Natalie Wheeler stayed by the door of the room and did not go in.
She knew that Dante will definitely hate her for calling Jasper Milton over.
However, if she did not call Jasper to come, things would only get worse.
There were many unhappy endings in life. This time was no different.
Jasper Milton was probably nearby. He said he would arrive in another ten minutes.
When he came out of the elevator, his whole body was covered with an angry aura. His eyes were sharp and locked onto her, and his face was livid.
Natalie had a bad feeling. She walked up to him and said, “You should talk to Dante nicely”
“It’s my own business whether I talk to him nicely or not. I’m afraid it has nothing to do with you,” Jasper said in a cold voice. His eyes were sharp, his bad temper apparent.
“Dante doesn’t want to stay by your side. If you beat him, it would only cement his decision of not wanting to stay by your side.” Natalie persuaded him.
“If he doesn’t want to be with me, who does he want to be with? You? Who do you think you are?” Jasper said angrily.
“I didn’t say that he wants to stay with me. If I had really thought so, I wouldn’t have called and asked you to come over.” Natalie explained.
“Do you really not think so? In that case, how did Dante know that you’re here? If you’re too scheming, you’ll only bring harm to yourself,” Jasper said disdainfully.
“I didn’t tell Dante. He just listened to the conversation between my friend and I. Jasper, don’t do this. Dante is still young. He can’t understand the adults’ painstaking efforts. You will only make him sadder.” Natalie persuaded him.
“Sad or not, it’s none of your business. Get out of my way,” Jasper ordered harshly.
Now that Jasper was acting like this, she did not dare to let him take Dante back.
She stood there and didn’t move.
Dante heard a quarrel outside and opened the door. When he saw Jasper, he was so scared that he quickly closed the door.
Jasper leaped over, pushed the door, and looked fiercely at Dante.
Jasper was even more irritated by his actions.
Jasper used all the connections he could in order to find Dante.
How dared Dante close the door when he saw him.
Jasper was furious and he kicked the door open.
Dante was so scared that he hid behind the bed.
Natalie rushed in and said, “Jasper, talk nicely.”
Jasper looked at Dante fiercely and said in a cold voice, “I am disciplining my son. There is no need for unimportant people to interfere. Come here.”
Dante was so scared that he shook his head. His eyes were red like a poor rabbit.
Natalie remembered what Dante said, “I don’t want to rely on him. In that way, even if I’m abandoned, I won’t feel sad and tortured. I want to adapt to the environment. If I can’t, then I will change it.”
Dante was only seven years old and still a child, but he had said such strong words, which made her heart ache.
Natalie rushed to Dante and hugged him. “Jasper, could you give me five minutes?”
“All of you are the same. Bettany acts like this, and you act like this too,” Jasper said sternly. He pulled his belt out and waited for Dante, warning him, “Are you coming or not?”
“I don’t want to go. I want to go home. I miss my parents, I don’t want to go.” Dante cried sadly.
“Go home?” Jasper was so angry that he lost his temper and hit him with his belt.
Natalie blocked the hit and her arms turned red in an instant.
Jasper did not calm down. He suddenly came up and scolded, “I provided you with food, shelter, and education. Isn’t my home your home?
All of you are so willful. If you lose your temper, you just run away from home.
Any random person could interfere with my life.
Since you want to go home so badly, I’ll send you home then! You could go home and find your mother.”
Natalie hugged Dante tightly and endured the hits again and again. The skin on her back was soon torn.
It was a good thing she was the one who took the hits. Dante was still a child. His skin was thin and tender, and he would definitely not be able to endure those hits.
However, Jasper’s last words hurt Dante and her.
Did he just ask Dante to find his mother? Did he want to beat Dante to death?
If he still had Stella Grace in his heart, he shouldn’t have said that.
He knew that Stella cared about this child very much.
Tears flowed uncontrollably.
Dante also burst into tears. Not only did he not beg for mercy, but he became even more stubborn. “Beat me to death. I am going to find my mother. I don’t want to stay with you anymore. You, Ralph, and Auntie Hadley can live happily together.”
Jasper threw the belt fiercely on the ground, went over, pulled Natalie away, held Dante’s small shoulder, and pulled him to the side fiercely. “Do you think that you have done nothing wrong? You ran away from home without any valid reason. Do you know how worried I am?”
“Your worry for me isn’t because you love me or cherish me, but rather to hit me. I can’t see your worry.” Dante said, crying.
“If I don’t hit you, will you remember this lesson? I managed to find you this time. However, if something bad happened to you, will there be any point even if I managed to find you?” Jasper said angrily.
“So what if something bad happened? If something bad happened to me, I will go to accompany my mother. My mother is lonely in heaven. I will go and accompany her.” Dante said fearlessly.
Jasper clenched his teeth. The mist in his eyes spread, and his eyes slowly turned red. He said seriously, “Who said your mother is in heaven? Your mother is still alive. I have been waiting for her to come back. If you left, or if something bad happened to you, you won’t be able to wait for her.”
“You’re lying.” Dante choked and said.
“I’m not lying to you. Your mother is really alive.” Jasper also choked, and a tear rolled down his right eye.
This tear carried too much pain, nostalgia and helplessness.
“If my mother is still alive, why didn’t she come back?” Dante asked in confusion.
“I don’t know either, but I believe that your mother will come back one day because there are people whom she loves here, as well as her responsibility and wishes,” Jasper said firmly.
Dante lowered his head and cried.
Natalie turned her face away and cried too. The bitterness in her heart was about to form a flood and drown her.
“Let’s go, come home with me, okay?” Jasper said in a hoarse voice.
Dante looked at Natalie.
Natalie’s shirt was torn into strips by Jasper, and there were bloodstains on her shirt.
“Dad, please take Natalie to the hospital first. She is injured.” Dante said with concern.
Natalie’s heart throbbed even more, and tears burst out once more.
Her child was truly a kind person.
How could he still care about others at this time?
She wiped the tears from Dante’s face and said softly, “I’m fine. It’s just a flesh wound. I’ll recover with some rest. Go home with your father, Dante. Don’t run away from home anymore, okay? Also, you must promise me that you will grow up safely.”