Chapter 1082: Chapter 1022: Dylan the Little Prince
"Dylan!" Paige shouted.
Paige chased after him, Adrian also followed, with Dylan running far ahead, leaving his mother behind.
"Dylan, stop right there!" Paige shouted loudly.
Dylan didn’t stop, running quickly, his figure was about to disappear from Paige’s line of sight, and Paige felt a surge of helplessness as if she was about to lose Dylan.
Paige couldn’t catch up to him and stood there, panting heavily.
"I’ll go check on him," Adrian said, leaving those words, and then ran after Dylan.
"Brother, hurry and catch up to him."
Adrian was very fast, almost disappearing like a gust of wind right after Paige finished speaking.
Passing a rockery, Adrian seemed to fall from the sky, blocking Dylan’s path. Dylan, seeing the situation was not good, turned around to run but was grabbed by the collar by Adrian, lifted up like a chick.
"What are you running for? Only cowards don’t dare to face their problems!" Adrian gave Dylan a hard slap on the bottom.
"Uncle, sob sob..." Dylan hugged Adrian’s neck, crying and sobbing, which startled Adrian a lot.
To know, Dylan was usually like a little adult, sensible and well-behaved, unlike now.
Adrian asked, "Why are you crying?"
"I want Dad, I also want Mom. I want my dad and mom to be together. Uncle, can you let them be together, okay?"
Adrian had a bit of a headache, this kind of thing, he really couldn’t do. Paige and Kiya’s problem wasn’t just about their feelings, there was also a problem with the mother-in-law, that Queen in the palace, Adrian had seen her only once and didn’t want to see her again.
"Dylan, your mom isn’t happy living in the Imperial Palace, do you still want her to go back there?"
Dylan didn’t make a sound.
At this time, Paige caught up, "Dylan?" Paige ran over, "Why did you run? What if you fell?"
Paige squatted down, seeing the tear stains on her son’s face, she was scared, the words she wanted to say got stuck in her throat.
The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.
Adrian really didn’t know how to handle this kind of problem, so he left it to Paige and turned to leave.
The previously clear sky was now dotted with a few dark clouds, and the surrounding light dimmed.
"Dylan, aren’t you happy being with mom?"
"I’m happy! But, I also want to be with dad. Dad, alone in the Imperial Palace, how pitiful. Mom, can we go back to the Imperial Palace? I miss dad."
Pitiful?
Who is more pitiful than she?
Kiya busies himself outside all year round, leaving her alone in the vast Imperial Palace with a harsh mother-in-law, she endured for too many years. If the Queen hadn’t taken Dylan away, if Kiya didn’t marry the Pelindi Princess, she might have continued to endure, wilting away like a flower.
"What did your dad say to you?" Paige asked with a sullen face.
"Dad asked me to persuade you to go back to the Imperial Palace." Dylan looked at his mother expectantly, "Mom, dad promised me, when we go back to the palace, I won’t go to grandma’s, I’ll still live with mom."
"But mom doesn’t want to go back, and can’t!"
She had such a decisive divorce, cutting off all her paths back, intending to show Kiya her attitude. But Kiya still wouldn’t let her go.
"As long as mom agrees to go back, dad will take us back."
Paige dared not look into her son’s hopeful eyes, for she was destined to disappoint him.
Paige stood up, holding Dylan’s hand, "Your clothes are dirty, let’s go, I’ll help you change them."
"Mom?" Dylan felt his mother was not quite right, and became anxious, "Mom, please, can we go back to the palace?"
"Shh... let’s go change clothes first."
Dylan, seeing his mother didn’t want to discuss this topic, was full of disappointment and sadness, letting his mother hold his hand, walking towards their place.
...
One day, Adrian returned, dusty from outside, the servant said Paige was looking for him, and Adrian went directly to Paige’s place.
"Paige?" Adrian stepped into the living room but did not see Paige’s figure.
"Brother."
Paige came out of the dressing room, her expression serene, Adrian looked at Paige and felt he saw Sienna Johnson, Paige’s temperament was somewhat similar to Sienna Johnson’s.
"The servant said you were looking for me."
"Hmm."
Paige walked to the round carved table by the window and sat down. Adrian also came over and sat opposite her.
Paige poured him a cup of lotus seed tea, "These lotus seeds were just picked from the lake today, they are calming and good for the eyes, try it."
Adrian took a sip, not finding the taste very special, he asked, "If there’s something, just say it."
"I’ve packed Dylan’s things, tomorrow you can take him to visit the Sultan."
Adrian suddenly looked up at Paige, "What do you mean?"
"Dylan wants to go back to the palace and live with Kiya!"
If he wants to go back to the palace and live with Kiya, then I’ll let him. Everyone has their own ambitions, there’s no forcing." Paige’s tone carried a hint of defiance.
"Dylan also wants you to go back."
"But I can’t go back!"
"Does Dylan know your decision?"
"He doesn’t."
Adrian put down the teacup in his hand, frowning as he looked at her, "You’re planning to throw him alone into the palace? Aren’t you afraid the Queen and that Pelindi princess might bully him?"
"People always need to experience some hardship, to know what they really want."
"Can you bear it?"
Paige turned her head to look outside the flower window, outside it was still full of bird songs and fragrant flowers, as though the scenery outside the window would never change.
"He wants to return to the palace, so I’ll let him. If one day, he doesn’t want to stay there anymore, I’ll take him back."
Adrian had no experience handling this kind of thing, at this moment, he did not know what to say.
"Think about it carefully, don’t make a hasty decision. After all, this is related to Dylan’s happiness."
"I’ve already thought it through," Adrian said stubbornly.
...
Paige intends to send Dylan back to the palace, but she herself is not going back. Paige has also devised a global travel itinerary for herself.
Adrian instinctively felt something was wrong, but didn’t know how to handle it, so he called Sienna Johnson, having to admit, in terms of emotional intelligence, Sienna Johnson was indeed better than him.
"Sienna, what should I do now? Should I really leave Dylan to Kiya? I just feel this isn’t quite right. The Sultan has passed away, in the harem, there’s only the Queen Mother and the Pelindi princess, I’m worried they’ll bully Dylan."
Sienna Johnson also found the problem tricky.
In reality, this kind of situation is not uncommon in Orienta, where parents divorce, and a child has to choose one side. Choosing either side is a sort of harm.
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