Chapter 995

Callum rubbed his forehead and gazed at Lillian. “Are you planning to come to my room every day in the future to get to know each other?”

“Well, if you think it’s okay, that would be great,” she said.

Feeling speechless, he approached her directly, pushing her against a nearby cabinet. “Lillian, do you really not see me as a man?”

In the evening, she lay beside him, and her arms occasionally reached out to him. Her legs extended over her pregnancy pillow to rest on his thigh. It was beyond ridiculous.

“Of course not, I’ve never thought of you as a woman,” she immediately replied.

He couldn’t help but chuckle. “You really trust me, don’t you?”

“I trust you more than anyone else,” she said matter-of-factly.

Her words momentarily left Callum at a loss for a response.

“By the way, what happened yesterday? Did you… um, eat something you shouldn’t have?” she nervously inquired.

His body tensed. “Do you really want to know?”

This question carried a weighty significance.

Lillian hesitated before responding with a simple “yes.” She wanted to know everything about him, both the good and the bad.

She wanted to understand what had caused him to act the way he did yesterday.

“I drank some alcohol that had something added to it. The person who handed me that drink was my mother,” Callum murmured softly.

Lillian was stunned as she thought, “It was done by his mother?”

The woman appeared dignified but had almost caused a miscarriage for her unborn child. Lillian had no positive impressions of Ysabel.

She never imagined that a mother would actively try to harm her own son.

She could almost guess the reason. After all, there were news reports before about his birthday banquet, stating that Ysabel had invited many socialites in the city.

Some even compared the birthday banquet to a matchmaking event.

“She… she strongly opposes us being together, right?” Lillian bit her lip and said, “If she never agrees in the end, then you…”

“I am no longer a pawn in her hands. The choices I make are my own,” Callum replied. “My mother probably won’t come to disturb you anymore for the next few years. I won’t let her harm our child. This child will undoubtedly be born safe and sound.”

Hearing this, Lillian breathed a sigh of relief. “No matter what, even if your mother continues to object, I will persistently pursue you, just as you said. I won’t give up.”

A light chuckle escaped his lips involuntarily. This woman could be quite frustrating sometimes, but when he was feeling down, she always managed to make him feel better.

“All right, Lillian. You gave me your word. You will persistently pursue me. If you can’t do it one day, I won’t forgive you for the rest of my life.” His voice was like a densely woven web, ensnaring her within it.

“Aiden, your mom has already served her time in prison; I don’t mind you. Why do you refuse me?” The girl’s voice carried a prideful arrogance and indignation.

03:29 She acted as if being rejected was a grave humiliation to her.

Rosalie, who was originally on her way to the principal’s office, paused when she heard this voice calling out Aiden’s name.

“Just because you like me doesn’t mean I have to like you. Also, my mother has been wrongly accused, and the law has cleared her name,” Aiden responded firmly.

Rosalie looked in the direction of the voices and saw Aiden standing in opposition to a girl who had a domineering air about her, blocking his way.

“What does it matter? She still went to jail. If you don’t want to be with me, I’ll tell everyone in school that your mom used to be in prison, and they shouldn’t buy anything from your family’s concession stand!” The girl spoke with a smug smile on her youthful face.

Rosalie was genuinely surprised by the situation. Looking at the girl, who seemed to be about the same age as Aiden, she couldn’t help but wonder why a nine-year-old girl would act this way.

This girl was nothing like the innocent and carefree children she had in mind.

At this moment, from Rosalie’s perspective, she couldn’t see Aiden’s expression, but she noticed that his hands were tightly clenched into fists, and his shoulders were trembling ever so slightly.

The girl seemed even more pleased with herself. “Humph, if you don’t want the whole school to know about your mom’s time in prison and your family’s concession stand to go out of business, you better do as I say. In a while, I’ll have you publicly declare that you like me…”

“No, you can’t do that, young lady!” Rosalie’s voice interrupted the girl.

Aiden turned to see Rosalie and appeared momentarily stunned. The girl, on the other hand, looked angry and asked, “Who are you, old lady? What business is it of yours?”

“Why can’t I be concerned about my godson’s affairs?” Rosalie responded with a faint smile, but her gaze toward the young girl held a touch of sternness. “Let me inform you, young lady, that what you said to Aiden earlier falls under legal definitions of threats and intimidation. I’m a lawyer, and I can clearly tell you that this is a crime punishable by imprisonment