novelxo Chapter 1508
"Vanessa..."
"Stop talking! I beg you to just stop talking," Vanessa didn't want to listen anymore. She couldn't accept it all! She couldn't believe that the man she loved for so many years was the man who had hurt her for so long.
If only he knew that because he left without saying goodbye that night, she had lived in misery for all these years. Every night, she would dream of the night where her whole life started to be turned upside down.
Her never-ending nightmare made it feel like she had been living in hell.
How could Julien be the person who brought this devastation upon her?
How could it be him?
It could be anyone but him!
"Julien, take back what you just said. Pretend that you never said it, and I will pretend that I never heard it. You are still the president of Rovio, and I am still Vanessa Love. We have nothing to do with each other, and Lawrie will have nothing to do with you either," Evading was the only way Vanessa could cope with things at the moment.
"Vanessa, listen to me. The man from that night was really me. Lawrie is our child, we're his biological parents," Julien didn't want to escape from the truth anymore. He had to bear the responsibility for what he had done. He didn't want Vanessa to continue suffering alone.
"No. I won't believe it..." Vanessa clenched her fists and punched him on the chest again and again. She was crying, "I beg you, please just stop. I don't want to listen... I don't want to know anything." "Vanessa..." Julien allowed her to beat him up and vent her anger. He did not dodge or resist until Vanessa was exhausted from crying and punching him. She collapsed in his arms, weak and limp. He held her in his arms carefully and said hoarsely, "I'm sorry!"
His apology was useless, but Julien still wanted to say it to her. This would be the last time he would be saying this to her. From now on, he would never again say these useless words in front of her again. "Julien, how can it be you? Why is it you?" Vanessa had no more tears and her voice had gone hoarse. However, that didn't stop her from repeating herself. She still didn't want to believe it was him, but the facts had been laid out in the open. The man from that night was indeed Julien.
"Vanessa, tomorrow is the day of Lawrie's surgery. Let's go and get ourselves cleaned up. You also need to rest early," Julien wanted to stay by Vanessa's side, but he had to perform a surgery as well during Lawrie's operation tomorrow. He was supposed to leave so that the doctors could monitor his condition closely.
"Yes, I know," Vanessa nodded heavily. No matter how many emotions she was feeling and how helpless, scared and uncertain she was... She forced herself to suppress everything in her heart. For her, Lawrie's surgery was the most important thing right now. She could put everything else aside.
When they came out of the hospital, it was already getting dark. Looking at the bright city lights, Levi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "Alas, the most torturous thing in the world is love. I really don't understand why a person would hide their feelings. What's wrong with saying them out loud?"
Larry stood beside him. He looked up and replied, "Uncle Levi, let me tell you a secret."
Levi held the little one in his arms and chimed, "Little one, what secret do you want to tell me?"
Larry inched closer to Levi's ear and said solemnly, "Uncle Julien knows how to eat people, so don't anger him. If you accidentally anger him, he will eat you up."
Levi pinched Little Larry's face with a smile and laughed, "Little one, who told you that?"
Larry looked around and said mysteriously, "I saw it with my own eyes."
Levi found Larry's mysterious expression very amusing and chuckled, "Little one, who did you see your uncle gobble up?"
Larry looked around secretly again. Once again, he whispered in Levi's ears, saying, "Yesterday, I saw Uncle Julien bite Aunt Vanessa. Good thing she ran away quickly. If not, she would've been eaten up whole."
"Little brat, I used to think that you were quite smart. How are you so stupid now?" Levi looked at Little Larry with disdain and smirked, "Your Uncle Julien wasn't trying to gobble up Auntie Vanessa. They were kissing each other. This happens naturally since they are in love. You are still young, so you probably don't understand. When you grow up and get a girlfriend, then you'll know what I mean."
Larry pouted with dissatisfaction, "I am not stupid. Uncle Julien bit Aunt Vanessa, I swear! It wasn't a kiss. I've seen my parents kiss, and it's different. Uncle Julien bit Aunt Vanessa so hard that she bled. I saw it with my own eyes."
Levi was taken aback and exclaimed, "Your uncle looks so gentle and refined, but I guess he's really a beast. A girl's mouth is so soft, so how could he bear to bite her till she bleeds? Little one, remember, when you grow up, you must learn from me, and not from your Uncle Julien. You must be gentle to beautiful girls, as gentle as you can be."
Larry nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, I will be as gentle as Daddy is to Mommy."
At the mention of Larry's parents, Levi also had his own thoughts and shared them with Larry, "Your father was lucky to be able to marry someone from my family. There were so many people who wanted the hand in marriage of the Kyle family's heiress, but your mother didn't like any of them. At a young age, she ran off far away to find a husband. She didn't give any of those men a single chance." Larry retorted, "It's not just luck. It's because my Dad and Mom love each other. More importantly, there's me. My Mom and Dad got together because I'm cute and likeable."
Levi was amused by his naive words and laughed, "You dumb brat, when your father and your mother met each other, they didn't even know you existed. They had already been married for quite a few years before they had you. Don't think so highly of yourself."
Larry had always thought that his parents loved each other so much because there was a cute child like him in the family. But now, Levi was telling him that this wasn't so. He was so anxious that his eyes turned red and he whined, "No. I am my parents' favourite."
"It's true that your parents love you, but you only existed after they got married. This is also a fact. You can't deny it."
Larry pouted and put on a pitiful look, "No, they gave birth to me first!"
Seeing that the little one was about to cry, Levi thought about just giving in. In the end, he still felt like the little one should know the truth and said, "Hey, hey, hey... don't cry just because you've lost. That's not how a man should behave!"
Larry retorted indignantly, "My parents gave birth to me first!"