rene Nadine’s POV
Looking at her strange look, Sally White asked in confusion, “what the hell is going on? Why are you stunned?”
I didn’t have the time to explain anything. I looked around the hall anxiously. Sally White thought there was something wrong. When she was about to follow me, she was stopped by the crew.
I saw Theresa in the booth of the dessert area. She was eating something, but I didn’t know where to go with her Arthur Mitchell.
She looked around vigilantly and walked quickly to Theresa. “Where is Uncle Mitchell?”
Theresa raised her head, with a small spoon in her hand and cream on the corner of her mouth. She pointed to the outside of the hall not far away and said, “Uncle Mitchell, answer the phone.”
Following the direction pointed by Theresa, she saw Arthur Mitchell on the phone. I held Theresa’s hand and stood up in a hurry. “You go home with Uncle Mitchell first.”
“Why?” Theresa looked a little upset and said, “Mom, I want to eat more.”
“Let’s go home and eat, okay?” at this moment, I don’t want to care about Theresa eating so much dessert. I picked up a tissue and wiped the child’s mouth. Then I picked up two boxes of dessert from the shelf and stuffed them into Theresa’s hands. Holding Theresa’s hand, I walked towards the Arthur Mitchell.
Arthur Mitchell also hung up the phone and was about to come in. Before he could say anything, she walked in quickly with Theresa in her arms. Her voice was a little trembling. “Arthur Mitchell, you can take Theresa back first.”
“What’s wrong?” Arthur Mitchell asked worriedly as he took Theresa into his arms.
I don’t know how to explain it. I just asked Arthur Mitchell to go back first.
Although he had noticed my anxiety, Arthur Mitchell asked, “do you want to go with me now?”
“I have something else to do here. I’ll go back when it’s over.”
“Okay, call me then. I’ll pick you up.”
I nodded in a hurry. I don’t have time to think about anything now. I just want Theresa to leave as soon as possible.
“Mom, I want to pee.”
“Go back to the bathroom, okay? We’ll be home soon.”
“I can pee my pants.”
“It’s okay. Go ahead with your work. I’ll take her there.”
I’m afraid that the Arthur Mitchell might not know how to take the kid when he sees Ryan Campbell. For safety’s sake, I’ll say, “you go get your car. I’ll take the kid with me.”
The restroom was not far away, and it was two minutes’ walk from the parking lot. Arthur Mitchell nodded and said, “Okay, just wait here. I’ll be there soon.”
I took Theresa’s hand and looked around the hall. After the opening ceremony, everyone dispersed. They were chatting, not too noisy
I heaved a sigh of relief when I didn’t see Ryan Campbell. The reason why I was so sure that Ryan Campbell was not here was that if he was here, he would have been surrounded by these people.
I had seen the direction of the bathroom before, so i walked towards it directly.
There were not many people in the corridor. The sound of high heels stepping on the ground was clear and urgent.
“Mom, can you bring me some more chocolate when you come back?” Theresa asked as she walked.
But I refused without hesitation, “no, two is enough. Your teeth will break if you eat too much.”
Theresa pouted and complained, “you don’t like me at all. Uncle Mitchell will be served to me.”
However, before I went to the washroom, I saw the man coming out as if I had seen a ghost. After a second of astonishment, I immediately hid Theresa behind myself.
However, it was too late. Ryan Campbell had already seen us. He frowned slightly and subconsciously looked at Theresa. Theresa stuck her head out from behind in confusion. It was not until then that Ryan Campbell clearly saw Theresa. His expression immediately became a little difficult to see, and his expression was complicated. The next second, he looked at my face.
The four eyes met. I wanted to escape, but my feet seemed to be stuck in the ground and I couldn’t move half a step.
At the same time, I know clearly that my secret has been exposed.
My mind went blank. Ryan Campbell slowly walked towards me and subconsciously protected Theresa behind .
At this time, another man came out of the bathroom and glanced at the strange atmosphere with strange eyes. Ryan Campbell reached out and grabbed my arm to the side of the corridor. At the same time, he looked at the child I had been protecting and looked at him with inquiring eyes, as if he was still judging whether he was a good person or a bad person.
