Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 329 Mr. Coke

Yuliana quickly set aside the things in her hand and crouched down in front of Rowan. She reached out to wipe off

Rowan’s tears. However, the latter rebuffed her efforts and turned his face away, displaying his resentment. With a

pout and his downturned lips, Rowan looked at Yuliana with red, tearful eyes, feeling upset and wronged.

Yuliana knew that Rowan was angry.

She recalled an incident before when Rowan brought his favorite toy robot downstairs, and it was accidentally

broken by one of his friends. It was the same disappointed expression as it was before. Rowan would often throw

small tantrums but rarely got truly angry.

Yuliana extended her arm and made Rowan look her in the face. Despite Rowan resisting her, she gently wiped his

tears and said, “Mommy is sorry. I was wrong to yell at you earlier. Please don’t be angry with me, okay?”

Rowan’s cheeks remained puffed, but his gaze softened. He stared at Yuliana for a while, then threw himself into

Yuliana’s arms, wrapped his arms around her neck, and said in a nasal voice, “Okay.”

Two seconds later, he kissed Yuliana’s face again and said, “I love you, Mommy.”

Yuliana’s heart melted at Rowan’s words. She kissed his forehead and said with a gentle smile, “Mommy loves you

too. Stop crying?”

Rowan pulled away from Yuliana’s embrace and nodded as he said, “Yes!”

Yuliana said, “Can you walk on your own? I have to carry things.”

“Okay,” Rowan replied.

Yuliana got up, picked up the things that were placed aside, and took Rowan to the parking area. But after a few

steps in, Rowan tugged on Yuliana’s clothes and shouted from behind, “Mommy, it’s Mr. Coke.” Startled, Yuliana

turned around to see a man and a woman walking in their direction.

The man was Christopher, who had helped Rowan to reach the can of Coke at the supermarket earlier. The woman

was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, showing only her beautiful eyes. She was well-dressed and had a slender

figure.

Yuliana glanced at them for a brief second and was ready to leave with Rowan. However, Christopher turned to look

in their direction. Before Yuliana could withdraw her gaze, their eyes met. Unflinchingly, she averted her gaze. “Be

careful as you cross the road.”

Rowan withdrew his gaze and followed Yuliana obediently, ready to leave the place.

Just then, Christopher left the woman beside him and hurried toward Yuliana and Rowan.

Sensing the presence of someone behind her, Yuliana had no choice but to stop.

Christopher looked at Yuliana first. Both of them looked calm. Then, he looked at Rowan beside Yuliana. The little

boy was blinking his eyes as he looked at Christopher, puzzled.

He smiled at Rowan and said to Yuliana, “I have no ill will.”

Then, he took out a can of Coke from his shopping bag and handed it to Rowan.

Rowan’s watery eyes lit up in an instant when he saw the can of Coke. When he was about to reach out to accept it,

he couldn’t help but look up at Yuliana again with pleading eyes. “Mommy, please…” Rowan implored loudly.

Yuliana could not resist the eager look of her son. Yet, her mind was plagued by hesitations and some other

thoughts. After gathering her thoughts, she touched Rowan’s soft curly hair and urged him to thank the man before

him. “Go ahead and say thank you to Mr. Coke.”

With his mother’s permission, Rowan immediately took the Coke from Christopher and said happily, “Thank you, Mr.

Coke!”

Christopher looked at Rowan and said, “You’re welcome.”

Rowan held the Coke in his hands as if he had scored himself a rare treasure. He was so happy that his attention

was wholly on the can of Coke in his hands.

Christopher reached out his hand to touch Rowan’s face, but Rowan’s reflex was quick to dodge the former’s hand.

It was evident that Rowan was uncomfortable with being touched by strangers, even when the man had offered

him a can of Coke.

Christopher’s hand froze in midair before he drew it back.

Just then, the woman who was with Christopher walked over and cast a glance at Yuliana and the child beside her.

She then turned to look at Christopher and asked, “Do you know each other?”

Christopher did not spare a passing glance at the woman and even deliberately disregarded her question. As the

woman awaited his response, Christopher remained unresponsive, causing discontentment in the former.

Nonetheless, the woman refrained from making a scene in front of strangers.

Yuliana patted Rowan on the back and said, “Let’s go.”

Rowan was confused as his focus was still on the can of Coke in his hands. After following Yuliana for a distance, he

seemed to remember something. He turned to look at Christopher, who was standing and watching them from a

distance. Rowan politely bid Christopher goodbye. “Goodbye, Mr. Coke.” Christopher smiled at him.

After the two disappeared, Christopher headed in the other direction.

The woman became infuriated when Christopher evaded her questions. She caught up to him and asked,

“Christopher, do you know the mother and son from just now?”

The woman seemed to sense that there was something between Christopher and the woman with the child they

had just encountered.

Christopher ignored her words.

When he arrived at his parking spot, he threw the shopping bag into the trunk and opened the driver’s door to get

into the car.

The woman stood in front of the car, seemingly prepared for a confrontation with Christopher.

Christopher shot an indifferent glance at her and went on to pick up a cigarette box from the armrest box. He took

out a cigarette, lit it, lowered the window, and smoked slowly. His gray eyes were devoid of any emotions as he

looked in the direction of the woman. It was as if he was looking through her, not at her. As the tension simmered

between them, the woman eventually backed down.

Fuming with anger, she could not help but stomp her foot before storming into the passenger seat. Her hands were

quick to take off her mask and hat. Frustrated, she ran her fingers through her hair as she said, “What do you

mean? Does it take a lot for you to coax me?”

Christopher gave her the side-eye as he flicked off the cigarette ash. “That child just now was my son,” he

stated.

“What?” the woman exclaimed in disbelief at the revelation.

The woman could not believe her ears, though his words were unmistakably clear.

Despite being in shock, she could easily read the situation.

If the child was Christopher’s son, the woman that they saw was…

Christopher seemed to have guessed her thoughts and said, “You guessed it right. She’s my ex-wife.”

The woman’s face darkened, and her eyebrows furrowed. She turned to look out of the window and remained silent

for a long while.

Christopher, too, did not continue to speak.

The silence in the car was deadly.

Several minutes went by. The woman eventually lost her composure. She looked at Christopher and asked angrily,

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

Christopher put out the smoke and said in a low voice, “If it bothers you that much, we can call it quits now.”

Hearing that, the wornan panicked at the thought of losing Christopher. “I didn’t mean that,” she said.

She pouted and looked at Christopher.

In truth, she had only known Christopher for ten days, and their relationship was undefined. They were still in

the ambiguous stage, and they were just getting to know each other. Regardless, she had strong feelings for

Christopher and believed that he felt the same way.

The way Christopher had willingly revealed the truth to her seemed to solidify that belief.

As she reflected on their interactions over the past few days, she came to know very well that Christopher was not

a patient man who would go out of his way to appease a woman. That was precisely the reason she was drawn to

him.

However, she was determined to be different from all the women in Christopher’s life. She wished to be the one

who could change him. She wanted to make him understand that it was worth it to be patient and to take the time

to understand and listen to her.