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.

I cursed in my head and bent down to hold her

you doing?" Natalia asked

see?" I said to her with a cold

she was also eager to marry Beta Eric. If I had known that,

on Aria, who lowered her head, avoiding

mother's back, Noah blurted out, "Aria,

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

my soft tone. Why did I always see fear in her eyes? What was she

you scolded me,"

to any ice cream parlor?" I asked as I thought about that

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eyes brightened up. She wiped her tears

at me.

walking to me. Noah came along with

I moved a little to the side to prevent

eat ice cream," Aria said with a

you. Get down. Didn't I warn

boiled my blood. Why was she talking like I had some bad

somehow adored her.

"No, Mommy."

"ARIA."

fear. She then began to cry. It showed that she was not used to it. "How can you shout at her like

Aria's arms and pulled her

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

I looked back at her until she left the

felt very humiliated when her brother said

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But the way she snatched her daughter away

a

from

angry voice of a child. Upon

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

deserve it. You are a

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

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