My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 349

Chapter 349: Lunch Party (4)
“Come here, my dear son…” Bella stood up from her seat and approached Dax.

Harper did the same, excited to see Dax, whom she hadn’t seen for almost a year.

“Mommy, this—” Dax, in his usual calm manner, asked while glancing at Harper, who walked behind his mother.

“Little Dax, it’s me, Auntie Harper. Oh my, have you already forgotten your beautiful aunt?”

Harper asked in a sad tone, trying to humor the little man. She couldn’t take her eyes off him; he was so adorable. He seemed to have lost weight, and his skin wasn’t as pale as she remembered from their last meeting in Sweden last year.

“Aunty Harper?”

“Yes, Yes… I’m your beautiful Aunty Harper…” Her smile grew wider, hearing the little guy finally remember her. However, Dax’s following words almost made her trip.

“Why do you look more beautiful today, Aunty!?”

Harper’s heart swelled warmly when she heard how sweet little Dax was. This was the first time she had heard Dax compliment her like this. She placed her hand on her chest while looking at him gently. She somehow felt like the sun had just appeared from the west—how shocking.

Harper, Bella, and the others were shocked. They were all now looking at Dax in awe.

“Ha ha ha,” Harper’s blissful laughter echoed through the air. “Thank you, Dax; you also look more handsome and have grown taller. I’m so happy to see you again—”

“Thank you, Aunty Harper. What I’m trying to say is, you are beautiful without your heavy makeup…” Dax said with his deadpan expression.

Harper, “…”

Bella stifled a laugh.

Dax turned his gaze to his mom while holding her hand as if to tell her he needed her to introduce him to the new guy he saw at the table.

As if she knew what Dax was trying to say, Bella led him near the table. She looked at Stefan before turning her gaze back to Dax.

“Dax, this guy is my close friend; you can call him Uncle Gael. He’s the same as Uncle Max. He’s also a computer expert and works at Mom’s company… he said he wanted to see your computer skills…”

Just as Bella thought, Dax’s eyes suddenly lit up when he heard that Stefan was a computer expert.

“Hello, Uncle Gael. Nice to meet you.” Dax nodded slightly, a half-smile framing his face.

“Hi, you must be Dax…” Stefan stood from his seat while smiling back at Dax. He would hug this little man if there were no table between them. He looked so cute, reminding him of his nephew, whom he had not seen in years.

“I’m so happy to meet you in person,” Stefan continued. “I heard from your mother that you have a hobby that might be the same as mine, playing with computers and games. Is that right?”

“Yes, Uncle, I like computers and computer games—”

“Do you mind if we play your recent favorite game later in the afternoon?”

“Sure. I’m looking forward to it…” Dax was curious about this new uncle. He needed to test whether this uncle was more capable of playing a game than his teacher, Max.

“Alright, let’s sit first…” Tristan said as he arranged a chair for Dax to sit between him and Bella.

At the same time, the elders finally joined them. Isaac, Lewis, and Natalie sat at the other end of the table.

After Bella finished introducing her and Tristan’s friends to the elders, lunch finally started. Several servers began serving food that afternoon.

While eating, some of them engaged in lively conversation.

However, it didn’t take long; everyone’s curiosity was piqued when Dax started chatting about games and programming with Stefan. People who already knew Dax were surprised to see him getting along well with someone he had just met.

Even Tristan and Bella were amazed to see their son so close to Stefan. However, they didn’t comment; they continued to enjoy their lunch while listening to their conversation.

As Dax exchanged friendly conversation with Stefan, Max, sitting next to Sam, thoughtfully overheard them while trying to remember where he had seen this man before.

The more Max heard them talk and heard Gael talk about coding and programming like a true expert, the more his fog-filled mind suddenly cleared up.

Before long, Max’s mind reeled back to a few years ago when he was still a member of the Hacker Community; he had crossed paths with a powerful hacker.

‘This man—’ Max’s heart stiffened when he realized this man was actually that person.

Max tilted his head, wanting to glance at his face once more. At the same time, Stefan glanced at Max, who sat beside Sam.

‘What the fuck!! This man… is the Grim Reaper??’ Max silently swallowed when he saw Stefan’s face more clearly. His heart felt like it would explode, confirming this man’s identity as the powerful hacker he encountered back then.

Still clear in his mind, he had broken Grim Reaper’s security system and taken his personal picture from there. He thought that picture was not him, but eventually, it was.

But the price for getting the Grim Reaper image was that he could never reaccess the Hacker Community until now. Because that man tortured him and left him unable to do anything for a year, he lost the respect of his community — they kicked him out because he wasn’t strong enough to be a member.

Grim Reaper finally let him go in the second year and warned him never to cross paths again. Since then, he has tried hard to match or even beat him.

But because of the agreement in the past, Max never had a chance to know how powerful he was now; he respected the deal and didn’t want to break it. He stopped every time he saw the Grim Reaper trail when doing his work—hacking.

Sigh deeply, Max turned his gaze toward Bella. His respect for this woman became stronger. He didn’t expect his young madam to have such a powerful hacker protecting her.

No wonder he had trouble a few times when he tried to investigate her more.

Max thought it was a military hacker protecting Bella’s identity all this time. Still, it turned out to be the Grim Reaper.