My Mirror Image by Maybe Not (Candice And Alex’s)

Chapter 0554

The ward fell silent, and only the sound of Ellis' sobbing could be heard. Alex stiffened, looking down at Ellis, his voice tense and hoarse. "What... what did you just call me?"

Ellis just continued to cry while hugging him, trying to reach out and grab Alex's injured hand, wanting to blow on it.

Alex looked at Candice subconsciously. Candice was obviously also a little stunned, but noticing Alex's gaze, she slowly regained her senses and then looked at Ellis with a complicated gaze.

After a while, she said in a somewhat muffled tone, "If you mind the way she addresses you, I'll get her to change it."

"How could I possibly mind?" Alex now had a surreal feeling, as if he had been hit by a huge surprise. He could not help but smile, and a shimmering light flickered in his dark eyes. He bent down to pick Ellis up, unable to hide his delight, coaxing her softly. "Cupcake, call "Daddy" one more time alright?"

There were still tears on little Ellis' face. She turned around, hugged Alex's neck, buried her face in his shoulder, and her shoulders still shaking with her sobs.

Alex covered her, his low and gentle voice was magnetic, and there was an uncontrollable smile in his voice. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Baby Mulberry, don’t be afraid, Daddy doesn't feel any pain at all."

He raised his hand as he spoke, as if he wanted to tear off the gauze and let Ellis beat him, but was stopped by Candice.

Candice directly took Ellis away from his arms. "I will be discharged from the hospital today, and she will not go to your ward again."

Alex's joyful mood calmed down, and he hummed an acknowledgement. "It's true that you can't stay in the hospital for too long, I..." He was silent for a moment, and then probed. "Can I visit her in the future?"

Candice said nothing, and the disappointment on Alex's face was obvious.

He smiled silently and said, "I understand."

When Alex left, Ellis seemed to want to follow him. She kept twisting and turning in Candice's arms.

Yana looked at Candice's calm face and asked hesitantly. "Don't you mind?"

"Mind what?"

Yana blurted out, "Mulberry called Alex Daddy! I didn't even know when she got so close to him."

Candice lowered her gaze. "Isn't that a good thing?"

"How can it be a good thing—" Yana didn’t understand. Although Alex was Ellis' biological father, when had he ever fulfilled the responsibilities of a father? Yana felt that if it were her, she would never let her child call such a person dad. She wanted to say something to Candice but heard Candice continue.

"Isn't being close to one's parents and receiving their love a good thing?" Candice's tone was calm, as if she really did not think it was a serious matter.

Yana fell silent. She knew about Candice's background. For Candice, perhaps the love of parents was indeed more important than anything else.

So, she never stopped Ellis from interacting with Alex. The things she never possessed, the suffering she had endured, were all things she hoped that Ellis did not have to experience.

Yana sighed, picked up Ellis and rubbed her face. "Did you hear that? Your mother is so good to you."

Ellis shouted softly, "Mommy!" Then she threw herself on Candice.

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When Alex returned to the ward, he was still in a very happy mood.

He stretched out his hand to cover his chest, and kept feeling warm there.

Ellis' voice still seemed to be echoing in his ears. She called him daddy...

In fact, since Alex came into contact with Ellis, he has been teaching her to call him daddy every day. If she could not speak Clesian, he would use Elondish, and if she could not speak Elondish, he would use Oxoshi, Fluereish, or Purmanese. Anyway, Alex never gave up.

Moreover, Candice also acquiesced and never stopped him.

Although in the later stages, it became Alex's habit to cultivate the various language senses of Ellis, but he still could not hear Ellis call him daddy.

Even if Ellis liked playing with him, she would never call him even once. The little girl seemed to know something and was very stubborn.

Alex could not describe that feeling, he should obviously be happy.

But after being happy, he kept feeling a little sad.

That kind of sadness was especially obvious after seeing Candice.

"Yo, what's going on?" As soon as Alex opened the ward door, he heard Sieg's voice.

Sieg was sitting on the sofa playing games. When he saw Alex coming back, he threw his phone next to him and observed him with interest. "Sometimes you laugh, then you frown. What is it that makes you so conflicted?"

Alex looked up. "Nothing."

Sieg said, "The more you say that, the more problematic it is. Why don't you just share with me?"

Alex swept him a glance and walked into the ward. With a brow slightly raised, he explained in a simple manner. "My daughter called me "daddy"."

Sieg burst out laughing. "How rare-" He paused for a moment and squinted before asking. "Does that mean Candice is also willing for the little thing to acknowledge you as her father?"

Alex frowned, a little displeased. "She has a name."

Sieg choked, almost laughing. How was it that he had not noticed Alex was such a slave to his daughter? He said, "Even if she's got a name, it's not like her family name is Elysian."

Alex lowered his eyes, his lips slowly tightening, the darkness in his eyes accumulating.

Sieg paused briefly, then patted his shoulder. "But look at it in a positive light. At least she's willing to let... let Little… Baby Mulberry call you dad. It proves that she doesn't reject you so much. Otherwise, I guess you wouldn't even get to see your daughter's face."

Sieg was sincere. But growing up with a sharp tongue, it was the first time he had spoken such warm words. He felt uncomfortable with himself and could not help feeling a little disgusted.

Alex just made a sound of agreement. "Perhaps."

He understood Candice's character. She... perhaps she was just trying to make Ellis happy. It was not that she did not reject him anymore.

After feeling disgusted with himself, Sieg picked up his phone, put on his usual carefree appearance, and lifted his eyes to look at Alex. He spoke in his usual unreasonable manner. "If you're really uncomfortable, just go after her. Pester her, be shameless, be stubborn, be unchanging, love even if you're dead.

“Women are tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Increase your presence around her, buy another house, get some money together. It's better than anything else."

Sieg was just talking nonsense, and Alex could not be bothered to deal with him. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Sieg started a game, indifferent. "Didn't she say neither of you owe the other anything? With no scores, is it not a good thing? You're both unmarried, isn't this a great opportunity? You two can get to know each other again, start dating again.

“If it doesn't work out, change your name. You won't be called Alex Elysian anymore. You'll take your mom's surname and be called Alex Sui. Alex Elysian was a jerk. What does that have to do with you, Alex Sui, right?"

He was talking all sorts of nonsense with a straight face.

After he finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and then said meaningfully. "However, I recommend that before you change your name, you should settle the matters with Sonia well. A woman, after all, is terrifying when she gets jealous."