Christopher didn't believe Dominic at all. If Daddy wasn't bullying Mommy, why would Mommy suddenly need to leave the country?
Christopher quickly got dressed, anxiously making his way downstairs, feeling uneasy all the way.
"Sweetheart, you're awake." Alessia saw Christopher coming downstairs and went to hug him.
Christopher clung to Alessia's neck, feeling a bit sour in his nose. He pursed his lips and finally gathered the courage to speak up.
"Mommy, Daddy said you're leaving the country, is that true?"
Alessia looked incredulously at Dominic, who was following Christopher downstairs. This man had taken charge for her again, just after offering her two options earlier.
"Mommy, can you not leave the country?" Seeing Alessia still hadn't spoken, Christopher became anxious, burying his head on Alessia's shoulder and said softly.
This was one of the few times Christopher had acted so spoiled, showing that he was genuinely reluctant.
Alessia's heart tightened.
Just as she was about to speak, the person in her arms was taken away by Dominic. Dominic said impatiently, "Look at you, what kind of man speaks so clingily?"
He was only four years old, for heaven's sake!
The little guy pouted, lowered his eyelids, clearly wanting to cry but holding back, which was really heartbreaking.
This man...
Unable to bear it anymore, Alessia reached out and took Christopher back into her arms.
Dominic hadn't even considered that Alessia would dare to snatch the child from him. His brows furrowed in displeasure, and if his eyes could kill, Alessia might have died a thousand times already.
"Alessia, this is your choice. Why do you have to make it so unsightly?" Dominic's voice suddenly grew louder, and the four bodyguards stationed outside the door came in with a signal from him.
To be honest, Alessia wasn't afraid of a fight, but she had never intended to resort to violence from the beginning.
Helplessly, Alessia looked at Dominic and rolled her eyes unceremoniously. "Didn't you say you wanted me to go back to the Carter family with you? What? Are you having second thoughts?"
Dominic narrowed his eyes.
Before he could speak, Alessia had already carried Christopher out of the door.
At the door, she instructed the bewildered Mrs. Cate, "Mrs. Cate, pack up. I'll give you the address tomorrow, and you can move over."
"Yes, miss," Mrs. Cate replied.
Alessia had already left the house. The two bodyguards waiting at the door looked at Dominic for instructions.
Dominic nodded.
Alessia's choice was different from what he had expected, but even if she made a choice, he believed she must have had another plan.
Before he came, she had prepared Elle's medical records, clearly confident that he couldn't do anything to her.
It should be a temporary measure now, moving into the Carter family first, and then finding a way to remarry him.
Perhaps his initial idea was not wrong. Alessia brought the two children back to the country with the goal of remarrying him.
If Alessia knew what Dominic was thinking, she might really want to slap him.
After all, narcissism is also a disease that needs to be cured.
On the car, Alessia sat in the back seat, holding Christopher, while Dominic sat in the passenger seat.
This was obviously to draw a clear line between them.
Alessia didn't care at all. She only listened to Christopher's words attentively.
Since the moment they got on the car, Christopher had been excited as if he was possessed by Christian, and his words increased accordingly.
"Mommy, can we live together with my brother and sister in the future?"
"Yeah." Alessia nodded.
"What about Dad?" Christopher pursed his lips, feeling uneasy, and asked again.
Alessia glanced at Dominic's expressionless profile and didn't want to answer because she didn't know what kind of expression Dominic would have after she said this.
Perhaps he would again imagine that she was shameless and wanted to remarry him.
But she couldn't hurt her son's heart.
In the end, Alessia nodded reluctantly, "Yeah."
"That's great, our family can be together." Christopher clapped his hands excitedly.
At this moment, Christopher finally showed the liveliness typical of children his age.
"Ahem." Dominic cleared his throat, interrupting Christopher's joy. He stared at the rearview mirror and said seriously, "Chris, your mommy will go abroad sooner or later, her job is overseas."
Christopher looked at Alessia, then at Dominic, and his little face completely fell.
Alessia looked at her son's suddenly downcast face through the rearview mirror and gave him a fierce stare.
Did this man have to be such a killjoy?
Couldn't he see that his son was happy?
Couldn't he let his son be happy for two minutes?
Dominic caught Alessia's gaze and showed a resigned expression.
This woman obviously wanted to remarry him. After he clearly stated that remarriage was impossible, she couldn't keep pretending.
Petty tricks.
From then on, no one spoke a word all the way.
In the end, Alessia realized that instead of heading back to the old residence, the car had been led to Forest Hill.
They circled back here again.
Dominic said, "For now, let's not let Grandma know about this."
Alessia understood Dominic's meaning. Initially, it was Grandma who had strongly pushed for their marriage. Dominic was afraid that once Grandma knew that Christian and Eleanor were their children, she would bring up the past again.
He always guarding against her.
Although it was unnecessary, it did save unnecessary trouble.
Alessia agreed, "Okay, I have no objections."
After Alessia finished speaking, instead of going to Dominic's house, she turned around and confidently walked into her own house opposite, waving to Christopher with her back turned.
"Chris, mommy lives opposite, see you tomorrow."
The light on Christopher's little face dimmed visibly.
His mother clearly said that they could live together as a family, but now...
But then, thinking again, the light in Christopher's eyes brightened.
Mommy lives opposite, which is better than going abroad.
As long as Daddy works hard, Mommy will move from the opposite house to our house soon.
The little guy was confident, but Dominic smirked mockingly.
This woman agreed to return to the Carter mansion with him, but when they arrived at the door, she suddenly chose to live opposite, obviously playing hard to get.
Whatever she liked.
The next day.
Bianca brought Christian and Eleanor to Forest Hill.
She sat on the sofa, analyzing Alessia's emotional journey last night.
"I thought my brother would cause a big scene last night and bring Christopher back, but unexpectedly, you also came back. How did you manage to get my brother to accept you?"
Alessia's cold gaze swept over, emphasizing, "I don't need your brother's acceptance. Your brother hasn't accepted me. He just let me stay with the three babies temporarily."
"Temporarily? What will happen after temporarily?" Bianca was anxious.
Alessia pursed her lips. Of course, she would run away before that happened. She couldn't tell Bianca because she believed that if it came down to choosing between her and Dominic, Bianca would definitely choose Dominic.
Alessia said indifferently, "We'll see when the time comes."
Bianca, hearing Alessia's indifferent words, was very anxious.
She moved closer to Alessia and said, "Actually, my brother shouldn't dislike you, but there has always been an obstacle between you two."
Alessia raised her eyebrows. She didn't understand a word of what Bianca said. It was impossible for Dominic not to dislike her, and she didn't find any obstacles between them.
Perhaps the biggest obstacle was that she was a woman, and Dominic happened to like men.
Seeing Alessia's skeptical expression, Bianca looked around and then lowered her voice mysteriously.
"In fact, the reason why my brother didn't like you at first, apart from your weight, was also because you were chosen by Grandma to be with him. My brother's refusal to remarry you should also be because of Grandma."
Alessia paused for a moment after hearing Bianca's words.
Although no one had ever mentioned it to her, she could indeed tell that Dominic didn't like Grandma. But she didn't expect the rift between Dominic and Grandma to be so deep.
"Why?" Alessia asked.
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