Chapter 345
Chapter 345
Xavier agreed. He had no intention of telling Arya about it.
"You also have to keep your mouth shut about my business." Cullen said again, "I'm satisfied to see her
open her mind to me in my lifetime. I still have to let you take care of her in the future..."
The days ahead were still long, and she needed someone to accompany her.
In the first half of her life, she had gone through too many hardships.
"Chief, don't say that. You'll be fine." The deputy looked a little depressed.
Cullen smiled. "It's easy to be sentimental when you're old." He took out a photo of his son, Nate, from
his pocket.
He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. "When I looked at Arya carefully today, I found that her
nose and eyes looked a little like his."
"Miss Arya is a member of the Porter Family. Of course, she looks like him." The deputy replied.
Cullen rolled his eyes at the deputy. "Nonsense, Arya is not as coarse as him..."
In fact, Arya was more like Danielle.
"She is from the Porter Family, so her surname should be Porter..." The deputy said.
Cullen had thought about it, but for a moment, he didn't know how to say it...
Arya slowly leaned against the wall. Although their conversation was very subtle and they did not say
anything clearly, Arya guessed what they meant.
From the moment she saw Cullen, she could feel that his look was not normal. His skin was yellow, and
his eyes were a little dull, which were not good phenomena.
"Madam." Nanny Joy didn't find the phone. She was shocked to see Arya when she came back. She
was relieved to see that Arya was fine. "Why are you..."
Arya reached out her hand and motioned at Nanny Joy to keep quiet.
Nanny Joy understood and came over to help her. Arya grabbed Nanny Joy's arm and caressed her
own abdomen with the other. She said to herself over and over again in her heart, "Calm down. Calm
down. It's okay. It's okay. Everything will be fine."
Walking back to the pavilion, Nanny Joy said, "I didn't find your phone."
Arya came back to her senses and said calmly, "Well, I've found it."
At this time, Xavier came from the other end of the corridor alone, and Cullen was not with him.
"Let's go back." Xavier walked up and picked her up.
Arya put her arms around his neck, leaned into his arms, and felt his body temperature and his
heartbeat. Only then did she feel less empty in her heart.
Cullen was waiting for them to come out at the door. When he saw Xavier carrying Arya out, he asked
the deputy to help him get into the car.
"Wait..."
Arya stopped the deputy and asked Xavier to put her down.
Xavier glanced at her without asking anything and bent over to put her down.
She stood on the ground, and Xavier wanted to help her, but she waved her hand and refused, and
then walked towards Cullen on her own.
She walked a little slowly.
Cullen looked at her and reached out his hand to her.
Arya did not hesitate. She reached out and put her hand into his palm with wrinkles. When he held her
hand, Arya could feel the warmth of his palm and the calluses.
Arya could only squat down in front of Cullen on one knee now. She looked up at him. His face was
covered with deep wrinkles after he went through all the ups and downs. His black eyes were deeply
sunken and his hair was gray. He was really old.
Arya put her hand at the back of his hand and wrapped his hand with her own palm. Even when he was
old, his palm was bigger than Arya's, so his hand could not be completely wrapped. She only exerted a
little bit of strength, as if silently telling her how excited she was at the moment.
Her throat was like being stuffed with a thick ball of cotton. Her voice was hoarse. "Grandpa... Can you
forgive me that I just call you grandpa now?"
Cullen's hands trembled, and his eyes were tearful. "Silly girl, how can I blame you? I feel so sorry for
you."
He would not have known about it if he had not stumbled upon the clues left by Nate.
"I should have asked for your forgiveness. It was so late for me to know you existed..."
If he had known it earlier and brought Arya back to the Porter Family, maybe she wouldn't have
suffered so much.
"How can I grow without ups and downs? You should be happy for me, grandpa. Life makes me strong
and brave..."
"Yes, I should be happy. I should be happy for your growth."
Nanny Joy was moved by this touching scene and wiped the tears off her eyes.
Fortunately, Xavier and the deputy were calm. After all, they were men.
Xavier walked over and held Arya's shoulder. "There's still time."
It wasn't too late, at least they had known about each other.
Cullen wanted to pull Arya up, but he couldn't stand up and could only let Xavier do it.
Xavier picked Arya up. Her body was trembling slightly. Obviously, she was unable to control her
emotions.
"Xavier, take her back first," Cullen instructed.
Xavier nodded slightly and carried Arya into the car.
Xavier grabbed her hands. They were cold and her palms were sweaty.
Arya leaned into his arms and buried her face in his chest. Xavier caressed her back and comforted
her. "You should be happy. There's another person who loves you."
Arya's mind was in turmoil. She could not pay attention to anything and did not say a word.
When she returned to the hospital, she stayed in her ward.
Xavier got a wet towel from the bathroom and helped wipe her face and hands.
Arya was like a puppet, not moving at all, allowing Xavier to do anything.
Xavier put a basin of hot water at her feet, took off the slippers on her feet, and put her feet in the
basin. The warmth spread from the soles of her feet all over her body. Arya lowered her eyes and
looked at the man who was washing her feet.
"They look swollen again." Xavier touched her calves, which were originally thin. Now they were
swollen. She used to wear size 36 shoes, but now her feet were too swollen to fit in.
In the past, he had only heard that women would suffer a lot when they gave birth to a child. He had
never known that pregnant women would cramp and become swollen because of lack of calcium.
Besides, some pregnant women's faces would also have freckles. As the fetus grew up, they would not
be able to sleep well because of the pressure of the amniotic fluid on their chests.
Xavier looked up and kissed her lips. "It's been hard for you..."
Arya put her arms around Xavier's neck. "Hug me."
At this moment, she was weak.
She really wanted someone to hug her tightly, so that she would not be afraid or hesitant, and could fill
up the emptiness in her heart.
Xavier wiped her feet. Without pouring the water to the bathroom, he held her on the bed and patted
her on the back. "Things will be over soon. Where do you want to go? I'll take you there."
It wouldn't take so long for them to settle the matter about Mr. Gates.
Arya blinked. "Yes, many places..."
She thought of many places, such as New York, Rome, London...
In the past, she had these ideas, but too many things had happened, and she didn't even dare to think
about it anymore. She thought that she would spend the rest of her life in hatred. Everything she had
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She pressed her face against Xavier's chest...