CHAPTER 174: CHAPTER 174: IF DADDY MISBEHAVES, MOMMY WILL EAT HIM!

"I will not forgive you." Ivy Summers’ voice was cold, "Damien Lancaster, not everything is worth forgiving, you should leave."

"Ivy..." As he turned, Damien Lancaster raised his hand and held Ivy Summers’ hand.

His hand was cold, like ice.

The chill made Ivy Summers’ heart tremble.

Ivy Summers withdrew her hand, lowered her head, and sighed softly, "Actually, you know I won’t forgive you, you know this is useless. Damien Lancaster, it’s useless, no matter what you do."

Ivy Summers turned to leave, while Damien Lancaster pressed his lips tightly, pain clear in his eyes.

At this moment, a small figure ran over, and Ivy Summers turned her head, seeing Sophie had already approached Damien Lancaster.

Sophie’s eyes were red, hands on her hips, looking at Damien Lancaster with an adorably fierce expression.

"Will you abandon me again?"

Damien Lancaster’s chest tightened, "Sophie, Daddy would never abandon you..."

"You’re lying! Why did you abandon me before?"

Sophie was very angry, she didn’t want to be the child who was abandoned.

Damien Lancaster’s expression was complicated, thinking Sophie was talking about when she was exchanged for Annelise Lancaster, "I won’t, never again, I will never make such a mistake again."

Sophie couldn’t remember what happened before, but now she saw Damien Lancaster’s determination to admit his mistakes.

If he promised not to abandon her again in the future, she was willing to forgive him.

"Then promise."

Damien Lancaster, "I promise."

Such a silly daddy, he doesn’t even know how to promise.

Sophie extended her little finger, indicating Damien Lancaster to pinky swear with her.

Damien Lancaster didn’t quite understand, but cooperated by extending his finger, and Sophie even insisted Damien Lancaster stamped it to seal the promise, feeling content then.

"No lying."

"No lying."

Watching this scene, Ivy Summers felt a softness quietly touched in her heart.

Sophie ran to Ivy Summers, holding her hand, "Mommy..."

Ivy Summers knelt down, stroked her daughter’s head, "Sophie wants Mommy to forgive him?"

Sophie blinked and nodded, "Daddy hurts!"

"He deserves it."

"He would die."

Though young, Sophie already understood the meaning of death.

She didn’t want to lose her daddy.

Ivy Summers sighed, "Has Sophie truly forgiven him?"

Sophie nodded.

"Then ask him to get up."

"What about Mommy?"

"Mommy is different from Sophie, there have been too many things between Mommy and Daddy, Sophie doesn’t understand now, and doesn’t need to understand.

Mommy knows Daddy loves Sophie, Sophie can forgive Daddy, and then Sophie will be a happy baby with both Mommy and Daddy."

Ivy Summers thought, since Sophie forgot what Damien Lancaster had done, it was like heaven gave her a new chance to choose.

Ivy Summers won’t let her hate bind Sophie from forgiving Damien Lancaster.

Sophie didn’t understand, but she grasped the key words.

Mommy said it’s okay to forgive, so forgive Daddy.

Mommy also said, Sophie would be a happy baby with both Mommy and Daddy in the future.

"Like Brother Kyle Sterling happy?"

"Hmm?"

"Brother Kyle Sterling has a mommy and daddy, Brother Kyle Sterling’s mommy and daddy love each other, so Brother Kyle Sterling is very happy."

Ivy Summers nodded, "Sort of."

It was rare for Sophie to say so many words.

She couldn’t tell her, your mommy and daddy are divorced, and you won’t be a happy baby.

"Sophie, go persuade your daddy to get up."

Sophie ran to Damien Lancaster, patting his shoulder.

Damien Lancaster looked up, surprised that Sophie ran back.

"Mommy forgives you, Sophie will be a happy baby from now on."

A glimmer of light surged deep in Damien Lancaster’s eyes, "Really?"

