Chapter 555: Pregnant(?) (2)
He stood still for a moment, trying to comprehend what her tears meant. Was she so happy that she was in tears, or was she disappointed? When she broke into a sob, he finally understood.
"Oh, honey." He cupped her face and kissed her, then held her in a tight hug.
She cried against his shoulder, her sobs echoing through the room. All he did was pat her back until she had gathered herself. Then he carried her back to their room and sat her on the bed.
"I’ll make sure Yue is alright. I’ll be right back." He whispered over her lips. She nodded, and he kissed her before leaving the room.
Yue was still playing with the toys he had set up for her but he carried her off the floor.
"Uncle?" She whined in protest, not comprehending why he was taking her away from her game which had just gotten interesting. She would be distracted for a long time but there was no such thing as certainty with leaving a toddler on her own, so he relocated her play station to the guest room opposite the master bedroom.
He was about to put her down when the girl turned her small body and hugged him, before kissing his cheek. Her eyes dropped when he didn’t react.
He forced a smile and belatedly patted her head, but she probably knew that he was not truly happy.
He didn’t know how he felt. Disappointed? If he was, it was with the outcome. Not with Lanni. He knew how awful she felt because he felt it too, and he hated that she was sad because of the false hope he had created in her heart.
He had not intended to break her heart but now that he thought about it, the way he had questioned her recent paintings of herself was the beginning of the whole fiasco. If only he had shut his mouth...
He wouldn’t get anywhere by dwelling on it so he put Yue down, gave her more toys than she could possibly play with and left both the guest room and master bedroom doors open.