Chapter 133: The Photo Fra Daddy Put Together for
Tristan Sterling was waiting in the living room.
Seeing Rachel Royce return carrying lissa, he stood and walked over, reaching out to take lissa from her arms.
As lissa lay in her father’s arms, she suddenly woke up. Her eyes fluttered open as she looked at Rachel, wanting to reach for her. Rachel quickly took lissa’s small hand and said softly, "Get so rest, lissa. Auntie is going ho now."
lissa quickly tightened her grip on Rachel’s hand. "Aunt Evelynn, don’t go."
Rachel caressed her little face, coaxing her, "Auntie has to work tomorrow. How about I spend lots of ti with you when I have a day off, okay?"
As she leaned closer to lissa, the man caught the scent of her light, elegant perfu. He lowered his gaze, his eyes falling on the woman’s beautiful eyes, full of gentle affection, beneath her long, wing-like lashes.
lissa was especially clingy at bedti and not easy to console.
She refused to let Rachel go, reaching out to be held, her eyes turning red.
Rachel had no choice but to take lissa back into her arms.
Tristan Sterling said, "Take lissa upstairs first."
lissa was now clinging to Rachel, refusing to let go.
Rachel could only take her upstairs first. It wouldn’t be too late to leave after lissa fell asleep.
She helped lissa bathe, brush her teeth, and change into her pajamas. Then she laid her in bed, humming a song to lull her to sleep.
lissa was truly exhausted today and quickly fell asleep once she was in bed.
After lissa was asleep, Rachel didn’t rush to leave. She waited for a little while.
Finally, she placed a kiss on her daughter’s forehead before reluctantly getting up to leave.
When she went downstairs, she happened to run into Zachary Dudley coming in.
On the way back with lissa, she had called Zachary Dudley and asked him to bring the gifts for lissa to Silvermist Bay Villa.
Rachel walked over and took the bag from him.
"I’ll take that."
Tristan Sterling watched from the sofa.
Rachel turned and walked toward the man, placing the bag she was holding on the sofa. She also put a red envelope and a jewelry box on the coffee table. She addressed Tristan Sterling, saying, "These are gifts and a red envelope for lissa from my parents and my brother. Rember to give them to her when she wakes up tomorrow morning."
After she spoke, Rachel turned to leave.
Zachary Dudley set down the box containing the robot and left with her.
Thomas Sterling had been waiting outside.
Rachel got into his car.
"Let’s go."
Thomas Sterling drove away from the villa.
August was nearly over, and the weather was gradually turning cooler.
「That day.」
She received a call from Tristan Sterling. The man’s tone was as business-like as ever as he instructed, "lissa starts school next Monday, and she wants you to take her to kindergarten. I have a flight tonight for a business trip, so co pick her up from my company after you get off work and take her ho."
Hearing this, Rachel paused for a few seconds before saying flatly, "I understand."
’No matter what, lissa is still my responsibility.’
After relaying the information, Tristan Sterling hung up.
Since she had to go pick up lissa, Rachel packed her things and prepared to leave as soon as her workday ended.
Just then, a knock sounded at the door.
"Co in."
Julian Jennings pushed the door open and ca in. Seeing her, he said, "Getting off work?"
Rachel humd in affirmation. "Professor, did you need sothing?"
Julian Jennings said, "Nothing important. I just wanted to ask if you have ti tomorrow."
Rachel replied, "I’ll probably have to take care of lissa this weekend. And I have to take her to kindergarten on Monday."
Julian Jennings nodded lightly. "It’s rare for you to have ti with lissa. You should spend it with her."
"Is Tristan Sterling away?" he asked.
Rachel said, "He called this afternoon. He’s going on a business trip and asked to go pick up lissa now."
Julian Jennings didn’t say anything more.
Rachel said goodbye to Julian Jennings and took the elevator downstairs.
Julian Jennings returned to his office and picked up two tickets for an international orchestra’s concert tour from his desk.
His dark eyes stared intently from behind his glasses before he finally set the tickets aside.
Rachel drove to the Cedarwood Group.
She got out of her car and entered the company lobby.
Tristan Sterling was just coming down with lissa.
Seeing Rachel, lissa happily ran toward her. "Aunt Evelynn!"
Rachel quickened her pace to et her.
lissa ran up and hugged her legs, tilting her head up to look at her with a wide grin. Rachel ruffled lissa’s hair.
Then she looked up at the approaching Tristan Sterling, and her expression cooled. Tristan, noticing the change in her eyes, handed her lissa’s backpack. Rachel took it as he said, "I’ll be on a business trip for about a week. When you take lissa to school on Monday, you should coordinate with her teacher."
He ant that Rachel would be responsible for dropping lissa off and picking her up for the first week of school, and that she should exchange contact information with the teacher to stay updated on how lissa was doing.
"Then you should give the teacher a heads-up, too."
"I’ve already called the teacher."
"..."
Their tones were devoid of any emotion, and anyone could sense the cold, detached atmosphere between them.
Rachel humd in acknowledgnt and said no more. She lowered her gaze to lissa, who was looking up at them. "Let’s go, lissa."
lissa waved to her father. "Bye-bye, Daddy."
Tristan Sterling crouched down and took her small hand. His stern features instantly softened. "Rember to call Daddy," he said.
lissa nodded. "I’ll call Daddy every day."
"Good."
Rachel left the company with lissa.
Mark Chapman stood behind Tristan Sterling, watching them go. ’What’s not to understand? She’s Rachel Royce. Looking at her now, she’s changed so much compared to five years ago. If you don’t look closely, it’s hard to connect the person she was with the person she is now.’
’Judging by her attitude toward President Sterling, there’s not a trace of feeling left in her eyes.’
Rachel drove away with lissa.
lissa turned her head to look at Rachel and suddenly asked, "Aunt Evelynn, do you not like my daddy?"
Rachel froze for a mont, glancing at lissa’s crestfallen little face. The child might not understand adult emotions, but she could clearly sense the difference in how "Aunt Evelynn" treated her daddy compared to, say, Mr. Ford. Aunt Evelynn never smiled at her daddy, and her tone was never gentle with him.
Rachel forced a gentle smile and said, "It’s enough that Aunt Evelynn likes lissa! When we get ho tonight, how about Auntie makes you dinner? What would you like to eat?"
She changed the subject.
When they got back to Silvermist Bay, Rachel had originally planned to pack lissa’s things and take her back to Hillcrest Villa to stay for the weekend. But lissa said, "Aunt Evelynn, can you stay with at my house, please? We can go to your house next ti."
Faced with lissa’s request, Rachel found it really hard to refuse.
’Besides, Tristan Sterling isn’t here anyway.’
So Rachel had no choice but to agree.
When Frances Wyatt and Lisa Lawson saw that Rachel was staying, and that the young miss followed her everywhere she went, they didn’t dare say a word, no matter how much they disliked her or how resentful they felt.
Rachel personally cooked dinner for lissa. lissa wanted to help in the kitchen, and seeing that she couldn’t sit still, Rachel had her pluck the leaves off so vegetables.
After dinner, Rachel took lissa back to her bedroom. Upon entering, Rachel’s eyes imdiately fell on a photo fra on the nightstand.
The photo in the fra was from their outing last week. In it, she was dressed in the ga character’s costu, holding lissa.
"I had Daddy put it in the fra for . This way, I can see Aunt Evelynn every day."
A wave of warmth washed over Rachel’s heart.
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