Chapter 314 Gabriel, What Are You Hiding From?
After settling the matters of the experimental base, Hazel returned to Nyack with her daughter.
As soon as I entered the village, I saw my doorstep filled with cars.
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Hazel got off the car, holding her daughter in her arms. She met Ricky’s intense and calm gaze, which was as deep as ink. She furrowed her brows and said, “What are you doing here?”
This person has a deep connection with the Scott family, even though he was once a child brought back by her mother, Hazel still couldn’t give him a good face.
Leila curiously watched the handsome man, who was the attractive uncle from before.
“I know you didn’t want to see me, but you must be interested in anything related to Jessic, right?”
The man’s confident voice paused after hearing Hazel’s response.
She said coldly, “Since you know that I don’t want to see you, yet you still came, isn’t this purely annoying?”
Upon hearing her blunt words, Ricky’s eyes flickered with meaning.
The opposite sex that appeared by his side in the past always presented their best and most dignified appearance.
Even though I didn’t like his personality.
Everyone also tacitly maintained politeness and etiquette on the surface.
No one had ever been as straightforward as her.
Ricky calmed down and patiently explained to her the purpose of coming over.
He still held a black wooden box in his hand, which had been passed on to him by someone else before.
“Weren’t you always looking for something?”
“Perhaps, it was this one.”
No matter whether it was a few years ago or recently when I saw Abbie, she mentioned the same thing multiple times.
According to her, Annika was supposed to give her the reward, but it was nowhere to be seen.
This made her feel like she had fallen into the old lady’s scheme.
So, back then, upon finding out that the item was not with Hazel, she was promptly and unceremoniously kicked out of the Stevens‘ villa where she had been staying.
So many years have passed.
Hazel did send someone secretly to look for this thing, but there was no news at all.
She had no hope for this matter.
I never expected that the things would end up being delivered to Ricky’s hands.
Her
gaze darted back and forth on the man’s face, assessing the truthfulness and purpose behind his words.
Did Grandma already know her mother’s identity back then?
Hazel was just about to reach out when the man took back what was in the palm of his hand, clearly seeing the speechless emotion that flashed in her eyes.
He curved his lips and said, “I have been waiting for you here for over an hour. Can I have a cup of water to drink?”
Hazel: “…”
A quiet living room.
Ricky sat silently on the sofa, with a cup of water placed on the coffee table in front of him.
After entering, he handed the black wooden box to Hazel and did not do anything else.
Hazel opened the box and saw a sparkling and high–quality bracelet inside. She searched her memory for any recollection of this item, but she never had any memory of it.
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She could be certain that she had never seen this object by her mother’s side.
If it was ultimately going to be left to her, then why would Grandma prefer to go through multiple people and deliver the things to Ricky’s hands instead of leaving them directly to her?
What danger did this bracelet bring?
Are there still other secrets?
Leila sat on her small deer chair, holding her fox–shaped water cup. Her hands rested on the coffee table as she curiously stared at the man in front of her with her clear, bright eyes.
“Uncle, why didn’t you drink water?”
Ricky looked at the hot water in front of him, still emitting smoke. He tugged at the corner of his mouth, not that he didn’t want to drink it, but if he were to drink it at its current temperature, his throat would be ruined.
He realized that Hazel had a strong resistance towards the Scott family.
Looking at Leila’s clear and bright eyes, he curved his lips and smiled at her, saying, “Uncle will drink later,”
Gurgle gurgle, Leila drank the lukewarm water from her cup and looked at Ricky’s slightly dry lips across from her. Although she didn’t understand, she still nodded.
Ricky did not always look at Hazel, which was not very polite.
He glanced at the decorations inside the house. Although the house was small, everything inside looked cozy.
Most of the toys were Leila’s.
“Leila,” came a lazy, languid voice, tinged with a hint of wistfulness.
Hearing her name, Leila looked up at him with confusion.
This uncle looked at her with a strange expression in his eyes.
It was as if I was seeing someone else who didn’t exist through her.
Leila’s little head turned from side to side, and she asked in a low voice, “Uncle, who are you looking at?”
The observation ability of this child was unexpectedly sharp.
Ricky’s lips curved more noticeably as he spoke, “I was looking at Leila,
He dragged his voice with a slight laughter, pleasant and comfortable, making it easy for people to immerse themselves in the atmosphere he
created.
Leila in front of her was not fooled at all.
Leila pursed her lips and said, “Uncle, it’s not good to deceive children.”
Although she was young, she was not foolish.
Amused by the little expressions on the child’s face, Ricky had someone bring the latest toys for the child as a gift.
But Leila clearly didn’t lack these, she glanced at them and immediately lost interest, looking away.
She turned around and glanced at Hazel, who was studying the bracelet. Dragging her little deer chair, she slowly moved over to Ricky’s side and gazed into his eyes earnestly. “Uncle, do you also want to be my father?”
Curious about the child’s expression, Ricky touched her head.
He also lowered his voice, imitating her, and asked, “What if Uncle says it is?”
Leila revealed an adorable little expression of “just as expected“.
From the pocket in the front of her orange–yellow overalls, she took out a small notebook and carefully wrote down a number stroke by stroke. Then, she handed it over to Ricky in front of her.
Leila: “Hey, Uncle’s queue number.”
Looking at the bright number 250 above, Ricky glanced at Leila in front of him, hesitating whether she was intentionally cursing him in secret or genuinely unaware of the meaning behind this number.
“My mom is loved by a lot of people, uncle is not allowed to cut in line.”
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Seeing Leila’s mischievous expression up close, accompanied by her soft and earnest voice.
He couldn’t help but wonder, if Jessie and his father hadn’t faced so many setbacks, would this adorable little child in front of him be his daughter?
A vintage garden in Northfield.
Just coming out from inside, Gabriel felt that urge to sneeze again.
A feeling of discomfort as if one’s own baby has been taken notice of by someone,
He thought of his son in Seattle, and Hazel and his daughter far away in Aspen, those bright black eyes suddenly darkened.
In a while, it will be better once things settle down.
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Suddenly, a deliberately suppressed voice came from behind, Gabriel’s eyes darkened, and he swiftly dodged before the person approached.
The disappointed girl, pouting, stared at his eyes as dark as the night and asked, “Gabriel, what are you hiding from?”
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