Ryan Campbell was both excited and angry.
He slammed me against the wall with a little strength and glared at me with his height. “Don’t you want to explain?”
I didn’t look at him or say anything. I just held Theresa’s hand all the time.
In the face of her silence, Ryan Campbell laughed in a low voice, as if mocking something. Seeing that I avoided his sight, he approached and whispered in her ear, “you really gave me a lot of surprises. Who said that the baby was gone?”
Although I couldn’t see his expression, I could tell that he was gnashing his teeth. I felt his whole ear burning. I slightly shrank my neck to avoid it, and now I was thinking about escaping, and I also knew that there was no way back.
Since Ryan Campbell had known about it, he wouldn’t let it go so easily. Even if he didn’t do the paternity test, he was sure that Theresa was his child. Others didn’t know the similarity between them, but Ryan Campbell must know, because for him, it was like seeing himself in his childhood.
“Why don’t you say anything? Well, don’t you show off how you stole the child without telling anyone?”
Facing Ryan Campbell’s aggressive attitude, I was about to say something
The next second, Ryan Campbell felt a small fist fall on his leg, and then a young child shouted at him in a fierce voice, “go away, bad guy!”
Ryan Campbell lowered his head to look. To be honest, no matter how angry he looked, he was still soft in his heart. He just muttered, “little guy.”
Theresa walked up to me from behind and tried to stop Ryan Campbell.
Ryan Campbell looked at us, as if we were really bad people who bullied them. I lowered my head to look at the young child and asked with a faint smile, “do you know who I am?”
Theresa didn’t care. She was anxious, so she tried her best to fight against Ryan Campbell. She wanted to save her mother, but Ryan Campbell twisted her hand off.
“Don’t hurt the child!” I looked at the child who was grabbed by him by the collar and couldn’t get rid of him. I wanted to comfort, but I couldn’t get rid of him, so I had to plead anxiously.
Ryan Campbell let go of her and pulled the child in front of him. “I’m your father,” he said angrily
I squatted down in a hurry to protect Theresa in my arms. Theresa might have been frightened, but she was still pretending to be strong,.
“I’m fine. Go to the bathroom. I’ll wait for you here.”
Theresa grabbed my hand and glanced at Ryan Campbell. She was still worried and said, “come with me. He is a bad guy and will bully you.”
With a faint smile at the corners of my mouth, I comforted the child, “it’s okay. Uncle is not a bad person. Hurry up. We will leave after going to the bathroom.”
Ryan Campbell didn’t feel relieved. Instead, the word “Uncle” ignited his anger.
Theresa walked into the bathroom step by step and three times back. I didn’t turn around to look at Ryan Campbell. until the child was out of my sight
Ryan Campbell looked patiently.
After a few seconds of silence, I looked away with a guilty conscience and apologized, “I’m sorry. I lied to you that year.”
Ryan Campbell sneered, “can an apology solve the problem?”
I swallowed and said in a low voice, “I had no choice at that time.”
“So you are innocent. I deserve it?”
“I… I didn’t mean that.” these years, I also felt guilty to Ryan Campbell and selfish. But if I had another chance, I would still make the same choice, “The past is past. It doesn’t matter who is right and who is wrong. Now we all have our own lives. Just ignore this child. I won’t bring the child to disturb you in the future. I promise.”
After hearing, the smile on Ryan Campbell’s face deepened.
I don’t know what he is feeling now
But what else can I do if I don’t say that?
I’m going to marry Arthur Mitchell soon, and the child can’t leave me at this time. The existence of Theresa is superfluous for his current life. He has no reason to compete with me for the child.
Ryan Campbell looked at me condescendingly.
He just wanted to come here to see her today,.
Didn’t she insist on divorcing him because of the baby? But now she told him that she secretly took the child away from him?
So how should he punish her? Such a big lie had made him suffer for so many years. Did she know how he had lived through every anniversary of his child? Did she know how guilty and remorseful he was because of the death of his child?
When his life was worse than death, she lived a safe and happy life with his child outside.