CHAPTER SIXTY ONE
Alyssa watched him as he frowned at her after what she said about her not being happy with the way he was with Timothy, their son. Liam was still in awe, and he couldn’t believe that she would say such a thing. In as much as he would rather not accept, he was pretty hurt by that. He didn’t know that that was how she felt about how he treated Timothy because he was really trying his best.
Liam wasn’t used to being a caring dad, so hearing that Alyssa felt that way…was a bit true. As he was walking away from her, he already knew what was going to happen, so there was no need to argue with her. Because he was really hurt by her statement, he already knew that he was going to do his revenge because the hatred he had for Alyssa was so deep.
At night, he couldn’t even sleep properly. He kept on thinking about what he could do, but he couldn’t even think of any solution. When he was about to sleep, a thought just popped up in his head and instantly knew what was going to do. He went to bed that night, smiling to himself because he knew that Alyssa was about to get a taste of her medicine.
The next morning, he got up really early to prove Alyssa wrong. He called out to Celia to bring Timothy to him. When he saw Timothy running to him that morning and chanting “uncle, uncle.” Something inside him because the fact that the poor boy doesn’t even know that he’s his dad is so sad.
“Guess what we are doing today?” Liam asked Timothy, who was smiling at the dining table. The little boy did not look as if he were listening to his dad at all. Liam called out to him again and instead of answering him, he pointed to the dining table, and Liam just knew that the boy wanted to eat.
Breakfast went by really fast because Timothy kept on hitting his cutlery against the plates, so Liam just cancelled breakfast instead.
“Guess what we are doing today?” He asked Timothy again, when he saw that the boy was calmer.
“What?”Timothy asked, and he watched his face for a while before he replied.
“We are going to have a lot of fun today, Timothy.” Liam said with so much enthusiasm. Immediately he mentioned the word fun, Timothy’s face lit up with a lot of excitement.
Liam grabbed his small hands, and they went to the field with a ball under Liam’s right arm. He threw the ball to Timothy expecting him to throw it back, but the boy placed it on the floor and tried jumping on it which made him fall on his face. Liam went over to the boy immediately, and he tried carrying him, but he refused saying that he wanted to see his mother at all cost, hearing that from Timothy Liam grumbled inwardly.
“Let’s get up.” Liam said to Timothy, and without waiting for an answer he carried the boy up with only one hand. He tried cleaning his body up, but the boy Timothy brushed his hand aside and insisted on seeing his mother.
“Your mum isn’t here.” Liam whispered to the boy and dropped him to the floor. He walked past him to pick the ball up, and he threw it to Timothy, who was now running away from him.
Timothy was acting really weird and Liam wasn’t liking that at all. He started thinking of ways to make the boy happy without his mother. Just like what happened the night before, an idea suddenly popped in his head and he went straight to Celia to see if she could help.
He turned around to go inside when he saw the Celia that he was going to meet, coming towards him. He tried smiling at her, but it didn’t work. His face wasn’t even ready to pretend like he liked Celia.
“I saw Timothy running inside, that’s why I came outside to ask what was wrong.” She said all at once when she got to Liam. He didn’t say anything, he was just looking at her, trying to figure out how he was going to tell her what he needed from her.
“Yeah. About that, I need your help.” He started talking, and he continued when she didn’t say anything. “Timothy doesn’t want to play with me, so I just think we should have a small ice cream date. That’s nice, right?” Liam completed and Celia started grinning from ear to ear. Not only did she like the idea, she also loved it.
“Yes. That’s nice. I’ll go tell the servants to make so many pastries and ice cream too. It’s going to be fun, just the three of us.” She said, and she was about to hug Liam, when he stopped her with a small frown on his face.
“No, not the three of us. Just Timothy and I.” Liam said, and the bright smile that was on Celia’s face wiped away immediately. She wanted to protest against that, but she thought against it.
That probably isn’t a good idea. She thought.
She gave Liam a small nod, and she left without saying a word. Liam didn’t feel bad about it at all, he loved treating her that way.
Liam went inside the house to try to play with Timothy, but he was playing with his cars and ‘plastic characters’. So, he didn’t intend to disturb him or anything.
He patiently waited for the pastries to be made and when he saw that the ice cream was going to take a lot of time, he asked them to just make it and keep it for anyone who’s interested.
The hot pastries were neatly served on the dining table, and Liam went over to Timothy to call him to ‘have fun’ with the food.
Timothy was about to decline, when Liam carried him to the table without a word. He dropped him on a chair directly facing him, and he squinted his eyes at him. He could tell that the boy was a little scared of him and with the way he was shifting in his chair, he seemed like he was also uncomfortable around Liam.
“Where is mother?” Timothy suddenly asks, breaking unplanned seconds of awkward silence.
A small sigh escaped Liam’s mouth, and he wanted to tell Timothy how he didn’t feel like Alyssa was a good mother and how he was a better parent than her, but the innocent look on the boy’s face stopped him from doing that.Belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
Timothy was still wary around him, and Liam realises that he should’ve let Alyssa introduce him to Tim as his father a few more times before he took the boy away from her.
For Timothy to know and recognize him as his father, Liam thought that Alyssa needed to introduce him to Timothy as his father before it’s too late.
The boy asks after his mother again, and Liam angrily leaves the boy with Ella on his way to a state meeting, telling his guard to watch over them.