Sophie nodded, "But if Mommy scolds you, you can’t talk back, if Mommy hits you, you can’t hit back, if Mommy tells you to go east, you can’t go west, you must hug Mommy before going out, report everything to Mommy, wash Mommy’s feet before bed, and prepare gifts for Mommy on holidays, can you do that?"

Damien Lancaster looked at Sophie, astonished.

This didn’t sound like something Sophie would say.

"Did your Mommy say all this?"

Sophie thought for a moment, Mommy promised to be a loving couple, promised to let her be a happy baby, it’s probably what it means.

In Sophie’s eyes, this was what "loving couple" meant.

Of course, these words were from Kyle Sterling.

Kyle’s daddy did these things, so they were a very happy family.

Kyle also said when his daddy didn’t listen, his mommy would turn into a tigress, which was scary.

Sophie didn’t know what "tigress" means.

But tigers are fierce beasts.

"Yes, if daddy doesn’t listen, Mommy will eat you!"

Damien Lancaster was truly confused, "Mommy will eat people?"

"Yes, she’s very fierce, aren’t you afraid?"

Damien Lancaster had no idea what was going on in Sophie’s little head.

How did they end up talking about Ivy Summers eating people?

But he still cooperated, "Afraid."

"Then you mustn’t make Mommy angry again."

"Okay, Daddy will never make Mommy angry again."

After getting the promise, Sophie ran to Damien Lancaster, hugging his arm, using her little body to pull him up.

Damien Lancaster moved his legs, his knees were already numb from the pain.

Kneeling for a whole day and night, even the strongest body couldn’t hold up, he staggered as he stood up.

At this moment, a figure rushed over, steadily supporting Damien Lancaster, standing behind him.

It was Zachary Lancaster.

Zachary had not left.

Damien Lancaster’s knees were so painful they were numb, but his spine never bent.

Watching Damien Lancaster stand up, Ivy Summers walked over to pull Sophie back under her umbrella.

The rain at this moment was light, but Sophie was still wet, and Ivy Summers took Sophie back.

Damien Lancaster watched Ivy Summers’ back, knowing Ivy Summers hadn’t forgiven him, but Sophie saying these things to him showed Ivy Summers hadn’t taught Sophie to hold a grudge against him.

"Sophie, what did you say to Daddy just now?"

Ivy Summers noticed Sophie had said a lot but couldn’t hear from afar.

"Sophie told Daddy to be nice to Mommy and not make her angry again. Daddy agreed."

Sophie turned back to look at Damien Lancaster, who was still standing there.

"Mommy, Daddy looks so pitiful."

"How is he pitiful? He’s not; when he goes back, he’s still the high and mighty President Lancaster."

"Are we going back with Daddy?"

"This... In the future, Sophie can live with Mommy or Daddy, but if we want to leave now, we have to inform Grandpa Sterling and the others first. It’s polite."

Sophie understood.

Although she wanted to be with Daddy, she actually didn’t want to leave the Sterling Family either.

Because everyone in the Sterling Family was nice.

Ivy Summers took Sophie to change clothes.

Just then, the door to the room was gently knocked.

"Who’s there?" Ivy Summers asked.

"It’s me." It was a woman’s voice.

Ivy Summers put down the towel she used to dry Sophie’s hair and went over to open the door.

The woman at the door was dressed in a cheongsam, with a light shawl draped over her shoulders. She had a dignified and gentle appearance, her every move elegant and poised, radiating the aura of a lady from a past era.

It was Kyle Sterling’s mother.

Chloe Caldwell.

Ivy Summers greeted politely, "Mrs. Sterling."

Chloe Caldwell handed a set of clothes to Ivy Summers, her voice gentle, "You got all wet, right? I prepared a set of clothes for you; it’s new, hurry up and change."

Ivy Summers took the clothes, "Thank you."

Just as Ivy Summers was about to help Sophie change first, Chloe Caldwell came in, "Let me help Sophie change, you should hurry and change yourself first, don’t catch a cold later."

Saying this, Chloe Caldwell had already approached Sophie.

Sophie was very obedient in Chloe Caldwell’s hands because Kyle had said that his mom could turn into a big tiger.

