Go After My Ex-wife

Chapter 1806 Him Being Thwarted Soothes My Soul

Belle held her son's hand. "Santiago, Mommy's tired. Don't you want to open your eyes and cheer me

up? Aren't you tired after staying quiet for so long?"

Calvin clearly heard everything she said in between tears through the door.

He turned to look for the key to the door. Before he could, however, Belle was already up by the room's

entrance. She had stopped crying as she stood by the closed door and told Calvin from inside. "If you

come in, I'll go out."

Calvin had barely held the keys for more than a few seconds before he put them back. A few minutes

later, Belle returned to her youngest son's side. After he heard her retreating footsteps, Calvin sat back

down on the couch.

He recalled those days when they were young, the memories strung back together again. Perhaps as

they got older, they began to do nothing.

Calvin did not shut his eyes for the whole night. It was only when morning arrived that he unconsciously

fell into slumber. He dreamt of the moment when his little son was born and he was overcome with joy.

When he roused from his sleep, Belle was in front of him with a plate of food that she had prepared.

"All this while, I've been the one to take care of our son. Our son was born from the both of us, me and

you. Now, it's your turn to take care of him. I'll be going to the Green House in a little bit, I want to see

Shaney."

With that said, Belle stood and put on her coat to head outside.

"Come back," Calvin intoned coldly. Belle paused and turned her head to look into Calvin's ice-cold

face.

"What is it?" Belle couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, just you can't go. It's too cold outside and you're in poor health. Besides, numerous people

have gone there due to this matter. Who cares about you alone?"

Calvin stood up and refused to let her go.

"Why are you always like this?"

"What my characteristics are has no relation to whether you can go out or not. I've already called

ahead to see if this problem can be settled peacefully. If not, there's nothing I can do."

Calvin had also tried to clear up this issue, but the higher-ups dare not interfere with Austin's matter.

This meant that they themselves were afraid of him, therefore it goes without being said that everything

that happened had been implemented in accordance to Austin's plans.

Belle only stood for a moment before she tried to leave again. Calvin pleaded, "Belle, please trust me

once more. This matter is not aimed at the child, neither is it aimed at us but at Jerry.

I'm not sure about the relationship between Austin and Raeleigh, but they are definitely not people who

would hurt him. Don't worry, Jerry and the others will come back safely."

Belle looked back at Calvin. "How do you know?"

"I know because I do. I won't lie to you."

Belle studied Calvin's appearance and finally quieted down. They had been married for so many years

and she knew him well. But what about the child?

Belle asked in melancholy, "You swear?"

"I swear."

Belle returned to the couch then and sat there in a daze. Calvin also sat down and picked up his plate

of food. As he ate, he asked, "How did you get to see Shaney? How come I didn't know?"

"There is a photo of her in Raeleigh's phone. I saw it." Belle had nothing to hide at this point, she might

as well disclose the truth.

Calvin gazed at his beloved wife. "Do you have the picture now?"

In fact, he also wanted to see it.

Belle looked at him in annoyance. "It's all because of you people. You let Raeleigh distrust you to the

point where she wouldn't let you see. I wanted to forward the photo, but Raeleigh set it in such a way

that a password is needed to send things out. I don't have the password, hence I can't send it out. I

have tried many ways but they were all in vain."

Belle thought of all the tricks that she used up, all the ideas that she had exhausted and still she

couldn't find a way to forward that one single photo. This really troubled her heart.

Calvin said in exasperation, "I've never seen you be so stupid. Can't you use your own phone and

discreetly snap a picture?"

Belle abruptly looked at him in realisation. "Why didn't I think of that?"

"What can you think of?"

Calvin was depressed. He couldn't take in the last mouthful of his meal and put down his plate. He then

got up and paced back and forth across the floor. Belle asked after she watched him for a bit, "What

are you doing? I'm dizzy just looking at you."

"Tell me what she looks like. If not, you can also draw it out." Like an excited child, Calvin grabbed a

few sketch papers plus a pencil and handed them over to Belle. He then sat down and waited.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to draw well."

"You're a designer. Why won't you be able to draw well? Hurry up and draw."

Calvin couldn't wait to know what his granddaughter looked like. Belle frowned. She actually was quite

reluctant to draw, afraid that she couldn't capture the essence of the subject well. For in her eyes, her

granddaughter was the most beautiful of all.

However, now she's being forced and with such anticipation. She took up the pencil and started to

sketch.

...

Raeleigh stood in the courtyard and stared at Austin as he played with her daughter, as well as Cedric

and Heitor. The two boys seemed to like her daughter very much.

It's not that she didn't like those two, but they didn't seem pleased because of what happened to her

daughter and just the previous day, they mentioned how when they grow up, they'd stay together with

Shaney. Her daughter was still very young and told her everything about this. Raeleigh felt that this

wasn't a good sign of things to come.

"Uncle, why hasn't Dad come in yet?"

"Shaney, did you hope to leave me behind and go with your Dad?" Austin bent down and picked up the

little girl. He pecked her on the cheek, then gave her a piggyback ride. He carried her around on his

back while he patted her at the same time.

Shaney bent over his head. "I don't know. I can't see Dad's face."

Raeleigh stood to the side, "Didn't you already see his photos?"

"How can it be the same? I still like an actual person."

"Oh, you brat... why did you cry so loudly? It's not like I was going to throw you down for real."

Raeleigh's face went taut, extremely unhappy. She thought back to what happened earlier, to how

terrified Jepherson was when the child cried up a storm. Even she had thought it was real, let alone

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Raeleigh found it hard to think the situation through with a clear mind back then. However, the child

was fine after she came down, her tears packed away faster than they fell.

Raeleigh got extremely crossed, but the little girl embraced her and apologised for her wrongs, which

softened her heart almost immediately.

"Uncle was the one who wanted me to cry." Shaney stated this with some innocence to her tone.

Raeleigh rolled her eyes and remarked, "You talked as if you are the only one in the world who is most

innocent."

"Yup." Shaney laid there and popped her agreement. Raeleigh also didn't know what to say. Whose

personality did this child share similarities with?

She wasn't like this when she was little. This act to play dumb to take advantage of someone was

impressively convincing for her age.

"Big brother."

Raeleigh noticed then that Austin was about to leave. She did not have time to talk too much with her

daughter. She called out to him, which made him stop and turned around, "Speak."

"You can't just lock us up like this forever. Jepherson isn't an ordinary person. Do you think he'll leave

the matter as it is? If you had wanted Shaney to stay by your side, then you shouldn't have let him

know about her existence. Now that you did, he won't give up. Shaney is his, he'll do everything he can

to get her back.

There's nothing to benefit from your actions."

"He can't stop me. I'm just letting him know of the child's existence. As he struggles to steal the child

back from me, to look at him being thwarted at every turn really soothes my soul."