Ryan Campbell’s POV
Maybe I haven’t adapted to it yet. It should be the nature of every child. With a child, I can’t ask for life to be as orderly as when I am alone.
“Theresa, come here to take a shower and go to bed.”
Hearing this, Theresa didn’t play too much. She just put down the latest doll, walked to me and asked, “where’s mom? Why hasn’t she come yet?”
I lied, “I have something to deal with today. Can your father accompany you tonight?”
Theresa raised her head and looked at me with dissatisfaction. I didn’t say anything more and went to the bathroom with the baby in my arms.
“Can you take a shower yourself?”
“Of course. Go get my clothes. Don’t peep at me.”
I rolled my eyes at her, poured the water, walked out and handed the newly bought pajamas to the child.
So I came to the living room and packed up the toys on the ground.
It’s only been one night. I feel very tired. I finally realized how hard it was for her to bring up Theresa alone.
Debbie was rendered speechless
Irene Nadine’s POV
Without waiting for Ryan Campbell’s reply, I went to the bathroom in a daze. I lay in the bathtub for a long time and fell asleep. I didn’t wake up until I felt the water in the bathtub was a little cold.
She washed herself again with hot water and walked out of the bathroom. It was almost twelve o’clock.
I felt very tired, but lying on the bed, I was no longer sleepy.
From time to time, she picked up her phone and wanted to call him again, but she knew that the result would be the same. I knew that Ryan Campbell didn’t see my phone and message, but he didn’t want to answer.
No matter how many calls I make or how many messages I send, it’s in vain.
Tears welled up in my eyes again. I was so scared that I would never see Theresa again in my life.
Did the baby go to bed so late? Can’t the baby cry without me around?
Ryan Campbell’s POV
The first day I got along with my child was much easier than I thought. But I also found that there were many things to adapt to and it took me a lot of time and effort. It felt like I just married her.
Although I have a lot of things to consider, I don’t think it’s troublesome.
He had never been with Theresa before, and he didn’t know if she had any habits before she went to bed. He just put her on the bed and covered her with the quilt. Then I was about to leave. Theresa looked at me with her eyes wide open. It seemed that he didn’t feel sleepy at all. He thought that she might have something to tell him, so he asked, “why don’t you close your eyes and sleep?”
Theresa was confused and asked, “are you a friend of my mother?”
“What do you think?”
“You bullied my mother and brought me here, but now I think you are not a bad person.” The child was still analyzing rationally and looked very curious about my existence.
I couldn’t help sitting on the edge of the bed and said, “I’m your father, understand?”
Theresa just looked at me, as if she didn’t understand what I said. After a while, she muttered with some distress, “why do you all want to be my father?”
“Who else wants to be your father?”
“UncleMatthews and Uncle Mitchell.”
Arthur Mitchell, I know. “UncleMatthew?”
“UncleMatthew?”
I don’t know the baby’s full name, but I have vaguely guessed that it is Philip Matthews.
Why was she so popular? In the past four years, there had been many pursuers.
At the thought of this, I felt uncomfortable. If I hadn’t discovered the existence of the child, would she have completely forgotten me and planned to live a peaceful life with that man?
“… I still miss my mother. Can uncle call my mother?”
The child’s voice brought me back to earth. Then she said, “why do you miss her? Isn’t it good to have dad with you? And don’t call me uncle. Call dad, okay?”
Theresa looked at her hesitantly and said, “but mom will be angry if she hears it. She doesn’t allow me to call her like that.”
Hearing this, I was stunned. I couldn’t figure out the reason, but I just fooled the child and said, “just scream. If your mother dares to scold you, I will scold her.”
“No, mom can’t quarrel with a girl.”
“You…” I couldn’t help but whisper to her, thinking that her child knows much more than I imagined.
“Can you call my mother?” Theresa sat up from the bed and looked at me with her big black eyes, which made me unable to resist at all. In the past, I had promised not to spoil the child, but now I am completely softhearted. After all, the child is a child.
But now she asked me to call her. I really don’t want to.
I don’t want her to contact Theresa so easily. I think she should have a taste of it. She took the child away alone and left me alone. Didn’t she feel sorry for me?.
