Chapter 1498


    Seeing how his Mommy was able to fend Julien off, Lawrie felt that Julien was less scary than


    before. He slowly became less defensive against him and did not even mind when Julien reached


    out to pinch his face twice while they were eating.


    Lawrie felt sleepy after dinner. Vanessa was busy bathing Lawrie, so Julien decided to help to wash


    the dishes. He was a little clumsy as he had never done this before. Fortunately, he managed to


    wash everything without much trouble.


    After Vanessa put Lawrie to bed, she came by the kitchen and saw that Julien had almost finished


    cleaning up the kitchen. Warmth suddenly crept into her heart. It turned out that it was really


    rxing to have someone helping out when she was exhausted.


    As Julien was cleaning up, he felt a rather intense gaze on him. He turned over to look at Vanessa,


    and asked softly, "What''s wrong?" "Nothing," Vanessa replied, shaking her head. However, she


    could not help butugh when she saw Julien wearing an apron. "Say, Mr. Kyle, you look quite


    dashing doing housework in that apron. You look more handsome than ever," she teased.


    Julien looked at her without saying anything. He had only realized now how funny the apron must


    have looked on him since the apron was in Vanessa''s size, and she was much smaller than him. It


    looked like he was wearing a bib.


    He was in the midst of pulling the apron off when Vanessa stopped him and said, "Don''t. No one''s


    around anyway."


    She had a point; no one was around to see him, and after all, Vanessa had already seen all of him.


    As Vanessa felt her heart fluttering with joy, she started to talk more. "Mr. Kyle, it''s really incredible


    for a man like you to set foot in the kitchen. I''m honored to have witnessed such a scene. Do you


    think I should snap a photo on my phone for memory''s sake?" She teased.


    Julien red at her. How dare she think of taking a photo of him in this state?


    Noticing the cold look on Julien''s face, Vanessa lowered her head and exined, "I''m just joking, I


    wouldn''t dare to do that. You don''t have to get so mad."


    "Childish," Julien muttered quietly.


    "Yes, yes. I''m childish and you''re the most mature, sensible and charming person," Vanessa mused.


    With Lawrie''s illness getting treated and Julien by her side, Vanessa was filled with joy and naturally


    became chattier. "I think Lawrie and I have been very lucky these days," Vanessa said.


    Julien asked, "What do you mean?"


    "You know, the doctor came by this evening and informed me that they''ve found a match for


    Lawrie''s bone marrow transnt even though he told me in the morning that it would not be easy to


    find a match. I was so astounded by this news that I just couldn''t believe it," Vanessa exined.


    It was fortunate that Julien''s bone marrow was a match; otherwise, things would have been much


    more difficult. However, this was something Julien wanted to keep to himself. His son was already


    three, but this was the very first time he did his duty as a father. He told Vanessa, "I guess it''s


    karma. You deserve this."


    Vanessa sighed and said, "God must have heard my prayer, so he sent an angel to save Lawrie.


    Because of this, Lawrie will definitely grow up to be an excellent and handsome young man."


    Julien stayed silent.


    It was not heaven that heard her prayers... It was him.


    As a graduate from a prestigious university, how could she be so superstitious? If God really were


    that great, then there would not be anyone suffering from hunger or poverty. Global warming would


    not even be a problem anymore.


    Vanessa said again, "Julien, thank you! If it weren''t for your help, I wouldn''t have enough money for


    Lawrie''s treatment."


    "Lawrie''s my son," Julien emphasized.


    "No, he''s not," Vanessa pouted.


    She also wished dearly that Lawrie was Julien''s son. However, the chances of that happening were


    too slim. She would not even dare to dream of it.


    Julien rebutted aggressively, "If I say so, then he is."


    Vanessa said sadly, "Lawrie isn''t that lucky."


    Julien said, "Is it that difficult to admit that Lawrie''s my son, Vanessa?"


    "I wouldn''t even dare to think about it. You''re the great Mr. Kyle while Lawrie and I are just mere


    peasants. We''re worlds apart. I wouldn''t even dare to dream about this," Vanessa replied.


    "If I say that he''s my son, who dares to tell me otherwise?" Julien asked through gritted teeth.


    "Don''t forget that there are still elders in your family. They won''t let you bring a son home out of


    nowhere," Vanessa reminded him, a wry smile across her face.


    "I''ll deal with them. Why are you so worried?" Julien said.


    Vanessa was rendered speechless.


    Fine. Since he was so persistent about this, she guessed she could pretend that Lawrie was his


    son.


    The next day.


    Vanessa had just finished apanying Lawrie to his daily checkup. A little fellow poked his head


    from the door and said in a child-like voice, "Lawrie, Auntie Vanessa, it''s me, Larry! I''m here to y


    with you again."


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    Lawrie was happy to finally have someone he could chat with. He got up from the hospital bed


    happily and said, "Larry..."


    Vanessa smiled and said, "Larry, why are you here?"


    "I missed you both, so I came to see you, my Auntie Vanessa and little Lawrie!" Larry chirped


    sensibly.


    Auntie Vanessa?


    Suddenly, Vanessa noticed that the way Larry addressed her was different. After all, she felt like a


    middle-ageddy being addressed as Auntie''! "Have I grown older, Larry?" she implored.


    Larry shook his head and said, "Auntie Vanessa, you are always young and beautiful."


    Vanessa pinched his face, "Why did you call me Auntie Vanessa, then?"


    Larry said softly, "Uncle Julien told me to call you that. Once he marries you, you''ll be my aunt,


    and I have to address you appropriately as Auntie Vanessa!"


    Before entering the ward, Larry promised Julien that he would not tell Vanessa anything. However,


    he hadpletely forgotten that the moment he saw Vanessa. He was just a child; how could he


    remember so many things?


    "Don''t listen to your uncle''s nonsense," Vanessa told Larry.


    What was Julien thinking?


    How could he say such things to a child?


    "Was it nonsense? Do you not like me?" Larry asked.


    "Of course I like you," Vanessa replied.


    Larry scratched his little head and asked naively, "Why don''t you want to be my Auntie, then?"


    Vanessa did not know what to say.