novelxo Chapter 1412
Vanessa was willing to be with him only because of money. She would try her best to please him for money. Now, the reason she got in touch with him was also because of money. Besides money, what else did they have between them?
Julien, who had always been calm, was so angry that he threw his mobile phone onto the coffee table, causing a loud crash. However, after he had cooled down a little, he picked up the phone and made a phone call. "Check where did Vanessa last use her credit card."
Listening to the disconnected tone, Vanessa put away the mobile phone with disappointment. It seemed that she had really gone overboard and offended Julien this time. He was cutting off all her finances so that she would give in and admit her mistakes.
When they first got together, they had agreed that they would not interfere with each other's lives during the weekends. In the past year, both of them never had any issues with this. Hence, Vanessa did not know why he was angry this time.
Vanessa sighed and looked at Lawrie, who was pouting his lips. He looked angry as he said, "Mommy, I want to grow up quickly and chase that big bad guy away. I won't let him bully you anymore." Every time Vanessa was on the phone, she would be upset. Lawrie knew that his mother didn't want to answer the call. Hence, he told himself that he had to grow up quickly and drive away the bad guy who bullied his mother.
"Baby, there's no big bad guy bullying me. Don't worry, okay?" Listening to her son's warm words, Vanessa was no longer glum. She pinched Lawrie's cheek and said, "Baby, I have something to discuss with you."
"Mommy, I want to be with you forever. I want to sleep and eat with you..." Lawrie noticed that Vanessa would have to leave every time after answering the phone, so he hated it whenever she had to answer the phone. However, he was too young to do anything to stop it. Every time he saw that his mother was on the phone, he would feel flustered. He was worried that his mother would leave him behind again. Vanessa explained patiently, "I'm not going anywhere, Baby. It's just that I don't have enough cash on me now, so I can only buy two toys for you today. We won't be able to buy the toy car today. Is that okay?" Vanessa thought that Lawrie would be disappointed when he heard that he couldn't buy his favorite toy car. However, he was not upset at all. Lawrie held Vanessa's face in his palms and comforted her, "I only want you, Mommy! I don't want the toy car."
Lawrie was so sensible that Vanessa felt sorry for him. She held Lawrie in her arms, hugging him tightly. Then, she said over and over again, "I'm sorry, Baby! I'm really sorry!"
She could not satisfy her son's wish and even made him worry for her. At that moment, Vanessa really felt like she was a useless mother.
"It's okay, Mommy." Lawrie came out of Vanessa's embrace and carried the toy car out of the shopping cart. "I don't want any of them anymore. I just want you to stay with me."
Seeing that her three-year-old son was so sensible, Vanessa felt even more awful. She couldn't help but hold Lawrie in her arms again. "Lawrie, if it weren't for you, I really don't know how am I going to live my life in the past three years."
Lawrie's birth was an accident, and her life had undergone a drastic change ever since. However, it was exactly because of Lawrie that she managed to pull through the darkest days in her life. Vanessa believed that as long as she worked harder, she and Lawrie would definitely get to live a better life.
Lawrie was surprisingly sensible for his age. He did not look sad nor did he throw any tantrum after not being able to buy the toys he liked. Instead, he was still running and jumping around cheerfully. Vanessa realized that it was not the best idea to leave her son in someone else's care. She had to find a way to bring Lawrie to Chatterton Town so she could accompany him whenever she had the time. However, Julien was such a powerful man. How could she keep Lawrie by her side without Julien ever finding it out?
It would be almost impossible to do that.
However, in order to be with Lawrie, Vanessa was willing to try.
"Mommy, this is for you." Vanessa was cooking in the kitchen. Lawrie handed her a small bag with a lollipop, some chocolate and snacks in it.
"Baby, where did you get these from?" Vanessa took over the bag. Because of the hot weather, the chocolate had already melted. But since it was from her son, Vanessa was still delighted to receive it. It was the thought that counts, wasn't it?
"Miss Ziglar gave them to me but I saved them for you, Mommy." The kindergarten rarely gave out snacks, so after receiving them, Lawrie really wanted to eat them, but he couldn't bear to. He was afraid that his mother, who was working hard, wouldn't have the chance to eat them, so he kept them for her.
Vanessa was both happy and distressed. "Lawrie, thanks for saving all these candies for me. But, I'm a grown up, I don't like them as much anymore. If Miss Ziglar were to give you any snacks in the future, you can just eat them. You don't have to save them for me anymore, okay?"
"Okay." Lawrie nodded and asked, "What do you like to eat?"
"I like to eat my baby..." Vanessa picked him up and kissed him. "As long as my baby eats his meals, I will be very happy."
"Hehehehe..." Lawrie was so amused that he burst into laughter. "Mommy, Mommy, I love you, Mommy."
"I love you too, Baby. But I have to cook now. Can you go play by yourself first? I'll play with you later, okay?" Vanessa thought that if she didn't attend to her cooking now, the wings in the pan would likely end up burning.
"Okay." Lawrie went to play by himself, but after a while, he came to Vanessa's side again. He hugged Vanessa's leg and rubbed his face against it, which melted Vanessa's heart.
It didn't take long for Julien to receive a reply. He learned that Vanessa's credit card was last used in Hogward City, an adjacent city to Chatterton Town.
Vanessa was born and raised in Averland. All her friends and family members were there. She had only returned a year ago, and she had no one she knew in Hogward City. So why did she go there? Julien was filled with curiosity. He knew that he only needed to make a phone call to find out why Vanessa was in Hogward City. However, he hesitated. He was contemplating if he should give her a little more freedom instead?
"Ring...
Just as Julien was lost in his thoughts, a phone call came in. It was from his sister, Karen Joy. He answered the call immediately, "Karen Joy, what's the matter?"
Karen Joy replied, "Mom said that no matter how busy everyone is, we will have to go back to Secret Garden every weekend. None of us had broken this rule before, so you mustn't break it just because Mom and Dad are on a trip now."
"Okay, I'll be home in a bit." Even when it was his sister, Julien still wouldn't talk much. However, one could tell that when he spoke to his family, his tone was much gentler and friendlier. It was all because he loved his family very much.