Let's Get Married novel Chapter 420

When Rex goes downstairs to have dinner, Lily has already worn out after playing with Adair for a long while. Rex washes his hands, and then seats himself at the table, and looks at them with his eyebrows slightly raised, “Will you leave today?”

The question is quite normal, but in Lily’s ears, it somehow bears his joking.

She turns her face awkwardly and hums in a voice as low as that of mosquitos, “Yeah.”

She then hastily adds, “Adair wants to stay since you’ve promised to go hiking with him.”

What she means is that it is Adair who wants to stay, not her, and that she has to stay too to accompany Adair as she is worrying about him.

But this silly girl has no idea that her words are just a clumsy denial resulting in self-exposure.

Knowing that Lily is thin-skinned and that she would choose to dig a hole on the ground to hide herself if he keeps joking at her, Rex chooses to end the topic and shoots her a meaningful glance and says, “Go and have dinner.”

Lily secretly heaves a sigh of relieve. She then sends food to her mouth while feeding Adair.

She hasn’t eaten the dishes cooked by Fanny for five years. Therefore, when she takes a bite, she feels the nostalgia and sighs with emotion.

“Fanny, your cooking skills are improved a lot.” Although Lily doesn’t like to eat greasy food at night, this time, she still eats a lot of stewed pork.

“It’s great that Miss Lily likes it. I have no specialties other than cooking!” Fanny feels quite delighted upon hearing Lily’s words.

“By the way, is your son married?”

“Yeah. He got married last year. After all, he was not young and therefore we urged him to get married.”

“Is his wife a native person in this city?”

“Yes. And she’s very filial. They have bought two houses and two cars by themselves, and I feel at ease." Actually, Fanny is not short of money. It’s just that she feels boring and wants to do something that she chose to work for Rex.

It must be so hard for Fanny to raise her son by her own. Lily, who has been a single mother for five years, deeply understands it.

"Miss Lily, what about you? Marriage life has its fun." Fanny persuades.

Lily is stunned. Sensing the scorching lines of sight from Rex, she lowers her head and scoops the soup, pretending to be calm, "No hurry, let's talk about it later."

She doesn’t discern that Rex frowns upon hearing her words. Judging from her attitude as well as her tone, he can tell that she never considers about marrying him.

They then eat quietly. Lily talks to Adair from time to time, while Rex throws one or two questions to Adair. But the two adults didn’t talk with each other.

After the dinner, Lily stays in the room, accompanying Adair to draw and to build LEGO blocks. On the one hand, she hasn’t seen Adair for several days and wants to give him more companies; on the other hand, she is shunning Rex, since she doesn’t know how to face him.

The nervousness in Rex’s eyes gradually fades away, and a trace of tenderness flashes. He looks at the mother and son softly, and walks over the bedside gently. Seeing them in a closer manner, he feels more touched.

Lily had turned the light to a warm one. The dim light cascades on her fair, flawless skin, adding some charm to her. Although she looks unchanged after five years, he still notices two freckles under her eyes, and that her hair is not as thick as it was before. No matter how subtle the changes are, he can still discern it although he doesn’t say it out.

This is the aging process caused by delivery. Other woman may feel at ease to accept Ryan’s unconditional help or treat Ryan as her backup. But Lily is not that kind of person. She’s highly self-esteemed and independent, therefore it would be hard for her to request for something

It’s hard for him to imagine how Lily felt and what she had gone through when she was facing the anxiety caused by survival right after giving birth to Adair, since no one could offer her support in that foreign country.

And he was the cause of all her sufferings. She gave birth to the child for him, brought up Adair for him, and resented him for making her suffer a lot yet she had no way to vent her grievance.

He was not present during the five years, and owned her a lot, to the point that he can only compensate her for a lifetime.

The thought makes Rex turbulent in heart. He raises his hand to rub his eyebrows, as if he’s trying to suppress the sourness and pity for Lily in this manner.

He looks down at the story book beside Lily and picks it up. It’s the story about “The Prince Who Turns into a Fog”. He can imagine her tenderness when she was reading the story for Adair.

Rex’s lips curl into a smile and his heart softens because of this imagination. He casually puts the book on the bedside table and leans over, intending to carry Lily. But just as he puts some strength on his arms, Adair tightens his grip on Lily, as if he has sensing that someone is trying to steal his mummy. And he murmurs subconsciously, “Mummy. I want mummy…”

Rex’s eyelids twitch. He retreats his arms and takes away Adair’s fat, tender arms, and whispers, “Bad boy, you know well how to compete with Daddy for your Mummy now.”