Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 212 Endless Yearning

Erin took the tissue that Asa handed her, and amidst her tears, she broke into a smile. Seeing how well Chandler had educated Asa and how kind the little boy was, she was overwhelmed with gratitude. She wished she could plant a kiss on Chandler to thank him for bringing

up their son so well.

*Thank you, Asa. Did I scare you just now?” Erin wiped away her tears.

Asa shook his head quietly. “I used to see Grandma cry all the time. Whenever she mentioned my mom, she would cry for a long time… But then Aunt Yvette started accompanying Grandma more, so Grandma is much better now. Miss Pamela, I don’t like seeing you cry. It

makes me unhappy.”

Erin nodded. “I’m sorry, Asa. I won’t cry anymore in the future. I was just thinking about a friend earlier. She’s also good at drawing. Would you like to see the comics she drew?”

Asa was immediately intrigued, and a smile returned to his face. “Yes. I want to see!”

Erin smiled and stood up. Then, she went to the sofa to retrieve her bag. From it, she took out live small comic books. These were the comics she’d been drawing in the Garden of Eden up until now. The stories inside were created for Asa, with the intention of showing them to him someday in person. She wanted to tell him her story through her illustrations.

She wanted to let Asa know what she’d been through during the years she wasn’t by his side.

Once Asa received the comics, he was deeply attracted to the cute and cool drawing style. After flipping through a few pages, he showed joy but also furrowed his brow. “Miss Pamela, I don’t know many words yet. If it’s in Feirmondian or Emstian, it would be easier for me-*

His comment made Erin wish she could change the dialogues and captions in those five comic books to the languages her son had just

said he understood better.

“It’s okay. I’ll read them to you from now on. How about that?” Erin quickly came up with another suggestion to appeal to her son.

Asa smiled sweetly. “That would be great! I love listening to stories. Miss Pamela, why don’t you tell me one now?”

Before Erin could say anything, Chandler, who was at the door, couldn’t bear to listen any longer and pushed the door open.

said, “Asa, tonight’s drawing lesson is

ended, a hint of disappointment could be seen

are you leaving now?”

she would never leave him, but she couldn’t do

time we’re apart,

you to

instead of

great! Let’s pinky swear, and no one can break the promise!”

smiled and complied. Chandler didn’t disturb the interaction between Erin and Asa the whole time. There was a hint of warmth and a touch of bitterness in his eyes. He didn’t know what happened that day, but when he saw the new art teacher and Asa spending time together, there was

request, Asa personally walked Erin to

person.

that day made Erin’s heart surge. She’d thought that Chandler wouldn’t respect her as an art teacher due to his status, but she didn’t expect his way of educating their son to be

and goodnight, Miss Pamela.” Asa waved his little hand

for me to read the comic books together with

“Okay!”

her as she walked back.

pm, Asa lay down to sleep, and the five comic books were placed by his pillow. Chandler, as usual, told him a

asleep.

by Asa’s pillow. Children’s comic books didn’t interest him at all, but when he remembered Erin was the

quietly and

into deep sleep yet, opened his eyes and squinted them. “Daddy, are you taking

of embarrassment in his eyes. He explained. “Asa, Daddy

drowsy eyes. Asa murmured softly, “Oh, okay. But please don’t damage the books, or Miss

I promise you I won’t damage them.”

relief, Chandler’s gentle gaze stayed on him for some time. About ten minutes later, Chandler left

moving for a full three hours. He’d meticulously and attentively read through the comic books. Right now, he was already reading the second one. Although the comic books were small they were very thick, filled with every little detail of Erin’s life

being kidnapped by the villains at the beginning, he felt a pang in his heart. He couldn’t control himself and thought of the missing Erin, who had

he watched the plot unfold, with Erin being stolen away by the villains, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. When he realized his abnormal reaction, he was shocked. He found it hard

out, he would be teased endlessly.

in his

Erin’s attitude toward their son, Asa, was rather abnormal. She cried and laughed in her very first lesson with him.