Chapter 116\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a brief lapse, Julian quickly regained his composure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvan,\u201d he said calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad!\u201d Evan looked visibly excited. \u201cDad, this is Ms. Nora. Her name is Nora Ashford!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The unexpected introduction left Nora momentarily at a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t shake the uneasy feeling stirred by the way the father\u2013and\u2013son duo were looking\u00a0<\/p>\n
at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSince you\u2019re here, Mr. Brennan, I\u2019ll take my leave. I have an appointment with my boyfriend, so I\u2019ll excuse myself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boyfriend?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian had yet to fully recover from his earlier shock when this new piece of information\u00a0<\/p>\n
reached him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He pressed his lips together and gave a restrained nod. \u201cThank you, Ms. Ashford.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He studied her expression carefully, but she merely waved calmly and turned to leave. If it were the woman he had been looking for, she would not have shown such flawless composure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Could it really be possible for two people in this world to look so strikingly alike?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad! Did you see that? Doesn\u2019t she look just like Mom?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian brushed away the hand gripping the hem of his jacket. \u201cEvan, she isn\u2019t I\u2019ve told you, your mother has passed away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
your mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Evan\u2019s eyes instantly reddened. \u201cI don\u2019t believe it! If she\u2019s gone, why didn\u2019t you take me to visit her grave? Dad, you\u2019re lying! You\u2019re a bad person!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvan!\u201d Julian\u2019s patience finally wore thin. He loosened his tie, forcing his anger down. \u201cIf you ever run off like this again, I won\u2019t come to pick you up. Do you understand?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd since you\u2019re staying at your Aunt Betty\u2019s place, you need to behave and not cause trouble for others. What you did just now caused trouble for Ms. Ashford.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tears streamed down Evan\u2019s face as he sobbed. He murmured through his cries, \u201cDad, you\u2019re\u00a0<\/p>\n
so mean.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His crying grew loud enough to draw the attention of those around them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 116\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
With a sigh, Julian lifted him with one arm and headed for the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBehave, Evan. You need to learn how to manage your emotions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian, naturally rigid and solemn, had completely forgotten that Evan was only a six\u2013year- old child, one who could hardly be expected to regulate his emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eventually, Evan cried himself into exhaustion and fell asleep, slumped against the back seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian drove him to Silas\u2018 home, arriving just as Bethany returned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She called out, \u201cJulian?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He nodded slightly. \u201cI brought Evan over. He\u2019s upset with me. I may need to trouble you to look after him for a few days.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany glanced at the child sleeping soundly in the back seat, his eyes still red, and smiled gently. She said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Julian. I\u2019ll sleep with him tonight. Children\u2019s emotions come quickly and fade just as fast. Don\u2019t worry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian replied succinctly, \u201cThank you. I\u2019ll be going now. I won\u2019t disturb you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany then asked Jane to carry Evan back to his room. She carefully helped him change, then tucked him in with meticulous care.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking at the boy\u2013so small, and somehow heart\u2013wrenching to behold\u2013she suddenly wondered whether having a child of her own one day would be just as difficult.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought startled Bethany at once. After all, her marriage was little more than a facade. Where would a child even come from? She was clearly thinking too much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Mix-up Made Me His Enemy\u2019s Woman 116 Chapter 116\u00a0 After a brief lapse, Julian quickly regained his composure.\u00a0 \u201cEvan,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mix-up-made-me-his-enemys-woman-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}