Chapter 52
Chapter 52
Zeph had a fix sleeping schedule. However, as he was too excited at Augustine's company in the afternoon, he forgot to take his usual nap in the afternoon. Therefore, he was already exhausted after nine o'clock at night. After all, he was still young. He rubbed his eyes and came out to look for his mommy.
Augustine had been sitting on the sofa ever since Vivianna allowed him to stay. She came out of the room and saw Zeph rubbing his eyes. She picked him up gently and sat on the sofa. She patted his back softly, coaxing him to sleep.
Zeph laid comfortably in the arms of his mommy, with his big eyes staring at his daddy next to them. A satisfied and blissful smile appeared on his tiny lips.
After blinking his round and big eyes a couple times, his eyes drooped and he fell asleep. Vivianna carried her son for a while after he'd fallen asleep. After making sure that her son was sleeping soundly, she got up and took his son to the room. Augustine followed.
Vivianna sat on the edge of the small bed and put Zeph down carefully and gently so that she would not wake him up. Her cheeks were sticking to Zeph's chubby face, it was one of the ways to make him feel at ease. Under the tender touch of his mother, Zeph curled up in a comfortable position and fell asleep in an instant.
Augustine bent down to look at his son, startling Vivianna. She looked up and their faces were so close to each other.
Vivianna was so surprised that she held her breath. Under the light, the man's eyes were deep like the sea. It would only take him a gaze to drown someone. Vivianna wanted to get up, but the man had one hand on the bed and another on the pole of his son's bed. She was surrounded by him.
"Excuse me." Vivianna mumbled. Her heartbeat was a little out of order.
After that incident, she felt that Augustine was dangerous. Even if he didn't do anything but merely looking at her, she would feel flustered and her mind would go blank.
Augustine let go of his hand to let her up. Vivianna rushed past him and murmured in a small voice, "Don't disturb your son."
Augustine nodded his head and sat on the edge of Zeph's bed. He stared at the little face that looked so similar to his, wanting to continue looking.
After going through the photos that day, he knew that he had missed so much of the precious time. He wasn't there during his son's growth, so he would not miss any of it in the future.
At the same time, he thought that he'd taken Zeph to the company that day, Giltstone family would find out about the existence of the child sooner or later.
Therefore, he had to be ready for Zeph to return to the Giltstone family.
The Giltstone family was complicated. Four years ago, he was drugged and manipulated by his uncles. Originally, his uncles intended to ruin his reputation in front of his grandfather, but he managed to escape it. The fight for the inheritance of the Giltstone family had been on the roll since ten years ago. At that time, Master Giltstone already gave up on his three sons. Thus, he planned to cultivate Augustine as the successor. As Augustine aged, he started to pose as a threat to his uncles who had the power.
As a result, a lot of things happened around him, such as attempted murder, violence and danger and so on. He was forced to change from a steady young master to an iron-blooded warrior. He started not to care about family relations, regardless of the relationship with his uncle and secretly participated in the battle for inheritance under the secret help of his grandfather.
Three years ago, he became the most qualified successor in the eyes of his grandfather. He'd chased his two uncles and three brothers out of that gruesome battle. In the past three years, he was alone yet powerful. He had removed all his uncles' supporters along with any unfaithful people. He gradually obtained 70% shares under the Giltstone Enterprise. With the exception of his grandfather, he became the person who was the most powerful in the Giltstone family.
In the eyes of an outsider, it was said that Augustine did not admit anything and was ruthless. All kind of labels had been attached to him. He ignored them but still gave warnings when things got too wild. Gradually, Augustine became a taboo in the media world. Nobody could cross the line to publish any news related to him without his consent.
If they did, their death would not be far away.
He was indeed that kind of man. However, at that moment, only warmth and affection could be seen in his eyes while he sat in that small room, looking at the little child on the bed.
He knew very well that having a son meant that there was a weakness in his life.
During the Giltstone family's conflict, he sent his parents and sister abroad in order to protect them. He was fighting alone. Since he had a son now, he had to do his best to protect his child.
The house was too small, Vivianna was confused and had nowhere else to go to. She could only browse at the photoshoots on her iPad in hopes of finding some inspiration.
Usually, she would get focused. However, that night, something else was on her mind so she couldn't concentrate.
In the end, she gave up reluctantly and picked up the earphones to watch a funny movie. Nevertheless, she couldn't help but stealing gazes at her son's bedroom door. She thought, 'What was Augustine doing in there?'
'Was he looking at Zeph sleeping?'
Vivianna understood him. As a mother, she couldn't even leave her son for two days. What was more, he didn't know his son's existence until he was almost three years old, he must have had a lot of regrets.
With that man around, she couldn't do anything.
She put away all the personal belongings in her room and placed them in the cabinet. For example, the bra that she loved taking off whenever she got home as well as her underwear. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
"Since the bed was ready, let him sleep for a night today!"
It's only a night, there would be no next time in future.
Having that in mind, Vivianna saw the bedroom door open and Augustine came out. She looked at his shirt and trousers. Vivianna thought, 'He did not have any pajamas!'
"Well... are you going to take a bath tonight? I don't have any pajamas." Vivianna asked him.
Augustine's lips curved upwards. He answered in a low voice, "I like sleeping naked."
"No, you're not allowed to sleep on my bed naked." Vivianna stopped him without even thinking about it. She would never sleep on her bed if he was going to sleep naked on her bed.
Augustine frowned and said unhappily, "It is my habit."
"Since you have such a bad habit, it's not too late for you to go home now. In short, you are not allowed to sleep naked here." Vivianna stated toughly.
"What if I must sleep naked?" Augustine looked at her with amusement. He enjoyed seeing her being annoyed.