A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Vincent sat down by the bed and looked at Lucas’ slightly angry face. His mood couldn’t help but improve.

Lucas looked more like a child now. He hoped he would continue to be like that.

– Auntie not only gave me a hug, but she also smiled at me. Auntie must like me more, Lucas said proudly.

– It’s useless even if Dad got to know Aunty earlier. Auntie doesn’t like you.

If Lucas had a tail, it would probably be wagging in the air.

Vincent looked at him fondly and nodded.

– Yes, I can say that. It’s you she loves the most. All right, get down quick. She might come back soon.

Hearing Vincent’s words, Lucas laid back on the bed with satisfaction, looking extremely obedient.

Vincent looked at Lucas with a pang in his heart. At this moment, Lucas looked like a child.

– Dad, you should say my aunt only loves me. She doesn’t love you.

Lucas lay back on the pillow, still struggling with that question.

Vincent was speechless.

Although his son was very possessive, he realized that his son was not stupid at all. His logic was very strong. Otherwise, why would he want to curry favor with Lyana?

Lyana was his wife. How could she take care of Lucas alone?

Vincent couldn’t bring himself to say that.

Just as Lucas was about to speak, Lyana pushed open the door and entered holding a bowl of millet porridge.

She smiles at Lucas, completely ignoring the impasse Lucas and Vincent are in.

Lucas’ grape-shaped eyes were fixed intently on Lyana. All his attention was on Lyana’s face. When he saw Lyana sitting by the bed without even looking at Vincent, his lips curved into a slight smile. The smile was weak, but it quickly disappeared.

Of course, Vincent saw Lucas’ expression. Suddenly he began to doubt his own eyes. In the past, he had only felt that he didn’t understand Lyana. Now he felt he didn’t even understand his own son.

Lyana didn’t know what Vincent was thinking. She sat down by the bed very naturally.

Vincent got up and moved to the side, giving way to Lyana.

Lyana sat down by the bed. Suddenly the phone in his pocket rang. She took out her phone, looked at it, and quickly hung up.

Lucas raised his eyebrows in Vincent’s direction, as if to say, “Look, my aunt is the one who cares about me the most. She doesn’t even pick up the phone because she has to feed me.”

Vincent looked away indifferently. He had noticed the caller ID on Lyana’s phone just now. “Brother William.”

Vincent’s frown deepened. Frustrated, he sat down on a chair.

Lyana stirred the bowl in her hand for a moment. Fearing that Lucas would become anxious from waiting, she said softly:

– The porridge is still a bit warm. You can drink it when it is cold.

Lucas nodded.

After a while, Lyana felt that the porridge wasn’t as hot as before. She was about to help Lucas up when she realized Lucas was looking at her expectantly. It looked like he was hungry and wanted to eat, but he didn’t have the strength to sit down.

Did he want her to feed him?

Lyana understood instantly. Smiling, she said:

– Okay, I’ll feed you.

Lucas nodded obediently and let Lyana feed him. He even gave Vincent a defiant and proud look when Lyana lowered her head to look at the bowl.

Vincent sensed that Lucas was just showing off.

Lucas said it clearly.

– Look, my aunt only takes care of me. Aunt feeds me now, but aunt doesn’t feed you!

Vincent lowered his gaze silently and turned his head to the side. He couldn’t be bothered by Lucas anymore. He thought letting him stay in that room was pointless.

What displeased him the most was that Lucas was too good an actor.

In the past, he would stop eating after taking two bites.

Now Lyana was feeding him. After finishing a bowl, he always seemed to want more.

Lucas really liked Lyana. Otherwise, he would not have eaten so much and obediently.

If he had been with Lyana since birth, wouldn’t he have missed his biological mother and he would have treated Lyana like his own mother?

Would Lucas’ personality be much better than now? Would he also be happier?

So wouldn’t it be like that anymore?

Vincent’s eyes darken, his gaze deepens.

Lyana waited for Lucas to finish his porridge. Smiling, she asked:

– Do you want more?

– I am full.

Lucas stared at Lyana without flinching, his eyes filled with stars.

Lyana put the bowl on the bedside table and watched Lucas carefully. She gently patted Lucas on the head and congratulated him:

– Lucas is so obedient today.

A smile forms in the eyes of Lucas.

Lyana covered Lucas with the blanket and lowered her head to kiss his forehead.

– Be wise, sleep a little more. Good night.

Lucas’ eyes, the size of a grape, widened involuntarily. The place on his forehead where Lyana had kissed him was hot. The heat spread from his forehead to all parts of his body.

His heart started racing.

That was having a mom?

Seeing the smile on Lyana’s face, Lucas felt a strange feeling in his heart. If only Aunt were a mom. So he could still be with mom.

However, Aunty wasn’t a mom.

Lucas hastened to hide the loneliness in his heart. Although mom wasn’t there, Aunty still treated him very well.

He had to stay home obediently. Only then will his father not let anyone else take care of him.

Lyana took the bowl from the bedside table and left with Vincent.

When Lyana and Vincent left the room, she couldn’t help but yawn. She said to Vincent,

– I’m going to sleep in the guest room. You…

Before Lyana could finish speaking, Vincent interrupted her.Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.

– Ms. Sanchez, what are you saying?

Mrs. Sanchez?

Every time Vincent mentioned this form of address, he always wanted to remind him of something.

Had she forgotten something?

She didn’t think so. Taking care of Lucas was the most important thing now.

While Lyana was puzzled, she heard Vincent say:

– Ms. Sanchez, aren’t you going to help me change my bandage?

Change the bandage!

Oh dear !

She had forgotten that.

She had planned to help Vincent change his bandage, but when Thomas told her that Lucas was sick, she left Vincent behind and went looking for him.

She was so busy taking care of Lucas that she completely forgot to treat Vincent’s illness.

With an apologetic smile on her face, Lyana said:

– I’m sorry, there’s too much to do. I’ll go to the pharmacy room to get the medicine box. Wait for me in the next guest room.

With that, Lyana ran downstairs.

Vincent watched Lyana leave. He remembered how proud Lucas had been of him because Lyana had hugged him.

He really wanted to tell Lucas that his aunt was still very good at taking care of him.

It was best to keep those childish words to himself.

Vincent went to his room.

When Lyana rushed from the medicine room with the medicine box, she pushed open the door and saw Vincent lying on the bed.

She approached him and called him softly:

– Vincent.

However, Vincent did not react. His breathing was long and regular.

It looked like he was really exhausted today. He had fallen asleep so quickly.

Lyana naturally put the medicine box aside and reached out to unbutton Vincent’s shirt.

Although it wasn’t the first time she had helped Vincent undress, her heart was beating unusually fast for some reason.

Carefully, she took off one of her sleeves.

The gauze on Vincent’s back was already stained with blood. She carefully removed the gauze and found that the wound had healed, but some scabs were still stuck to the gauze.