Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 92 You Are Its Uncle

“That kind of woman?”

Christopher’s voice was soft and gentle. Those who didn’t know him would never have detected the change in his

emotions.

However, the people in that room were also the ones closest to him. Naturally, they were very familiar with

Christopher’s temperament.

Christopher seldom cared about anything. He was also the type to fool around all the time and always seemed

nonchalant about everything in life.

This time, he gazed at his mother quietly with his dull gray eyes. The look on his face seemed extraordinarily

serious.

If someone else other than Winnie were to say those things in Christopher’s face, he wouldn’t have continued

sitting there calmly by now.

Winnie was momentarily stunned upon seeing his gaze.

Even though Christopher had been a mischievous kid since childhood and acted out rebelliously many times, he

remained respectful to her. Never did he use this tone to talk to her at all.

But now, he questioned and talked back to her for the sake of a woman.

This thought made Winnie’s heart surge with sorrow, making her eyes redden immediately.

Having noticed this, Layla quickly shot a look at her father, Zachary.

Zachary patted his wife on the back of her hand while coaxing. “Christopher isn’t a kid anymore. He has his own

principles when it comes to certain matters. We shouldn’t worry too much about him. Besides, isn’t Ken the

patriarch of the family now?”

Winnie glared at Zachary while huffing coldly. She turned her face aside as she grabbed her handkerchief before

turning away from everyone to dab her eyes.

She understood what Zachary said but couldn’t help but feel sad on the inside.

Winnie then remembered the idiom of how a mother could no longer influence her children once they were all

grown up.

Sure enough, no matter how close Christopher was to her, he wouldn’t prioritize her anymore once he had a wife.

For a moment, no one spoke up at all. They cast their gazes on Kendrick instead as they waited for him to

decide.

“Come with me.” Suddenly, Kendrick got up and shot a glance in Christopher’s direction. Then, he turned on his

heel and headed upstairs.

Christopher sat there without the intention to move. He watched Kendrick walking up the stairs quietly. No one

could tell what he was thinking about.

A moment later, he finally got up to his feet and went upstairs at a leisurely pace.

When Christopher opened the door and entered the study, he saw Kendrick standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling

window with his back facing him. Smoke shrouded his figure, trailing all the way from the lit cigarette that was

pinched between his fingers.

Kendrick had always been a disciplined man. He kept himself in check even when it came to smoking and drinking.

It was rare for Christopher to see Kendrick smoking on occasions other than social events.

He closed the door of the study as he entered. He then approached the desk to grab the pack of cigarettes and

withdrew a cigarette stick to light it up before joining his brother at the window.

Kendrick spotted Christopher’s smoking posture in the corner of his eye, noting his familianty with the action. He

remarked coldly, “Christopher, I’ve been very tolerant of you these years, haven’t I?”

Christopher didn’t answer. Instead, he took two puffs from his cigarette and blew out a smoke ring. Then, he looked

down at the burning stick in his hand, choosing to provide a different answer. “This cigarette’s pretty

decent.”

Kendrick glanced at him for a moment before looking out the window. A moment of silence ensued

afterward. “Christopher, have you ever considered carefully the future challenges you’ll be facing if you do end up

marrying her?”

Naturally, he was referring to Yuliana.

Christopher’s brows were tangled together in a slight frown. His brows soon relaxed as he flicked the ash from his

cigarette twice. “I never thought about it.”

It was true that he hadn’t thought about it. Then again, he didn’t have time to do so.

If it wasn’t for Kendrick saying such things in the living room earlier, Christopher might not have decided to marry

Yuliana.

Would she agree to it?

Even if she did, it would be for the baby’s sake, right?

The corners of his mouth were lifted sarcastically.

Having heard Christopher’s answer, Kendrick glanced at him, and his gaze became stern. He then snuffed his

cigarette out in the ashtray before saying, “Why would you want to marry her if you never even considered this

matter? Christopher, is marriage nothing but a game of make-believe to you? Haven’t you humiliated the Solace

family enough?”

After that, Kendrick pointed at Christopher with the hand still holding the cigarette, with a cold expression on his

face. “I’ll deal with Yuliana and the baby in her womb. I’ll definitely break your legs if you dare to interfere with

me!”

