Chapter 28

“Mama... you’re really gonna teach me to draw? I’ll be super good and listen to you, promise...”

The second Aiden heard Lilah was going to teach him drawing, he lit right up, tilting his little face up with those big sparkling eyes glued to her.

Lilah sent him a soft, loving smile, then looked at Gabriel. “I know you don’t trust me, but I’ll prove myself. Aiden’s going to place in the kids’ art contest. If he doesn’t... I’ll take whatever consequences you think I deserve.”

The words “whatever consequences” made Gabriel pause. He looked at her delicate yet striking face, and something flickered in his eyes—deeper now, unreadable.

“Dad...” Aiden tugged at Gabriel’s sleeve, tilting his head and pouting just a bit. “I really want Mama to teach me...”

The little guy actually started being all cutesy with him.

Gabriel: ...

He couldn’t help but feel like if he said no, he’d just become the bad guy.

And how did this woman even manage it? The k