Four years later, with a voice, he accurately judged who the man was behind, but he did not even have the courage to turn back.
But Vivian did not recognize him by his back. She made a meal and found Elsa had run out of sight. She was anxiously looking for everywhere, but finally in the woods to see a man to abduct her child!
Vivian was anxious and angry. Without distinguishing the figure of Ashton, she angrily came forward, grabbed Elsa in the man’s hands. Without raising her head, she said to Elsa, “Haven’t I told you not to be able to walk with strangers? I’ll hit your ass if you run around again…”
“Vivian.”
Before the words fell, she heard a familiar voice shouting her name overhead, and her rambling words suddenly stopped, even afraid to look up at the man.
“I’m afraid you’ve mistaken me, Sir.”
She hugged Elsa, lifted her foot and was about to walk away.
“Vivian!” A shout came from behind.
The footsteps of Vivian suddenly stopped, she tried hard to resist her impulse to turn back.
At this time, Elsa’s cry sounded, “Mom, I hurt, Mom…”
Vivian was startled, lowered her head to see the child in the bosom. However he was grabbed by Ashton, “Now I have no time to talk with you. This child just was bitten by insect, there was blisters on her back, she had to be sent to a hospital hurriedly.”
After hearing that, Vivian lifted Elsa’s clothes to check, she was anxious and hurried to send Elsa to the hospital.
The doctor prescribed medicine and said Elsa needed three days of injection. The child’s skin was tender and should not go to where the plants flourish in this season.
Vivian felt relieved, coaxing Elsa to fall asleep. Looking at her daughter’s back with medicine, she felt distressed and guilty.
Ashton stood by the bedside, looking at Vivian. He felt more distressed then Vivian did. At the same time there was an angry mood to rise.
The child had such a big event, his man had not yet come.
Thinking that in the mind, Ashton said in an unfriendly tone, “Vivian, you hide from me for four years and live in this unknown broken place with a wild man to have a child?”
He was thinking who was possible to be with Vivian and found out only Owen was most likely the one. The conjecture let him secretly grinding teeth, he ruthlessly said, “You have hidden in this small town four years for him. Even you take care of the kid by yourself. Vivian, you never had such a good temper when you were with me.”
But Vivian completely ignores his words, said indifferently, “Sir, do I know you?”
“No?” Ashton stepped forward, tracing her face gently with his fingers, with a smile on his lips.
“We had a negative distance contact, and you don’t know me? How long is the distance in your eyes that you will know me?” Ashton asked playfully.
Vivian flushed, roller her eyes at this man, and changed her manner.
“Mr. Bradley, the past is the past. I’m living a good life. Please don’t –”
“I don’t live well.” Ashton cut off her words, the pain in his eyes made Vivian a bit lost.
“For these years since you left, I did not eat well, did not sleep well. I miss you once I closed my eyes. I know I was blinded by hatred for two years, and did things to hurt you. You know, I want to kill myself every day for these years.” said Ashton in a low voice. There was helplessness in his eyes and eyebrows. He moved his hands a bit and did not hug her.
Vivian lowered her eyes and uttered a sigh, “Ashton, what’s the meaning of saying these things now?”
“I owe you an apology…” Ashton said with difficulty that even he himself knew how pale the apology afterwards really was.
But he really can’t let her go.
Vivian’s finger moved, she gently caught the little hand that can’t help but want to scratch in the dream. Ashton’s eyes were also attracted. In order to break the embarrassment, he asked, “How old is she?”
“She’ll be three in June.”
Moved by this, Ashton asked tentatively, “Where is the child’s father? Why hasn’t he arrived at the hospital yet?”
Vivian paused, looked down at Elsa’s face, said lightly, “He is dead.”
Ashton, “…”
After a moment, as if he had thought of something, his brow stirred, and then he smiled silently, with his hard face melting.
Vivian looked at him inexplicably.
“What are you laughing at?”
“Good. I’ll be her father.”