Chapter 463

After that day, Bruno and Esme died.

After stabbing Esme, Wade escaped through the secret passage of the Black Family.

Even though Richard and Quentin's people were looking for him, there has been no trace of him so far.

Richard took the evidence of Wade killing Bruno and Esme and spent half a month, using both soft and hard tactics, to bring the Black Family under his control.

During this half month, Isabella and Seb stayed in a hotel, and the two were almost inseparable.

After recovering, Isabella called Lakina.

For some reason, Nina's phone was always unreachable.

Isabella had to call the Jose family.

Kelsey answered the phone.

As soon as she heard it was Isabella, Kelsey screamed, "Mom and Dad, come quickly! Bella is on the phone!"

Then there was a rush of hurried and chaotic footsteps on the other end.

Next, the phone was handed to Margaret.

"Hello, Is it Bella?" Margaret asked softly.

After many days, hearing this gentle voice again, Isabella's nose tingled, and she almost couldn't hold back her tears.

She quickly responded, "It's me, Margaret. How are you?"

"I'm very well, we are all very well. And you? How are you? Did Seb find you? Are you with Seb now?" Margaret asked a lot in one breath.

Isabella patiently answered all of questions one by one.

The warmth from the Jose family quickly filled Isabella's exhausted heart.

Suddenly, a childish voice came from the other end. "Mommy."

Isabella was stunned, her heart seemed to be hit hard by something, not painful, but with an indescribable tingling sensation.

"Mommy." Sweetie's voice came again.

Isabella wanted to respond to Sweetie, but all her emotions surged up in an instant. She covered her mouth and nose, and tears streamed down her face.

"Mommy." Sweetie kept calling on the other end, her childish voice forming the most beautiful music in the world.

Sweetie didn't seem to get tired, continuing to call. It seemed that if she didn't get a response from her mommy, she would keep calling.

Seb patted Isabella's shoulder, took the phone from her hand, and said, "Hello, Sweetie, it's Daddy."

"Daddy." Sweetie called joyfully.

Maybe at her age, Sweetie didn't know what daddy and mommy were.

But humans are born with this ability to sense, and hearing their parents' voices, children feel especially happy.

Sweetie's laughter kept coming from the receiver, sometimes calling daddy, sometimes calling mommy.

Isabella cried uncontrollably beside Seb.

Even after the call ended, she couldn't come out of that overwhelming emotion.

So, she rushed into the bathroom and washed her face with cold water.

Her emotions finally calmed down.

Isabella looked at herself in the mirror, feeling helpless.

She's always been so fragile, tears start falling at the slightest thing, like she's never changed.

Now she was already a mother, and if she remained so fragile, how could she protect her child in the future?

But to change, she didn't know where to start for a while.

As she was worrying, the bathroom door was pushed open by Seb.

He stood at the door, not in a hurry to come in, looking at her with a bit of amusement.

Their eyes met in the mirror, Isabella bit her lip, a little embarrassed, "Did you hang up the phone?"

"Yes" Seb answered.

Isabella turned around, "But I haven't talked to Sweetie yet."

Seb looked seriously at her tear-red eyes, "Are you sure you want to talk now? I'm afraid you can't control it, and you'll cry as soon as you speak."

Seb walked in, holding Isabella's shoulders with both hands, "Let's wait a bit. If you make Sweetie cry too, I'll have to comfort two people."

Isabella's cheeks turned red at his words, "I just miss Sweetie too much."

She didn't want to cry either.

She just couldn't help it when things happened.

When she encountered bad people, she could become tough.

But when she met people she cared about, she couldn't control her tears.

"I know it's not good like this, I'll change in the future." Isabella lowered her head, her words lacking confidence.

Seb laughed, "No need to change."

Isabella looked up at him.

Her tear-red lower eyelids were slightly swollen, and her lips were bitten red, looking very pitiful.

Seb's heart softened, he pecked her lips lightly, saying, "With me here, I won't let you and Sweetie suffer anymore. Cry if you want to cry, laugh if you want to laugh, just be yourself, no need to change."

Isabella finally smiled.

His words made her feel at ease, secure.

She shyly burrowed into his arms like a little girl, wrapped her arms around his slender waist, and pressed her whole face against his chest, "Seb, sometimes I really love you so much."

Seb's chin rested on the top of her head, his fingers lightly pinching her slender waist, "Sometimes?"

Isabella shrank from the tickle, "Every time."

Seb's light laughter came from above her head, he hugged her tighter.

And Isabella also tightened her arms, leaning in his embrace, feeling extremely happy.

In the afternoon, Seb went out.

He originally wanted to take Isabella with him, but when he finished the call and returned to the room, he found her asleep on the sofa.

The phone was on her chest, still ringing.

Seb gently took the phone away, the screen showed a short video sent by Kelsey, a video of Sweetie eating.

Sweetie was eating happily, with a sweet smile.

Seb's thumb gently brushed over Sweetie's cute little face on the screen, then he turned off the phone.

Isabella was sleeping deeply.

In fact, she hadn't rested well in the past half month, with a faint dark circle under her eyes.

Seb gazed at her for a moment, put down the phone, picked her up from the sofa, walking to the bed.

Seb was also very tired.

But he had more important things to deal with, so he couldn't just sleep holding her.

Seb lay beside her for two minutes, kissed her cheek and forehead, then reluctantly withdrew his arm, tucked her in, and got up to leave.

Jack was already waiting outside, holding a briefcase. When Seb came out, Jack was looking at his watch.

As soon as Seb came out, Jack stood up straight, "Mr. Landon, the car is already waiting downstairs."

"Okay." Seb paused, extending his hand, "Give me the briefcase."

"Mr. Landon, let me carry it." Jack said, "I'm not tired."

Seb glanced at him, "I'm not worried about tiring you out, I'm asking you to stay here, I can handle the cooperation alone."

Jack felt a bit awkward, "But."

"I don't feel at ease leaving Bella alone here." Seb said concisely, "You stay, in case anything happens, I'll be at ease."

In the past two years, no one understood better than Jack how Seb and Isabella had gotten through.

So he understood Seb's intentions, if anything happened to Isabella again, Seb would also collapse.

Jack nodded, "I'll stay. You take care of yourself too."

"Don't worry." Seb replied.