Mrs. Lewis said huffily, “With the Stones and the Yorks backing her, how would I have the audacity to be domineering and cause her grievance? I’m the one feeling aggrieved instead. Despite being your wife, I need to lower myself to beg Liberty to stay away from our son.”
Derek was not in a position to respond to that.
Liberty was unaware that Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were coming to meet her. After Liberty had dinner with Sonny, Sonny wanted to shop around, and she agreed.
Just for convenience, she took her son out by riding an e-bike.
In fact, Sonny wanted to shop at a mall. The mall had a few floors. Located on the third floor was a playground for kids. A lot of kids enjoyed playing there.
Liberty had taken Sonny there twice, and he took a liking to it.
After arriving at the supermarket, Liberty and Sonny ran into Hank and Jessica.
As Jessica was pregnant, she was released on bail to take care of her baby after Hank and the lawyer applied for it.
“Dad.”
Sonny was always happy whenever he saw Hank.
That was exactly why the father and the son had a close relationship. As a result, Serena and her husband could not be ruthless to the Browns as they often had to think for Sonny.
“Sonny?”
Hank did not expect to meet his ex-wife and son here.
When Sonny ran toward him merrily, Hank glanced at Jessica before he walked forward and carried his son with a smile.
Initially, Jessica was wearing a smile. At the sight of the close interaction between the father and son, her smile disappeared.
She was currently pregnant with Hank’s child whom she had always been eager to have.
Unfortunately, the child came late. If the child had come earlier, she definitely would not have agreed to be involved in the wrongful act that ruined her life as well as her child’s. She would have done good deeds for her child’s sake.
Even though Jessica was out of jail for now, she would need to serve her sentence after she gave birth to her baby.
For a long period of time, she would be unable to watch her child grow.
The child would lack motherly love.
Besides, the fact that she committed a crime would have a huge impact on the child.
Jessica deeply regretted it.
It was no use lamenting it now. Back then, she did not reject Hank outright. She had set her mind on becoming Hank’s wife to live in the lap of luxury. Little did she know that it was the start of tragedy.
She might as well have married an ordinary man. At least, she would be able to lead a plain yet happy life.
Liberty did not walk toward Hank and Sonny. Standing from a distance, she silently took a glimpse of the two of them before turning her eyes to Jessica.
Jessica walked up to Hank shortly.
After moving closer, Liberty got a better sight of Jessica.
Jessica had thinned down a lot. She had a dull complexion and was dressed in loose clothes. Only those who were sharp-eyed could tell that she was pregnant.
“Let’s go, Hank,” Jessica said to her husband.
Currently, she disliked seeing Hank being close to Sonny. She was afraid that if they got very close, Hank would not take care of her child wholeheartedly.
Regardless of whether she gave birth to a son or daughter, the Browns would surely be biased toward Sonny
Jessica had to continue serving her sentence in the future, so she would not be able to watch her child grow. If her child turned out to be a girl who failed to please the family, who would know how much the child would suffer when Jessica was not by her side?
Therefore, Hank was the child’s support.
Sonny was a lot more fortunate than Jessica’s child.
With so many people loving and supporting Sonny, there was no need to worry that he would suffer.
“Sonny, what are you planning to buy with Mom?” Hank asked his son.
Sonny answered, “I’m going to play with Mom. Dad, what do you want to buy?”
After stealing a glance at Jessica, he fell quiet for a moment. Then, he said politely, “Hi, Jess.”
Jessica forced a smile.
“I’ve just arrived, so I haven’t bought anything. What-do you want, Sonny? I’ll get it for you.”
Due to Jessica’s situation and interference from Liberty’s grandparents, it had been ages since Hank met his ex-wife, much less his son.
Given that he finally met his son, he felt the need to buy him something.
The grim smile on Jessica’s face was no longer visible.
However, she did not utter a word.
At that moment, Liberty walked over.
The moment Jessica caught sight of Liberty, her lips twitched. Even so, she remained silent.
She was supposed to apologize to Liberty.
She was an indirect cause of Liberty’s narrow escape from death.
“Liberty,” Hank called out.
After not seeing her for a long time, he suddenly felt that his ex-wife had turned into a different person. She had become younger, prettier, and more confident.
That was how she was before marriage.
“Both of you can shop around. I’ll take Sonny to the indoor playground on the third floor for a while.”
Liberty carried her son out of her ex-husband’s arms.
After speaking indifferently, she said to Sonny, “Sonny, let’s go.”
“Okay. Bye, Dad.”
Sonny waved at Hank and bade him goodbye.
“Liberty, Sonny.”
All of a sudden, Duncan’s voice rang out.
Soon, he strode toward them.
The minute Hank saw Duncan, his expression turned grave.
“Dunc.”
Sonny’s mannerism toward Duncan and his father, Hank, was the same.
Once Sonny saw Duncan, he shook off Liberty’s hand and scurried toward Duncan.
Hank’s expression became graver.
His parents and elder sister had always nagged him, telling him that Liberty had a pursuer. If he was not going to divorce Jessica and go after Liberty again, Sonny’s father would be someone else.
Duncan would most likely become Sonny’s new father.
Hank knew full well that Liberty would not accept him anymore. As for Jessica, he still had feelings for her. He also felt sorry for her.
He hurt two women because of his unfaithfulness.
Liberty was already divorced from Hank and had started her life anew. She was leading a wonderful life. He did not want to hurt Jessica again, especially by divorcing her when she was in jail. If he did that, she would be homeless after she was released.
Ever since Jessica was arrested, her brother and sister-in-law had established boundaries with her.
Although her parents took pity on her, they could not do anything about it. They were already old and reliant on their son and daughter-in-law to look after them.
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