Chapter 117

Adrian's POV

As I held my gaze fixed on the young child, I noticed that his eyes were filled with animosity toward me.

It was supposed to be me who looked at him like that. He was someone else's blood. A fruit of a one-night stand. What makes. this little boy have so much strength to give me this look?

I shifted my gaze to Natalia. Did she tell her son something about me? Did she brainwash the child's mind?

However, my assumption turned wrong when she rushed to her son and scolded him.

"Noah, don't talk like that. He is our guest."

"Mommy, I don't like this man."

I glared at Noah. I scoffed when I saw his mother hiding him behind her. But he peeked his head to look at me.

"Uncle."

I felt a swarm of little fingers wrapping themselves around my finger. I lowered my head and saw Aria.

I was hesitant to look at her. I was completely mistaken when I believed that she was my blood.

I recalled how I spent that day with this child while thinking that she was my own daughter.

"Aria, go back to your room with Noah," Natalia said to her.

I looked away from Aria. I wanted to hold the child in my arms

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again, but the report reflected my mind, and I snatched my finger away from her.

She was shocked by my actions. She looked at me with teary eyes.

"Uncle, what happened to you? Are you mad at me?"

I tightened my fists when I saw tears in her eyes.

her cry!' I cursed in my head and bent down to hold

are you doing?"

see?" I said to her with a

for an alliance, but I did not expect to learn that she was also eager to marry Beta Eric. If I had known that, I would have never come

lowered her head,

Noah blurted out, "Aria, come here.

him, but he did not seem to care. Who gave him the audacity to look into my eyes without any dread? Even his mother was frightened of me about them. "I'm sorry. Are you okay?" I asked

aback by my soft tone. Why did I always see fear

you scolded me," Aria

ice cream parlor?" I

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wiped her tears and nodded her

at me.

get down," Natalia said, walking to me. Noah came along

take Aria away from me, but I moved a little to the side to prevent her from

to eat ice

Get down. Didn't I warn you not to touch

some bad intentions toward her daughter?

somehow adored her.

"No, Mommy."

"ARIA."

It showed that she was not used to it. "How can

and pulled her

your distance from my children," Natalia warned me, and then she left the

back at

humiliated when her brother said he would not

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But the way she snatched her

look like a child

from my

angry voice of a child. Upon looking down, I noticed. that Noah was

him. "What's your problem, huh? Why do you behave like

it. You are a bad

He was just like his mother. In fact, their. words

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