When the sunlight shone on her, Carmen raised her arm before her face, rolled to her side, and raised her eyelids. Then she blankly stared at the spare pillow, sighed, and mumbled, "There's no way of escaping you, is there?"  After taking a moment to fully awake, she sat up, and at that moment, her door opened, and Ethan hurried into the room. Then he jumped on the bed, rushed into her arm, and mumbled, "Morning, Mommy." Smiling softly, she ran her fingers through his hair and gently asked, "You are not mad at mommy anymore?" With a smile on his face, Ethan slightly shook his head and mumbled, "I'm not angry at, mommy, but I am mad at the grey eyes guy." "Ethan," "Grandmother said I should call you for breakfast." Staring at her son, the sound of her ringtone suddenly drew Carmen's attention away from him and toward her phone. Then she picked it up, answered the call, and asked, "Who's this?" With h

"Excuse me,"  Carmen said before walking away from everyone.With Liam's eyes focused solely on Carmen, he watched her for a moment. Then he brushed his palm against Ethan's hair and mumbled, "I will be back, bud."After Liam got a soft smile from Ethan, he walked out of the mansion, stopped on the balcony, and answered the call."Hey, Dax," Carmen mumbled, staring at the living room entrance for a moment."There is a swamp of reporters outside of my house. I believe they think that we are still living together, and are here to ask some questions." Dax said as he stared down from his bedroom window at the crowd outside."Can you get security to remove them?" "Well, I could, but I don't want to." For a moment, Carmen kept silent. Then she let out a soft breath and asked, "Why?""I saw the news, Carm. They are going to put this on you and speculate the worst scenario possible, especially since they don't know the

Walking into the airport lobby with Ethan in his arm and Carmen by his side, Liam stroked his son's hair as Ethan adjusted his head on his shoulder."He's sound asleep," Carmen whispered, smiling as she gazed at her son."I have already made arrangements for my place. Do you want us to stop there, so he can rest?"  Liam said as he looked at her.Knowing that she hadn't settled on a house yet, Carmen slightly nodded and calmly uttered, "Sure."As they approached the door, Ethan suddenly wrapped his hand a bit tighter around Liam's neck, hugging onto him.A feeling of pure love coursed through Liam, and he paused as he reached for the door handle, striving to hold onto that feeling.At last, Carmen was the one who opened the door, and they headed outside.A while after leaving the airport in a black limousine, the driver brought the vehicle to a stop in a fancy yard, and Carmen felt speechless as she stared at the mansion before he

Staring coldly at his grandfather, Liam scowled before gazing at his mother and saying, "It was supposed to be just you!" "Well, when father found out that I was seeing Ethan, he wanted to meet him too, so he flew over to me for us to come together," Lina said, smiling at her son.However, that didn't change Liam's expression, and his eyes got colder the more he stared at his grandfather."Are you going to let us in?" Anthony asked, scowling at his grandson.The atmosphere was intense, and Carmen felt it as she approached Liam at the door."Mr. Davis?" Carmen mumbled, losing control over her expression for a second and frowning.Then she quickly curved her lips into a smile and calmly called out, "Liam, are you not going to step back?"Taking in a deep breath, Liam continued to give his grandfather an icy stare for a few minutes before allowing himself to step away from the door.Everything in him hated to see Anthony and

"Mommy," Ethan called out, looking at Carmen before staring down at her vibrating phone.Then he gently shook her arm until she finally raised her lashes and stared at him.Still feeling dizzy, a soft smile crept on her lips as she stared at her son's grey eyes and long lashes."What is it, baby?" Carmen whispered."Your phone is ringing," Ethan mumbled, drawing back on the bed as his mother sat up.It took her a second to fully awake. Then she stared down at her phone, picked it up, and answered the call."Good morning, mother," Carmen said, raffling Ethan's hair as he giggled faintly."I know it's early. But I and your father was discussing, and we thought since you have spent four months on that end, you are ready to take over the SM branch there." Mrs. Smith's voice echoed into her ear.Keeping silent, Carmen rested back on the headboard and thought, 'Four months? It's been that long already?'"What did Carm say?" Sh