Scrambling to Be the Father of His Ex-Wife's Kid novel Chapter 249

Cindy seemed to be still lost in her sorrow when she got up and held Theo’s hand.

"Theowy, Daddy and Mommy loved me very much since I was young, but they left me too early.

Thankfully, you were around to love and pamper me o n behalf of them. However, all you do is ignore me now. I'm so afraid that I'll be all alone. Theowy, I beg of you, please don't abandon me, okay?"

Theo frowned as he spoke, "Stop messing around, Cindy. I'm not ignoring you. It's just that you've found your biological parents who love you, and I have my own family. It's time for me to end things."

"I don't want to! My biological parents may love me but I'm not close to them. I'm not happy at the Louises '!" Cindy wailed.

"Theowy, I don’t wanna be with the Louises’. I just wanna be with you, Zedd, and Mason. You three are m y family. I don't want anything else. I just want us to b e like how we used to be. I just wanna be your little sister and be with you every day.”

The ice on Theo’s face cracked, and his expression softened. The coldness in his eyes had dissipated. I knew him. He may look cold and aloof on the outside, but he had a tender, gentle heart. After losing his

parents, he needed warmth. He was willing to give others that warmth as well.

All this while, Cindy had been very dependent on him. He could relate to what she said, and it brought comfort to his lonely heart. After spending so many years together, it would be impossible for him to leave her be.

Rather than saying that Cindy could not live without Theo, he also needed her to depend on him.

Sometimes, to be depended on was also a way of love.

I stood at the side, watching all these unfold before my eyes.

Even though I was unhappy, I knew full well that this would happen sooner or later. He could never leave her side, and I had no leverage to fight her. Her trump card was one with unlimited use.

Theo gently lifted her off the ground and tenderly wiped her tears away.

I saw how gentle he was and the tenderness in his eyes. My heart sank. I thought I had gotten him to change recently, but it seemed like all my efforts were in vain.

I had lost, and it was a crushing defeat.