The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 210 The Feeling of Heartache

As Elias listened to his son’s words, his chest tightened as if a hand reached into his chest and gripped his heart, causing aching pain.

It turned out that Aiden had suffered so much grievance in kindergarten. But at that time, he didn’t know anything and couldn’t do anything.

This little guy must’ve been very disappointed in me, his birth father, in many moments, huh? No wonder he doesn’t want a father and thinks a father is useless…

At that, Elias’ eyes turned red-rimmed with oncoming tears. He lowered his head slightly and let out a sigh, his eyes filled with aching tenderness.

“I’m sorry. I promise such things will never happen again. Please forgive me for only showing up now, for missing your life for the past four years. I really… I really didn’t mean it.” He sincerely repented to a three- year-old.

Even though Aiden was just a child, it didn’t mean he should be brushed off casually. One shouldn’t think a child could be easily fooled and that their feelings didn’t matter. Elias could genuinely sense the trauma he had toward his birth father, and he believed the little guy had likely heard even nastier words in school; he just didn’t bring them up.

Just how useless am I to let Aiden suffer such humiliation in school, to let him be blatantly called a b*stard?! Elias mused. If only I had been curious enough to learn about Amanda’s situation and searched for her whereabouts seriously, I would’ve learned about Aiden one way or the other. But… I didn’t…

Aiden gazed with wide eyes at Elias’ sincere expression and contemplated for a long while before finally saying, “Hmm… okay then. I’ll believe you for now, but now, I’m hungry. I want to eat.”

With that, the little munchkin returned to his food. Meals were no joking matter to him, and Amanda never had to worry when it came to eating. He was always a well-behaved child who ate his meals without any fuss.

A chuckle escaped Elias as he picked up his cutleries. But instead of eating, he grabbed some shrimp and placed them on the plate. With patience, he peeled the shrimp and then fed them to Aiden, who graciously opened wide and ate them all.

The dinner ended up quite pleasant. After finishing their meal, Elias spent some time playing with Aiden, Although there was still a hint of awkwardness between father and son, it was much better than before. It was definitely an improvement over their previous avoidance.

Later, Elias received a phone call that required his immediate attention. It seemed to be an important matter. So, Amanda escorted him downstairs, taking advantage of the moonlit night for a leisurely stroll.

couple walked without uttering a word, their backs -resembling a beautiful oil

planning to go

taken aback. What is he

Now that Grandpa has passed, no one can control us anymore,” he continued. “If you really want to live abroad, I won’t stop you. After hearing

I agree that a change of environment would make him

for a moment when he mentioned ‘Grandpa. It was an address he never wanted

Winters Family was under his control. No one could oppose him anymore. Hence, if

suddenly change so quickly? Before, he was desperate to keep me from leaving, wanting to keep Aiden and

asking. She’d be lying if she said

want you and Aiden to stay. That way, I can see Aiden whenever I want. But I also respect your wishes. If you’re not happy staying here, there’s no need to

wasn’t accustomed to

for Amanda… being constantly criticized and labeled as a jinx or a murderer, she wouldn’t be happy staying

didn’t mean much to Amanda. She wouldn’t stay

Amanda fixed her gaze on Elias for a long while. Elias had changed; she thought so but couldn’t

about it.”

let me know when you’ve made up your mind. If you want to go abroad. I’ll sort everything

saying, “Go on, go back upstairs. It’s getting

slowly disappeared into the night until even the taillights were no

way to escape when she was held back, but now that no one was stopping her anymore, and even Elias had respected her wishes,

night sky, the bright moonlight, and

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