At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when Esmae and her husband and sons returned home, they saw four bodyguards guarding Helena, and Spencer sitting diagonally across from her. It wasn’t a special scene, but the atmosphere was strangely odd.
Helena was a woman of her word. She had been taking care of the baby the whole time when Lucia was resting, and Spencer didn’t leave the living room as if he was serious.
Esmae went into the living room and said,
“Where’s Lucia?”
Spencer was about to answer first when Lucia’s voice came up the stairs.
“Are you back?”
Everyone looked over and saw Lucia slowly coming down the stairs. Her steps were light and her posture was elegant. Most importantly, the fatigue on her face this morning was gone. She was in high spirits and her eyes were bright.
Reynolds’s heart skipped a beat when he saw Lucia like this, and then he quietly suppressed the throbbing, telling himself that he can’t be tempted.
Spencer lowered his eyes, forcing himself not to look at Lucia.
“Just got back.” Esmae didn’t say anything. It was Chris who replied. He looked at Lucia and then asked, “Lucia, did you not sleep well last night?”
Chris’ observation was astounding.
She went into the living room and took the baby from Helena’s arms. She smiled and said, “Well, I can’t sleep. My baby was crying for some reason last night, so I didn’t sleep much.”
Esmae frowned but did not change her expression.
“In that case, I’ll arrange for the servants to take care of the baby for you at night, so that you can take some of the burden off your shoulders.” Chris said lovingly.
“No…” before Lucia could utter the word “need”, Esmae, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.
“She doesn’t need it. Lucia is not single. The baby has a father. Spencer can take care of her at night.”
Esmae’s words made everyone except Spencer frown. Esmae always knew how to adjust and plan her life, and she would never ask Spencer to do something like that if she could get a servant to do it. Waht was more, Lucia and Spencer didn’t even live in the same room, and everyone knew it!
“I don’t…” Lucia was reflex and refused, but cut off by Esmae without a moment’s doubt.
“Helena was supposed to be taking care of the baby while you were resting. Now it’s time for Spencer to take some of the burden off of you,” Esmae said, defying Lucia’s resistance.
“Spencer, you hold your daughter and let Lucia rest a little longer.”
“Okay, Ms. Wilson,” Spencer said happily and quickly walked in front of Lucia. His eyes were filled with pride as he extended his hands toward her.
Since the baby was born, Spencer hadn’t touched a finger of hers. Now that Esmae’d got his back, he wanted to show Lucia who was in charge!
“Lucia, give me our daughter. Rest well.” There was an ambiguous smile in his eyes. Seeing that Lucia was not moving, Spencer urged her gently.
Esmae’s intention was plain enough. Lucia frowned and did not move.
“Mom, Lucia has rested. She can take care of the baby on her own,” said Helena, who couldn’t help but defend Lucia because she didn’t want to see Spencer succeed.
In return for a stern glare, Esmae decided that if Spencer’s attitude to Lucia depended on Lucia’s indifference, she would force her to stop! In the beginning, it was all about getting Spencer in touch with the kid.
“Lucia…” Spencer’s voice sounded soft, but only those who understood knew the pressure.
Lucia turned to Esmae and looked at her with pleading eyes. All she got was Esmae’s cold eyes. After a moment’s hesitation, she moved her hands a lot. Finally, she slowly handed her daughter over to Spencer.
Spencer’s heart was pounding, and it was the most condescending experience he’d had since he’d been engaged to Lucia!
He reached out to take the baby. He thought she was heavy, but she was so light. Spencer didn’t know how to hold a baby. At first, he couldn’t even hold her head. Lucia had no choice but to reach out and catch her. She gave Spencer a hard look before he realized what was happening.
With a few simple moves, everyone except Esmae broke out in a cold sweat.
Finally, Spencer “got” the baby in his arms.
Looking down at the baby in his arms, Spencer sneered that it was a good thing she got most of her features from Lucia. Otherwise… Just thinking about it, Spencer suddenly looked the baby in the eyes.
There was no doubt that the child had the most beautiful eyes in the world. Although she was only two months old, her bright eyes were sparkling. However, the faint purple reflection in her eyes made Spencer furious!
He never knew! This bastard got her pupil color from Arthur!
Of course Spencer didn’t know, because Lucia had never gotten him this close to the baby before.
Lucia was initially very nervous, but when she saw Spencer’s sudden change in expression, she immediately realized that he had noticed the color of her daughter’s eyes. However, she was very happy that he had discovered that this was her child with Arthur! No Doubt!
“Aren’t your daughter’s eyes beautiful?” Lucia’s voice was low but right into Spencer’s heart.
Spencer looked up at Lucia’s sharp eyes, and for a moment there was a sense of defeat.
It was one thing to know that the bastard was Arthur’s, but quite another to see such undeniable evidence with his own eyes.
The sight of the two people in touch with each other was like thunder and lightning. Even those standing around could clearly feel the oppressive and tense atmosphere.
“Okay, I didn’t even hug the today. Give her to me.” Reynolds, seeing the tension, reached out and lifted the baby out of Spencer’s arms. Then he turned and sat down on the couch, avoiding Spencer.
The baby was taken away, but Spencer still stared at Lucia, and for a moment he saw her smile.
Esmae didn’t know what was going on, but she couldn’t let it go on. She turned to her husband and said,
“Chris, I’m a little tired. Let’s go upstairs and get some rest while the servants prepare the Christmas dinner.”
As Esmae spoke, Spencer withdrew his gaze from Lucia. He stood there, and his eyes were obscured.