Chapter 537 Adults Make Mistakes Too


    A flustered Le responded,"Impossible! I will never agree to it." The woman had been nning this for


    so long. She had always intended to use the child to get Charles to marry her. Le became frantic


    after hearing the proposal to take Charlie away from her. She needed the boy to seed in her n.


    "Mr. Lu, he means everything to me. I will never part with my son," Le dered. Her eyes and voice


    were steady as she spoke.


    The only way Charles would get his son was to ept her as well.


    "Is that so?" Charles asked, looking at Le with bored eyes. "It is not my wish to separate the two of


    you. If you want to stay with the child, I am okay with it. I will give you money every month for your


    needs. But that''s all I can do," he exined.


    She stared at him in disbelief. "How can you be so mean to us, Charles?" she cried out. Le was


    confident that everything would go as nned. But hearing Charles'' proposal made her realize how


    na?ve she was, and how ridiculous her n had been.


    ''The only woman Charles would ever treat with respect is Autumn, '' she conceded.


    "I should have learned my lesson from the past. So I wouldn''t have gone through all this scheming. But,


    there is no turning back now. I still have to try," Le mumbled to herself.


    She took a deep breath before speaking again. "I gave birth to your son four years ago. You can never


    imagine what I suffered during this whole time. I never dared approach you because there was


    Autumn. But she''s been gone for three years already. Will you continue to hold on to her memory and


    stay single the rest of your life?" Le argued. ncing at Charles, she continued,"You came to me


    first. If only for your son, you should consider marrying me so he can grow up with a happy family.


    Have you ever thought of that?"


    The man''s eyes turned cold. "Whether I decide to get married or not is my business, and it has nothing


    to do with you!" he snapped. This time he sneered,"Since you bore the child, I will not turn back on my


    responsibilities for him. I will take care of his living and other expenses. But, it is not my duty to care for


    you. If you allow him to live with me, I promise to give him the mostfortable life and let you visit him


    regrly. However, if you intend to keep him with you, I will send you money every month for


    expenses. Those are your only two choices."


    "You.. you…" Le stammered, and was suddenly at a loss for words. Then she let out a desperate


    Autumn!" she said bitterly.


    "Don''t degrade her," Charles responded coolly, as contempt glimmered in his eyes. Beingpared to


    a shameless woman would dishonor his wife, and he would never allow that.


    His words stung, so Le quickly changed the subject. "Why don''t you go talk to our son?" she


    suggested. With a confident smile, she said,"I''m sure he''ll make you change your mind."


    She looked Charles straight in the eye, and uttered,"The best gift you can ever give children is a


    "I''ll talk to him," he agreed. "Yes, living with both parents is always good for a child''s development,


    but…" he paused. "If his parents get together against their will, it will be a disaster for the child,"


    Charles said, with a hint of guilt in his voice.


    Le didn''t have to ask that he speak to Charlie. Charles had every intention of talking to his son. And


    even if he detested the boy''s mother, he would never be cruel to his son.


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    Charles stood up and headed towards the child''s room. He hesitated before knocking. After two short


    raps on the door, he asked softly,"Can Ie in?"


    A young voice from behind the door called out,"Come in!" Charlie didn''t want to overhear what the two


    adults were talking about outside his room, but their voices carried through his bedroom.


    The man opened the door gently and found the little boy in bed reading a book. He stared at the child


    and was overwhelmed with joy. He was cute, Charles thought. Had his mother been anyone else but


    Le, he would feel more affection for him.


    Guiltily, he thought it was a pity for the innocent child to live under such circumstances.


    Awkwardly, he addressed Charlie,"Hello there." He never thought meeting his son for the first time


    would make him feel nervous, but it did. He also felt a little guilty at the thought that he had never done


    his duty for the boy.


    But while he despised Le, Charles kept in mind that the boy was innocent.


    "Hi!" Charlie answered back, imitating his father''s serious tone. They gazed at one another, amazed by


    their strong resemnce.


    ''He has the same eyes, nose and mouth as mine. There is no doubt that he''s my son, '' Charles thought


    proudly.


    "I''ve seen you," Charlie blurted out. The man was taken aback.


    "Have you?" Charles asked. Sensing that Charlie wasn''t ufortable around him, the father found


    the courage to move closer. "Where?" he asked gently. Charles slowly sat down on the edge of the


    bed.


    "She has a picture of you in her room," the boy replied. He was referring to his mother''s room. Although


    he acknowledged Le was his mother, he never felt the urge to be close to her.


    "Has she ever mentioned me to you?" Charles inquired, a little flustered over their conversation.


    Somehow, he wanted to know what the child thought of him.


    "Sometimes," Charlie answered casually. Then the boy frowned and turned serious. "She told me you


    were a wonderful man and that she wanted me to be a great person like you when I became an


    adult. But I don''t want to be like you when I grow up."


    His words stunned Charles. "Why not?" he probed.


    "You don''t like her, do you?" the boy pointed out. He tilted his head while looking at his father.


    Charles decided honesty was best. "No, I don''t like her," he admitted. It astonished him that even the


    little boy could sense that his father could never love his mother. But Le refused to ept that.


    "So, if you don''t like her, why did you date her? And why did you have me?" Charlie fixed his eyes on


    the man that was his father, while peppering him with questions. He may only be four, but his wisdom


    was far beyond his age. But as intelligent as he was, there was one thing that he couldn''t understand.


    The boy could not help but wonder what was going on between Charles and Le.


    To his mind, lovers were supposed to be together. So, he couldn''tprehend why two persons who


    didn''t even like each other would have a baby. He bowed his head and yed with his fingers like


    confused children usually do.


    Finally, Charles spoke and using a fatherly tone, said,"Come here." He gestured for Charlie toe


    closer. After a brief hesitation, Charlie flung the quilt that covered his legs, and crawled towards his


    father. Charles took the boy in his arms and began to exin,"It was a mistake."


    Unsure whether the boy couldprehend what he was saying, he thought carefully before


    continuing,"Like kids, adults also make mistakes. It''s not a shame to do something wrong. And for as


    long as you can make things right and take responsibility for your actions, everyone deserves to be


    forgiven. Do you understand what I''m saying?" He looked at his son in the eye.


    Charlie was watching his father intently and nodded in agreement.