LOGINMia's body froze for a moment before she regained her clarity from the shock of seeing that man again after five years passed. She wouldn't forget about it. After all, Aiden's existence and their almost similar features were the constant reminders.
Her expression didn't change. But, she knew that from one year of staying beside him, he was one sly fox. Under that emotionless expression, he was a person who adept at scheming. This what made him so terrifying in Mia's eyes.Even, she was deceived...Mia didn't really want to meet him, so she quickly retreated to a safe distance where he wouldn't see her. Leonardo Kingston was his name, and he was inside the bakery shop right now.Silently, Mia felt slightly restless. She glanced at him once a while and found that he was taking quite long to choose his damned cake.Her body jolted slightly as their gaze was about to meet. Leon suddenly swept his gaze past the crowd outside the bakery, and he almost found her. Fortunately, she retracted her own gaze at the last moment before he could see her face. Mia's heart revealed her anxiety. As she glanced at him again, he was still looking around the row of cakes.After a while, Leon finally picked some cakes and slices of bread, and he quickly exited the shop. Mia still kept her vigilance. The man didn't really care about anything, his personality was also a prideful one that not a lot of things in this world could move him, so he didn't even look around and quickly left. Even so, Mia knew that this man couldn't be underestimated.Mia also knew that if he found about her, he wouldn't have cared. But, if she added Aiden into the picture, the result was unknown, so she didn't want to take the risk of meeting him face to face again.Her eyes involuntarily followed his figure as the sight of his back gradually getting tinier. There was a complex emotion hidden inside her heart, but as soon as it appeared, she wiped it away."I hope we would never meet again. Our paths are different." Mia muttered softly.She didn't waste any more time to dawdle and quickly picked the cake that was Aiden's favorite. After that, he went back to the restaurant."You are taking so long, is there a long waiting line?" Seina asked, raising her eyebrow. She had ordered everything by herself, even she had memorized Mia's usual food like the back of her hand."There is something that happened on the way." Mia didn't explain any further, though there was a flash of the barely noticeable glint on her eyes.Seina was curious, but she didn't ask. After all, seeing from the almost wooden expression of Mia, it seemed that she had just encountered something personal. So, she wouldn't push it.Aiden immediately became excited as he grabbed the box in front of him. Inside it was the cake with chocolate flavor that was his favorite.Mia looked at Aiden and smiled slightly. "Eat your food first, and you can take all the cake. It's yours."Aiden pouted at Mia's words, however, he didn't dare to disobey it. He immediately ate his own food while occasionally took some bite of the chocolate cake in between."This kid is sure loves sweet things a lot." Seina glanced at Aiden and smiled. Aiden just stuck his tongue out.The rest of the time, they spent it in silence. Mia didn't speak much. She focused on eating her own fill while occasionally wiped the smear on Aiden's cheek."I am going to the bathroom," Mia said after a while. Seina looked at Mia and nodded.Mia stood up from her seat and headed towards the bathroom. Her heart was pounding quite hard right now. If she wasn't wrong, that damned Leon still hadn't left yet. She had seen that man was heading towards the restaurant they were in, and she didn't want to see the risk of being seen with Aiden.Leon didn't know the existence of Aiden yet, and Mia intended it to stay that way. So, even if they accidentally meet, he wouldn't be able to guess that Aiden was his son; even though that their features were also a bit similar, but there were also people with a lot of similar faces despite not being blood relative. So, as long as Mia wasn't with Aiden, Leon wouldn't be able to pick up the clues together.Mia stayed in the bathroom for a while. Looking at her own reflection, she frowned and looked away. She didn't even like her own face and always avoiding it, much less that expression...After a while, Mia walked out of the bathroom. Watching her surrounding, she quickly sought the person that was so familiar yet unfamiliar to her at the same time.Mia frowned after she didn't find his figure. Maybe, he didn't really intend to enter this restaurant. If so, then it was just her being anxious then. She finally let out a sigh of relief."Mia, long time no see."The casual sound of a man sounded like thunder on Mia's ears. The casual tone implied that as if he had just accidentally met an old friend on his trip.Mia looked around and found that the man whom she was searching for was actually this close to her. His back was facing her when she scanned the place just then, and her anxiousness made her fail to notice his figure.Despite the mixed feelings she had inside her heart, she still retained the calmness on her face. Facing the man she regarded as a sly fox, she put on a frown and shook her head and ignored himShe was about to leave when the man suddenly caught her hand. "Why are you in such a hurry? Are you meeting someone?"The words were said in a casual questioning tone, but in Mia's ears, it caused her to feel worried. She looked at the certain table of Seina and Aiden. However, before she could even turn her head, she found that Leon's curious eyes looking at the place she was almost looking at.With her pounding heart, she