My Husband, Warm The Bed

For the next few days, Julien did not visit the hospital.

Despite this, the hospital did not neglect taking care of Lawrie. Larry was brought to the hospital to keep Lawrie company every day as well.

Larry had been a really good boy who did not cause any trouble, and who just patiently chatted with Lawrie. Vanessa was touched that Lawrie had such good company, but she just could not bear to let a child visit the hospital every day. During lunch, Vanessa said to Larry, "Larry, you don't have to come to the hospital to accompany Lawrie tomorrow."

Larry had been eating his favorite oatmeal when he was suddenly told not to come by the hospital tomorrow. He frowned and quietly asked, "Did I do something that made you unhappy, Vanessa?"

Vanessa took a paper towel and wiped the oatmeal from the corner of his mouth. "You are lovely and so mature. How could I be unhappy with you, Larry? It's just that this is the hospital. If you come by every day, you might catch a virus or something and get sick. Your parents will definitely worry about you if that happens."

Larry said, "But I like to play with you and Lawrie."

In fact, Larry was willing to come to the hospital every day not only because he liked Vanessa and Lawrie, but also because he shouldered the heavy responsibility of taking care of his future aunt on behalf of his grandmother and mother.

Although Larry did not quite understand what they meant by 'future aunt1, he still happily agreed. After all, he was one of the men in the family. Naturally, he had to take care of the ladies at home.

Vanessa smiled and said, "We like you too, so we don't want you to get sick. You can do whatever you feel like doing tomorrow, okay?" Larry stretched out his little hand and touched his little head, a pose to show that serious thinking was being done right now. After much thought, he shook his head again, "No! I must keep Lawrie company until he gets better. Then, we can play together."

Vanessa was speechless.

How could a child be so stubborn at such a young age?

Could it be that all the men from the Kyle family were like this?

Since she could not persuade Larry, Vanessa stopped trying. She just could not figure out what was going on in Julien's head.

He had not been around for the past couple of days. Clearly, he did not want to see her. If he did not want to see her, he could have easily cut off all ties with her. So, why send Larry here?

It was impossible to figure out what was going through his mind, and there was no point in trying.

After lunch, Vanessa received a phone call from Harper. "Vanessa, I've got some news for you. One's good and the other's bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

Vanessa said, "Let's hear the good news."

The bad news would affect her mood, so she didn't want to hear it so soon. If she absolutely had to, she would listen to it later. That way, she would be able to be in a good mood for a little longer. Harper said, "The good news is that the man who pretended to be Lawrie's father was convicted, and he was given a heavy sentence."

Vanessa had been so busy with caring for Lawrie these days that she had forgotten about the incident. Now that Harper had mentioned it, Vanessa was reminded of something. "Miss Young, since that man is not Lawrie's father, how did he know about what happened to me back then?"

Harper said, "Here's the bad news. The reason why the man knew about your past is that he approached you under Fiona Cobb's order. Of course, the court did not believe his excuse, so they still convicted him. However, since I'm aware of your stepmother's matter, I believed what he said. Indeed, this whole fiasco had something to do with your stepmother."

Vanessa gritted her teeth and said, "Fiona Cobb again! It seems that that old b*tch just won't let it go until I'm finally dead."

Harper reminded, "Vanessa, we know what kind of person she is. You should not be affected by her. Anyway, as long as we can find that man and make him admit that Fiona was the one who put him to task back then, we'll let the law punish her."

Vanessa bit her lip. "Miss Young..."

Harper said, "Yes, what is it?"

Vanessa took a deep breath and told her, "People are talking about me on the internet, and... I'm scared."

She was afraid that the incident would be discussed, and that the truth would be exposed and trampled on by everyone. She was afraid that Lawrie would be hurt because of her own stubbornness. There were too many things that she was afraid of, but she could not tell anyone. She could only keep them to herself. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Harper assured her, "You don't have to worry too much about this, Vanessa. Besides you and me, the only person who knows about this is Fiona. She still wants to squeeze some benefits out of you, so she won't publicize this."

Vanessa nodded.

Harper did not know that Vanessa had long fallen out with Fiona. Once she could not gain anything from Vanessa, the vicious Fiona would really go to extreme means. However, Vanessa was no longer helpless and weak and vowed not to be hurt by Fiona anymore.

Meanwhile, at Rovio's Headquarters.

Joel had been reporting the situation to Julien. "Mr. Kyle, the man who robbed Vanessa has been convicted."

Julien nodded. "Alright."

Joel added, "He was harassing Vanessa under the instructions of Vanessa's stepmother, Fiona Cobb. He was not trying to rob Vanessa, but was merely posing as Lawrie's father."

Julien raised his eyebrows. "Posing as Lawrie's father?"

But Vanessa told him that Lawrie's father was dead.

If he was really dead, why would someone claim to be Lawrie's father?

More importantly, Vanessa could not possibly not know who Lawrie's father was. So, how could someone be so silly as to pose as an imposter?

No!

Did Vanessa really not know who Lawrie's father was, which was why she had lied about the man's death?

On this note, Julien suddenly recalled an incident a few years back... Could it be...

No... It was impossible.

If that were true, according to the timeline, Lawrie should be three years and seven months old.

However, he remembered Vanessa telling Larry that Lawrie was three years and five months old. The age difference was two months.

Julien's anxiously beating heart calmed to a steady beat when a particular possibility struck him. "Send someone to keep an eye on Vanessa's stepmother."

Joel said, "I'll notify my colleagues in Averland."

Julien waved his hand, indicating that Joel may leave.

As soon as Joel left, Julien turned to look out of the French window. He saw the prosperous Chatterton Town, but his thoughts were all colored with Vanessa. Her smile, her angst, her everything.....

If only her child, Lawrie, were three years and seven months old too! That would be fantastic.

Why did he just have to be two months younger?