Sophie dared not misbehave.

Ivy Summers went into the bathroom to change clothes.

Sophie looked at the gentle woman in front of her, and no matter how she looked, she didn’t seem like someone who would turn into a big tiger.

"Auntie, can you turn into a big tiger?"

Chloe Caldwell laughed, "How could Auntie turn into a big tiger? Who told you that?"

"Brother Kyle."

Listening to Sophie’s soft, scared voice, Chloe Caldwell instantly knew her son had been spreading rumors about her again behind her back.

"That rascal is spouting nonsense again. I’ll skin him later," she said fiercely, then very gently, "Oh dear, Sophie, don’t believe him. Auntie is the gentlest, now, lift your arms."

Sophie was more obedient than ever!

Chloe Caldwell helped Sophie take off the wet clothes, swiftly dried her with a large towel, and was about to dress her.

Chloe Caldwell frowned, staring in a daze at the light pink birthmark on Sophie’s shoulder.

"Auntie, what are you looking at?"

Chloe Caldwell gently ran her fingers over it, murmuring, "Sophie, this birthmark on your shoulder..."

Sophie blinked in confusion.

Chloe Caldwell shook her head.

It shouldn’t be.

It couldn’t be so coincidental.

Chloe Caldwell finished dressing Sophie, "All done."

Ivy Summers also finished changing and came out.

Seeing Ivy Summers, Chloe Caldwell was momentarily dazed again.

For a moment, Ivy Summers looked a bit like someone not to be mentioned from the Sterling Family.

"Mrs. Sterling?"

"Mrs. Sterling?"

Ivy Summers called twice before Chloe Caldwell snapped back.

"Huh? You’re done changing."

"Yes."

"Sophie is also done changing. Old Master is waiting for you downstairs, come down with me."

"Alright."

...

Sterling Family’s living room.

Old Master Sterling was sipping tea, looking at the people in front of him, "You still chose to forgive him?"

Ivy Summers, "No, I just..."

Old Master Sterling smiled, "Just softened your heart."

Truly kind people can’t be heartless.

Damien Lancaster kneeling outside was also a kind of torment for Ivy Summers.

"Are you planning to leave?"

Ivy Summers, "We’ve already imposed for too long."

"Stay for the promised three days, we’ve grown fond of Sophie over the month."

Ivy Summers glanced at Sophie, who obviously didn’t want to leave either.

Chloe Caldwell also persuaded, "Yes, do stay for another two days, besides, it’s already late today, and it’s not safe for the two of you to travel."

"Mommy, Sophie still wants to play with Brother Kyle."

Ivy Summers had to agree, "Alright then."

Sophie was overjoyed to hear that.

Chloe Caldwell liked Ivy Summers very much and pulled her aside for a chat, "Ivy, what do your parents do, can we visit them?"

Ivy Summers paused slightly before speaking, "My parents are no longer with us."

Chloe Caldwell tapped her own mouth, "Oh my, I’m sorry, I didn’t know."

Ivy Summers shook her head, "It’s alright."

"Can I ask what happened between you and Damien Lancaster? You got divorced, but we can all see that he still has feelings for you."

If there were no feelings, how could such a proud and noble person willingly kneel for forgiveness?

Chloe Caldwell knew her husband loved her very much and indulged her in everything, but even she knew her husband couldn’t do this.

Because people like them, who have been in high positions for a long time, are all too proud.

To humble themselves to this extent.

It shows he really cares.

"It’s all in the past with him and me; even if he has feelings for me, it’s over. He’s getting married."

Chloe Caldwell had heard about Damien Lancaster’s engagement.

Chloe Caldwell patted Ivy Summers on the shoulder, spoke earnestly, "Out with the old, in with the new. Once separated, there will be better ones. For instance, my eldest son is not bad; do you want to consider him?"

The topic changed too quickly, catching Ivy Summers off guard.

"Mr. Tristan Sterling?"

"Yes, him. My son is no worse than Damien Lancaster, except, um... he might have a little quirk."

"What quirk?"