บททั้งหมดของ Billionaire's Regret: It's Great to See You Again, Daddy!: บทที่ 111 - บทที่ 120

KATHERINE’S POVThe moment I stepped into Franklin’s room, the faint beeping of the monitor beside his bed yanked my heart into another round of anxiety. I hated that sound. Each steady beep was supposed to reassure me that he was alive, stable, but instead it reminded me that my son was lying there because something inside of him wasn’t right.He looked too small in that bed, too pale, his little arms sticking out from the thin hospital blanket like fragile sticks. The IV tube taped to his wrist seemed larger than his hand. I wanted to cry again, to break down the way my body was begging me to, but I couldn’t. Not here. Not in front of him. Not with Alex watching.Alex closed the door quietly behind us and didn’t say anything. He just walked over to Franklin’s bed, slid a chair close, and sat down. His hands folded on his knees, tense, like he was holding himself back from reaching out. I noticed the way his eyes softened the moment they landed on Franklin. For a second, I almost for

ALEXANDER’S POV "Well, we're alone now, I guess," I said some seconds after Katherine left and I took the seat she sat in earlier.Franklin smiled at me and I felt that familiar warm feeling bubbling up in my heart."What do you want to do?" It was awkward, I admit it.It was the first time we were ever left alone and I had to get used to it because he might end up spending more time with me after today."Mom won't let me eat any snacks and I really want some ice cream."Oh no."Well, buddy, your mom is right. See this?" I pointed at the IV drip still connected to his hand, "this is why you can't have anything, at least for now."His face dropped and he nodded."But I really want to eat it."Oh boy."You will, I promise. But you just have to do one thing.."His eyes opened with eagerness and he stared at me."What? What? I'll do it!"That brought a smile to my lips."Will you really?""Yes, yes, what is it?""Well, you have to get better. Once you get better, I promise you I'll get

KATHERINE'S POV "Kathy..." Was the desperate plea I heard from him that brought me out of my reverie.Oh no, you don't!Was he really trying to pull a pity party?"What are you doing here? How did you find me?"He glanced at Alex and for a minute I almost flared up at Alex.Well, I guess my facial expressions gave my thoughts away because Alex immediately stepped forward and shook his head."I have nothing to do with this."Yeah, you'd better."Can we talk, Kathy? Privately?"I scoffed."Now why would I want to talk with you? Alone at that? I'm busy so say whatever you want to say here and leave me alone. And for your information, my name is Katherine.... Katherine Luther."He winced as if I had punched him in the face with my words but I ignored him.He should be grateful that I didn't call security guards to pull him out."Right. I'm sorry, Katherine. I just wanted to discuss some things with you."My patience wore thin."You know what? Unlike you I'm not an expert in acting like

KATHERINE'S POV For a long moment I just stared at Franklin, my breath caught halfway in my chest. His innocent question still echoed in my ears.Why can’t Dad live with us?That wasn’t the kind of thing you just brushed off. He wasn’t asking why we couldn’t go to the park, or why his favorite cartoon ended early. He was asking about family. About permanence. About the one thing I wasn’t ready to explain.Of course I expected the question, I knew he was going to ask things like this, what didn't cross my mind was the fact that he would ask it this soon.I forced a smile that I prayed didn’t look as brittle as it felt. “Why would you ask that, sweetheart?”He shrugged, fiddling with the petals of the flower still clutched in his hand. “Because I like him. I mean, I love you, Mom. You’re the best. But… Dad makes me laugh, and he knows how to fix things. The other day, when I got stuck on that game, he helped me in like, two seconds! It just feels… nice. Harry stays with his parents, I

KATHERINE'S POV My hands trembled slightly as I held Franklin's. Tears welled up in my eyes and burned through my lashes.What the hell was I thinking? That someone like Alex would ever change? I must have been blinded by dreams of being with him. How could he punch Charles right in front of Franklin's room? How could he act like that? Like he owned me?Why didn't he wait for a response from me before acting that way?But even as I asked all these questions, a part of me knew that he had the right to be mad at Charles and that maybe I went too far with the words I used on him.I shouldn't have said that he doesn't deserve to be a Father.The pain in his eyes was engraved in my memories and no matter how hard I try to shake it off, it stays.Franklin made a sound and I immediately sniffed, my free hand flying to my eyes to dampen the tears threatening to fall off from my eyes."Mom..?" He called gently.I squeezed his hands."Yes baby?"He lifted his head and I supported him."Where