The Love that Never Really Dies

“I’m sorry, Mommy was a little under the weather last night, so Daddy had to go take care of her and couldn’t come to see you. Will you forgive Daddy?”

Guilt and regret welled up inside of Sebastian as he stared at Matteo’s completely unamused expression.

Matteo was Sebastian’s son. But last night, when Sasha fell sick, Matteo resorted to approaching another man for help. What did that mean?

It undoubtedly meant that he had failed Matteo as a father, and had failed to give him a sense of security to the point where he didn’t even consider the option of asking Sebastian for help.

And it was clearly all Sebastian’s fault.

Matteo’s cold expression didn’t change.

His usual bright, smiley disposition was nowhere to be found as he glared at Sebastian, letting go of the door handle and going back into the room.

His heart skipping a beat, Sebastian followed his son into the room.

“Matt, Daddy is very sorry. The accident this time is all Daddy’s fault.”

“So? Can you take back the hurt you caused Mommy?” Matteo finally spoke. It was hard to believe the small five-year-old boy sitting on the bed was capable of saying such cold, blunt words.

Sebastian’s face fell.

Matteo was very different from Ian. They were both smart, but under Sebastian’s careful nurturing, Ian had retained more of his childhood innocence.

him was extremely, if not overly

while their small family of three were trying to survive in a foreign country? Did he take up the responsibility of becoming the man of the

an icy

to slap himself across the

to believe me when I say that from today onwards, as long as Daddy

just needed to say those

Matteo was finally starting to show

apprehensively, recalling every wrong thing his

decided to

now, too?” Matteo

mission for you and your little sister today: stay at home and take care of Mommy. That’s all you have to do. Leave the rest up

gaze becoming sharp and haughty as he reverted back to his

That’s right.

Those people

have no idea what’s coming

comforted his son, Sebastian swiftly

he also instructed the bodyguards that from today onwards, Sasha was

was already past eleven in the morning

foggy from the high fever, blinking blearily

this