Leon was the first to break the silence, his voice as gentle as always. “Is she a
- asleep?”
Ehwin nodded. “Shritstakep”
Leon stood up, draping his starket over the couch. The sleeves of his white dress shirt were rolled up slightly.
hdwin rondinged watching him. “What are you doing?
“I’ll go temore your mommy’s makeup and wash her face. Even though she only applied sunscreen and primer today, she still should not leave them on overnight,” Leon replied as if it were the most natural fine
Edwin hopped off the couch like a little adult. “I’ll do I.”
Adani warinik flickered in Leon’s gaze, though his words were blunt “You? Go wash up and get to bed.
twin warned to rebuse. He wanted to take care of Victoria hist
Before he could insist, Leon carried him straight to the bedroom and casually added a threat. “If you don’t wash up and sleep, I’ll tell her tomorrow that I was the one who brought
Leen did not argue further. He took the makeup remover to the bedroom and skilfully began removing Victoria’s makeup. His movements were precise, especially around the delicate atras new her eyes and lips.
After that, he used a tacid towel to wipe her face carefully, making sure no residue was left behind.
Edwin watched everything unfold. His mind drifted back to the past, to those nights when Victoria had accompanied Leon to banquets, coming home too late and falling asleep in the rat Hack thir, Leon would do the same, telling him not to wake her before patiently helping her remove her makeup and wash up
I was exactly like before. So why had everything changed”
Leon noticed him standing there in a daze but did not say anything, Instead, he told him to wait outside. After helping Victoria change into her sleepwear, he went to Edwin’s coo and sat on achair beside his bed. “What’s with that expressions? You look like a little old mun
“Daddy” Edwin sat cross–legged on the bed.
Leon’s tope lifted slightly. “Hmen
Edwin looked at him seriously. “You still love Mommy, don’t you
Leon paused. For a moment, lils body lenze.
“I don’t understand why you’re with that lady, and I don’t know what makes her more important than Mommy. But if you still care about Mommy, why are you giving up on her? Labain sall, his small face showing a level of seriousness he had never displayed before.
“Lurat gave up on her,” Leon said, his lips barely moving
From the beginning, i had always been her who wanted to separate and her who had insisted on divorcing. If she ever turned back, he would set everything aside and let her return to bring Me Chipley
Edwin, though young, understood things well. “Being with that lady is the same as giving up on Mommy, or maybe you’re just waiting for her to give up first” Leon Innwned slightly, disagreeing with him.
“I have one more question,” Edwin said. He wanted to give his father one last chance since he had been so gentle with Victoria Just now,
Leon seemed distracted. “Go ahead.”
“Whe’s more important? Mommy or that lad * Echwin asked. His round eyes carried a mix of emotions as he looked at Leon.
Leon’s lips pressed into a thin line.
Emotionally, Victoria was more important Logically, Eva was. It she had not saved him back then, he would not even be alive today, let alone have married Victoria. Edwin waited but never got the answer he wanted. A small part of his heart was hurt. “Can you stop seeing that Lady
“I can’t,” Leon answered without any change in tone.
Hearing that, the last bit of hope in Edwin’s heart disappeared.
He uncurled his legs, pulled the blanket over himself, and gave a quiet dismissal. Even his tune became distant and formal “You should leave. Don’t keep that Lady waiting” Leon reached out to rate his hair. Elein deliberately avoided his hand
itis hand hovered in mid–air, and something sharp pierced through the place where his heart should be
“From www.an, Mommy is the only one I have. You don’t need to come anymore. I’ll find a daddy who loves both me and Mommy, just pretend I don’t exist anymore,“ klein sald, his small inaper thuring
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