“You guys are here?” Hayley, dressed in a hospital gown, greeted Adriana and Peter with a smile as she led the two Leonidas.
“Yeah, are you guys okay?” Adriana asked with concern.
Leonidas, who was lying on the sofa, seemed interested to see someone coming and crawled over towards the two.
Seeing Leonidas to fall, Peter rushed to pick up the child.
Suddenly arrived in Peter’s arms, Leonidas stared with big eyes and looked at Peter very curious.
“This kid, now he’s not afraid of people at all.” Hayley shook her head in amusement.
Adriana raised her hand to poke Leonidas’ cheek, drawing his attention, and her large, inky black eyes looked straight at her, adorably.
“Look at those eyes, Leonidas is one smart kid.”
“I don’t expect him to be as smart as he is, it’s good to be safe and smooth.” Hayley’s tone carries a hint of the vicissitudes of seeing through the world.
Thinking about what she went through together, Adriana sighed regretfully, unfortunately.
“What’s next for you?” Adriana asked.
Finally got rid of Brenden, so what’s next for Hayley and Leonidas?
Hayley opened her mouth and clearly thought it through long ago.
“I still have some savings, and I have no problem living with Leonidas.”
She looked at Leonidas with loving eyes.
“When Leonidas grows up a little, I can go work at my brother’s law firm, and I don’t think my brother will not want me.”
Adriana and she looked at each other and laughed.
“Definitely not. What about yourself? What do you think of your own affairs, considering Raymond?”
Leonidas’s real father is Raymond, this thing is known to everyone, Raymond also implicitly raised the matter of wanting to bring back Leonidas.
But later on, due to the presence of Brenden, it was just a matter of time.
Hayley was silent for a moment, tasted a sigh and shook her head.
“As a father, he didn’t give much to Leonidas, and he wasn’t even present when it was the toughest. Then we won’t need him in the future. I’ll be able to get by on my own.”
Her words were resolute and spontaneous, but Adriana could still hear the despondency and loneliness in them.
But these things, she said no more can change her mind.
“You must be able to live a good life and still find a real dependency.”
Adriana looked at her sincerely and said seriously.
Hayley looked stunned, then laughed.
“I’ll take your word for it then.”
Leonidas, who was held in Peter’s arms on the side, seemed to feel the joy of his mother at this time, and called out ‘mommy, mommy’ with his mouth.
Peter returned the child to her arms.
The three of them talked for a while, mainly Adriana and Hayley were talking, Peter just sat silently and listened.
Suddenly Adriana received a call from Vivian, saying that she was visiting her in the hospital.
That’s when he left Hayley’s room and headed back to his own.
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Adriana’s ward.
Vivian looked at Edward beside her and her lips quirked, as if she had something to say.
Edward noticed and raised his eyebrows.
“Say what you have to say.”
Vivian received the news of Adriana’s hospitalization and wanted to come and visit.
Before itself she could not go out during her own month, which delayed it until now.
But what she didn’t expect was that Edward actually came along with her and didn’t mean to leave when she reached her destination.
“It’s okay.” Vivian shook her head gently, indicating that there was no problem.
Edward frowned, a little annoyed at her desire to say something.
“If you have something to say, there is no need to hide it from me.”
Since he wanted to live a good life with Vivian, he should have the patience to wait for the other party to open up his heart.
He is willing to give time to wait and hold down his temper.
Vivian saw that he was a little impatient and spoke softly.
“If you have something to do, you can go first, you don’t have to stay with me all the time.” She said, pointing to the phone that kept vibrating in his hand, obviously someone was looking for it.
Edward swept his head down to his phone and his face became more serious.
“Give me a minute.” Turning, he walked out of the ward to answer the phone.
Looking at his back, Vivian exhaled gently.
His recent reactions have made her incredibly nervous inside.
Not bad, is too good, gentle, good talk, although still not considerate enough, compared with the previous him is almost like two people.
This kind of performance made her heart fret.
Faced with his tenderness, she could only caution herself again and again that she could not fall, it was another trap.
Yet emotionally it has begun to waver uncontrollably.
She was afraid that if she continued like this, she would really be unable to control herself to become a prisoner of her feelings once again.
Once again experiencing emotional abandonment, she doesn’t think she’ll be able to climb out.
The best thing to do is to ask Edward to let go of her.
Vivian thought, her small fists clenched tightly.
“Vivian, you’re really here? You’re not well yourself, and you came to visit me.” Pushing the door in, Adriana complained to Vivian.
Peter stood in the doorway, nodded to Vivian, didn’t come in, and went to find Edward.
“And you say that it scared me to death to hear that you were in the hospital.” Vivian retorted worriedly.
Take Adriana’s hands and look her up and down.
The attitude of wanting to strip her naked for inspection made Adriana laugh and keep assuring her that her body was fine.
After explaining for a while, it took a while to convince Vivian that she was really okay.
“By the way, how are you, and is Edward treating you well?” Adriana asked casually.
Speaking of which, Vivian looked dim, visibly lost.
“What’s wrong? He treat you badly?” Adriana asked in a deep, unkind voice, with both eyebrows knitted.
“No, no, he’s not treating me badly, he’s treating me well.”
Vivian hurriedly waved her hand to explain.
“Then why do you still have a sad face?”
Adriana didn’t make it easy for her to muddle through.
The fact that Edward chose to be expelled from the Henderson Family for Vivian’s sake is a sign of how much he cared for Vivian.
Then why did Vivian behave in a way that was not half as happy?
“It’s just too good to be true, it flatters me.” Vivian looked hasty, with her lower lip bitten by her shell teeth and a face that covered her bewilderment.
Adriana subconsciously sensed that something was wrong and took a good look at Vivian.
Vivian was found to be filled with trepidation and anxiety, seemingly fearful of the future.
“Tell me carefully how he is so good to you that you are flattered?” Treat her well and she’s scared?
Vivian bit her lower lip and picked out some of the things Edward had done and told Adriana.
“Is that bad? He’s seriously learning to be a good husband and have a good life with you now, what are you so terrified of?” Adriana wondered.
“But … but …” Vivian bit her lower lip, her heart in turmoil, not knowing how she should put her conflicted psyche into words.
Adriana is best friends with her, and seeing this expression on her face, a flash of light came to her mind and she remembered something.
“You don’t have any idea what Edward has done for you, do you?”