Love Contract

Chapter 334 Extra Story Family (Part One)

"I said, let's have a try. Let's try to be together." Barry turned his face away from her and said, "We already have a son anyway. We might as well give it a try."

As soon as he finished speaking, Selah immediately covered her mouth in shock. Barry just told Ray that he was his father. Selah was caught off guard and moved by his declaration. Now, he was asking them to be together? Selah couldn't believe it.

It was silent in the corridor. Selah didn't answer his proposal. Barry turned to her and asked, "Why aren't you answering me? Let's give it a try. Don't you want to?"

"I..." Selah's breath hitched. She looked at him and nodded slowly in agreement, trying to reign in her excitement.

'Of course, I want to! I would say yes a thousand times!' Selah screamed in her head.

"Alright." Barry looked down at the plane tickets in his hands and tore them to pieces. "Don't try to escape with my son. I won't allow it."

"Mr... Mr. Gu..." Selah couldn't find the right words to say.

"Call me by my name."

Call his name? Was she allowed to do that?

Although his name had been engraved in her heart for a long time, she suddenly felt timid to call his name.

"Barry," Selah said slowly. "Are you only telling me this because you want to win Ray's trust? What do you mean when you said we would try to be together?"

Barry was irritated by her question. "How dense can you be? I told you I would try to be together with you! Is that so hard to understand? Do I have to spell it out for you?"

"I really can't understand what you meant..." Selah murmured. He had asked her if she wanted to be his woman before. Was he asking her again? She wanted to verify it before agreeing to anything.

"You..."

If it weren't for the look of undisguised confusion in her eyes, Barry would've suspected that she was trying to play games with him. He furrowed his brows and said, "You're Ray's mother and I'm his father, but we aren't husband and wife. Before we can get there, I should be your boyfriend first. Do you understand?"

'He wants me to be his girlfriend? Not his mistress?'

Selah parted her mouth in disbelief. "You... want to be my boyfriend? You want me, I..."

"Yes, I do. Don't forget that you've already agreed to it." With a hand in his pocket, Barry said, "I'm going to the ward to see Ray." Then he turned around and left in a hurry.

Selah was so overjoyed that she almost burst into tears. She had experienced great sorrows and joys in a short amount of time. Her life had been more dramatic than the shows she starred in.

That night, Ray was discharged from the hospital. Selah brought all of their belongings and returned to Barry's villa.

"Ray, it will be your home from now on." Barry got out of the car and stood in front of the villa. When he reached out to help Ray out of the car, Ray flinched away from his touch.

"I can get down myself." Ray jumped out of the car with a cold look on his face. He had never seen such a large and beautiful house before!

Barry stood awkwardly next to Ray and was curious to see how he would react to his new home. He sighed when he saw the blank look on his face. He still had a long way to go!

The housekeepers and servants in the villa were all shocked to see Barry come home with a young boy. When they saw Selah, who had been living with them for some time, they were even more appalled.

"His name is Ray," Barry said to his servants. "He's my son."

"He's..." Everyone gasped.

"This is Selah Shen. You've seen her here before. She's Ray's mother."

"Mother..." Everyone took another deep breath to calm themselves. Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

Ray stood awkwardly and his cheeks flushed. He wasn't fond of people gaping at him.

"We'll have some dinner first," Barry said. Ray and Selah followed him into the living room. At the dinner table, the family of three sat awkwardly in silence.

If he had known this would happen, he would've brought Alick and Elissa over for dinner. Elissa was quite talkative so she would've made this encounter less uncomfortable.

When Barry recalled Elissa, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked, "Ray, do you like Elissa?"

"It's none of your business," Ray replied curtly.

'Tm your father, shouldn't I know about these things?" Barry said with a soft smile.

"I haven't accepted you yet!" Ray glared at him.

"Whether you admit it or not, I'm your father." Barry smiled softly and placed a drumstick into Ray's bowl. "Eat more meat."

Ray lowered his head and hesitated before taking a large bite of the chicken.

Barry was chuckling to himself when he suddenly noticed that Selah was in a daze. There was only plain rice on her plate, so he placed a chicken leg on her plate and said, "You should eat more. You've been losing weight lately."

"Thank you..." Selah mumbled.

"By the way," Barry asked, "do you know how to use Morse code, Ray?"

"What is that?" Selah questioned, still in a daze.

"It's a kind of code," Ray explained. "You can express different messages using it, but it's not commonly used anymore. Some time after I was kidnapped, my watch was broken and I was afraid you couldn't pinpoint my location. So I tried to use Morse code to contact someone to help, but I wasn't expecting it to be successful."

"Ray..." Selah dropped her chicken into her bowl. She looked at her son in disbelief. "Since when did you know so much? When did you learn these things?"

"I was watching TV one time, wait, no." Ray shook his head. "I couldn't see much during that time, and I overheard someone talking about the Morse code on TV. I learned how to use it from there. I practice it when I'm bored."

"You learned it after only hearing it once?" Barry raised a brow at him.

"It's simple," Ray nodded.

Barry blinked in surprise. "What a smart boy! You have good genes! You are my son!" he laughed.

"Humph!" Ray pouted and said indignantly, "I'm more like my mother!"

Selah ruffled Ray’s hair and smiled affectionately at him.

After they finished having dinner, Barry arranged for Ray and Selah to sleep in his large bedroom. He left to sleep in the guest room.

"Mom," Ray said as he nestled into his mother's arms, "will we stay here for a long time?"

"Why are you asking me that? Don't you like it here, Ray?" Selah put a hand on Ray's forehead.

"It's so nice here!" Ray's eyes lit up.

"What do you think about your father?" Selah asked tentatively.

"I think he made you suffer a lot and he didn't come and look for us. He's been treating us a bit better, but I haven't forgiven him yet."

A smile blossomed on Selah's face. "So, does that mean that you like him?"

Ray pursed his lips and his face blushed slightly. He nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes, I do. I've liked him even when he was just my Uncle Barry."

Tears welled up in Selah's eyes. "Yes, he's a good man,” she agreed.

Ray fell asleep shortly afterward. Selah couldn't fall asleep and suddenly got the urge to go for a walk. When she opened the door, she saw Barry leaning against the wall with his back to her. He was speaking to someone on the phone.

"How is she? Did she fall asleep? Hmm... That's good to

hear. She's pregnant, but William hasn't woken up yet. Call me if anything happens. Okay. Bye."