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

you doing?" Natalia asked

to her

but I did not expect to learn that she was also eager to

on Aria, who lowered her head,

Noah blurted out,

seem to care. Who gave him the audacity to look into my eyes without

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

scolded

ice cream parlor?" I asked as I thought about

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brightened up. She wiped

at me.

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

Aria away from me, but I moved a

want to eat ice cream," Aria

Get down. Didn't I warn you

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

somehow adored her.

"No, Mommy."

"ARIA."

jerked her body in fear. She then began to cry. It showed that she was not used to it. "How can you shout at her like that?" I asked Natalia with a

and

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

remained expressionless as I looked back at her until she left

when her brother said he would not

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But the way she snatched her daughter

look like a child

from

Upon looking down, I noticed. that Noah was still

him. "What's your problem,

you deserve it. You are a bad

He was just like his

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