Chapter 107: Chapter 107
"Mommy, I want when the shoot starts we go to the sea and take a swim. Let's catch all kinds of fish." While Athen was eating, her voice was cheerful, telling a story. I did not speak because I remembered that something terrible had happened to Adonis because of my stubbornness. I don't want that to happen to us again. I only want to avoid the ocean because it doesn't bring me good memories. The two of them just stared at me while I continued to eat. I smiled at her and noticed that she no longer opened the topic when I introduced Adonis as her father. I know that children can forget, but for children like her who don't know anything but ask why they don't have a father, that's the thing I wonder.
"There is time for such things. Don't you like the modeling? It's is your chance to make your dream come true!" I followed the tone of her cheerfulness. I would have liked to ask her why she never opened the topic about her father. Adonis and I don't talk much anymore because I don't want to repeat what came to pass. I believe it was just a mistake between us, and I don't have to worry because it will never happen again.
Athen's face turned sad, but I could do nothing about it. That is the only way for me not to repeat the accident that gave me trauma then, and I still carry it today. Tomorrow she will start to shoot. I know that the two of us are causing a lot of misery for Athen, and I am proud of my daughter because she is even more able to handle awkwardness than the two of her parents.
"If you insist, we can—"
I threw the spoon and fork hard on the plate. I looked intently at Adonis, who just shrugged and seemed to be making a joke of the warning in my eyes. If he wanted to sail, he could do it alone! Why does he need to bring my daughter?! It was enough that the almost tragedy happened; I would die of too much worry if Athen repeated what occurred to Adonis; I will not know how to forgive myself!
"No, she can't!" My voice was so strong and complex that it came off as if nothing could stop me from speaking. I raised an eyebrow at Adonis, and he, in turn, did not remove his serious face. Gone again the Adonis, who announced yesterday, "I will win you back." You can't tell when someone will take back their word...
And why am I so affected by that thing ?! I have nothing to be upset about because if he continues to treat me like this, he will stop bothering me entirely and not annoy me anymore.
"Why are you preventing her from doing what she would like?" He asked me again, but I only scowled, since who is he to advise me that if he is unaware of what I endured when he almost died? Until now, I have blamed myself because I believe I am at fault for everything that has transpired. Would he continue to do this if he were in my shoes? I'm certainly not since he is ignorant of the devils battling in my chest. They lurked in the deepest recesses of my vein, only to emerge when they needed to visit me.
"If you want to die young, avoid involving your child..." I abruptly stopped speaking as I recognized my voice in my final words. He may assume that I will accept him once again. To swiftly recover from what I stated, I reinforced it with what I was saying. "I don't care what you want to do with your life, but I hope you don't include my daughter in your plans. Athen is a child, and it is natural for her to be fascinated about a variety of things."
"But isn't it fine to provide to her the information sooner, so she doesn't grow up clueless?" He did not surrender.
I locked my eyes on Athen's beseeching face. She developed the same solid attitude as his father because of their apparent charm. However, I am sorry for them, as I have no intention of losing.
"I will never alter my viewpoint, regardless of what you say. My kid will stay in this house whether you agree or not!" My speech is calm because I don't want them to see my choices as dubious. "You may do as you please, but I hope you stay away from Athens."
He did not respond with a single word in rebuttal to the intensity of what I uttered. I turned to Athen, who was bending down and fiddling with her food. Despite how much I felt sorry for her, I displayed nothing. Her father shall not compel me. I should be wrong in their sight than someone gets harmed, and I'll regret it all in the end. After all, Athen will be busy tomorrow, and I'm sure she'll forget about this.
We completed our meal without hearing another word from Athen. I'm sorry, darling, but I'm not going to let anything awful happen to you. I was in the middle of cleaning a plate when I heard something outside. Because it's so quiet inside, I can't hear the voices outside arguing with each other. Because I couldn't hear the speaker's speech well, I decided to go outside. As I got closer to the people who were talking, I could barely listen to the woman and the man outside chatting with each other. I even walked out onto the scorching beach and felt the sun on my face. Because I was attempting to escape the heat of the sun, I tripped on something, which was why I fell on the sand.
I am still grateful that my body fell on the sand because I am confident that if my body strikes a rock, I will suffer several injuries that need medical help. But before I could even get to my feet, I saw two sets of legs in front of me.