The Barrister's Love in Town

The muscles on the handsome man’s face turned stiff as he tried to suppress his fury at

the fact that he missed out on four years of spending time with his child. “I know that, so I

won’t act recklessly, but I won’t be able to sleep tonight. Go home and sleep with him

tonight. I’ll stand guard outside.” He planned to stay here in his car tonight because he

couldn’t sleep even if he went home, anyway.

She blinked at him dumbly before blurting, “Hold on a minute. What on Earth are you

thinking? Standing guard? Do you think you’re on guard duty?”

“That goes without saying! My son was kidnapped from this place, wasn’t he? Of course,

I’ll have to stay here in case something like that happens again!” When he recalled that

his child had been abducted from his very home, Elias wanted to move Amanda and Aiden

to another house with better and more rigid security policies right away. The security

measure of this place is sh*t. Any Tom, Dick, and Harry can just come and go as they

please.

“Will you stop cursing my son? Since you have all the time in the world, why don’t you get

that tombstone removed? Just the thought of it makes my blood boil.” After Amanda said

her piece, she twirled around

and marched into the house, ignoring him.

Elias immediately whisked out his phone and called a number, ordering sternly, “Remove

that tombstone right now! Cut the crap! It’s raining and dark? Do I sound like I care about

your problems? Stop quibbling and just do as I say!”

On the other hand, Selina and Aiden turned their heads toward the creaking door at the

same time. “Mommy! That man-

Before he could finish his sentence, Amanda held his hand, interjecting, “We’re just

discussing some issues regarding work. It’s late. So, it’s time to stop playing and go to

bed.”

Selina could roughly guess what had happened and didn’t say anything as she kept the

toys away silently.

“But Mommy, I saw that man biting you earlier. Did he bully you?”

Amanda’s face instantly turned bright red, and she shot a look at Selina, who failed to

stifle her laughter. Then, she cleared her throat awkwardly as she patted Aiden’s head.

“What does a boy like you know? Hurry up and shower before going off to bed. You have

an early day tomorrow. Did you forget that you’re going to the museum with your teacher

tomorrow?”

“Oh, that’s right! I almost forgot about it.”

Hence, she took her boy upstairs, leaving Selina behind to put away the toys into their

boxes. However, Selina couldn’t help but sneak a peek outside through the window. When

she did, she noticed that Elias was no longer kneeling in the rain, but neither did he leave

as he was in his car.

After a while, Amanda came downstairs. “Why aren’t you retiring for the night, Selina?”

“Amanda, your ex-husband is still in the car outside. Is lie planning to stay?”

“Ignore him. He can do whatever he wants. That crazy, obstinate man. She glanced at the

car which was parked in the garden outside. Does he really plan to stay here the whole

night?

Initially, Selina wanted to bombard Amanda with more questions to sate her curiosity, but

she quickly. stopped the words from tumbling out of her mouth. I’d better not try my luck

since it’s clearly a private matter. All I can say is, each family has their own set of

problems. “I’m turning in for the night, then. Call me if you need anything.”

“Okay.”

After Selina went upstairs, Amanda paced to the window and stared at the white Bentley

parked outside, looking thoughtful. A few minutes later, she, too, went to bed upstairs and

all the lights in the house went

out.

Elias was sitting in the car as he watched the lights slowly fade one after another. He

didn’t know how he could possibly describe his feelings tonight, but it was as exciting as a

roller-coaster ride.

He found his son by chance! The son whom he thought was aborted a long time ago

actually survived and was already four.

He had imagined what his child would look like countless times if it had survived, and now

that he had seen it for himself, he couldn’t stop the adrenaline rush coursing through his

veins. So, he shakily lit a cigarette and held it between his lips as he recalled the way

Aiden addressed him earlier and couldn’t help

but smile. Even he himself had never once imagined that he could put on such a tender

smile.

Early the next morning, Aiden changed into his uniform, ate his breakfast, and was ready

for kindergarten. Nonetheless, Amanda was still washing up and Selina was busy in the

kitchen, so he secretly slipped into the garden to take a look at that strange car parked

outside his home.

A sports car was perhaps the dream of every little boy, and Aiden was excited when he

caught a glimpse of it. Thus, he dashed to the front of the car and saw that the front

window was rolled down. When he moved closer to get a better look, he saw that the

weird uncle from yesterday had fallen asleep on the seat.

The man felt something stroking his face while he was sleeping and frowned, thinking that

he was dreaming. But soon enough, he felt a tiny finger poking his face and groggily

opened his eyes.

What entered his view was a tiny face that greatly resembled his. A pair of dark, bright

eyes blinked as the boy poked his face with his finger. Elias was still rather bleary although

his eyes were open and thought. that he was still dreaming.

Aiden giggled adorably when he saw that the strange man was finally awake. “Who are

you, sir? Why are you sleeping out here?”