Marissa sighed deeply. “Theo, I know Sophia’s been a great help to our family, but you need to draw a line between men and women. You should repay their kindness, resolve these issues quickly, and keep a proper distance from Sophia. Only then will probably Ellinor be willing to come back home, and she won’t misunderstand you anymore!”
Theo understood her and nodded. “Yeah, I got it.”
Seeing that Theo took her words to heart, Marissa didn’t say anymore. She got up and let the maid help her back to her room.
After Marissa left, Theo leaned his head on the sofa, rubbing his temples.
Suddenly, he noticed a movement in the corner.
Theo’s eyes narrowed. “Who’s there? Show yourself!”
dowy comes
oked uneasy. He stopped as soon as he got close, not daring to move any closer
to rely a lot on Theo. But after Elinor left, he became terrifying every day, which often made Baber too scared to approach him.
that it was Baber, the serious expression on Theo’s face finally relaxed. He raised his hand and waved to the child. “Come over”
Baber cautiously approached the man, his face filled with fear.
Even though he was safer here than when he lived with the Howard family and no one would hit him, he still didn’t feel a sense of belonging and was always
scared
Theo reached out his hand to pull the child to his side and asked expressionlessly, “Do you miss Mom?”
Baber shook his head hard. When he heard the word “mom,” a look of fear instantly appeared on his face.
The mother in his memory was Patricia Howard.
He was deeply afraid and resistant to seeing that mother again. She was too terrifying.
Theo saw the child’s fear and explained gently. “Not the mom from before. My wife, she’s your mom.”
He had completed all the legal procedures. After obtaining evidence that Patricia had abused the child, he had terminated the child’s guardianship relationship with
Patricia.
Now, this child was only his.
Baber blinked in confusion. “Your wife?”
Theo nodded. “Yes, my wife.”
Baber was still a bit resistant and shook his head. “I don’t know her.”
Theo frowned. “You do know her. She’s nice to you, and you like her.”
Baber’s eyes widened as he thought, and then his face lit up with surprise. “It’s Ellinor! I miss her… She’s Daddy’s wife, my mom…”
Theo gently touched the child’s head, then pulled out his phone from his pocket and put it in front of the child, showing him the screen. “Your mom is sleeping.” He hadn’t hung up his video call with Ellinor. He couldn’t bear to.
After Ellinor had unknowingly fallen asleep, she stopped avoiding the camera. She unconsciously rolled over towards the camera while continuing to sleep soundly. Baber stared blankly at the phone. His eyes immediately turned red, and his mouth started to pout after seeing Ellinor in the camera, whom he had missed so much. He was about to cry.
Theo put a finger to the child’s mouth. “Don’t cry, or you’ll wake your mom.”
In fact, he had already turned off the microphone. Ellinor couldn’t hear any sound from his end.
He was just worried that if the child started crying, he wouldn’t know how to comfort him.
Baber held back his urge to cry and nodded hard. “I won’t cry; I’m not gonna wake Mommy up!”
Ellinor looked very young. If it weren’t for her pregnant belly, she would look like a high school girl.
