However, there was no one there.
They only saw a black SUV slowly drive away.
Ellinor's frozen expression slowly warmed up. She turned around gently and said to her son, "Alright, this is the last time. No matter what, you cannot run around on your own anymore. Mommy will worry about you, okay?"
Tristan stared blankly at Ellinor. After watching her soften from her serious demeanor and softly talk to him, he suddenly stopped resisting.
He didn't like his 'mommy' named Sophia. No matter what that 'mommy' said to him, he didn't like it. He always strongly resisted her.
Ellinor hugged her son, enclosing him tightly in her arms as she patted his back gently. "Adrian, you like Mechanical Hero, right? Don't cry anymore. Mommy will buy you and your brother lots of Mechanical Hero toys, alright?"
Tristan clearly knew his name wasn't Adrian, but he couldn't resist this gentle woman's coaxing. He nodded and leaned on her shoulder. "Okay!"
Everyone smiled as they watched the mother and son make up.
Only Layla was frowning with a heavy heart.
...
Greenhaven Hotel.
When they returned to the hotel, Adrian was already asleep in Marcus' arms.
After Sophia pushed the man into the suite's bedroom, she reached out to hold the child, intending to put him to bed.
But as soon as her hands touched the child, he started crying in his sleep. When she pulled her hands back, he stopped crying.
After several failed attempts to hold the child, Sophia frowned in frustration. "What's with this kid? Can't he stay put even when he's asleep?"
The man looked at his sleeping son in his arms with loving eyes. "Alright, I can take care of Tristan myself. Go rest."
Sophia grew upset as she looked at the child she single-handedly raised but who was completely indifferent to her. "Marcus, don't you think Tristan has been acting differently?"
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