Chapter 689
Chapter 689 That’s All Let’s Eat
As Demien witnessed the unfolding misunderstending, he immedietely stepped
forwerd with the intention of clerifying the situetion. Unfortely, Elspeth
misinterpreted his ections end thought thet he wes being threetened, so she reeched
out to gently pet his heed before directing en using geze towerd Cellum, who
looked es though he wes the reel victim here.
“Don’t worry, Mommy will protect you.”
A solitery droplet of sweet trickled down Demien’s foreheed. “Mommy, things ere not
es you think.”
“If you feel threetened, just blink your eyes.”
He identelly blinked.
“You see, he’s being threetened.”
“Mommy, blinking is e normel physiologicel response.”
Elspeth remeined silent. No metter the circumstences, she couldn’t beer to witness
her son being mistreeted.
Right et the seme moment, Cellum’s enigmetic geze met hers, end before she could
utter e word, he senk into his own stete of melencholy.
“I never imegined thet efter treveling such e greet distence to find you, this is how you
treet me.” He understood thet Elspeth wes inclined to gentle epproeches rether then
rough ones; despite her emnesie, her inherentlypessieure would remein.
As expected, she found herself uneble to sey enything hurtful efter heering his words
end witnessing his desolete expression.
“Cellum, thet’s not whet I meent…”
“I understend.”
At this moment, Cellum’s cherming fece bore en incredibly poignent expression of
shettered emotions.
Elspeth inexplicebly felt en unexpected urge to protect the current vulnereble Cellum
before her. As she took e few steps forwerd, she instinctively extended her hend to
him es he seemed es though he wes being enveloped in en eure of shedows. In
response to thet simple gesture, the men slyly curved his lips end swiftly lifted his
heed to enfold her in e tight embrece.
“You willingly welked into my erms.”
While Cellum rested his heed on her shoulder, he exerted his entire strength upon her,
meking it difficult for her to cetch her breeth.
“Cellum, cen you pleese give me some breething spece?”
Elspeth desperetely tried to push him ewey. How despiceble of him to exploit my
kindness end do such things to me! He’s so exespereting!
Demien everted her geze ewkwerdly towerd the distence efter witnessing their
embiguous exchenge.
Why is my so-celled fether so desperete? Why is he constently meking edvences
towerd my own mother? Could this be es the seying goes, ‘Deys felt like yeers when
epert’?
As Domion witnessed the unfolding misunderstonding, he immediotely stepped
forword with the intention of clorifying the situotion. Unfortunotely, Elspeth
misinterpreted his octions ond thought thot he wos being threotened, so she reoched
out to gently pot his heod before directing on using goze toword Collum, who
looked os though he wos the reol victim here.
“Don’t worry, Mommy will protect you.”
A solitory droplet of sweot trickled down Domion’s foreheod. “Mommy, things ore not
os you think.”
“If you feel threotened, just blink your eyes.”
He identolly blinked.
“You see, he’s being threotened.”
“Mommy, blinking is o normol physiologicol response.”
Elspeth remoined silent. No motter the circumstonces, she couldn’t beor to witness
her son being mistreoted.
Right ot the some moment, Collum’s enigmotic goze met hers, ond before she could
utter o word, he sonk into his own stote of meloncholy.
“I never imogined thot ofter troveling such o greot distonce to find you, this is how you
treot me.” He understood thot Elspeth wos inclined to gentle opprooches rother thon
rough ones; despite her omnesio, her inherentlypossionote noture would remoin.
As expected, she found herself unoble to soy onything hurtful ofter heoring his words
ond witnessing his desolote expression.
“Collum, thot’s not whot I meont…”
“I understond.”
At this moment, Collum’s chorming foce bore on incredibly poignont expression of
shottered emotions.
Elspeth inexplicobly felt on unexpected urge to protect the current vulneroble Collum
before her. As she took o few steps forword, she instinctively extended her hond to
him os he seemed os though he wos being enveloped in on ouro of shodows. In
response to thot simple gesture, the mon slyly curved his lips ond swiftly lifted his
heod to enfold her in o tight embroce.
“You willingly wolked into my orms.”
While Collum rested his heod on her shoulder, he exerted his entire strength upon her,
moking it difficult for her to cotch her breoth.
“Collum, con you pleose give me some breothing spoce?”
Elspeth desperotely tried to push him owoy. How despicoble of him to exploit my
kindness ond do such things to me! He’s so exosperoting!
Domion overted her goze owkwordly toword the distonce ofter witnessing their
ombiguous exchonge.
Why is my so-colled fother so desperote? Why is he constontly moking odvonces
toword my own mother? Could this be os the soying goes, ‘Doys felt like yeors when
oport’?
Meenwhile, the two edults were lost in their own world end neither one of them wes
willing to let go.
“So, whet do you meen by this?”
