Chapter 430: Candlelight Dinner


    Joe is ying with Adair at a small garden in front of the restaurant. Once he sees Lilying out of


    the restaurant, he brings Adair over to her and sees her reddened eyes. Joe could almost tell for sure


    and then says, “Lily, enjoy your meal.”


    Lily knows that his words are loaded and she warms up immediately, “Yes, thank you. Let’s have dinner


    when we’re free.”


    “Okay.”


    Lily holds onto Adair’s small hand and walks through therge restaurant entrance before sighing in


    relief. When Adair sees the sea of flowers he bes excited and shocked. He sees the messages


    and raises his head, “Mommy, these were prepared for you by Uncle?”


    Lily leads him to the staircase and pauses when she hears him. She wants to say no but she realizes


    that they are the only ones in the restaurant and can only admit, “Yes.”


    “Does Uncle like you? Is he proposing to you?” Adair suddenly asks.


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    Lily is stunned, “Why do you say that?”


    “Because Uncle Ryan once told me that roses are usually given to someone you love and also for


    proposals.” After saying, he even stretches out his fair and short fingers and points at the rose petal


    covered staircase, “So many flowers, I’m right, it must be a proposal.”


    Lily doesn’t expect that Ryan once said that to the kid.


    She forces herself to beposed and squats down to look at Adair’s face. She sees his uneasy


    expression and softly assures him, “No matter whether uncle had proposed to mummy or not, it will


    never affect mommy’s love for you.”


    But what Adair says next makes Lily surprised.


    She sees him look up and scratch his head, his voice is soft but certain, “Mommy, actually I know that


    Uncle is my father. I, I… I feel that he is rather good. He exined to me why he didn’t look for Mommy


    and me. He doesn’t know that we existed.”


    Lily doesn’t know that Rex had told her kid about these. She was afraid of hurting Adair and that’s why


    she lied to him but now she realizes that she could be wrong to do that. Now she doesn’t know what to


    say.


    But what did he just say?


    Rex had exined to him previously?


    Lily’s is immediately anxious, she is worried that he may inadvertently hurt Adair’s little heart. She


    anxiously asks, “What else has he said?”


    Adair looks at her seriously, “He says that he will protect mommy and me in the future.”


    Lily is stunned and she has a lump in her throat that can’t be relieved. This man has done more than


    she has imagined.


    Seeing her remaining silent, Adair can’t understand theplex feelings of the adults but a child’s


    world is innocent and pure, he speaks from his heart, “Mommy, I rather like uncle, he can propose to


    you.”


    He is very implicit. Is that an indication of eptance of Rex?


    Lily was afraid that the child will feel that Rex is snatching his mother from him. But when she hears


    these words, she realizes that she had mistaken her child for being too na?ve.


    After all these years of not having a father, he should be yearning for it.


    She can’t be so selfish to deprive the child of getting along with his father.


    Lily holds onto his small and tender hand and looks at him tenderly, “If Adair likes, you can y more


    often with uncle, and mom will be by your side.”


    Adair is now happy. He smiles and very firmly nods, “Yeah!”


    Lily holds onto his hand and leads him up the stairs. As soon as they reach the final step, Adair couldn’t


    resist and runs to the terrace.


    Lily sees his small body running towards Rex was full of energy and his strides were very firm. He


    walks with a swagger into the man’s embrace.


    A big man with a small boy… Rex lowers his head and Adair tilts his tiny face. It is picture-perfect.


    Lily briskly walks over. There are beef steak, sd, soup, and other appetizers on the table. Each dish


    is exquisite. She can smell the delicious fragrance as she walks over.


    On the table is a golden candle stand with one long and two short white candles. Beside the napkins is


    an arrangement of champagne color roses. The glittering night sky can be seen from the terrace. The


    scenery is beautiful andplemented by fine gourmet food.


    Especially now when there is a new change in their rtionship, a look from either one would stir each


    other’s feelings.


    This meal must be the mostfortable Lily has eaten in these five years. She doesn’t have any


    worries with the child next to her and that person who she misses so much is also by her side.


    “Uncle, can I take some of these flowers with me?” At that moment, Adair thinks of something and


    suddenly asks him.


    Rex has never rejected Adair’s request but this time he breaks his own rule, “Uncle gave these to


    mommy, you must ask mommy for these.”


    These words inadvertently pull the three of them closer.


    Lily’s hands pause and tremble, sheughs, “If you like, choose some fresh ones and bring them back.


    They will look nice in a vase.”


    Adair immediately runs to the flowers by the side and looks for some. Lily calls out to him, “Hey, don’t


    you want to eat?”


    “I’m full!”


    He isn’t full at all. But because he wants to y, he doesn’t have the mood to eat anymore.


    Lily looks at his te and there is another small piece of beef steak on it. There isn’t much left on his


    te so he did eat sufficiently. So Rex just lets him go as he wishes.


    As she lifts her head, she sees him looking at her and she quickly looks downwards at the beefsteak on


    her te. She is extremely nervous.


    Rex looks at her and says tenderly, “This is the life I’ve always wanted.”


    Lily doesn’t reply but her redden ears say it all.


    After dinner, as the three of them walk out of the restaurant, he holds onto the door for the mother and


    son to exit first.


    Lily holds on to Adair and walks past Him. Her wrist identally brushes against his fingers and she


    suddenly feels an electrifying sensation overwhelming her. She turns and looks at him.


    But he looks as if nothing had happened. He walks inrge strides to the car.


    On the way home, it is as if both of them are still savoring quietly what happened in the evening. Adair


    looks at Lily with his big wide eyes, tilts his head, and then looks at Rex. He looks at them back and


    forth. At four years old, he is unaware of the meaning of the current atmosphere. He just feels more


    delighted and has the desire to be rowdy.


    When theye back, Fanny has already left. Lily ces the roses that Adair brought back in a vase.


    She adds some water in the vase and ces it on the dining table. It is very beautiful.


    She slept as soon as she came home from the hike earlier today and before she could wash up herself


    after waking up, she was summoned away by Rex for the evening. She hasn’t had a shower since the


    morning and feels rather ufortable. She doesn’t n on taking a shower at that moment but she


    absolutely couldn’t endure any further. She quickly tucks Adair into bed and coaxes him asleep before


    getting into the bathroom for a shower.


    Though Lily is very gentle when closing the door, Rex is still able to hear them. He took a quick shower


    as soon as he came back, and prowled around downstairs like a predator waiting for exactly a moment


    like this.