Chapter 478
Chapter 478
After wiping Richie’s face, Winter tenderly stroked his head.
“Sweetheart, Mommy knows you’ve been trying so hard and going through so moch. Can we try just one more time? That time Mommy and… Daddy will be right here with you p>
Richie rubbed his little head against Winter’s palmh
“Da Dada. Mama p>
“That’s right. You can do this, baby p>
His soft, babyish voice came again.
“Do… dis p>
Winter burst into tearful laughter, her heart melting completely.
Outside the isolation room, Chris stood in a black dress shirt, watching the monitor as Winter gently muzzled Richie’s head
She was strong-willed and stubborn by nature, but deep down, there had always been a gentleness in her. Now that she was a mother, that gentleness was beginning to show. Every movement she made seemed softer than before.
“Aren’t you going in?” Dominic asked.
What was the point of watching through a screen? Wasn’t he just torturing himself?
Chris’s fingers paused in front of the monitor. Then he turned it off.
“If I go in, she won’t be happy p>
Dominic wasn’t used to hearing that kind of self-awareness from Chris.
So Winter really had gotten to him. For once, he almost sounded human.
Then Dominic saw Chris turn away.
Was he leaving?
Dominic quickly followed. Only then did he realize Chris had changed out of his hospital gown.
Dominic knew how serious Chris’s injuries were. There was no way he could be discharged today. He had been not be forcing himself to do something reckless again.
“Where are you going?” Dominic asked, staying close behind him.
Gavin was completely loyal to Chris, but he couldn’t control him. Someone had to keep an eye on him,
Chris’s expression was cool and unreadable.
“Coffee p>
Inside a private lounge at an upscale hotel, Chris sat alone at a quiet comier table
A fresh pot of coffer sat in front of him, steam curbing from the rim and drifting towards green leaves in the courtyard looked glassy after the rain
The door opened from the ouvide
Gavin, dressed all in black, stood by the extrance
“Mr. Xander, Professor Freeman is here p>
“Mm p>
Chris held his coffee cup between his fingers without even lifting his eyes.
Footsteps sounded outside the door.
Jimmy walked to the entrance and looked inside. At a glance, he saw Chris sitting by the window in a black dress shirt
Everyone said the head of the Xander family was cold by nature.
Chris had only been twenty when he first took over the Xander Corporation. Back then, the Xander family had hosted a banquet, and Jimmy had seen him once from across the room. At the time, Chris still carried the sharp edge of a man who had just left the military.
Years of fighting in the business world had since tempered that edge into something calm and controlled. Now, he could hide it or reveal it whenever he chose.
The man in front of him was now truly the head of the Xander family, the one who held its power in his hands.
His expression was cool and composed as he poured coffee into another cup.
Then he said lightly, “Professor Freeman. Please p>
That morning, Jimmy had just arrived at the university for a meeting when someone stopped him in the parking garage The person who stopped him was Chris’s assistant, Gavin.
Jimmy quietly pulled his thoughts back. Without letting anything show on his face, he walked into the room and slowly sait down across from Chris.
“May I ask why you wanted to see me, Mr. Xander p>
Chris placed a cup of coffee in front of him.
“Try it, Professor Freeman. Tell me what you think p>
Jimmy lifted his eyes and looked at the man across from him. Then he calmly reached for the cup
Just then, Chris’s cool voice sounded.
“I heard you once pursued Winnie’s mom p>
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