She could not help but smile now as she looked at his glistening eyes.
“Robert! Sweet baby!”
Mike stood next to Averie and gently poked Robert’s cheek with his finger. “Come to Uncle Mike!”
Mike carefully took the baby from Averie’s arms.
At that moment, Chad walked over with a baby carrier and asked Mike to put Robert in it.
“Don’t mess around if you don’t know how to carry a baby,” Chad warned. “You have to support this part of his neck back here.”
“You’re talking like you’re experienced. You didn’t see how professional I was when Hayden and Layla were babies!” Mike bragged, then placed Robert in the carrier.
They arrived back at the Starry River Villa half an hour later.
The baby carrier carrying a sleeping Robert was placed on the couch.
Layla and Hayden gazed with widened eyes at their little brother.
Robert was asleep at that moment, so the two children’s curiosity was quickly satisfied after staring at him for a little while.
Chad held his phone and took a photo of Robert.
Mike walked to his side, then asked, “Why are you taking a photo of Robert? Are you thinking of sending it to your boss?”
“Can’t I keep it for myself?” Chad said, then put his phone away.
“You could come and see him every day.
Why do you need a photo?” Mike said, exposing him.” Don’t send the photo to him. He can come here himself if he wants to see his son. If he doesn’t come, then it means that he doesn’t care about his son at all. Why do you need to use Robert’s photo to bother him?”
Chad was rendered speechless by Mike’s words.
As Averie listened to their conversation, her heart turned in her chest.
She picked Robert up from the baby carrier, then made her way to her bedroom.
Mrs. Cooper trailed along behind her.
Once they were in the room, Mrs. Cooper shut the door.
“I’ll watch over Robert, Averie. Get some rest if you’re tired. If you’re not tired, then you can hang out in the living room,” said Mrs. Cooper.
Averie glanced at her and asked, “Do you plan on helping me take care of Robert?”
“Those were Master Elyette’s orders. He talked to me about it before, but he also did not say that he didn’t want me taking care of Robert.”
Mrs. Cooper was Elyette’s most trusted employee. Before Robert was born, Elyette had already discussed things with her.
“I know you have a nanny, but Master Elyette doesn’t trust outsiders,” said Mrs. Cooper. “It doesn’t matter how he feels about Robert right now, or whether or not he will acknowledge him as his son. In the end, Robert is still his own flesh and blood. He definitely doesn’t want anything bad to happen to Robert.”
Her words softened Averie’s heart.
“You went through a lot during the birth. You first need to take care of your health. I’ll take care of Robert.”
Averie nodded and said, “Thank you.”
“Master Elyette has always been kind to me. I’ll be happy as long as I can be of help to you.”
Averie felt much more relaxed with Mrs. Cooper’s help to take care of Robert. She walked out of the room and headed toward the living room.
Once she was out of the bedroom, Mrs. Cooper immediately pulled out her phone, snapped a photo of Robert and sent it to Elyette.
Robert woke up about half an hour later.
As Mrs. Cooper gazed at his glistening black eyes, she pulled out her phone once again, and snapped another photo to send to Elyette.
Anybody would fall in love with such an adorable baby.
Elyette was not a heartless person. How could he possibly not want his own son?
Hartsburg was a tropical city. It was 23 degrees in Avonsville, but it was.72 degrees in Hartsburg.
Elyette‘s job was secondary. It was mainly to escape.
As long as he thought about how Shea had sacrificed herself for Robert, his heart would be torn apart again and again.
The phone screen lit up and he tapped the message.
A photo jumped into view–Robert‘s dark, dark eyes were open, looking adorably at the camera. As if she was looking into his eyes.
His breath hitched as he saw the picture.
He took a deep breath and put the phone down.
His rationality told him that Shea‘s death had nothing to do with Robert, but he could not cross the hurdle in his heart.
As long as he thought that Shea would never appear again and call him brother sweetly, his sorrow couldn‘t help but surge up and destroy all his rationality.
At night, at Starry River Villa.
Mike invited Jun and Ben over to celebrate Robert‘s discharge.
Babies Robert‘s age slept more.
Robert was sleeping when they arrived.
When they said that Robert resembled Elyette, Averie naturally thought to herself, Robert doesn‘t look that much like Elyette.
Because she had seen a photo of Elyette when he was young not long ago.
When Elyette was a baby, he did not look like this.
She kept those words to herself.
Because at a glance, Robert did look a little like the current Elyette.
At dinner, Ben poured a glass of fruit juice for Averie.
“Averie, I sincerely apologize for misunderstanding you previously,” Ben said. “And you‘ve worked hard giving birth to Robert!”
Chad asked, “Ben, do you know when the boss will be back?”
“You‘re his special assistant. If you don‘t know, how would I know?” Ben said. “But I know something. He did go to Hartsburg for some business, but he chose the location. He insisted on going to Hartsburg.”
“Maybe it‘s because Hartsburg is warmer!” Chad did not forget to defend his boss.
“He probably just doesn‘t want to face Robert‘s discharge.” Ben changed the topic. “Averie, don‘t worry. He‘ll be fine after a while. He‘s been busy dealing with Cole recently and doesn‘t have the energy to care about anything else.”
“Deal with Cole?” Averie was stunned.
Cole‘s mother had already died for him. Was Elyette still angry?
“That‘s right! He wants Cole‘s company to go bankrupt and spend the rest of his life in poverty,” Ben said. “If Cole wasn‘t his nephew, he wouldn‘t have left Cole alive.”
Averie didn‘t feel sorry for Cole.
Cole had brought this upon himself.
“Averie, has Tammy contacted you recently?” Jun suddenly asked, changing the topic.
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