WINTER: Are we going on a date? I wanted to ask but stopped myself. Liam had not known Hawk loved me and I did not think this was the best time to tell him about it. And if I did tell him, what would he say? Would he be against it or not?“Where would we go?”“Where do you want to go?” he asked. “I don't have anything in mind.” Right now, I would rather spend my day sleeping in bed, but this was Hawk we were talking about. “But we can go where you want. D-do you have something in mind, Miss Winter?” he asked shyly. Where I want, huh? There was only one thing I wanted. No particular place in mind but somewhere where I could be at peace.Liam raised his hands. “Me, Uncle Hawk. I want to go to the zoo!”“A zoo?” Hawk scratched his head. “If it's fine with your Mom.”"I'm fine everywhere as long as Liam wants it."The child danced with joy. "Yes! Thank you, Mommy! Thank you, Uncle Hawk!""Why don't you change first, Liam so that we can go now?""Yes, Mommy. I will change."I called t

WINTER: “Yes, it was a woman, Miss Winter. Is there a problem with a woman being a content creator? You should try watching her videos, Miss Winter. It's educational. She explores different countries and lets you see what that place offers.”My mouth opened and then closed.There was nothing wrong with that. What was wrong was how I thought right now. Was this jealousy over some random woman? And why would I feel like that?“Do you like her?” I asked before I could stop myself. Now, Hawk liking someone was already an issue to you? the other part of my mind asked. “I like her,” he answered without hesitation, without even getting embarrassed. My lips pressed into a thin line. “Why do you like her?” I pressed.“Uhm…is it wrong to like her, Miss Winter?”Yeah. Is it wrong that he will like someone else, Winter? Did you forget that the world does not revolve around you always?“N-No. Nothing.”“Is it not okay to like a content creator, Miss Winter?” he pressed, in pure confusion. I

WINTER:Before I could say anything, the line went dead. What. The. Heck? He did not even listen to my explanation.If I was seething inside, Liam's reaction was quite the opposite. "Yehey! Daddy is coming!" The happiness was clearly showing on his face and I could not stop feeling the guilt. “He is coming, Liam.” Unfortunately. Even if I told him not to, he would force himself here. I felt embarrassed meeting Hawk's gaze. I looked at him with an apologetic look while accepting the bouquet of flowers. "I'm so sorry, Hawk. I never invited him." I smelled the flowers and closed my eyes. Lovely. It was Calcifer who always brought me one despite having a loveless marriage. Maybe it had something to do with our wealth or perhaps he wanted to show off to Dad. "It's fine, Miss Winter. It was Liam who invited him. I cannot say no to the child."He was only saying that, but his ego was already wounded. It was never fine. He was always mad at Calcifer and seeing his presence alone—on our

CALCIFER:Scared, huh?Nathalia snapped her fingers. "I knew it. You're scared and not confident that she will accept you. You made a big mistake last time." She shook her head in disappointment. “You were an asshole before, Mr. Calcifer.”I gritted my teeth. Her statements were on point and I could not do any rebuttal.I heaved a sigh as I shifted my gaze to the window, staring blankly at the flowering trees beside the highway. Even the flowers were in full bloom to celebrate this day. "It's not like that.""Of course, it is, Mr. Calcifer. And maybe the reason for that hesitation was you hurt her?" I heaved a sigh while crossing my legs. What was there to deny? Nathalia. She was part of the family. "You could say that."Her face fell, then glared at me. "You were the one who initiated the divorce? Did you divorce that woman? What are you? An idiot?" She suddenly hit me on my shoulder. I glared at her. “It hurts, Ms. Nathalia.”“That was incomparable to how you hurt her! How man

WINTER: If I were Calicfer's secretary, I would also want to escape. "Mommy? Please don't fight with Daddy." I heaved a sigh. "Daddy and I are only talking, Liam. We are not fighting at all.” We really need to check on our behavior since Liam was always observing us. Liam hugged me. “I hate it when you and Daddy fight. That's not nice, Mommy. That's bad. The teacher said so.” I patted the top of his head, assuring him that we were not fighting at all. “I love you, Mommy.” “I love you, too, Liam.” Someone clapped her hands. Looking around, it was Nathalia, staring at us as if she was happy just by watching. “Aw. What a sweet baby boy. I like him already, Mr. Calcifer. Can I keep him and show him to my other half-siblings?” Half-siblings? What did she mean? I'm sure that's not something important. This woman could be tactless sometimes. Calcifer shook his head. “That's not going to happen. But I am still hoping that you will allow me to bring Liam to meet