My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 569

Chapter 569 Thank You, Ezekiel

"Let me take care of you from now on."

"Thank you, Mother."

Eilam called me Mother again.

He understood that it was impolite to not reciprocate kindness.

Just like how he told me his name after asking for mine back then. He said that courtesy was a two- way street.

"Aww. Alright. Try to get some rest." Something seemed to come to mind before I added, "The twins you saw at Felix's Villa are my children. They will be your younger siblings from now on. I look forward to seeing the three of you get along well."

"Yes, Grandma has introduced them to me."

I knew that. I just wanted to introduce them to him myself.

"Don't stay up too late. I'll see you tomorrow."

He then lay down again to sleep. I was about to fall asleep when I received a voice message from Shawn. Not wanting to risk waking Eilam up from the noise, I put on my earphones to listen to Shawn dispel my doubts. "I got to know Eilam because of his mother. His mother abandoning him was the talk

of the town, and I happened to have some business dealings in Rothfield back then. I don't know how she heard about me, but she wanted me to avenge her. She even promised to give me her family's business. However, I really wasn't interested enough to care. It ended at that. Kevin did show me some entertainment news that made the headlines in Rothfield at that time. That was when I learned that she has a son called Eilam. I also heard about how she and her son made their escape to France sometime after that. I don't know the details. I only heard about this and that when Kevin was busy gossiping about people."

Shawn was not a busybody in the past.

But man… Kevin was everywhere.

He was probably the nosiest person I knew.

I replied to Shawn, 'Got it. Are you home?'

'I just got back. Goodnight.'

He was a man of even fewer words when he was tired.

I didn't reply because I didn't want to disturb him.

Eilam was already awake when I got up the next morning. I couldn't help thinking about how over- reserved he was when I saw the blanket neatly folded into a square.

I sat up and asked him, "Hungry?"

"I'm okay. I'm not hungry yet."

"Give me a minute. I'll bring you back to the villa in a bit."

I then stood up and grabbed my clothes to get changed in the washroom. Seeing this, Eilam quickly jumped up from the couch and blurted out, "You can change in the room. I'll wait for you outside."

He proceeded to politely leave the ward.

I quietly sighed as I looked at the back of his torso.

Why did this soon-to-be-12-year-old boy look like a nine-year-old?

His nutrition probably hadn't caught up with his growth since three years ago. He only worried about filling his stomach, and I had a feeling that he was often starving.

"I need to plump him up," I muttered to myself as I started to pity him.

I went to the bathroom to wash up, and when I came out, I put on a fresh green dress and tied my waist-length hair into two ponytails.

When I walked out of the ward, I was surprised by what I saw. Eilam was actually having a chat with Ezekiel. "What are you boys talking about?" I asked.

The serious injuries on Ezekiel's body had hardly healed. He was sitting in a wheelchair with a specialNôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

care nurse behind him when he heard my question and answered with a faint smile, "I saw him standing guard at the door of your ward, so I asked him who he was out of curiosity. You said you were going to the airport to pick up a child yesterday, didn't you? I'm guessing it's him."

"Mhm. His name is Eilam Yonder."

"He is a forthright child," Ezekiel commented.

He had always been a good judge of character.

I introduced him to Eilam when I recalled how Ezekiel was a psychiatrist. "This is my friend. You can call him Zeke—"

I turned to Ezekiel with a troubled expression on my face. "Just Zeke, or Uncle Zeke?"

"Uncle Zeke sounds about right."

"Eilam, this is Uncle Zeke. He's an amazing psychiatrist. You can ask him if you have a question about anything."

As Eilam nodded, Ezekiel glanced at him with an admiring gaze. "Will you save my number? You can ask me anything you don't know. I'm basically an all-rounder. I can teach you anything you want to learn. I'm giving you special permission."

I was taken aback yet again by Ezekiel's unexpected enthusiasm.

However, I did feel something was off.

Since Ezekiel was a psychiatrist, he must have noticed something wrong with Eilam's mental health for him to be so eager about helping the boy.

After Eilam saved Ezekiel's number, I sent Eilam downstairs to wait for me. I only asked Ezekiel after we were alone. "Why are you helping him?"

"I had a quick chat with him just now. He is showing symptoms of depression. It's probably because of how hopeless his life was before this. But it's okay. I will take care of him in the future and try my best to counsel him."

Ezekiel cared about Eilam because of me.

He was doing this because I was Eilam's adopter.

I was filled with gratitude when I thanked him.

"It's nothing. I'm going back to my ward."

I didn't go downstairs until Ezekiel went into his room. When I saw Eilam waiting for me downstairs, I held his hand and brought him to the car that drove us back to Felix's Villa. My parents were waiting for us to have breakfast together. After we were done, I gave Emma a call to have her hang out with Eilam. However, she had just landed in Finland. She had left Bryxton.

It seemed like I wouldn't be seeing her any time soon.

I contacted Olivia this time, but she was in Ashere.

Robert was the only one left.

He was injured, though.

Last and definitely least, there was Kevin!

I gave him a call and told him about Eilam. He must have recognized the name from somewhere when he pondered out loud, "Eilam… I've heard that name before."

"He is the son of the Yonder Family from Rothfield."

"A-ha! No wonder it sounds so familiar."

"I adopted him. I'll handle the procedure in a few days. But he is new to Bryxton, so I'm looking for someone to go around the area with him."

"Leave anything fun-related to me."

I quickly reminded him, "Kev, he is not a member of the Yonder Family now. He is the son I adopted. You have to be careful with your words!"

"I got it. I'm no dummy."

Soon, he drove over to pick up Eilam. Before they left, I asked him how things were with Aimes. He only nonchalantly huffed, "Don't pay him no mind. He keeps thinking that the world has to do things his way. That annoying piece of sh*t. Hug LG's corpse for the rest of his life, if he wishes!"

Was that jealousy I smell from Kevin?!

I didn't dare talk more about this. When I saw him leave with Eilam like he was out of his mind, I suddenly regretted asking him to bring Eilam out. I wanted to tell him to drive my son back here, but calling him when he was driving seemed like the more dangerous thing to do.

I decided to walk back into the villa, where I saw Robert standing by the entrance.

"What are you up to?" I asked him.

"You looked much more at ease with Kevin than me. You don't think of me as family, Ree."

How should I describe my relationship with Robert?

We weren't that close.

In fact, he was nothing more than the responsibility my mother pushed on me.

The thing was, what he did before was way out of bounds to me.

I remembered how scared, disgusted, and repulsed by him I was when he collected my kidney. How was I supposed to get rid of the prejudice I had toward him?

At the very least, I knew that it was not something the current me could do.

"You and your nonsensical thoughts." I sighed.

I couldn't admit it now no matter what.

He was the type of person who could blow his top at the snap of a finger.

"I've known Kev for years now. We're used to joking around. That's just how we have always gotten along with one another."

"No." Robert shook his head. "It's completely different."