She tried hard to control her emotions. However, when she saw his tears rolling down his cheeks, she could feel herself losing her calm.
“Who says we won’t see each other anymore? You see, we didn’t make an appointment today, but we still met, which shows that we are fated. Since we are fated, God will definitely let us meet again, right?” Natalie Wheeler persuaded.
Dante Milton sniffled, his tears still flowing. He seemed to have lost control of his emotions. He cried out. “I don’t like Dad. He took me away. My parents were very sad. Now he wants to drive Auntie Natalie away. He wants to drive all the people whom I like away. I hate him.”
“If you don’t like your father, why don’t you live with Auntie Natalie in the future? Auntie Natalie stays in the Oasis Hotel. The hotel has an amusement park.” Eli Wayne said directly.
“Eli.” Natalie stopped her. “Don’t talk nonsense. He is Jasper’s child.”
“Jasper has gone too far,” Eli grumbled. “This child must’ve suffered a lot. Otherwise, why would he get so attached to you just because you treated him a little better? That’s because he’s been tortured too much. Just a little bit of warmth was enough to make him go after you.”
Eli’s words hit Natalie’s heart.
She had also been severely tortured in the past. Her heart was like the winter in December, and she almost froze to death. At this time, as long as there was a little sunlight, she would pursue it with all her life.
Back then, Jasper Milton was her sunshine.
She didn’t want her child to live the same life as her, to grow up in a family without love. She wanted her child to taste the warmth of love.
“I’ll talk to your father again,” Natalie said and stood up.
A soft, warm little hand grabbed her palm.
Dante’s little action completely melted her heart.
She held Dante’s hand and walked back to the restaurant.
Jasper realized that Dante was gone when he and his friends stepped out of the elevator. He looked for him anxiously. When he saw Natalie coming over with Dante, his eyes became cold.
“I can sue you for abduction for taking a child away without his parent’s permission,” Jasper said unhappily and walked toward them.
Natalie was instantly annoyed. “Mr. Milton, you were there when I left. Wouldn’t you know if I abducted your child or not?”
“Dad, I went to find Auntie Natalie on my own.” Dante explained.
“Dante, go on in. Dad got you a cake.” Jasper ordered.
Dante looked at Natalie and walked into the restaurant with his head lowered.
Jasper turned around and was ready to go into the restaurant.
“Mr. Milton, I want to talk to you.” Natalie shouted.
Jasper did not turn around. “I don’t think that’s necessary.”
“I want to be your family tutor. Please give me another chance. I will do it well.” Natalie said, throwing her pride aside.
Jasper squinted at Natalie and said, “I have two children, Dante and Ralph. Tell me, between the two of them, who do you like more?”
Natalie looked into his deep eyes. Her intuition told her that this question was a trap, but she could not see through his thoughts.
“I’ll be tutoring both of your children. What I have to do is to make different teaching plans according to each of their personalities.
Dante is very smart and very obedient. For Dante, I just need to listen to him patiently, be his friend, and accompany him. As for Ralph, he is very smart but he is also very rebellious. More often than not, he has his own ideas. I only need to follow his train of thought and guide him correctly.” Natalie explained.
Jasper sneered and looked at Natalie even more indifferently. “I think the smart one is you. You’re not answering my question. I guess avoiding the question is your forte.”
“As a teacher, I have my emotions. It is normal to have favorites. As long as I treat the children equally, isn’t that enough? Are you able to make sure that the future tutor would not favor one of them more?” Natalie retorted.
“At least, her background will not be questionable. Miss Wheeler, ask yourself, are you hiding something from me?” Jasper questioned.
“What do you mean by that?” Natalie asked back with reddened eyes.
“Judging by your attitude towards me now, I believe that we wouldn’t be able to get along too happily in the future. Since that is the case, why do we have to start at all? I won’t hire you as my children’s tutor. If you didn’t hear me clearly, I can repeat it again. I won’t employ you as my children’s tutor!” Jasper said coldly.
Natalie felt that she was about to burst a blood vessel from dealing with Jasper’s gloomy personality.
“Give me a reason,” Natalie said, holding back her anger that was about to erupt.
“First, as your boss, I have the right to fire you based on my mood. And I don’t need a reason for that. Second, since your friend doesn’t like me, it will affect the relationship between you and your friend if you come to my house as a tutor. Third, quarreling will leave cracks in your heart, possibly irreparable. Are you satisfied with these three reasons?” Jasper looked at Natalie indifferently. He had made up his mind and would not change it again.
Natalie could see Jasper’s determination. After a sneer, she laughed and burst into tears. She wiped her tears and said, “One day, you will regret your decision today.”
Natalie turned around and entered the elevator.
Dante hid behind the door and leaned against the door frame, eavesdropping on the conversation. When he saw the door of the elevator close in front of him, he cried sadly.
“Dante.” Jasper shouted anxiously when he saw Dante crying.
“I want to go home.” Dante cried until his snot came out. His eyes were red and swollen. He looked at Jasper and said with certainty, “I want to go home.”
Jasper took a tissue and wiped his tears and snot. He said lovingly, “Okay, let’s go home.”
He picked Dante up.
Dante was still crying and he repeated, “I want to go home.”
Jasper said goodbye to his friends and went home with Ralph and Dante.
He put Dante in the back seat while Ralph sat in the passenger seat.
Jasper went around the car and got into the driver’s seat. He looked into the rear-view mirror and did not see Dante.
He was shocked and turned his head to look at the seat behind him. Dante was no longer there.
He got out of the car nervously and looked around. There were no cars, and no trace of Dante. He anxiously closed the door and shouted, “Dante, Dante.”
No one responded to him from all directions.
He was in a hurry and said to Ralph in the car, “Stay in the car and don’t go anywhere. I’m going to get your brother back.”
“Dad, you’ve never been so worried about me when I left. I’m younger than him.” Ralph said with a grievance.
“That’s because I know where to find you.” Jasper explained with a flash in his eyes. He knew where to find Dante, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed Natalie…