Chapter 253
When Bacchus and the other two returned home, Kingsley sat on the sofa, looking like a dark cloud had settled over him.
He looked up at the trio walking through the door, his voice devoid of emotion. “Did you enjoy your dinner p>
“Since you weren’t there, of course we enjoyed it.” The elder Mrs. Sherwood kept a straight face, unable to mask the anger in her eyes. If it weren’t for all the chaos he had caused, she would have been enjoying family bliss a long time ago.
Bacchus sat down nearby and casually forwarded the video he had recorded on his phone to Kingsley, his tone teasing.
“The kid is smart and well-behaved, but Lucy’s transformation is the most shocking. She’s like a completely different person from before. If you want a happy family, you’re going to have to work hard to win her back p>
Kingsley clicked on the video. Watching Seven eat so obediently on the screen, his harsh tone instantly softened. “If you wanted to see him, you could have just done it openly. Why sneak around p>
“Hah, we were guarding against you. Have some self-awareness.” The elder Mrs. Sherwood scoffed, mercilessly piercing his ego.
“I was afraid you’d tag along and ruin our peace p>
She shifted the conversation, turning to Bacchus.
“You will continue going on blind dates tomorrow. You won’t stop until you find someone suitable p>
Bacchus smiled and nodded, deliberately exaggerating. “Understood. The heavy burden of expanding the Sherwood family tree rests entirely on my shoulders. Such a massive responsibility p>
“Keep this in mind,” the elder Mrs. Sherwood said sternly. “You are the eldest Sherwood son. You have property and money; you’re not some penniless nobody p>
“Alright,” Bacchus agreed.
Sitting off to the side, Kingsley hadn’t said another word. His thumb swiped across his phone screen, replaying the video over and over, his eyes locked onto Seven, entirely unable to look away.
“Did he talk to you much?” he suddenly asked, a trace of undetectable nervousness in his voice.
“Not really. We don’t know each other well, after all,” Bacchus answered honestly, before adding,
“But he responded whenever we asked him a question. He’s very polite p>
Hearing this, the tight strings in Kingsley’s chest relaxed just a fraction.
But the moment he remembered how affectionate Seven had been with Jutes Holt, an inexplicable wave of jealousy surged up, and his
fingers subconsciously tightened around his phone. ‘
“He’ll warm up to me eventually,” he said with absolute certainty, as if trying to hype himself up.
Bacchus gave him a look and nodded. “Yeah, I believe you’ll be a good father. Good luck p>
Kingsley lowered his eyes to the tiny figure on the screen and murmured softly, yet solemnly, “I’ll be a good husband, too p>
Bacchus’s eyes widened. He
swallowed the words that were right
on the tip of his tongue, ultimately
just clapping his brother on the
shoulder and leaving him with two words: “Work hard p>
Lucy took Seven back to the hotel. The little guy had just excitedly pulled out his new toy to unwrap it when a video call request from Molly popped up on the phone.
Seven immediately grabbed the phone and answered, sweetly calling out, “Molly!” On the other end, Molly was a total chatterbox, babbling away without pause.
The two little kids went back and forth, completely absorbed in their conversation. Lucy sat quietly nearby, listening to them, and couldn’t help but smile. The sound of children’s innocent chatter was exceptionally pleasant to the ears.
They talked on video for nearly half an hour before hanging up. Seven looked up at Lucy, his eyes sparkling. “Mom, Molly said we’re going out to play together tomorrow p>
“Okay, sounds good,” Lucy said, ruffling his hair.
“Tomorrow we have to go see Uncle Wyatt, and after that, we’ll go find Molly p>
Seven nodded emphatically, turning around to dive right back into his world of toys. Lucy picked up her own phone. Sitting prominently on the screen was a friend request with a note attached: [Accept this so I can send you the itemized hospital bill p>
She glanced at it, expressionlessly swiped the request away, and exited the app without a single second of hesitation.
The next morning, Lucy took Seven to buy a few things before heading straight to Wyatt Sterling’s apartment.
After the last conflict, not only had Wyatt taken a beating, but his credit cards had also been frozen.
When Seven stood on his tiptoes to ring the doorbell, Wyatt was rightzin the middle of an intense gaming session inside. Being suddenly interrupted left him looking rather annoyed.