Tristan’s eyes pitch, and his forehead tenses. He imagined his parents could do that, too. But, of course, he will never allow that to happen.
After intensely staring at each other without saying anything, Tristan finally broke the silence.
"Bella, no one can separate you from our son. You can take my word for it. Even I... myself... wouldn’t do that—" His dark blue eyes flickered with intense emotion.
Bella was stunned to see Tristan make such a sincere promise.
"Ca-can I trust you?" She asked.
"Yes. Of course, you should. When did I lie to you, Bella!?"
Bella didn’t utter anything.
However, her memories reel back. In the past, this man always acted to walk the talk. She remembers clearly that Tristan said he didn’t love her and had no feelings for her. What he said that time, he showed it. This man never wavered at her even though she already tried to make him fall for her. After four years, she still fails!
Since she arrived in this country, she always suspected that Tristan and his family might take Dax from her, but now she feels relieved after hearing Tristan’s promise.
However, something bothered her. Today, she saw Laura and Jessica so close, like mother and daughter. But why is Jessica still worried about her return? That woman even accused her wanted to approach Tristan again.
Why does Jessica think like that? She is supposed to be confident with Laura. They already have a future heir for the Sinclair family from that woman, right!?
This puzzled her.
’Gosh! Stop thinking about that, Bella. It’s not your problem! The important thing now is Tristan already promised you... he will never separate you from Dax,’ Bella tries to convince herself.
After trying to throw her worry, she turned to see him in the eyes, "Thanks, Tristan, I appreciate that. I promise I won’t stop you from meeting your son."
Tristan’s blue eyes flashed with happiness upon hearing her words. However, his smile faded as he remembered the video his grandfather had sent him. He could not wait any longer to meet his son.
"Bella, I want to meet him now. I just can’t wait any longer... Please allow me to meet him."
"It’s not that I don’t want to allow you to meet him. But I really have to talk to Dax first."
She took a deep breath before continuing, "Last night when I came home, he was already asleep. Even this morning, Dax was busy playing with his two great-grandfathers. He was busy with them, and I didn’t have time to talk to him..."
"Why don’t I just go meet him? Dax already knows that I’m his father. I worry if he thinks I’m an irresponsible father?" Tristan said in confusion.
He continued, "I’m not that kind of father, alright. And You know, if I knew you were pregnant, I would never have forced you to sign the divorce papers. And let you go just like that, Bella... You know that."
Bella can’t utter any words. She is unable to refute what Tristan said. He’s right. But she remembered Dax’s words about Tristan a few days ago — he didn’t like his father.
’Do I need to be honest with him?’ Bella thought doubtfully. She was worried that Tristan would be sad and disappointed.
However, when the image of Laura Kiels appeared in Bella’s mind, she immediately decided to be honest with him.
"Tristan, Dax doesn’t like you—"
"WHAT!? Why doesn’t he like me?" Tristan was too shocked to hear that. "Did you say bad things about me to him?"
Hearing his own words made Tristan worried to death. And he couldn’t blame Bella for that. He was such a jerk, divorcing his wife when she was pregnant.
"Oh my... how could I do that?" Bella paused to take in as much air as possible so that her heart would feel relieved.
"Then why our son didn’t like me?"
"Tristan, Dax is not a kid like most kids his age. He’s different..." Bella told Tristan about Dax’s character. What are his hobbies? What are his interests in things that adults do? He likes music, computers, and business.
Tristan was shocked and proud at the same time when he heard that.
"He’s a smart boy…"
"You’re not entirely correct. Some experts say our son was born as a genius. He has 160 IQ," Bella responded. A warm smile appears on her lips. "And not only that, he is also very understanding for a boy his age; he didn’t want to make me sad. That’s why he buries the question about his father in his heart and thinks his father has already died."
Tristan felt like there were thousands of nails stabbing his heart. He feels hurt, knowing his son could think like that.
"Never once did Dax ask about you... Until we arrive in this country," Bella said. "At that time, I only told him his father was still alive. He is a businessman and is also from this country. And you know what?"
Tristan nods, curious, wanting to know.
"That time, Dax immediately guessed you were his father. However, when he read your profile on your company website, he immediately said that you are not his father because you never stated you were ever married."
Suddenly, Tristan’s face turned somewhat ugly upon hearing her words. This is one thing that he regrets to this day. If only he hadn’t agreed with his parents, he wouldn’t have needed to become the subject of an internet media source of gossip.
Tristan could only sigh deeply while venting his anger in his mind.
"And when I told Dax you are indeed his father. He is looking for information about you on the Internet, and at that time, he told me... He has decided that he didn’t like you. Because you are such a dishonest and disloyal husband. You have many other women out there and—" she paused when she saw Tristan’s face turn dark.
No matter how angry he was, Tristan tried to control his emotions. He didn’t want to show it to her; he was angry with himself for allowing the media to do that, and he didn’t put much effort into punishing them.
"And Tristan, I want to ask you about something."
He frowned, looking at her.
"Can you explain why you haven’t announced your marriage to Laura Kiels?"