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.

cursed in my head and bent

doing?" Natalia asked

I said to her with

here for an alliance, but I did not expect to learn that she was also

who lowered her

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

at 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

appeared to be taken aback by my soft tone. Why did I always see fear in her eyes?

scolded me,"

to any ice cream parlor?" I

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She wiped

at me.

walking to me. Noah came along

away from me, but I moved a little to the

eat ice cream," Aria said with a

for you. Get down. Didn't I warn

talking like I had some bad intentions toward her daughter? She was just

somehow adored her.

"No, Mommy."

"ARIA."

in fear. She then began to cry. It showed that

arms and pulled

distance from my children," Natalia warned me, and then

expressionless as I looked back at her until she

felt very humiliated when her brother said

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pack house. But the way she snatched her daughter away

I look like a

away from my

child. Upon looking down, I noticed. that Noah was still

my eyes at him. "What's your problem, huh?

deserve it. You are a bad

grimaced at him. He was just like his

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