Christopher’s gaze snapped toward Kendrick immediately after hearing this. “Kendrick, don’t you dare assume that

I’m afraid of you just because you’re my older brother. Try to lay a finger on her. I dare you!”

Kendrick just smiled. “Sure. Let’s try it out!”

Christopher glared at Kendrick coldly for a moment before he put out the cigarette in the ashtray forcefully. Then,

he strode out of the study with his long legs.

After hearing the sound of the study’s door being closed, Kendrick took another drag out of his cigarette. Then, he

turned his gaze to the scenery outside the window.

When he was done smoking that cigarette, the door of the study was pushed open from the outside once again.

Layla was the one entering the study.

“Hey, Ken.”

The smell of cigarette smoke and ash in the study made Layla frown. She walked over to the window and opened it

immediately to allow air circulation within the room. “Didn’t Joyce forbid you from smoking?” she reminded.

Kendrick shot her a look before replying lightly, “It’s just one cigarette.”

Layla walked over to an armchair and sat down. “Did the talk with Christopher go badly?”

Kendrick approached her and replied with a question, “Did you meet Ms. Livingstone earlier this evening?”

Layla nodded. “Yeah.”

“How was it?”

Layla stated honestly, “Let’s not dwell on the fact that she’s Damian Livingstone’s daughter. She used to be married

in the past. In my opinion, she’s a better match for Christopher as compared to Annabelle. She’s also a suitable

choice as a daughter-in-law of the Solace family.”

Kendrick met Layla’s eyes. “However, these two factors are also the ones that determined her fate. It’s impossible

for her to marry into the Solace family.”

Layla was stunned. “Ken…”

Kendrick lifted a hand to prevent Layla from finishing her sentence. “Make an appointment with her for me. I’d like

to meet her.”

Layla’s expression darkened immediately.

She initially thought that Kendrick refused to keep the baby to force Christopher to speak up about it. Now

that she heard his words, she realized that he didn’t want the baby to be born at all.

Then again, this was a matter that concerned the Solace family. Since Kendrick had made the final decision, there

was no way Layla could change the outcome.

“Okay. I’ll go make the arrangements.”

After her reply, Layla was about to get up and leave, but she stopped in her tracks after taking a few steps. She

then turned around to look at Kendrick, who remained seated. With pursed lips, she commented, “It’s still

Christopher’s baby, after all. It’s a part of the Solace family’s bloodline, which makes you its uncle.”

Having said her piece, Layla left straight away.

When Kendrick exited the study, he got into his car and drove away from the Solace residence.

He called Raymond in his car and invited him for a few drinks.

Raymond had just gotten out of a social event, so he already had more than a few drinks in his system. When he

received the call from Christopher, he felt like vomiting the moment the word “drinks” was mentioned. However, he

sensed that Christopher’s tone was slightly off, so he asked a cab driver to drive him to Prestige. Club in the end.

By the time Raymond arrived, Christopher had already downed a bottle of whiskey. The sight of his friend spurred

only a glance from Christopher before he poured a full glass for him.

Raymond couldn’t help but click his tongue when he noticed Christopher’s sour mood. However, he chose not to

say anything about it. Instead, he grabbed the glass and took a small sip from it.

In the end, Christopher got extremely drunk. Raymond asked the staff members of Prestige Club to take him

to the lounge that was located on the top floor. Both of them proceeded to spend the night there.

The meeting with Winnie and Christopher’s sister, Layla, did nothing to soothe Yuliana’s nerves. Instead, she

became more anxious.

The anxiety worsened steadily over time.

That evening, Layla had made it clear that the Solace family would never give up the baby’s custody.

But in the next two days, the Solace family didn’t say anything about that matter. Even Christopher didn’t show up

in her life. Yuliana had no idea what the Solace family was planning this time.

On Sunday, Yuliana finally received a call from Layla.

However, neither Winnie nor Layla was the one meeting her this time. It was Kendrick, the head of the Solace

family.

Like the previous meeting, the Solace family had arranged for a car to pick Yuliana up at her neighborhood despite

her reluctance to attend the meeting. Also, she had never informed Kendrick of her address.