Although she thought so fiercely in her heart, she was actually a little worried about her situation
He held Theresa in his arms and said, “call me dad, and I’ll let you meet mom early.”
Theresa just looked up at me with concern.
Recalling what she had just said, I said, “anyway, your mother is not here. She can’t hear you even if you call her.”
Theresa still pursed her lips slightly and didn’t want to. In fact, it was just two simple words. Although she didn’t understand the meaning of these two words, she had always realized that these two words were very representative.
She had watched cartoon on TV and vaguely knew that “father” and “mother” seemed to be two closely related. Although she was curious, she had never dared to ask such a question. She was afraid of making her mother angry.
“If you don’t scream, your mother may not come to pick you up for a long time.”
“Will mom come tomorrow if I call her mom?” Theresa bargained with me. I like her cleverness more.
Although I didn’t intend to do so, I nodded and said, “Okay, you can call me first. I’ll see if you listen to me or not. If you listen to me, I’ll let you meet my mother.”
Theresa was still a little unhappy, but when she thought of her mother, she looked at her and said in a low voice, “… Dad.”
It’s hard, but I’m very satisfied. It’s worth it to wait for this moment for the past four years, isn’t it?
He rubbed Theresa’s head and asked, “why do you miss your mother so much?”
“Mommy will be scared if she sleeps alone at night.”
After thinking for a while, I couldn’t help asking, “aren’t you Uncle Mitchell with your mother?”
Theresa immediately retorted, “no! Uncle Mitchell is a boy. You can’t sleep with your mother.”
I smiled with satisfaction.
“Go to sleep now. I’ll take you out tomorrow.”
“But I haven’t talked to mom yet.”
“It’s so late. Mommy has already fallen asleep. You should go to bed now. Daddy is in the living room. Go to sleep.”
I put Theresa back on the bed. Wrapped in the quilt, Theresa wanted to say something but stopped on a second thought. Perhaps she was still thinking about her mother, but when she thought that her mother had already gone to bed, Theresa didn’t insist on calling her. Lying on the bed, she closed her eyes obediently.
I heaved a long sigh of relief and turned off the lights in the room, leaving only the dim light. Standing by the door, I asked Theresa, “are you afraid of darkness?”
Theresa said proudly, “I’m not afraid.”
With a smile at the corners of my mouth, I gently closed the door. This might be the first time I smiled from the bottom of my heart in the past four years. It’s only one day, and I feel that this child is an indispensable treasure for me.
She walked to the desk by the window and sat down. She picked up the unfinished documents and put them down as if she was a little annoyed. She picked up the phone next to her and looked at it. The number was no longer the previous number, but I knew who called these missed calls. The woman who hadn’t appeared in my life for a long time
Looking at the message, I felt depressed inexplicably.
He didn’t remember how many nights he had spent like this. He loved her and hated her, but in comparison, he seemed to love her more.
Although I don’t want to admit it, I can’t deceive myself in my heart. Even though I know that she has changed her heart and even has the idea of remarriage, I still want her to come back to me and live a good life with the three of us.
Taking a deep breath, she took out the cigarette case and looked out of the window at the night, smoking casually.
Debbie was rendered speechless
Irene Nadine’s POV
On the other side of the city, I sat up on the bed after tossing and turning.
She couldn’t fall asleep anyway. She turned on the bedside lamp, stood up and poured a glass of water.
She picked up her phone and checked the time. It was only twelve o’clock.
The night is still so long. How should I stay up?
Did the child get along well with him?
On the one hand, she hoped that her child could live in peace with him, but on the other hand, she was a little selfish. She hoped that her child would still remember me, because she was particularly afraid that her child would completely forget me under the father’s pampering. She was afraid that even if I met her child, she would not say that she missed me, or even not willing to go home with me.
Thinking that the hotel was not far from my previous residence, I had an impulse.
She turned around, took out a suit of clothes from her suitcase and changed. Then she left the hotel with her mobile phone and wallet.
It was very convenient to take a taxi here. As soon as they got downstairs, they called a taxi and told the familiar ground. They looked out of the window at the passing night, waiting for the destination.