Chapter 17

Blake glanced at Jessica, who was pretending to be asleep. He looked at Winson and said, “Wake your mother up for lunch.”

He then turned around and left.

…

Although Jessica could skip lunch and be hungry, she could not starve her son.

Winson went out of the room first and hugged Blake’s leg, asking him for food. Blake saw Jessica emerge with a stiff expression, and it made him even angrier.

Jessica could not find any reason to smile at him. Instead, she found it more interesting to communicate with a stranger in the park using sign language, and her smile had been sweeter than ever back then.

Blake carried his son and shoved the little kid into Jessica’s arms, urging her to feed her son. He was not in the mood to talk to her. She did not even want to sign at him anymore. All she did now was type on the phone and show it to him, so he did not want to talk to her anymore either.

Because she was used to the oppression, she decided to simply endure it. She picked up Winson’s baby spoon and started feeding him.

She barely ate anything during lunch. Even Winson ate more than her. After lunch, Jessica left Winson in Ms. Susan’s care while she went back to her room.

Ms. Susan looked at Blake and carefully asked, “Ma’am doesn’t look too well. Is she sick?”

Blake was slightly surprised but did not say or do anything. In the afternoon, he had a video conference in the study to discuss the European market with his subordinates.

After lunch, Jessica went back to sleep and finally woke up around 2:00 p.m.

The TV was replaying the Mid-Autumn Gala from last night. When Winson saw the sign language dance on TV, he started to mimic the movements of the dancers. However, Jessica noticed that her son was having a hard time learning, so she held his hand and taught him the correct moves.

After Blake ended his video conference, he came out from the study for a glass of water and saw Jessica and Winson playing together. The scene was warming and loving. It even softened his stiff and cold gaze a little. He leaned on the walk and watched them play.

Upon seeing the empty glass in Blake’s hand, Ms. Susan went over and asked, “Sir, let me refill the water for you.”