After seeing her tall figure start to leave, Carla’s face slowly calmed down, she looked at Olivia.
“You need to hold on to him tightly, and don’t lose him for Stella to the point where you don’t have Nathan anymore.”
“I know, mother–in–law.” Olivia said quietly
Nathan returned once again to Liam’s room, and Victor was helping Stella treat her wound, his action so gentle and cautious that he was afraid of hurting her.
However, Liam watched them as he sat on the side of the bed, his big eyes blinking and his little lip mumbling continuously.
“Mommy, does it hurt?”
“No my love, that bruise really doesn’t hurt!” Stella smiled.
“There you go!” Victor threw the swab in the garbage can and tidied up. Accidentally, he glanced at the door and noticed Nathan’s return “Mr. Collins.” He greeted.
Nathan looked at a suitcase placed on the floor and his face showed an indescribable expression.
“Mr. Albex really did come running back from abroad.”
“Yes.”
“And after he left the airport, he came running to see Liam? Sorry to bother you.”
Victor as before was very kind and refined, he kept smiling.
“Mr. Collins, there’s no need to be polite. Liam is a child I’ve known and watched since he was little. In my heart, I already consider him my son. Something bad has happened to him, no matter what, I’ll be back.”
Stella’s gaze rotated between these men all the time.
Ever since Nathan had entered the room, she could clearly feel that the atmosphere was changing. Moreover, after Victor had finished speaking, Nathan’s eyes narrowed and his expression became dangerous. Although Victor was still smiling, it was still noticeable that his eyes carried a provocation.
The atmosphere between them was like a time bomb.
Stella was very afraid that it would explode at any moment.
Every time these two men met it happened, they were incompatible like fire and water, although they never actually exploded, but this silent war was enough to make her afraid.
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Then, before Nathan could say anything else, Stella said to Victor.
“Victor, you were on the plane for a long time, so after that you came straight to the hospital, and you look very tired, so go home and get some rest.“.
Originally, Victor wanted to reject her idea, but he also understood Stella’s intention, so he didn’t want to make things difficult for her, and besides, in the Arbex family, he really did have some matters to settle.
So he nodded and picked up his suitcase.
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“Then I’ll go home first, remember to treat the wound on your face.
“I know.”
Stella looked at Nathan, she knew he would stay here.
“Let me accompany you! “She said to Victor.
“Uncle Victor, bye. “Liam lifted his face and waved to him. “Remember to come back and visit me.”
“Liam needs to rest well. Uncle will be back later.”
“OK.”
After Stella and Victor left, there were only two of them left in the room, but Liam seemed to be planning to ignore Nathan, he just leaned over the bed, picked up the book on the table and read it eagerly.
Inside Nathan’s heart, a feeling of failure arose.
He had never been seen as an invisible person by others.
Nowadays, he didn’t mention Stella, nor did Liam want to talk to him. But this boy is his son.
He moved the chair and placed it next to Liam’s bed, he decided to talk gently to Liam. But just as he was about to sit down, Liam just lifted his head from the book.
“Daddy, why don’t you look for that woman you’re so worried about?
Nathan hadn’t expected this little boy to say something like that. He was surprised then, his expression turned strange, then he coughed.
“Liam, let’s talk!”
Liam didn’t appreciate his good intentions, he didn’t even raise his eyes to look for a while, his gaze was fixed on his book, and he grumbled.
“Dad, if you want to talk, you should find that woman to talk to.”
Now, every sentence he said to Nathan was undeniably linked to Olivia.
Nathan didn’t want his words at that moment to sum up the ridicule he felt for him, but they seemed reliable.
Nathan put the book in his hand and put it to one side, and Liam frowned resentfully.
“Dad, what are you doing?”
“Liam.” Nathan’s tone became more serious. Let’s talk.”
Liam noticed his serious, silent expression and finally nodded.
“Okay then, what do you want to talk about?”
His sudden question made Nathan unable to answer.
He just wanted to open Liam’s heart, so that there would be no misunderstandings between them.
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He really didn’t expect them to be like this forever.
He didn’t say anything, but Liain started talking.
“Dad, do you know why got into a fight with that boy the other day?”
“Because he said bad words about your mother?” Nathan paused for moment. “Are you willing to tell me everything again?”
Liam nodded and started talking.
“That boy said that his mother told him that my mother is a bad person, and said that she kidnapped someone else’s husband, plus she pushed someone down the stairs…” He stopped. “My mother is a bad person, she’s the best woman in the world. Dad, you won’t understand…” Liam used his little hand to hold his cheeks. “Mom is very important to me, I won’t let anyone say anything bad to her, I want to protect hef…”
Hearing Liam’s words and looking at his serious face, Nathan felt his heart being attacked relentlessly.
He smiled and used his hand to stroke Liam’s head.
“Of course your mother isn’t a bad person.”
Liam lifted his little face to look at Nathan.
“But Dad, you think Mom is a bad person, right? You think Mom pushed that one down, right?”
Nathan couldn’t answer his question. On this subject, he really didn’t want to think about it. However, all the evidence pointed to Stella, but Olivia was also impossible to fall.
In fact, two days after the accident, he went to the hotel to look for the CCTV video, but was very helpless and disappointed, because the staircase was just around the corner, exactly at the dead end of the CCTV, because it was blocked by the wall.
The CCTV video didn’t give him any useful information.
As for the CCTV video his grandmother had mentioned, she was actually lying to him.
“I know, you think so too. You think my mother pushed her down, but no, it was she who fell carelessly. Besides, before that, she spilled a glass of wine on Mom’s clothes. Then she pulled Mom down again. When I looked for Mom, she wanted to push her down. But Mom luckily managed to hold onto the railing, so she’s fine. Then I ran, so she fell.”
