Hayden Crawford glanced at Riley Sutton beside him, "What do you mean?" Riley Sutton smiled, "Over the years, Caden has been raised by you, sir. The so-called connection between father and son; these years, you’ve been living... a mess, and Caden grew up in this oppressive environment, lacking maternal love from a young age, which caused his current reclusive nature and reluctance to speak." Hayden Crawford’s handsome brow quickly furrowed, and he gave Riley Sutton a chilly glance. Riley Sutton, who had been following Jude Crawford like a fox, had already sensed something was amiss and quickly said, "Sir, I have something to do, I’ll take my leave." Riley Sutton left first out of courtesy. Hayden Crawford watched Riley Sutton’s disappearing back, sneered coldly, placed the cup in his hand on the table with a "bang," and turned around to go upstairs. Hayden Crawford returned to his bedroom, went into the bathroom for a cold shower, and came out a few minutes later wearing black silk pajamas. His short, neat hair was still dripping with water, and the freshly showered Hayden Crawford shimmered with a water mist, looking even younger and more handsome than usual, making faces flush. However, this did not lessen the chilling aura on him, after all, he was in a foul mood today. Hayden Crawford opened the bedroom door and entered the adjacent nursery. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel[f]ire.net The former nursery has been transformed into a children’s room, Caden was asleep, having slept alone from an early age, and now the sleeping Caden’s cheeks were rosy, revealing the tenderness and softness of a three-year-old child. At this moment, Caden moved slightly, and the small bell hanging on the children’s bed quickly made a "ding" sound, crisp and joyful. This string of little bells was hung by her; Caden liked it when he was little. Hayden Crawford still remembered getting his son for the first time, as a novice dad, fumbling through various tasks, Caden didn’t like drinking milk powder, he’d hold the tiny bundle in his arms all night trying to coax him to drink milk powder, but Caden wouldn’t drink, and when he got hungry, he cried loudly. He was a bit annoyed, so he put Caden back in the crib, and at that time, the bell made a "ding" sound, a crisp and pleasant tone. Caden suddenly laughed. It was Caden’s first laugh since birth, his cherubic little face glistening with tears, but he opened his toothless mouth wide amid his sparkling tear lights and laughed "gurgle." Hayden Crawford slowly sat at the side of the children’s bed, reached out his long fingers to stroke Caden’s little cheek; in a blink of an eye, the tiny baby in his arms had grown this big. Is it... is it that no matter how hard he tries as a daddy, he can’t replace a mother’s love? Hayden Crawford knew from the moment Caden laughed at the sound of the bell, he understood Caden really wanted a mommy, no, Caden really wanted his own mommy. Just now, Riley Sutton mentioned, at Westerley Estate, even grandma told him, for these years he had been living a mess... Hayden Crawford slowly retracted his hand, and covered Caden with the blanket, he suddenly felt a bit regretful. Damn, three years ago, he shouldn’t have wanted this son; it wasn’t just full of trouble for a 30-year-old man carrying a tiny tot, more crucially, he lived badly, and his son followed suit. Actually, Hayden Crawford understood that Caden’s reclusive nature and reluctance to speak had a direct correlation with him. But, what should he do? Hayden Crawford went to the balcony, the cold wind outside billowing his black silk pajamas, he didn’t know what to do; he couldn’t even redeem himself, so how could he redeem Caden? Three years ago, he shouldn’t have wanted Caden. Three years ago, he survived the knife wound, and months later, his father, Jude Crawford, handed him the newborn Caden, saying this was his biological son. Suddenly having an unexpected son, Hayden Crawford couldn’t accept it. Everyone thought he liked children, valued his bloodline and offspring, but actually, they didn’t know, he only wanted the child to be born by that person. Any child born by others, he did not want. However, his father Jude Crawford threw a DNA test report at him, proving apart from him being Caden’s daddy, it also showed Caden’s mommy was... Serena Sterling! At that time, he was incredibly shocked, how could it be? But Jude Crawford gave a reasonable explanation, "Hayden, I told you early on, you and Serena Sterling won’t end well, because sooner or later Serena Sterling will leave you and return to her own country. Look, now you’re badly injured, perhaps you won’t touch marriage and children for the rest of your life, but the Crawford family needs a successor, so I kept a precaution; I froze Serena Sterling’s eggs, then had someone extract your genes, gave them to the surrogate mother to birth this son for you." "Hayden, take a look at this son; his eyes are identical to his mommy’s." At that time, he walked over, Caden was held in grandfather Jude Crawford’s arms, the first time he saw Caden, Caden happened to open his eyes as well; Caden’s eyes were really identical to Serena Sterling’s. This was his and Serena Sterling’s son. Three years had passed, every time Hayden Crawford looked at Caden, he’d wonder, if back then Serena Sterling hadn’t miscarried that child, his child, and if it were still around, would it be like Caden, possessing his appearance, Serena Sterling’s eyes, would it be the most perfect union of them both? Caden made up for all the regrets he had for that child. In this long three-year period, perhaps both he and Caden didn’t live ideal lives, but they comforted each other, accompanied each other, relying on one another. At this moment, a melodious phone ringtone suddenly rang, a call came in. Hayden Crawford pressed the button to answer, "Hello." A very low voice came from Corvus on the other side, "Young master, just received news, Leah Thorne picked up... someone at the airport..." Hayden Crawford’s deep pupils shrank violently, "Who?" "Serena Sterling! Young master, Serena Sterling is back!" After three years, Serena Sterling finally returned! Her return caused waves of disruption, the peaceful life of three years was about to be broken, even Corvus felt a bit chilly, as if a huge storm was coming, ready to destroy everyone involved. The evening wind rises, the old friend returns. "Young master..." Corvus held his breath and cautiously spoke, "Are you alright?" Two beeps sounded, Hayden Crawford had already hung up the phone. Leah Thorne lowered the brim of the baseball cap on her head, and pushed up the large sunglasses hanging on her delicate face, afraid of being recognized. In these three years, Leah Thorne has flourished in the entertainment circle, acted in three dramas over the years, sparked topics and traffic, achieving a triple burst, and then, with a film, received four nominations, holding several luxury brand endorsements, at 23 years old, she’s risen to the ranks of the top actress.