He walked out of the bedroom of Ella and Jerry immediately, rushed back into his room, and took a cold shower.

Ella smiled too when she fed Jerry, thinking about what just happened.

Was that a huge improvement from where she started? If a man is willing to kiss a woman, does it mean that he is already interested in her?

Ella felt even happier when she thought about that. Her face radiated sweet happiness.

The next morning Samuel got up early to defend a criminal case in court.

Half in a dream, Ella seemingly saw Samuel come into her room and kiss their sleeping son beside her.

Then he gave Ella a kiss on the cheek too, and left the apartment in a hurry.

She grinned stupidly, and kissed Jerry on the cheek. She was so happy now!

At noon, Melody came over. She had come here more often since Jerry was born.

"Ella, is he awake now?" She couldn't wait to rush into the room after changing into slippers.

Ella put her shoes in order, "Granma, slow down! He is awake now. He is playing by himself." Ella watched Melody jogging towards Jerry, thinking that she should send Jerry to the Lowell family house when he grew older, and she would go out to work too.

That way, Jerry could spend more time with Melody, and bring her family more happiness.

Melody picked up her dear great-grandson who was waving and stretching to her, and kissed him again and again, "My dear, great-granma missed you so much."

At this time, Ella's phone started to ring. A stranger was calling. She picked it up and went out of the bedroom, "Hello?"

"Ella!" A familiar male voice sounded from the other end, but she couldn't recall who it was.

"Who is that?" Her phone barely rang since she quit the entertainment industry.

The voice softly chuckled, "It's me, Sum."

Sum! Ella cried in delight, "Sum, long time no see! Where have you been?" Sum was one of her college classmates. He once wooed her but failed to win her.

Then they became good friends. Sum even saved her from trouble several times.

But in the recent years he disappeared. He was said to be abroad according to other classmates. All of his contact information became invalid, and no one had got in touch with him since then.

"I went abroad for a few years, and came back some time ago to start my own company. He spoke briefly.

Ella nodded, "Alright. Are you back for good?" She sat on the sofa and watched Vivien busily cooking lunch in the kitchen.

Sum said bitterly, "I heard that you were married to Samuel." She had married that top international lawyer. It would appear he was a step late.

He liked Ella for seven years. When he graduated from the university, he didn't have anything, nor was he capable of doing anything, So he chose to go abroad to advance himself.

He now came back as a successful man, only to find that his Ella had married someone else and gave birth to a son.

The news hit him so hard that he almost felt hopeless. He was now running a company of hundreds of employees. But all of what he did was for her.

It took him more than a month to regain the courage to call her.

And his courage came from what he saw. The other day he spotted Samuel associating with a woman. Seemingly there was something going on between them. He wondered whether Ella was happy with Samuel.

Ella didn't know what to say. She was not sure whether Sum still liked her or not. But it had been such a long time, she guessed he shouldn't have such feelings for her.

"Yes, my son just had his one-month-old birthday." Sum flinched at the happiness in her tune.

After a long while, he asked with a broken heart, "Do you have any spare time this evening? You can bring your son here, let's have a classmate reunion."

In the evening? Samuel seldomly came back for dinner, and Melody usually went back before dinner. It should do. She was bored at home anyway.

"Sure, where will we go?"

"Is your Wechat account linked with your phone number? I'll friend you and send you the address." Sum looked at his reflection in the gym mirror, at his stubbly chin and and long tousled hair. He will clean himself up before going to meet her. He knew that Ella liked her man to be tidy and sunny. He would not win her heart if he turned up like a caveman.

"Okay."

"Good, I'll get in touch with you later." Sum hung up the phone in a great mood. He punched at the sandbag in the gym out of happiness.

Ella added Sum in her Wechat friend list and then she leafed through his Moments. But there was nothing but a picture of landscape, which was posted two years ago.

She put her cellphone aside and went into the bedroom. Jerry was sleeping now in Melody's arms.

Melody heard Ella answering a phone call. When she saw her come in, she blurted out, "Got any plans for today?"
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