He turned around and ran back to Jessica. He held Jessica and asked anxiously, “You were fine just now. Why are you suddenly feeling unwell? The fetus should be safe since you’ve been pregnant for over three months.”
“It’s probably because I’ve been standing for too long. I just find my tummy uncomfortable.”
Jessica asked, “Hank, let’s go home first, alright?”
Hank held her. “Alright. We’ll go home first. I’ll help you get the things you want another day.” While he was speaking, Jessica headed toward his car.
Liberty watched the situation indifferently.
Jessica was faking it, yet Hank could not see through it?
Perhaps it was because Hank was concerned about Jessica and her baby.
Soon, Hank left with Jessica by car.
He did not even bid goodbye to Liberty and the rest.
Liberty and Duncan wished Hank could quickly leave.
However, Sonny was dejected.
Hank said he would play with Sonny. However, once Jess said she was unwell, Hank instantly ignored him and left with Jess.
“Mom.”
Sonny walked toward Liberty. He extended his hands to ask for a hug from Liberty.
Liberty carried him. Seeing his dejected look, she fell quiet for a moment before explaining on Hank’s behalf.
“Sonny, Jess isn’t feeling well, and your dad is worried about her. He had to send her to the hospital for a check-up, and that’s why he can’t play with you. It’s not because he doesn’t want to play with you or he doesn’t love you.”
Duncan’s lips twitched. He felt that Hank did not love Sonny dearly.
Hank loved Jessica and her baby more.
That woman was obviously putting on a pretense.
Hank used to be a manager at his company. Given that he had seen all kinds of situations at the workplace, could he not tell that she was faking it?
After all, Hank cared more about Jessica than anything else.
He had little rapport with Sonny.
It was very kind of Liberty to explain on Hank’s behalf. If it were another woman, she would have criticized her ex-husband numerous times.
That was what Hank appreciated about Liberty.
The couple had a broken relationship and were even divorced. Even so, Liberty did not badmouth Hank in front of the child.
This was because, for Sonny, Hank was his father no matter whether her parents were divorced and what Hank had done.
Hank might not care much about Sonny, but he was willing to pay for child support. He was still responsible enough to fulfill his duty as a father.
“Is it true that Dad doesn’t love me anymore?” Sonny asked.
“No. Your dad still loves you.”
The dejected look on Sonny’s face disappeared.
Subsequently, he asked.in confusion, “Mom, why did Dad leave once Jess said her stomach wasn’t well?”
“There’s a baby in Jess’s stomach. She said it was uncomfortable. Your dad was worried that the baby was not well, so he quickly took Jess to the hospital.”
Feeling hazy, Sonny uttered “oh”.
Duncan patted Sonny’s head and said to him, “Your dad is too busy to play with you, but I have plenty of free time. Let me play with you.”
“Sure!”
Sonny instantly felt delighted again.
Liberty turned her eyes to Duncan. “Mr. Lewis, don’t you need to attend any social function?”
“Not tonight.”
Duncan carried Sonny and said to Liberty, “Come on. Let’s go in.”
With that, he walked into the playground with Sonny in his arms before Liberty could turn him down.
Liberty silently watched Duncan carry Sonny into the playground. After some time, she sighed and had no choice but to follow them in.
“Sonny, where should we play? I’m not sure about the way. You need to guide me.”
The two of them were chatting during their walk.
Duncan purposely pretended not to know his way around the place so that Sonny could guide him.
Sonny immediately felt as though he was entrusted with an important task. He pointed to the elevator and said, “Dunc, we’ll go to the third floor.”
“It’s on the third floor, huh? There’s a lot of food on the first floor. Do you want to buy something to eat?”
Sonny shook his head.
Currently, he was not keen on eating or playing.
With Aunt Ser around, he had all kinds of good food.
Upon noticing that Sonny was not interested in buying things, Duncan took him straight to the third floor of the mall.
On the third floor, the kids’ playground occupied one side whereas the other was a fashion store.
When some parents came here to buy shoes, they would drop their children off at the playground and leave them to play there. There was an entrance fee with staff members keeping an eye on the kids. The kids would not run out unless they wanted to stop playing.
Even if they wanted to run out, the staff members would not allow the kids to do so without the presence of their parents.
Therefore, the parents would feel at ease. By placing their children at the playground, they could shop around the mall freely without being annoyed by their children.
This had attracted many parents to spend at this mall.
Liberty bought an entrance ticket for her son. She asked Sonny to take off his shoes and enter the playground on his own.
Duncan asked concernedly, “Will Sonny be bullied by other people? There are a lot of kids here.”
“Usually, I’ll be around to make sure Sonny won’t be bullied. The workers are here to keep an eye too.”
Duncan got it.
He fixed his eyes on Sonny’s back.
As soon as Sonny entered the playground, he started playing with other kids.
He looked cute and was honey-tongued. He addressed other kids politely, which resulted in many kids turning into his playmates.
Duncan felt relieved only after watching him for a while.
It seemed that Sonny had great social skills.
“Liberty, do you want to do some shopping?” Duncan asked Liberty, who was beside him.
Liberty shook her head. “There’s nothing I want to buy.”
Since she had nothing to buy, she did not want to shop around. Shopping was tiring, so she might as well sit here and watch her son play.
“You can buy new toys, clothes, and shoes for Sonny. You can buy some new clothes for yourself as well.” Duncan tried hard to persuade Liberty into buying things.
This would give him the chance to pay.
Liberty could not help but laugh. She said, “Sonny and I aren’t short of those things. Sonny, in particular, has everything. Seren and Elisa keep buying him clothes, and he hasn’t gotten to try on many of them.”
The same went for toys.
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