looked at Aiden and Seina's table to find that..."You have been daydreaming a lot lately." Seina's concerned voice resounded in Mia's ears as she nudged her slightly, making Mia snapped out of her daze.Her hand that had been unmoving continued to do her job of cleaning the table. She didn't answer and only sighed without looking back at Seina.There was nothing she could tell to Seina. However, Seina must've been guessed that something was bothering Mia, and it had something to do with that incident on that another day.Seina looked at Mia, who seemed to be rather stressed lately. It looked like she was under some pressure. Her face showed tiredness: faint dark lines under her eyes, and the dried lips."If you want to talk about something, just come to me." Seina sighed. She quickly took the dirty cups back to the kitchen, before shooting Mia one last look of concern and disappearing inside.Mia was still in some daze even after some time had passed. It was true that Leon's i
Mia's gaze towards Leon may seem to be casual, but it contained a hint of coldness. She looked at the man with caution, occasionally her thoughts would drift as she pondered what he really wanted.If he just wanted some chit-chat, then he could've done it in Mr. and Mrs. Wang's restaurant. Even if some people would pay attention to them, it wouldn't really matter much.However, the more Mia thought about it, the more she couldn't get the answer, even Leon's relaxed expression didn't give away any of his current thoughts."You can stare as much as you want." Another voice that Mia had marked as annoying sounded again, filled with the same teasing that made Mia silently glaring at him coldly."Oh, why? Are you this impatient?" The man in front of her raised his eyebrow. "I don't know that after many years passed, your temperament had changed so much."Mia didn't say anything. However, his words made her narrowed her eyes in an alm
Mia heaved a sigh of relief inwardly as she saw that Aiden and Seina had already left. She had sent a message in the bathroom earlier and telling Seina to bring Aiden home quickly.Luckily, Seina didn't ask much about that and did as she requested. Feeling that her secret was so close to being found out by the person she wanted to avoid most for her entire life, it suddenly left her feeling quite terrified of the consequences. "Why are you not answering me?" Leon stared at her questioningly. His gentlemanly aura immediately attracted the attention of some women inside the restaurant. Leon was indeed a handsome man, combined with his devilish charm and domineering look, most women would find him attractive.However, Seina knew that what lied behind the attractive face of that man was a scheming man. He was one sly fox and extremely dangerous. Most of the time, it was hard to truly read his thoughts just by judging from his expression. He was skilled
Mia's body froze for a moment before she regained her clarity from the shock of seeing that man again after five years passed. She wouldn't forget about it. After all, Aiden's existence and their almost similar features were the constant reminders.Her expression didn't change. But, she knew that from one year of staying beside him, he was one sly fox. Under that emotionless expression, he was a person who adept at scheming. This what made him so terrifying in Mia's eyes.Even, she was deceived...Mia didn't really want to meet him, so she quickly retreated to a safe distance where he wouldn't see her. Leonardo Kingston was his name, and he was inside the bakery shop right now.Silently, Mia felt slightly restless. She glanced at him once a while and found that he was taking quite long to choose his damned cake.Her body jolted slightly as their gaze was about to meet. Leon suddenly swept his gaze past the crowd outside the bake
"Mama, look at what I made!" Aiden ran towards Mia as she busily washing the dishes in the kitchen. She had to work around seven hours a day before someone took her shift so that she could go home around noon.A small figure suddenly entered Mia's sight, causing her expression to soften. Aiden excitedly showed the drawing he had just made, it was that of some yellow ducks swimming on a lake. "I copy this from the book that Auntie Seina brought." Mia took a look at the drawing to appease him.Aiden had turned four years old some weeks ago. He was also a quite smart little boy. At a young age, he had learned to draw and memorized some alphabets."You are really smart, you did well." Mia said. She didn't really know how to prise people and wasn't that good with words, yet because of the existence of Aiden, she had gradually learned.Aiden was quite a chatty little guy, and Mia was a woman with few words, yet the two didn't feel in
It was just a small city. In the quiet morning, another cycle of day and night began; though none could tell whether the day was the beginning or was it the night? None would be bothered to think about it.In this serenity, another day just meant to be the same routine for the woman named Mia Ford. She continued to serve those customers who were looking for warmth amidst the cold air surrounding them.Yet, they didn't notice her cold heart was the same as those snow outside, frozen. She continued to smile. It was subtle, and if one didn't really pay attention close enough they wouldn't be able to notice that the smile was just forced.If those people proclaimed to hate fakeness, then they would hate that smile, or even her. But, she wouldn't care anyway."The customers this morning is really more crowded than yesterday." Seina, the other waitress who worked alongside her exclaimed.Mia just glanced at her briefly and didn't spea