Sophia was overjoyed to hear that. "Yay! It'll go smoothly if you're here, Dad! We can then return to Molomia together, and I can finally start preparing for my wedding to Zachary!"
"That's my girl!" Adam replied. "I'll be there soon!"
Sophia then ended the call, confident that her father's intervention would put an end to any further complications. She was certain that no one would dare to back out of a potential deal again if her father handled everything.
The door to the master bedroom had been closed softly. Zachary—who was Jeremy—turned the wheelchair around and saw that Bryan had woken up. The boy had been watching him from behind.
"What were you secretly looking at earlier?" Bryan asked curiously.
Zachary placed a finger to his lips and whispered, "You must always call me 'Daddy' from now on, even if there's no one else in the room."
Bryan blinked and asked, "I can call you that now? I thought you didn't like me calling you that."
Zachary narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why would you think that?"
"Because I'm not your biological son. No father will be happy if someone else's child calls them 'Daddy'..."
Bryan was the spitting image of Benjamin, and the only discernible difference was that of their personalities and expressions. Even so, he was no less Zachary's child, and Zachary patted Bryan's head. "I feel happy when you call me 'Daddy'."
Bryan appeared pleasantly surprised. "Is that true? Does that mean you don't hate me?"
Bryan was quick-witted enough to say, "I'll introduce my Mommy to you when you break up with Sophia. My Mommy is very beautiful!"
Zachary chuckled and teased, "Aren't you concerned that your father might get upset if you introduced your mother to me?"
Bryan then pursed his lips. "My Daddy isn't going to come back! Mommy thinks about him every day, but it's useless to miss someone who's gone! Me and my siblings just want Mommy to be happy. That's all that matters to us. I think you're a handsome father and a very nice person, so it'll be great if you can help my Mommy forget about my father!"
"How do you know that your Mommy thinks about him every day?" Zachary asked in surprise.
Bryan scratched his chin and explained, "Hmm... I know because she spaces out in my dad's study every day! Who else could she be thinking about if it's not Daddy? Mommy is a very gentle person. She never tells anyone if something is bothering her because she doesn't want her sadness to be a burden to others!"
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