Novel - Drama Chapter 708
Chapter 708
Chapter 707 Mr. Lloyd, Do You Like Me?
He turned around slightly. His brows furrowed with frustration, until the phone was answered, and an impatient voice of a woman came through, “Huston, where did you take Lucas?”
Huston licked his slightly dry lips, ignoring her outburst, and his deep voice carried a hint of unease, “Where are you right now?” novelbin
“I’m looking for the child!” Evelyn’s hand holding the phone was trembling, “Where on earth did
you…”
“We’re in the hospital.” The man’s words were concise, but Evelyn’s heart skipped a beat when she heard this.
She hadn’t even had the chance to shout, “Where are you hiding my child?” before she was startled back.
Hospital?
hospital?
This place easily evoked negative associations, and the thought of something happening to Lucas made Evelyn panic. The strength in her hands instantly drained away, and she almost dropped the phone. Her voice choked, “What happened to Lucas?”
“He’s fine, he just had some indigestion. Kevin prescribed medication and an IV drip.” Huston calmly explained though he appeared composed.
Evelyn didn’t see Lucas and didn’t know what was going on. Thinking about how Huston took Lucas away without permission and didn’t take care of him properly, a surge of anger rose from the soles of her feet to her head. She forcefully suppressed her inner anxiety and raging anger, gritting her teeth so hard that her cheeks puffed out. After taking two deep breaths, she barely managed to restrain herself.
“Tell me the room number, I’ll come over now.”
Huston hesitated for a moment, but eventually gave her the room number.
to provoke him at this critical
moment, afraid that he might take the child and leave again. She lowered herself and tried to reason with him, speaking in a gentle tone, “Just watch Lucas there and don’t move until I arrive.”
The man’s slender eyes slowly closed, emitting a single sound from his nostrils, “Okay.”
After hanging up the phone, Huston walked to the side of the hospital bed and informed Lucas about Evelyn’s imminent arrival. A smile appeared on Lucas’ face, “Then I’ll wait for Mommy before going to sleep.”
Huston looked at Lucas, his heart aching, and gazed at his small hand receiving the IV drip, “Go to sleep. I’ll call you when Mommy arrives.”
“It doesn’t matter. I can hold on.”
Hearing Lucas’ words, Huston felt even more distressed, his self-blame mingling with regret, tormenting his fatherly heart. “I didn’t know how much you can eat. I’ll pay attention next time.”
Lucas lifted his head to look at the man by the bedside, his big eyes blinking. His dark pupils stared motionlessly at him, somewhat puzzled, “Mr. Lloyd, I just ate too much, there’s no need for you to worry so much.”
The man clenched the hand that didn’t have the needle, his dark eyes fixed on him, “I feel heartache.”
This kind of heartache is incomparable to anything else. It’s a bone-deep ache, a connection that runs through blood and kinship. If he could, he would bear the pain on behalf of his child.
Lucas stared back at Huston with careful attention, although his stomach was uncomfortable, he was happy inside. He could sense Huston’s care and concern, just like how his mom would show her love when he fell ill. He could feel that affection.
But this only deepened his confusion. Why hadn’t he shown up in the past five years?
Lucas couldn’t comprehend it and blurted out
without thinking, “Mr. Lloyd, do you like me?”
His sudden question caught Huston off guard. Looking into those bright and inquisitive eyes, Huston’s heart pounded. Without hesitation, he replied, “I like you, very much.”
“Really?”
“I won’t lie to you.”
Lucas’s head lowered slowly after receiving the affirmation, his mind lost in thoughts. It took him half a minute before he spoke again, his voice hesitant, “Then… why have you never sought me and Mom?”
This question had been weighing on his mind for a long time. Ever since he learned that Huston was his father, he had been contemplating, but the adult world was too complex for him to fully comprehend.