Chapter 76
Chapter 76 Are They Both Asleep?
"No," Sean lowered his head and firmly kissed Claire on the forehead. "This is the happiest day of my life."
Claire did not believe him at first as there was a hint of lonely despair in his voice when he spoke.
However, Sean soon led Belle and Jon to the bumper cars. He had so much fun that she finally believed he truly felt happy.
"Sir, hurry! Let's crash into Jon and Mommy!"
There was a determined smile on Sean's lips as he swiftly turned the steering wheel. Just as the bumper car was about to crash into Claire and Jon's car, he suddenly spun the wheel the other way around so that he swerved and crashed into the nearby car of Julia who had been watching the conflict play out.
July jerked and wanted to die when she was hit. Her hands frantically turned the steering wheel. "Mr. Vanderbilt, weren't you going to crash into Claire? Why did you suddenly turn to attack me?"
Sean raised his eyebrows. "I just can't bear hitting my Claire."
Julia stared in silence.
Before she could even grumble, Claire's car suddenly swerved around to crash into Julia's car with a loud bang, sending it sliding away.
"Aah! You're bullies! I don't want to play with you all anymore," Julia cried out.
In response, Claire raised her hand and high-fived Sean.
Belle was laughing so hard that her stomach ached. "I lahaha! Julia, we simply love playing with you. Don't go!"
When they returned home, Julia was dead tired. When she saw that Belle was still full of energy, her brows twitched. "Ah, I just can't keep up with you. I'm too old."
Claire rolled up her sleeves. "We're all covered in sweat after a day of fun. Belle, Jon, it's bath time!"
"Claire."
With one hand in his pocket, Sean stared down at Jon's childish yet cool face. Jon just looked so much like Sean when he was a young boy who acted very mature for his age.
Sean walked over and placed a hand on Jon's shoulder. "Jon is a boy. He shouldn't bathe with you. I'll bring him over to my place so that he can bathe there. You can send Belle over once you're done with her."
Claire's hand tightened around Belle's in shock. "That won't do. Won't it be a lot of trouble for you?"
"It won't."
Sean patted Jon on the shoulder. "Come with me."
Jon nodded. He found Sean's reasoning logical. As a boy, it would not be appropriate to keep bathing with women in the room.
The kids had stored some of their clothes in Sean's guest room. When Jon left the room with a set of sleepwear in his hands, he noticed Sean standing there with a set of sleepwear as well. His face immediately fell. "Are you bathing with me?"
Sean gently flicked Jon's forehead with a finger. "Can I not?"
"Nope! You definitely cannot!"
Jon glared as he defended his forehead with his hands. "I have never bathed with a man before!"
Without saying another word, Sean dragged Jon into the bathroom by his shirt collar.
After taking off his clothes, Sean turned around to find Jon just standing there with a glare on his face. In response, he casually threw his shirt on top of Jon's head. "Are you going to stand guard?"NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.
Stand guard? No way!
Jon hurriedly pulled the shirt off his head and was about to argue back when he realized that Scan was fully undressed.
His eyes widened. Looking down at himself, he was in near tears as he cried out, "Why is mine so different?"
Sean frowned and walked over to pull the clothes out of Jon's grip and swiftly undressed Jon. "You're still young. You'll look like me once you grow up."
Jon did not believe him. As his eyes darted between Sean's body and his, they slowly turned red. "Why is mine so tiny? It must be my useless dad's fault!"
Sean's brows twitched, and he immediately smacked Jon on the head. "As I said, you're still too young! You'll be much bigger once you grow up."
As Sean's son, Jon had to surpass Sean.
The term "useless dad" sounded so unpleasant to Sean's ears.
Sean turned on the water and waited for it to heat up before turning around to look at. Jon who was still staring down at himself. Scan reached out and pulled Jon over to the shower. "Stop staring. It won't suddenly grow bigger no matter how hard you stare."
With a sour look on his face, Jon huffily looked away, but his eyes continued to drift over to glance at Sean.
Jon looked so hilarious that Sean laughed. "Envious?"
Jon crossed his arms. "Hmph! No way!"
"Behave now, Close your eyes." Although Jon was still sulking, he obediently closed his eyes as Sean used the showerhead to send water streaming down Jon's head.
The water gently dripped off the ends of Jon's hair.
Sean sounded so affectionate as he said, "You're a boy, Jon. Once you grow up, you need to protect your sister and mother. That's why, no matter what happens, never lose confidence in yourself. You must believe that you will be stronger than everyone else when you grow up."
Normal children might not understand what Sean meant, but he believed that Jon did.
Jon had inherited his intelligence. Self-awareness started at the age of one, while multiple books were recited off the top of Jon's head when he was three. Intelligent children always mature faster.
As Sean thought, Jon actually understood what he meant. Thus, Jon stopped splitting hairs over the problem and just focused on his shower.
Once Claire was done with Belle's shower, she dried Belle's hair before leading Belle by the hand to Sean's apartment.
By now, Sean had already created profiles for Claire, Belle, and Jon in his apartment's electronic lock. Thus, Belle was able to unlock the door with the touch of a finger.
After walking into the unit, Belle realized Claire was still standing outside. Confused, Belle asked, "Are you not coming in, Mommy?"
"No, I'm not going in. I'll be heading back once you're safe inside. Behave, Belle, Go to
sleep, okay?"
"I will." Belle waved her hand. "Goodbye, Mommy. Goodnight, Mommy."
Sean walked out when he heard their voices. However, the door was already closed when Belle sweetly greeted him, "Sir."
"Good girl."
Sean walked over and led Belle by the hand into the guestroom. "It's time for bed, you two. I'm
turning off the lights now."
Once the guest room door was closed, Sean was about to walk over to his bedroom when he noticed someone standing in his living room.
Jason smiled and respectfully asked, "Are they both asleep, Mr. Sean?"
Jason usually only came over during the day. Hence, Sean knew that something was up if Jason was here this late at night without any warning.
Afraid that the children might still be awake and cavesdropping by the door, Sean jerked his chin in a motion that Jason instantly understood before they both entered Sean's bedroom. Inside Sean's bedroom were two armchairs. Sean sat down on one of them and looked up. When Jason just stood there, Sean shot him a look, telling him to sit down.