked at him occasionally. They have never seen such a handsome guy came to this alley.
Due to the Veyron car and the handsome guy, those women who worked by prostituting their bodies to men started paying attention to him. Most of them were interested in meeting such a handsome man. A woman walked towards him in high heels.
“Sir, do you want to go to my house?” The woman was pretty with a good figure. Her chest-wrapped mini skirt revealed large areas of her soft fair skin.
Elijah ignored her and just took a deep puff of smoke.
The woman didn’t mind his indifferent attitude. She was intending to hold Elijah’s arm with her small hand. However, he dodged and avoided her instantly when her hand was about to touch his arm!
His eagle eyes shot a sharp light, and he spat out two words in a cold voice, “Get lost.”
The woman’s face changed slightly, and she was a little not reconciled. “Sir, please don’t be like that!”
Elijah’s gaze was cold enough to make her feel shivering and suffocating. His eyes lit up with a faint blue light with a trace of blood. The woman shivered in fright for a while. Then, she pouted and walked away in despair.
No one stepped forward to strike up a conversation. Elijah continued to smoke. He leaned on the Veyron, checking his watch from time to time. An hour had just passed.
Finally, he couldn’t wait anymore and strode towards the alley where Esther had just entered.
Esther held Oscar and teased the little boy. After playing with him for a long time, she taught him to talk. The longer she played with him, the more unwilling she was to leave. Lena could see how much she cared about the passing baby from her attachment to Oscar.
Esther looked at Oscar and lost her mind occasionally. Later, she felt a hot sight falling on her. Esther lifted her head in panic. Then, she looked at Elijah’s affectionate gaze, his unabashed grief made Esther fall into chaos. She startled for a while and returned to her senses hurriedly, “Elijah, why are you here?”
“Time’s up! You should go back and rest now!” Elijah said solemnly with his cherished and care on her that could not be concealed in his tone.
Lena just saw Elijah at the door. It was the first time for her to see him so closely. Seeing the true love for Esther in his eyes, suddenly, she felt that Esther was lucky. At least this man loved her, she was also relieved to know that!
“Okay!” Esther carried Oscar and ran to Elijah excitedly. “Elijah, Oscar is cute, right? He is very handsome, isn’t he?”
Elijah just glanced at her hurriedly. His gaze fell on Oscar’s little face with a trace of trance and nodded.
“Let me carry him!” Lena carried her son.
Esther was a little bit reluctant, and her gaze was still on Lena. The little boy looked at her excitedly.
“Esther, I am not going to ask you to stay. Go back and rest soon!” Lena said. Her house was shabby and she could hardly serve the CEO like Elijah there.
“I’ll come to you again, Lena!” Esther said.
Elijah looked at Lena and nodded. Then, he pulled Esther to leave.
When she left, Esther was still looking back at Oscar frequently. She was so reluctant to leave.
Until she walked out of the building, Esther caught Elijah’s melancholy gaze when she looked at her side. Then, she stopped and held his hand. She could feel his warmth in the warmth.
Their eyesight was entangled. Esther stretched out her arm around his neck and whispered, “Elijah, we will have a cute baby like Oscar in the future!”
He stretched his hand around her waist, and their hair was messed up by the wind, tangled together intricately.
“Let’s buy clothes, Babe!” Elijah sighed softly. They were having less and less time to get together. He was having melancholy with deep attachment and reluctance.
“Yes.” Esther nodded and let go of him. She took his arm. “Hubby, you didn’t smile recently!”
Her tone contained a bit of complaint. Elijah turned his head and caught the annoyed expression on her face. He laughed in his low deep voice and then gently rubbed her hair with his big hands.
“I have been very gloomy recently, today I will find a joke and tell you when we are back home!”
“Okay!” Elijah’s eyes stared at her were filled with petting. “Find a lot of jokes! Let’s laugh together!”
He drove to buy her lots of winter clothes.
“I don’t want so many clothes! These are enough for me to wear for several years!” Esther was frightened by his actions of buying clothes, “Don’t buy so many!”
But he kept taking it, choosing many different types of clothes and he didn’t even ask her to try. Although the fashion would be outdated, he still chose clothes that were enough for her to wear for many years.
Esther seemed to feel something and frowned. Looking Elijah who had been choosing clothes by her side, there seemed to be an indescribable light of despair in his eyes. His complicated look made Esther’s heart tremble and she felt a little panic.