Chapter 167 No Man Can Resist the Temptation of Their First Love
Aiden nodded obediently. “Okay.”
Then, he turned around to go look for Amanda, but saw her walking back with a bunch of branches in her hands.
“Mommy!”
She coldly threw the branches to the side and looked at Elias, “How could you talk behind my back with my son?”
Elias was pitching the tent as he answered with a smile, “Did I?”
It was the truth that Amanda went missing for four years, in which Elias tried all he could to look for her but found nothing.
Amanda harrumphed as she retorted hotly, “I’m an adult. How can I go missing?”
Suddenly, Elias’ phone rang, and he answered it with a frown, “I’ll head over in a couple of days. Look for Mr. Briggs if anything comes up. Tell him that I sent you.”
Then, Natasha’s gentle voice could be heard coming through the phone. “Okay.”
Amanda didn’t want to listen in, but still heard it. Natasha’s voice made her uncomfortable and she couldn’t resist but ask, “Is that your first love calling you? Are you at the stage where you can’t bear to part with each other?”
She didn’t even realize how sour her tone was.
Elias glanced at her. “Can’t you change how you address her? She has a name. It’s Natasha.”
Tsk. Tsk. He’s protecting her now? Amanda was filled with contempt for Elias. This se*mbag sure had many romantic relationships.
Regardless, she could care less about the man and simply snorted, “What’s the use of me to remember her name? You’re the only one who has to. I’m not the one spending my life with her.”
However, Elias looked at her with utter bewilderment as he explained seriously, “I’m not doing that. I’m still single in the eyes of the law.”
Amanda piled the branches up and acted as if she didn’t care. “Law, schlaws. You’ve started something with her. It’s obvious you two still have feelings for each other. So, there’s a high possibility of the both of you getting back together.”
He couldn’t help but continue to tease her when he saw how jealous she was. “Natasha couldn’t find a job, so I gave her one. Besides, she is qualified for this job. It’s not as complex as you think this is.”
“Is that so… Can’t she find her own job? I found mine on my own. How hard can it be?”
When Amanda didn’t have a job, she didn’t go to Elias for help. Yet, Natasha did. She even came looking for Elias on her own. As a fellow woman, Amanda was well aware of just what Natasha was thinking. It was as clear as day that she wanted to get back together with Elias.
Elias could feel his lips curling into a smirk as he tried his best to remain impassive. “Is that so? Maybe it’s because you’re more independent and Natasha’s more cowardly. She has gone for several interviews and
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failed. So, she was disheartened. She probably won’t come to me if she had a choice.”
“Tsk… No man can resist the temptation of their first love. And here I thought you were different from the others, but it seems men all the same,” Amanda’s tone was full of resentment like a woman whose husband had cheated on her.
Elias chuckled as he gazed at her figure. She wasn’t aware of the looks he was shooting at her as she was trying to preoccupy herself by arranging the branches she had brought. “You’re like a bitter wife whose husband had cheated on her. You speak as though I am your husband.”
Amanda looked up with widened eyes as she tried to refute, “No! That’s not it. Pitch the tent. I’m just afraid that when you reconcile with your first love. If you do, Aiden will be in danger. After all, there was that entire incident with Grace that I have no intention of ever going through again.”
Elias immediately answered, “No. That won’t happen ever again.”
He was willing to stay single rather than let Aiden be in danger again. Besides, he knew that he wasn’t interested in any woman besides Amanda. It was just that the woman he desired, the very same woman right in front of him, refused to accept him.
Suddenly, a woman’s voice rang behind him, “Um… Sorry. Aiden’s father, could you help us with the tent? I really don’t know how to fix it up…
Amanda and Elias turned around at the same time to see a little girl’s mother who they heard seemed to be a single parent.
Elias wasn’t bothered by her request and said, “Sure. I’ll help you when I’m done.”
“Really? Thank you! I’ve tried setting it up myself, but I could barely make heads or tails over it. This is giving me a headache.” The woman was genuinely grateful.
However, Amanda muttered on the side, “Does he think he’s some superhero trying to save everyone? Sc*mbag…”
She realized that Elias was really popular with women and beautiful ladies would flock to him wherever he went. For example, this single parent was gorgeous, Any man would fall for her. So, if she asked for help, no one would reject her, and she just had to come to Elias for help.
Elias noticed her murmuring and asked, “What are you talking about?”
Amanda got up and rolled her eyes at him. “I’m just saying you’re a great person helping everyone here. Finish pitching the tent. You need to help others with theirs too.”
Elias was taken aback by her acerbic words. However, he immediately snapped back to his senses with a lighthearted chuckle, “I can say no to her if you aren’t happy about it. Just tell me.”
“What’s there to be unhappy about? It’s good to help others. You should do it.”
“Then, why do you seem angry?” He teased her on purpose.
Then, Aiden exclaimed loudly, “Mommy is angry, She’s like that when she’s angry.”
Amanda was rendered speechless. The very child she had raised on her own lonesome had betrayed her for a father he hadn’t even acknowledged. Is this what betrayal feels like?
“Shut your mouth, Aiden Bailey. Otherwise, you can forget about dinner tonight!” She glared at Aiden.
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Aiden immediately covered his mouth and turned around to run somewhere else.
Elias furrowed his brow. “Don’t threaten him like that. He’ll hate you if you keep doing that.”
“I… Can’t I joke around with him? Besides, I’ve never let him go hungry.”
Amanda felt wronged. She had taken care of Aiden for four years, but Elias was questioning how she taught Aiden now while he had not taken part in Aiden’s life in the last four years. Why pretend to be a good father now? Tsk.
“The tent’s done. You should head in and get some rest. I’ll go over there to help them. We can start the fire once I’m back.”
Then, Elias turned around and walked toward that single parent whose tent looked like it was just taken out of the bag.
Amanda actually didn’t want Elias to go, but she didn’t stop him. Instead, she stomped inside the tent to
rest.
After a while, Aiden ran into the tent and whispered in her ear, “Mommy, I think Yvonne’s mom likes Mr. Winters.
Huh? Amanda looked at him. “You’re just a kid. What do you know? Do you know what you’re talking about?”
She sprinted down the stairs but suddenly remembered her pregnancy and slowed down. Clutching the test strip in her hand, she wondered what Elias Winters' reaction would be once he heard the news.
Yet, when Amanda was halfway down the stairs, she saw two figures in the living room—Elias and a sexy woman. Slowing down her steps, she held the handrail tightly and felt her heart sink. That was because she saw her husband and the woman behaving affectionately as though they were a smitten couple.