Chương 10: Chapter 10

She ignored the fighting duo and was about to leave the restaurant when her path was blocked. She didn't need to look up to know who the idiot was.

"Why aren't you out of my life yet?" She was tired of this.

Damon grabbed her hand so she wouldn't brush past him. "My answer will be the same no matter how many times you ask me, Avery. I want to make up for what happened in the past."

She found him ridiculous. "Do you think you can simply "make up" and be done with it? Do you have any idea…" She stopped speaking and decided to save her strength instead. "Never mind. You will never be able to make up for what you did no matter how many times you pretend to be sorry. Even if you give your life, it will never be enough."

He didn't flinch at her cruel words. "How can you he so certain when you have not given me a chance to try?"

"You are courting your own death." She forcefully flung his hand off.

"I really had no choice. I…" He tailed after her, which irritated her.

"Shut up! I don't want to hear your excuses of the past." Whatever happened had already happened. The last thing she wanted to hear was a convincing lie. Heaven knew he had enough time all these years to come up with one.

Since this was not the first time she reacted explosively to the mention of the past, he realized that he should no longer mention it. Just what had she been through in those years that they were apart? He didn't have the right to ask or comfort her, he could only look at her pleadingly. "Can I see our son once? If he dislikes my presence, I will leave and not bother you anymore."

"You are trying to use my son's emotions as a bet against me. Damon D'aboville, are you asking for a beating?" She looked up at him threateningly.

He didn't doubt that she would beat him up if he infuriated her too much. "You are willing to let him meet men who are not related to him. You don't even know whether they will like him or use him to take advantage of you."

She frowned slightly.

"How do you think I feel?" He asked, seeing her flinch.

"Why should I care how you feel?" She dismissed him. Besides, she was yet to let Angel meet anyone. It wasn't like she would let any random man get close to him without investigating whether he can be a good father for him. Did Damon think she was a fool?

"Fine." He furrowed his brows. "Think about how our son will feel when he finds out that he has been used as a chess piece." He spoke before she could enter her car.

"I'm not…"

"Do you prefer involving the court?" He interrupted her. She tried to hide it but she clearly tensed up at the mention of the court. He smiled slightly and closed in on her. "At the very least, I will be allowed to visit him. This should be fair, right?"

"Tomorrow at 4pm. I will pick you up." She entered the car and slammed the door shut.

"That's awesome." He joyously punched the air. If he knew that she would be so flustered at the mention of the court, he would have brought it up much sooner. Why did he not think about it?

Of course, he knew that he couldn't use the court to threaten her more than once. If she took it seriously and decided to fight for Angel's custody, things might go downhill.

"I really don't get you, Avery." Mina was confused when she heard that Avery was letting Damon visit. Was she giving in to that scumbag?

She glanced at Avery who was quietly spinning a blue toy gun against the surface of the table.

"You have more chances of winning the lawsuit if he sues you. After all, he abandoned Angel first. All these years, you have been the one to work hard just to bring him up. Does he know what you went through?" She felt her rage building up just thinking about it.

"He doesn't need to know." Avery tapped a finger on the table to make the toy gun stop.

"But the court does." Mina argued. "As long as you let them know everything that happened, Angel will be yours and it will be up to you whether or not you want Damon close to him."

To her words, Avery smiled without looking up. "Court proceedings are a waste of time. Besides, I don't want to expose my son to the vile world of adults. He is still too young and innocent." She gazed at Angel who was building a messy castle on the mat. He knew nothing of what was happening around him, nor was he aware of the vicious battle that the adults were fighting. If possible, she wanted it to remain this way. She wanted to retain his innocence as much as she could.

"Most importantly…" Her gaze turned vicious when she averted her eyes from her son. "Mina, swatting flies away is unnecessarily tiring and hard. No matter how many times you shoo it away, it will keep buzzing around you." She let out an evil smirk. "The only sure method to get it to stop buzzing around is to trap and kill it."

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Chương 11: Chapter 11

Her tone scared Mina out of her wits. She had to lower her voice while peeking at Angel. "Are you really going to kill him? He is Angel's father after all. What will you say to Angel when he grows up?"

"What difference does it make?" Avery wanted to roll her eyes. There wasn't any difference between Damon's presence and his absence. He wouldn't be part of Angel's life either way, and she was bound to give him an explanation later if she couldn't get him a suitable father in time.

"Tomorrow at 4pm." Avery's words rang through Damon's mind for the umpteenth time. Avery was willing to let him meet their son.

He paced his room uneasily. He knew that she would never be that easy to convince. There had to be a reason why she agreed and the most plausible one was that she was testing him. He didn't mind being tested but he knew that if he failed whatever her test was, she might never let him get close to Angel any time soon.

What was he supposed to do? Buy toys and snacks? He didn't know what Angel liked. He grabbed his iPad and swiped through the online shopping app again, looking for toys for little boys.

Since he was uncertain, he bought one of every toy that was recommended. As for snacks, he guessed that with Angel's health, his snack intake must be restricted so he was unsure what to buy. He would have to find out what the boy liked to eat most before buying him some.

He sighed and slumped to the bed. "I must be the most useless father. My son is four years old but I don't even know what he likes to eat."

He placed a hand on his face to cover his eyes as he tried to take a nap and calm his nerves. Years ago, he would never have thought that he would one day be this useless. He had loved Avery and had vowed to be her friend and protect her no matter what happened.

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At the time, he had just received another beating from Gabe's sidekicks for 'messing with a Vaillant'. However, this time, he had been practising some fight moves so he retaliated and they didn't escape unscathed either. It was only because he was outnumbered that he was the most bruised from the fight.

Pathetically, he had to bump into Avery again in his sorry state.

"What happened to you?" Her voice pitched in worry just when he was thinking of hiding away.

She walked over to him and looked him over with her captivating eyes. "Was it my brother again?"

From her enraged tone, he knew that she was going to pick another fight with Gabe. He stuck out a hand to stop her. "Don't worry about it. I'm fine and well, siblings shouldn't keep fighting or it will destroy your relationship with each other in the long run."

"But he hurt you!" She was furious. His eyebrows raised in surprise. Was she worried about him? Of course, he was thinking too much. She only felt wronged. "If he keeps hurting everyone who gets close to me, how the hell am I supposed to get friends? He doesn't expect me to be on my own like a lonely island, does he?"

So that was why she was worried. He smiled slightly. "Don't worry. If no one wants to be your friend, I will stick by your side."

Her eyes widened from his words before she turned her face away, a hint of scarlet staining her cheeks as she nodded. At the time, he didn't know what he had said that made her flustered.

"Do you need help getting home?" She asked worriedly.

He didn't need it, but how could he reject a heaven-sent chance to be helped home by the woman he liked? He nodded in agreement.

He could walk straight but she held his arm just in case, sending his remaining reluctance flying away. Why would he still care about outsiders' opinion when he had her hand holding his arm?

From her clumsy and awkward actions, it was evident that she had never been this close to a man. She absent-mindedly led him to the parking lot and offered to give him a ride.

He caught sight of his chauffeur and glared at him before offering her a smile. "My home is not far from the campus, we can walk. I need some exercise after what happened."

"Oh." She tugged his arm and continued her clumsy steps towards the campus exit. He glanced at her blushing side profile with a smile. He had given an insane excuse to continue walking with her but she didn't detect the absurdity. It must be because she wanted to walk with him too, right?

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