Chapter 3

At that time, Trisha Miller was leading a prayer with the Miller family.

As soon as I got out of the car, I sent someone there to notify her. Then, I rushed into the infirmary with Sweeny in my arms.

Sweeny had woken up at some point.

His little hand was clutching the hem of my shirt tightly. Even then, he tried to comfort me.

“It doesn’t hurt, Daddy. Don’t cry…”

The more he tried to comfort me, the guiltier I felt.

If I had not taken him to the Miller family house today, we would not have met those two lunatics.

“Sir, please don’t panic. Master Sweeny… God will look after him.”

The doctor was so frightened by Sweeny’s weak breathing that his voice trembled.

Just as I placed the child in the medical pod, the infirmary door was kicked open.

Laina stormed in with a group of bodyguards. She had her arms around Raivo.

When she saw me, a smug look of satisfaction flashed across her face.

She said contemptuously, “You said you didn’t care, but here you are in the old mansion! How pretentious!”

Raivo leaned against her shoulder. His eyes were filled with venom.

“Noah, you stole my child, attacked me with a dagger, and now, you dare to step into this old mansion? Don’t you feel afraid of offending the head of the Miller family?

“Everyone in the Capital knows that if you offend the head of the Miller family, you’re as good as dead!”

Laina shooed the doctor out the door.

She grabbed me and dragged me into a corner. Her tone was impatient.

“Noah, for the sake of your undying love for me, I’ll give you one more chance. Get out of here!”

When Sweeny saw her bully me, he picked up a water jug and hurled it at her.

Crash!

Laina wiped the blood from her forehead. Her expression was dark and terrifying. She lifted Sweeny with one hand.

“Do you have a death wish? How dare you hit your own mother?!”

I saw Sweeny’s face turn blue.

I struggled with all my might and slapped Laina across the face.

“Let go of my son!”

Raivo’s face changed. He grabbed cotton pads from the table and tried to stuff it in my mouth.

“What are you on about?! Just die, and don’t drag us down with you! Don’t disrupt the family’s prayer time, or you’ll burn in hell for eternity!”

He suddenly went berserk and somehow summoned enough strength to slam me to the floor.

Before I knew it, my mouth was stuffed full of cotton.

I could not be bothered to care about anything else. I struggled and wrestled with Raivo.

Amid a series of muffled groans, Laina stared at me in utter shock.

“Noah, I entrusted you with my child because our families had a long-standing engagement. Your manners and background were commendable at that time. Look at you now!

“You’re no different from a lunatic! If the child stays with you, he’ll go mad. Starting today, Raivo and I will raise Sweeny ourselves!”

At that time, she suddenly let out a sharp cry of pain.

When Sweeny saw them gang up against me, he was frantic with worry. With all his might, he sank his teeth into Laina’s wrist.

He had suffered from asthma from childhood and had lived with me.

He was the closest to me.

When he was four, he used to wave his fists at the stray cats to keep them away from me. He used to stand in front of me and say in his baby voice, “As long as I’m here, don’t you dare pick on my dad!”

When I saw how Sweeny’s little body trembled, but he refused to let go of Laina, my heart ached for him.

I kicked Raivo to the floor with one final kick. I was just about to pull Sweeny back to me when Laina yanked my hair and kicked me away.

“Noah, how dare you raise my son as a beast who doesn’t even recognize his own parents?”