Sweet Subterfuge novel by Trina Duo
Chapter 455

Larissa's heart ached at that, but she forced herself to show a stern expression as she said coldly, "Aster, tell me the truth."

"I ..." Aster opened his mouth and had barely gotten a word out when his tears spilled over. "I want a daddy too ..." he sobbed, his voice incoherent, but Larissa heard him.

She suddenly remembered that the cartoon she played for him involved an orphan character, who unexpectedly met his biological father before deciding to recognize him as his dad. This was also the movie's biggest tear-jerking point. Wendy would be bawling whenever she watched it.

Larissa herself felt nothing for it, probably due to never experiencing what fatherly love was like. She also held no hope of ever finding her biological dad. She was just worried that Aster would think too much after watching it.

However, Aster never had a reaction whenever he watched this back then, so she thought that he was just like her in that he did not crave the existence of a father.

Clearly, the truth proved that she was wrong. His lack of reaction was very likely due to his age at that time, so he did not get it yet.

"Why do you want a daddy? Isn't having Mommy and Godma with you enough?" Larissa asked him.

She had been preparing for this moment for five years. She thought that she could be calm, but now that it was actually happening, she still panicked in the end, so much so that she could not even remember the things she had planned to say.

"A-A daddy is strong. He-He can p-protect Mommy and me," Aster said this brokenly, but it shocked Larissa so much that she nearly cried.

She wanted to say, "Mommy can protect you too."

But after what happened today, she lost the right to say such things. She allowed her baby boy to get hurt, both physically and mentally. Moreover, he would never truly heal from this. "Mommy..." Aster tugged on Larissa's hand while gazing at her with great hope. "Could you ... find a daddy for me?"

At this moment, Larissa could not bear to deny him. But to find him a daddy ... she really did not want to.

"Let Mommy think about it, okay?" She could only use this kind of tactic to buy time.

Aster was rather sharp. "How long do you need?"

Larissa was struck speechless by him.

"Aster." After collecting herself, she began to reason with him. "Finding a daddy for you is not the same as buying you a toy, in which when you ask for it today, I'll be able to buy it for you at once. Besides, it's hard to find someone that you and I would like. It may take a very long time."

Aster was pensive.

After a moment, he asked, "What kind of person does Mommy like?"

"Well ..." Kevan's face appeared abruptly in Larissa's mind's eye. She froze for a few seconds before collecting herself enough to reply with a forced smile, "Mommy doesn't know either." "... Okay." Aster's shoulders slumped.

"Mommy, I'm tired. I will go back to bed." He climbed down from the sofa, before running back to his room with the slippers he wore creating a tip-tip tap-tap sound when it struck the floor.

Upon locking the door, he quickly got out his phone and video-called Wendy, who picked up pretty fast. "My precious Aster-boo! What's up? Why are you looking for Godma?" Her smile was radiant, but when she saw the tear tracks on his face, she panicked at once.

"Why are you crying?! What happened?! Is it that chubby brat again?! Did she bully you again?! Godma will fly over and give her a good few punches for ya!" She furiously rolled up her sleeves, acting for all as if she were going to teleport through the screen to beat someone up.

"No, no!" Aster quickly waved his hand while wiping his face quickly at the same time. "No one bullied me. It's just that Mommy put on 'Super Star' for me earlier."

Wendy calmed down at once, "Ah, no wonder," as her smile returned. "So, you called me to have a discussion about 'Super Star'?"

Aster shook his head. "No! I wanted to ask ..." He paused, gazing seriously at Wendy on the screen. "Godma, have you met my daddy?"