Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

"Uncle Daddy, someone bullied me..."

Yvette threw herself into Elijah's arms and bawled as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"A big bird ate Dree. Bree's gone. Boohoo... Someone bullied me. Uncle Daddy, Daddy, beat him. Ask him to give me Bree back. Give me back..."

Standing back up, Willy was stumped when he turned his gaze over to his side. Elijah?

This little girl couldn't be Lauren's child, could she?!

Just as the exciting thought came to him, a wet blanket doused his inchoate enthusiasm as he heard the little girl call Elijah 'Daddy'! He had wanted to ask, but his suspicion was dispelled right then, giving up asking as he nearly instantly concluded she was his illegitimate child of sorts!

Only then did he recall seeing him holding a little girl in his arms during a car exhibition. He said she was the child of a relative. Could it be this little one? She was already so big?

No wonder he thought she looked familiar. So he had seen her before!

Willy walked over.

Holding Yvette in his arms, Elijah coaxed her with rare patience, "Okay, okay, Yvette, good girl, don't cry. I'll teach him a lesson for you and find you another Bree..."

"No more Bree. No more. Wah..."

After giving Willy two feigned punches, Elijah asked, "What are you doing here?"

With that, Willy briefly told him the situation. "I didn't know she's yours. But it's quite dangerous for a little girl to be carrying a snake around!"

"Yeah! Tell me about it! But maybe she was born with an affinity to cold things. She found an egg out of nowhere, and it hatched into a snake. She grew up with it and always treated it like a treasure! No wonder she's distraught! This little one is really mischievous; she'll scare you with the snake when she's upset. Good that it's been gotten rid of! Me and... her mom really don't know what to do with her!"

forget to swing and coax Yvette while

don't cry anymore, Yvette. I'll buy you a birthday cake later. We'll get your favorite

after chatting a little while

was throwing a tantrum, locking herself in her room, not even eating. With that, she hurriedly got the servants to cook up something light, and she brought it upstairs. "Yvette, it's Mommy. I bought you your favorite Q

and twisted the knob before slowly pushing it open. "Yvette, Mommy's

the food tray down and scanned the room before finding a tiny figure wriggling further in the little tent. "Looks like she's really upset! This girl can really be a stubborn one when she gets mad!" she mused. Walking over, Lauren sat on the carpet. "What's wrong, Yvette? Will you tell Mommy? Who messed

and deliberately made a loud suction noise. "Mm, sour. Mango?

Lauren moved, Yvette looked out only for their eyes to meet, and the little one pulled her blanket and nudged further in

Smiling, Lauren kneeled again.

bring the yogurt drink with me too. Yvette's not going to drink anyway; maybe I should give it to the neighbors..." Just as she got up, a tiny figure pounced on her. "Mommy,

her baby girl into her

not want you? Tell me what's wrong. Don't cry. Have some yogurt. I'll read you a bedtime story and tuck

straw right as she gave her the yogurt

Yvette is the sweetest child in the world, right? You

took another sip as

let's not cry anymore,

again but then shook her head,

bird eat Bree. He even said

me. He won't give Bree back to me. Big bird ate Bree. No more Bree. I don't

Mommy said little witches are bad. He called me a little witch.

continued bawling her

as Lauren wiped her

told her

with Yvette's words, she still couldn't get the entire picture. But she at least understood one thing;

her arms, she felt quite helpless. Personally, she