Begging For A Reconciliation

Even though she phrased it like a question, there was a surety in her tone.

There was still a lingering chill coming from the little girl’s clothes.

Carlotta’s eyes quickly looked away in embarrassment. Clutching tightly on her rabbit doll, she said, “I-I

just saw that it was snowing outside, and wanted to take a quick look. I closed the window back right

away.”

Seeing her mother’s expression turn darker and darker, Carlotta got so nervous she could feel cold

sweat dripping down her skin.

At that moment, Serena couldn’t bear to watch on any longer from the side and pulled Carlotta away.

Feeling sorry for the little girl, she caressed Carlotta’s cheeks and said, “Your Mommy is just being a

meanie. What’s wrong with wanting to see a little snow?”

She turned to Leah and added, “Come on, she’s such a precious little thing. Stop scaring her!”

‘If little Carlotta gets frightened and starts crying, how am I going to play with her?’ Serena thought.

Leah looked at Serena with a blank expression. She already knew what the latter was thinking.

“Serena, my dear, if you love children so much, why not try giving birth to one yourself?”

Hearing this, Carlotta clapped her hands excitedly and said, “Yeah, yeah! Auntie Serena, when are you

and Uncle Ben going to have a baby?”

The cutie’s innocent eyes darted back and forth between Serena and Ben, causing the two in question

to turn stiff and awkward.

Ben was evidently more reserved than Serena. His face completely flushed, he said with much

difficulty, “C-Carlotta, these things take time.”

‘Ms. Coleman doesn't even think of me like that right now, much less about us getting married and

having kids together.’ he thought.

Serena was also a little thrown off guard and quickly changed the subject, “Having a kid like you to play

with is good enough for me. I’ll be your godmother!”

Carlotta enjoyed playing around with Serena too. However, she still put on an expression too serious

for her stature as she gave the latter some heartfelt advice, “Auntie Serena, you shouldn’t think like

that. Daddy and Mommy are still going to be my number one in the end. Think about it. Once you get

old and can’t move around as much, I’ll need to spend time with Mommy and Daddy, so I won’t be able

to take care of you. That’s why you need to be a mommy too, so that I can play with your baby. Then

once we’re older, we can take care of our own parents.”

Serena had a pained expression from the rebuke and asked, “You little brat. Where did you learn all

this from?”

“TV, of course!” Carlotta answered.

Serena quickly turned to face Leah’s forced smile and said, “I think you should restrict her TV time and

make her watch something more helpful like news or nature documentaries. She needs to lay off on

those stupid family love shows!”

Leah couldn’t help but chuckle. Before she could respond, she felt a message come in from her phone.

It said, “How are you?”

There was no name to the sender, and it had come from a foreign number. At first, Leah thought it was

simply sent to the wrong number. However, after some thought, a certain possibility presented itself,

and she couldn’t help but feel a shiver run down her spine.

Shawn Ford! Don’t tell me it’s him? But he was gone for so long. Still, who else but him would do

something like this?

Seeing the dark expression on Leah’s face, Serena grew anxious and asked, “Cindy, what’s the

matter? Don’t tell me Ravensong is already here?!”

Ben jumped in, “No, that’s not possible. Ms. Victor said that Ravensong had only officially mobilized

their forces yesterday, and immediately after, the Boss locked down all of Pasteria’s airspace. No

unregistered aircraft would be able to make their way in. Even if they were able to sneak in, it would

take them three days at the earliest. And with the Boss’ plan already in motion, it’s highly doubtful that

they’ll be able to successfully infiltrate us to begin with.”

Serena felt a lot relieved by Ben’s words. Seeing his pale face and dry lips, she reluctantly pushed his

wheelchair over to the tableside and said, “You should eat, but I’m not going to feed you.”

The situation was back to square one.

Ben helplessly raised his fully bandaged arms and said, “That brings us back to the question of how I

can eat. Ms. Coleman, would you be so kind as to have one of the servants help feed me instead

then?”

However, Han had already forbidden all the servants in the villa from getting involved with the two of

them.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Coleman. Everyone has their own things to do. If you’re free, can I please trouble you to

feed Mr. Wright?”

Serena was absolutely fuming. She complained to Leah, “Cindy, what’s with all these people? Are they

telling me that only I can feed Mr. Wright?!”

Leah couldn’t help seeing Serena being put on the spot, and offered to help, “I can do it too.”

Let you do it? That sly fox of yours will have both Mr. Wright and I killed if I did that.

Ultimately, Serena could do little but take over the duty of being Ben’s temporary caretaker.

Under the dark sky, a dry frosty wind billowed, and the onset of snow was gradually approaching with

the setting sun.

Inside the Fetriybia royal palace, Shawn was staring blankly at the message on his phone. There was

still no response, only the message he had sent: ‘How are you?’

His expression turned dark as he asked one of his subordinates, “Have you prepared the machines

needed to process Sarah White’s blood sample?”