When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1545

Chapter 1545

Emma glared at him in displeasure. “Are you sure you get what I mean when I grumble that I’m bored?”

“What do you mean?” John was baffled.

Emma was enraged and almost stretched out her hand to pinch John on his arm again. Nevertheless,she put down her hand as something crossed her mind. “Forget about it. Anyway, don’t ever dream ofhaving another baby girl again!”

In an instant, John felt dejected like an inflated balloon. Besides, he could not catch what Emma wasthinking at the moment. Shrugging his shoulder, he was silent and did not persist to talk her intoaccepting his request.

My goodness! John is still as simple-minded and can’t read Emma’s mind after so many years!

It seems he never gets to understand women. Women are the same in general. Other than being toughon the outside and soft on the inside, we yearn for everlasting affection, attention, and care from ourbeloved partners!

When John tried to track down my whereabouts by all means around the world previously, he hadsacrificed his family time for Emma and their son. Since they could eventually reunite with each other,Emma would definitely hope that they get to have more romantic moments with each other.

Nonetheless, John was never a romantic and sentimental man. As a computer expert, he was a bit toorealistic in a way. Poor Emma, it’ seems like there’s a long way for her to go before my dumb brotherlearns about romance!

Looking at how the two of them were bickering with each other, Ashton turned slowly toward me,hinting me to speak up for him.

I used to be really protective of my children, and was reluctant to let them be exposed to any potentialchallenges of the outer world. As time went by, I gradually understood that the problems could not beresolved by hiding ourselves forever. The exposure to the hardships could be considered as intensivetraining sessions for ourselves. In other words, we tended to become mightier through the enduranceof obstacles in life.

Therefore, I agreed to let Audrey go to the orphanage with Ashton. I decided to reveal the other side ofthe real world to her, giving her a picture that life was not just solely about beautiful moments all thetime.

“Just let her go this round. I’ll accompany her,” I said gently as I stood up.

No doubt kids are innocent and lack courage. We as parents should play our role well and help them inboosting their courage.

Both Ashton and I could foresee that our children would never lead a free and easy lifestyle. Hence, Ifelt that it was practical to expose them to the outer world earlier so they would be able to experiencethe uncertainties and adapt better to the various types of challenges in life. Even though Ashton and Iwould try our best to be their all-time mentor and protector, we had to give them space to beindependent.

The moment Audrey heard that I allowed her to follow Ashton out, she was over the moon. BeforeAshton could open his mouth to say anything, she was already trotting toward the main door as sheyelled jubilantly, “Hurray! I can go out to play now! Time to go out to play!”

I could not resist knitting my brows. Both Ashton and I have a cool temperament. How on earth doesshe have such a lively characteristic?

Glancing obliquely at Ashton, I was surprised that he actually looked calm and approved it silently.Stretching out his hand instinctively, he gestured to me to hold his hand.

My lips lifted into a smile as I walked toward him. The moment I grabbed hold of his hand, bothSummer and Gregory stood up and gazed at us seriously.

“Both of you want to go with us as well?” I asked tentatively.

“Yeah.” Gregory nodded and replied firmly, “I’ll follow wherever Audrey goes. As his elder brother, I’llprotect her well!”

His words really warmed my heart. I was really proud of him.

“Oh! How sweet! Audrey is really lucky to have such a caring brother!” I complimented Gregory andpatted his shoulder as a token of encouragement.

I was thankful that Gregory played his role well as an elder brother and was protective of his sister atsuch a young age. At the same time, I could not help letting out a deep sigh as the dispute betweenAshton and his siblings flashed across my mind.

Later, I raised my head and gazed at Audrey. As we locked gazes, both of us smiled knowingly at eachother. “Needless to ask, Gregory offers to protect Audrey, and you need to protect both of them, right?”I asked jokingly.

“Hehe!” Summer giggled shyly. There were sparkles in her smiling eyes.

In the end, we agreed to be fair and bring along all three of them.

Drew was the youngest among them, yet he was very observant and smart like John. The moment hesaw Audrey and the others step out, he also stood up in an instant and tried to catch up with them.

As expected, both John and Emma tagged along with us as well since Drew was clingy to Audrey.

Both families ended up heading for the orphanage together. It was as if we were on a special familyouting at night.

When we finally reached the orphanage, it was already ten at night.

Most of the children there had gone to bed, except those who were brought back from overseas byJoseph. At the moment, they were all gathered in one of the classrooms.

I started to feel uneasy the moment Ashton told me earlier that those children were rescued from theillegal lab involved with human genetic modification. Initially, I thought that those unfortunate childrenwho were abducted for the experiment might be disfigured or even in a gory mess after being ill-treated. Hence, I kept telling myself to stay calm so as not to scare my children a while later.

Nevertheless, I was surprised at what came into my view when I stepped into the particular classroom.