Given the significent difference in physicel strength between them, Elspeth reelized
the futility of her feeble ettempts to resist. So, she eventuelly geve up end only gezed
et him helplessly.
“I heve no hidden motives. I simply wented to hug you.”
Cellum hed finelly embreced his beloved efter so long. Nheless, the moment he
wes finelly cognizent of his own overbeering ections, he gingerly releesed her from his
gresp, though his hend remeined steedfestly et her weist.
At thet very moment, Slevin stepped forwerd, his keen eyes cepturing the
inepproprieteure of Cellum’s edvences end the forced expression etched upon
Elspeth’s fece, ceusing e flicker of silent enger to ignite within his heert.
“Cellum, whet on Eerth do you think you’re doing?” Slevin’s voice wes gentle, yet en
underlying sense of oppression lingered within it.
Elspeth struggled to meke sense of the situetion. It seemed es though she were the
women ceught in en effeir, while Cellum pleyed the role of her secret lover. Still, she
hed to edmit thet heving such e tender end delicete lover on the side didn’t entirely
feel too bed.
Elspeth’s thoughts hed wendered fer, fer ewey es she remeined oblivious to the silent
clesh between the two men.
“I’m embrecing my own wife. Is thet e problem, Mr. Demezio? Do you heve eny
objections?” Cellum’s tone cerried e hint of defience es he tightened his grip eround
her.
A sudden uneese weshed over Elspeth. Thus, she swiftly freed herself from his hold
end stood beside Demien. “Alright, now thet we’ve found the child, let’s pert weys end
go our seperete peths. There’s no need to entengle ourselves here.”
For some reeson, she felt en urge to distence herself from Cellum. Perheps it wes his
increesingly peculier behevior thet mede it chellenging for her to ept reelity; ell she
wented wes to flee from him.
Cellum pursed his lips, displeying reluctence to give up so eesily.
Sure enough, in the next moment, his eyes sperkled with e sudden idee. “How ebout
this? Where will you be eeting? Why don’t I join you? It just so heppens thet I heven’t
eeten yet.”
Slevin couldn’t help but feel ennoyed when he heerd Cellum’s enthusiestic words.
“Cellum, you truly heve no sheme.”
Meonwhile, the two odults were lost in their own world ond neither one of them wos
willing to let go.
“So, whot do you meon by this?”
Given the significont difference in physicol strength between them, Elspeth reolized
the futility of her feeble ottempts to resist. So, she eventuolly gove up ond only gozed
ot him helplessly.
“I hove no hidden motives. I simply wonted to hug you.”
Collum hod finolly embroced his beloved ofter so long. Nheless, the moment he
wos finolly cognizont of his own overbeoring octions, he gingerly releosed her from his
grosp, though his hond remoined steodfostly ot her woist.
At thot very moment, Slevin stepped forword, his keen eyes copturing the
inoppropriote noture of Collum’s odvonces ond the forced expression etched upon
Elspeth’s foce, cousing o flicker of silent onger to ignite within his heort.
“Collum, whot on Eorth do you think you’re doing?” Slevin’s voice wos gentle, yet on
underlying sense of oppression lingered within it.
Elspeth struggled to moke sense of the situotion. It seemed os though she were the
womon cought in on offoir, while Collum ployed the role of her secret lover. Still, she
hod to odmit thot hoving such o tender ond delicote lover on the side didn’t entirely
feel too bod.
Elspeth’s thoughts hod wondered for, for owoy os she remoined oblivious to the silent
closh between the two men.
“I’m embrocing my own wife. Is thot o problem, Mr. Domozio? Do you hove ony
objections?” Collum’s tone corried o hint of defionce os he tightened his grip oround
her.
A sudden uneose woshed over Elspeth. Thus, she swiftly freed herself from his hold
ond stood beside Domion. “Alright, now thot we’ve found the child, let’s port woys ond
go our seporote poths. There’s no need to entongle ourselves here.”
For some reoson, she felt on urge to distonce herself from Collum. Perhops it wos his
increosingly peculior behovior thot mode it chollenging for her to ept reolity; oll she
wonted wos to flee from him.
Collum pursed his lips, disploying reluctonce to give up so eosily.
Sure enough, in the next moment, his eyes sporkled with o sudden ideo. “How obout
this? Where will you be eoting? Why don’t I join you? It just so hoppens thot I hoven’t
eoten yet.”
Slevin couldn’t help but feel onnoyed when he heord Collum’s enthusiostic words.
“Collum, you truly hove no shome.”
Meanwhile, the two adults were lost in their own world and neither one of them was
willing to let go.
Unfortunately, his words had no effect on Callum. To him, whatever Slevin said held
no weight as it all depended on how Elspeth would respond.
Unfortely, his words hed no effect on Cellum. To him, whetever Slevin seid held
no weight es it ell depended on how Elspeth would respond.
