Tristan can’t let his parents know about Bella and Dax from other people. No one knows more clearly and in detail than himself. If he is the first to tell them, he could tell it in a way he knows they would not overreact.
Moreover, if he’s the one to tell them first, he could easily set boundaries to protect Bella and Dax. Even though they know about Dax, he will not allow them to meet him without Bella’s explicit permission, and he can guess that Bella will never allow that to happen.
Lewis feels relief when he hears that. Since he knew about Dax, he wanted to tell his son to stop them from trying to arrange a new marriage for Tristan. Still, he remembered Tristan had warned him not to say anything to anyone, including his parents.
Because he was afraid his grandson would be angry, Lewis had no choice but to keep his mouth shut until today.
"Good! It would be better if they found out from you directly than from someone else." Lewis smiled at Tristan, feeling satisfied with his plan. "Don’t worry about anything. I will stand behind you if they trouble you."
"I know... And thank you, Grandpa."
However, a few seconds later, Lewis’ smile slowly faded. His eyes narrowed, looking Tristan in the eyes.
"Brat, this time, if you don’t take care of Bella and make her suffer again, I will take everything from you—your last name, your wealth, everything. So, you better keep your promise to old Donovan and me to always look after Bella and Dax!"
Tristan, "..."
This was the second time Tristan had witnessed his Grandpa talking earnestly to him like this. The first time his grandfather scolded him was when his grandfather found out he was divorcing Bella. And, hearing his words now, he felt a slight chill.
"Grandfather, believe me, you won’t have the chance to do all that because this time, my marriage to Bella is not because you forced me... but because I love her with all my heart."
Tristan’s smile gradually appears before he continues, "I will take care of my wife until the end of my life, and so will our son, Dax. So, don’t worry about things that will never happen, Grandpa."
Lewis chuckled, hearing his confidence. "Alright, you can go now..."
Tristan happily left the room, impatient to accompany Bella.
****
On the second floor, in the main bedroom,
Bella could only smile bitterly when she saw Noora and Geoffrey’s work, arranging Tristan’s clothes in the walk-in closet.
Seeing her clothes side by side with Tristan’s clothes somehow made the strange feeling in her heart emerge again. She could only smile as she returned to the bedroom.
Bella had no plans other than to take a nap, but when her eyes saw the cell phone on the table, she decided to forget her badly needed nap.
After grabbing her cell phone, she settles on the couch and starts to check whether she received something important.
Her heart was pounding when she saw several missed calls from Stefan. She immediately contacted him. And as usual, Stefan immediately picked up the phone.
"Sister, you finally called..." Stefan’s worried tone could be heard from the other end.
"You trace me?" Bella could guess Stefan’s worry referring to her visiting the hospital.
"Yes. I know you are sick now. How’s your condition?"
"Never better! I am just exhausted from work. Don’t worry too much."
"Glad to hear that, sis."
"Thank you, Stefan. Oh, right... I hope you didn’t call just because you worry about my condition." She chuckled when she heard him laugh. "Any good news?"
Stefan suddenly focused again; he did have a lot of reports he wanted to tell her, especially about Laura Kiels.
"Sis, I’ve finished gathering evidence to turn the situation around. Do you want to strike back at that bitch Laura Kiels now?" He asked excitedly.
"Perfect, Stefan!" Bella’s eyes sparkled with joy. But later, her smile faded, and in a hurry, she said, "Wait, wait... let’s not spread our counterattack. I need to ask my legal team to sue them all. I will make sure Laura Kiels’ entire army is detained and let them tell the world who Laura really is."
"Ha ha ha, that’s a good idea, sis. Is there anything else you want me to do about Laura?"
"How about someone who paid her debt? Did you find anything suspicious?"
"No. She paid for everything using her bank account. I’m not yet doing any deep research about that. Do you want me to investigate this further?" Stefan asked.
Bella was silent, thinking about something.
She doubted Laura Kiels’s ability to pay all the compensation money, but she knew Stefan had many things to do; he was pretty busy.
After a few more seconds, Bella finally responded, "Stefan, if you have time, just pay attention to her. If she does anything strange, report it to me immediately."
"Sure, sis... No worries. I already put many traps in her gadget." Stefan laughs, thinking that Laura will never escape from him unless she doesn’t use her gadget to communicate with others.
"Sis, I have to do something now. Talk to you later..."
However, before Stefan ended the phone call, Bella remembered something.
"Stefan, wait a moment. How about my brother? Did you find anything interesting about him!?"
Bella almost forgot about Henry, and her father plots to marry her to an old man. She must prepare something to make them stop their cunning plan against her.
"Damn! Your brother is completely different from you, sister. He is so fucking terrible." Stefan can’t help but curse when he remembers Henry Donovan’s matter.
After digging into an investigation into Henry Donovan, he can’t believe that man is Bella’s brother. He has many women out there to sleep with. He is also drug-addicted.
"What do you mean, Stefan?" Bella wanted to know what made Stefan curse when he talked about her brother.
Stefan immediately tells her a few things that Henry did in the past.
After a few more minutes, Bella chuckled. She already knows how much worse her brother was.