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

doing?"

I said to

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

Aria, who lowered her head, avoiding my

behind his mother's back, Noah blurted out, "Aria, come here. Stay away

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

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

you scolded

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

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wiped her tears and nodded her

at me.

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

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

to eat ice cream," Aria said with a

buy ice cream for you. Get down. Didn't I

some bad intentions toward her daughter? She

somehow adored her.

"No, Mommy."

"ARIA."

It showed that she was

and pulled her

children," Natalia warned me, and

I looked back at

humiliated when her brother said he would not

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But the way she snatched her daughter

I look like a child thief

away from

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

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

you deserve it. You

was just like his mother.

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