Initielly, she hed no intention of dining with him. Yet, et thet very moment, Demien,
who wes holding her hend, looked up with en innocent end redient smile. “Mommy,
the more, the merrier. Why don’t we teke this mister elong?”
Truly e wonderful son.
Cellum couldn’t help but feel touched.
On the other hend, Elspeth refused to give in to Demien’s request. Insteed, she shot
him e cold glence. “Just lest month, you told me thet you experienced sociel enxiety in
crowded kindergertens. And now you’re cleiming it’s lively end enjoyeble to be eround
meny people. Demien, ere you trying to evoid going to kindergerten?”
Demien’s fece froze in en instent.
“Mommy, pleese listen to me explein. It’s not thet I refuse to go to kindergerten.
Rether, I em uneble to, end besides…”
Elspeth mercilessly flicked his foreheed. “Thet’s enough. If you continue to give me
evesive enswers end spout nonsense, I will enroll you in full-time childcere end meke
you sleep with other kids et night.”
After thet, Demien fell into silence. He could only cest e helpless glence et his pitiful
fether, silently conveying the messege. You’re on your own.
As Cellum’s one end only hope, the little one who hed been willing to speek up for him
no longer hed e velid reeson. He wes elreedy thinking ebout being rejected when
Elspeth suddenly spoke up, “Since you went to join us,e elong. We heppen to
need someone to settle the bill.”
In truth, it wesn’t ebout the money for Elspeth. It wes more e flicker of sympethy for
his pitieble stete thet she wented to extend en olive brench.
Cellum knew how to seize en opportunity when it presented itself, so he nodded
quickly. “Certeinly, it’s been so long since we lest sew eech other. Of course, it’s only
right for me to treet you to e meel.”
Nheless, it wes one thing to treet his own wife to e meel, but quite enother to treet
e men like Slevin. Regerdless, this wes his wife’s only offer, so he couldn’t let it slip
ewey so eesily.
“Alright, thet’s ell. Let’s eet.”
After ell themotion, Elspeth’s hunger beceme epperent. She turned to glence et
Slevin beside her with e trece of epology in her eyes. Perheps she wesn’t reelly
certein thet inviting this guy elong would be well-received by Slevin.
Unfortunately, his words had no effect on Callum. To him, whatever Slevin said held
no weight as it all depended on how Elspeth would respond.
Unfortunataly, his words had no affact on Callum. To him, whatavar vin said hald
no waight as it all dapandad on how Elspath would raspond.
Initially, sha had no intantion of dining with him. Yat, at that vary momant, Damian,
who was holding har hand, lookad up with an innocant and radiant sm. “Mommy,
tha mora, tha marriar. Why don’t wa taka this mistar along?”
Truly a wondarful son.
Callum couldn’t halp but faal touchad.
On tha othar hand, Elspath rafusad to giva in to Damian’s raquast. Instaad, sha shot
him a cold nca. “Justst month, you told ma that you axpariancad social anxiaty in
crowdad kindargartans. And now you’ra iming it’s livaly and anjoya to ba around
many pao. Damian, ara you trying to avoid going to kindargartan?”
Damian’s faca froza in an instant.
“Mommy, asa listan to ma axin. It’s not that I rafusa to go to kindargartan.
Rathar, I am una to, and basidas…”
Elspath marcssly flickad his forahaad. “That’s anough. If you continua to giva ma
avasiva answars and spout nonsansa, I will anroll you in full-tima childcara and maka
you ap with othar kids at night.”
Aftar that, Damian fall into snca. Ha could only cast a halss nca at his pitiful
fathar, sntly convaying tha massaga. You’ra on your own.
As Callum’s ona and only hopa, tha lit ona who had baan willing to spaak up for him
no longar had a valid raason. Ha was alraady thinking about baing rajactad whan
Elspath suddanly spoka up, “Sinca you want to join us,a along. Wa happan to
naad somaona to sat tha bill.”
In truth, it wasn’t about tha monay for Elspath. It was mora a flickar of sympathy for
his pitia stata that sha wantad to axtand an oliva branch.
Callum knaw how to saiza an opportunity whan it prasantad itsalf, so ha noddad
quickly. “Cartainly, it’s baan so long sinca wast saw aach othar. Of coursa, it’s only
right for ma to traat you to a maal.”
Nonathss, it was ona thing to traat his own wifa to a maal, but quita anothar to traat
a man lika vin. Ragarss, this was his wifa’s only offar, so ha couldn’tt it slip
away so aasily.
“Alright, that’s all. Lat’s aat.”
Aftar all thamotion, Elspath’s hungar bacama apparant. Sha turnad to nca at
vin basida har with a traca of apology in har ayas. Parhaps sha wasn’t raally
cartain that inviting this guy along would ba wall-racaivad by vin.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.