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.

made her cry!' I cursed in my head and bent

doing?" Natalia

see?" I said to her with a

I did not expect to learn that she was also eager to marry Beta Eric.

Aria, who lowered her head, avoiding my

out, "Aria,

audacity to look into my eyes without any dread? Even his mother was frightened of me about

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

you scolded me," Aria

go to any ice cream parlor?" I asked as I thought about that day. when

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brightened up. She wiped her tears and nodded her

at me.

down," Natalia said, walking to me. Noah

wanted to take Aria away from me, but I moved

want to eat ice cream,"

for you. Get down. Didn't

I had some

somehow adored her.

"No, Mommy."

"ARIA."

It showed that she was not used to it. "How can you shout at her like that?" I asked Natalia with

grabbed Aria's arms and

children," Natalia warned me, and then she

remained expressionless as I looked back at her until

felt very humiliated when her brother said he would

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the way she snatched her daughter

I look like a

away from my

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

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

You are a bad

just like his

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