CHAPTER 685: CHAPTER 685: I WANT MOMMY, WAAA~

She deceived him!

She lied to him, saying the child in her belly belonged to Seth Sullivan. Now it made sense; with her incredible medical skills, altering her pregnancy duration must have been a piece of cake.

Why did she deceive him?

Hayden Crawford couldn’t forgive her for such a betrayal. The child was his. No matter what, he had the right to know, but for three years, he knew nothing!

What he couldn’t forgive even more was, in these three years, she had returned to Alani for the entire time and never came back.

He hadn’t been able to be by Pip and Stella’s side these three years, watch them grow. His fatherly love had been absent for a whole three years.

She knew very well that he and Caden Crawford lived in the City of Aethelgard. Once intimate lovers, she gave birth to their firstborn after ten months of pregnancy. Yet, she let the father and son fend for themselves these years. She had disappeared from his life, from Caden Crawford’s life, for a whole three years.

Thinking of these things, Hayden Crawford wished he could find her right now and personally dig out her heart to see how she could be so heartless!

At this moment, a "knock knock knock" on the door interrupted him, and the maid outside said, "Sir, someone outside wants to see you."

Who is it?

"Let them in."

The maid entered respectfully to report, "Sir, a woman has come outside. She says she wants to see you and... take her child away."

Hayden’s gaze flickered, already knowing who it was. Serena Sterling had come!

Today, he had brought Pip and Stella over without locking down the information. He knew she would come; she just came a bit sooner than he expected.

Right now, Hayden didn’t want to meet this heartless woman. Thinking about her actions made him want to harshly teach her a lesson and let her suffer a bit.

"I won’t see her. Tell her to leave immediately!" Hayden said sternly.

"Yes, sir."

...

Serena Sterling had arrived, now standing just outside the villa’s gate.

She woke up this morning in the presidential suite, remembering nothing except the memory of drinking too much at The Crawford Group’s annual party last night and wanting to take Hayden Crawford down. However, Hayden had thrown her into the water to sober up.

Thinking about her foolish actions, Serena Sterling wished she could dig a hole in the ground and hide.

After leaving The Crawford Group, she returned home and quickly received a call from Auntie Sullivan. Auntie Sullivan said Hayden had taken Stella, and Pip had gone with him too.

Serena was startled. She hadn’t yet had time to tell Hayden the truth about Pip and Stella’s parentage. He had always been under the impression that Pip and Stella were Seth Sullivan’s children. Would he harm the two children?

Serena rushed over here, anxious to see Hayden.

Just then, with a "creak," the villa door opened again. The maid stood by the door and said, "Sorry, our sir said he doesn’t want to see you and asks you to leave immediately."

What?

He didn’t want to see her?

Serena immediately furrowed her brows, "I won’t leave. My two children are inside. Where is Hayden? Why won’t he see me?"

"Miss, we’re just following orders. The sir doesn’t want to see you, so please leave immediately!"

With a bang, the maid slammed the villa door shut.

Serena, "..."

...

In the study, Hayden stood tall and upright by the floor-to-ceiling window, lowering his handsome eyelids as he looked below; Serena’s slender figure was entirely in his view.

The door had closed, but she hadn’t left; she was still waiting outside.

If she wanted to wait, then let her wait for a while.

Suddenly, a childish sobbing sound came from outside the study door, "Woo woo woo~"

Hayden immediately snapped out of his thoughts, startled, because it was Stella’s crying. Stella was crying.

He quickly stretched his long legs and rushed out. In the room, he found the maid comforting Stella, "Little Miss, what’s wrong? Don’t cry, or you won’t be pretty."

Yet, Stella kept crying, her powdery little fists rubbing her eyes and rubbing out a face full of tears.

Hayden said in a deep voice, "You can leave now."

"Yes, sir." The maid quickly exited the room.

Hayden looked at Stella. Stella had already bathed, wearing a pale yellow suspender dress with yellow socks on her feet. Standing there crying, one of her socks had fallen off, revealing her tiny foot.

Stella’s cries seemed to shatter Hayden’s heart. He quickly reached out and scooped Stella into his strong arms, soothing her gently, "Stella, why are you crying? Quickly tell uncle."

Tears sparkled on Stella’s delicate little face as she looked at Hayden with big, grievance-filled eyes. Her small pink lips quivered; she wanted to cry again, "Mommy~ Stella misses Mommy~ Stella wants Mommy~ Woo woo~"

Stella missed mommy, so she was crying.

Hayden felt a twinge of pain in his heart. No matter how unforgivable Serena was, the three kids deeply loved her. A mother’s love was irreplaceable.

"Stella, be good. Don’t cry, okay? You see, it’s already very late. Tomorrow morning, uncle will take you to find mommy, alright?" Hayden gently patted Stella’s back with his big hand.

Actually, he had personally brought up Caden Crawford, so he wasn’t exactly a novice at childcare. However, holding little Stella in his arms now, she was so soft as if boneless. He dared not exert any force, afraid of hurting her.

Stella lay sadly on Hayden’s shoulder, her cries rising and falling, her little nose red with a heartbreakingly tender voice, "No~ I want mommy now~ Mommy, mommy~"

At this moment, Pip came in, looking at Hayden, "Handsome uncle, soothing Mimi like that won’t work. Mommy always sleeps with Mimi. Even when mommy is very busy, she video chats with Mimi at night."

Hayden looked at his other son Pip, his expression questioning: can’t this night be an exception?

Pip shrugged, unable to help.

Hayden was at his wits’ end. Now Serena was right outside the door. He had already given the order not to let her in and not to let her see the children.

Furthermore, he had decided to bring Pip and Stella to live with him. He wanted custody of the two children.

But now, plans had changed. He had overlooked the children’s dependence and love for Serena. Trying to forcibly separate them from their mommy was probably not going to happen.

Stella was still crying, and Hayden was at a loss. No matter how he tried to soothe her, it didn’t work.

Feeling distressed, he bent over, picked up the tiny, milk-scented yellow sock from the carpet, and put it back on Stella. "Alright, Stella, uncle will take you to see mommy now, but you must stop crying, okay?"