Chapter 110: Having Fun
"What do you mean?" Sophia asked, her sweet tone louder than she always used when her husband was around. Even William looked at Avery in confusion, not quite understanding her intentions.
"We have planned lots of fun activities and I am sure you would love them," Avery immediately corrected her slip of the tongue with a lie. She smiled fondly at the couple, further explaining how her team had planned in a way to intrigue the guests into buying their designs. Evelyn inwardly sighed in relief as Sophia seemed less suspicious, her usual kind smile reappearing on her face.
William got a bit bored of Avery’s chatter and looked at Evelyn, his expression carrying a hint of child-like expectations. Clearing his throat, he asked her, "Can I see Kiana tomorrow?"
Evelyn blinked in surprise. Though Elias usually briefed her over the calls in the past week on how fond William had grown of Kiana and how he kept nagging him to ask Evelyn if she could bring her over, it was still hard to get used to it. Kiana had even told her how he had calmed and taken care of her when they were hurt and resting in the hospital. It seemed like he didn’t just value his blood relations, and somewhere that gave her a false hope of being treated as his daughter again someday.
"I heard it was her mother’s death anniversary," William spoke again at Evelyn’s silence. "I brought over a few toys and chocolates she liked, give them to her on my behalf." He added, thinking she was reluctant to let her daughter be with him.
Sophia sighed inwardly, grateful that the little devil would not be coming back here again. She hadn’t left a moment to irritate her by bringing Gracia’s name when she was here last time, and it felt like fighting Evelyn’s little version for which she had no strength. But her relief was short-lived when Evelyn spoke to her father.
"I will bring her tomorrow after school."
William’s eyes lit up at Evelyn’s words and in what felt like a decade, he brightly smiled at her. "Thank you, Evelyn." He replied, the genuineness in his expression and tone shaking Evelyn’s heart.
The more she tried to not delude herself with hope, to be immune to the slow changes between them, moments like this made it difficult. For years she had been hoping for William to treat her warmly, and now when she no longer felt deserving of it, fate decided to grant her wishes. It was too cruel and twisted for sure!