My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 383

Chapter 383: Carrying Family Burdens
After dinner, Bella goes to her mother’s house.

She needed to meet Liam and inform her mother about her plan to fly to East City the following day.

As Bella is about to enter the stone house, she is surprised to hear her grandfather calling her from behind. She stops and turns to see him, noting his stiff expression. Despite the limited light, Bella can see his unhappy and upset gaze.

Her heart races, and she can guess why her grandfather looks annoyed now—he has already heard about what happened to Aunty Emma and Liam.

Silently gulping, Bella waited for him near the door.

“Hello, my dearest Grandpa. What brings you here? Do you want to see my mom?” Bella’s smile widened as she greeted him politely, trying to lessen his anger.

But after a second, her Grandpa’s expression remained the same.

“Grandpa, did you know? It’s cold, and the night wind is bad for your health. Let’s go inside and talk…” She urges him to follow her.

However, Isaac Donovan didn’t follow Bella. Instead, he stood in his place with a frosty expression, staring at her, showing an old man’s unhappy feelings.

She could only halt her step and smile awkwardly at him while glancing at Nick, trying to find any clue, but as usual, Nick couldn’t offer anything but a smile at her.

“Why did you ask your cousin to stay here instead of at my house?”

Bella chuckled inwardly. Her guess was right. Her grandfather was upset because of that matter.

Well, she has a reason for not telling him about the incident. She worries that her Grandpa will fly back to East City, scold all his sons, and ruin her plan for tomorrow’s shareholder annual meeting.

Her smile slowly faded as she explained earnestly, “Grandpa, I’m sorry if you are angry because of that. But it would be best if you didn’t bother with it. I want to settle the company matter first before telling you.”

Isaac shook his head, confusing Bella.

“Oh dear Bella, I know about that. I am only concerned about Liam. You can’t ask Liam to stay here. Did you forget that your mother’s house is too small to keep one more person!?” he asked.

When he saw her eyes waver, he knew this girl must have forgotten. He couldn’t help but smirk.

Bella was stunned. She didn’t think about that when she asked Bryan to bring Liam to this house. And her Grandpa was indeed correct; there were only two bedrooms here, and her mother and Aunty Noora already occupied those rooms.

‘Sigh! How could I forget about it?’ Bella can’t help but scold herself while grinning at her Grandpa.

Before Bella could say anything, Isaac walked.

“Let’s get inside and talk,” he said, gently patting Bella’s shoulder before he entered the house.

Bella hesitated to enter the house immediately, taking a deep breath as she glared at Nick, standing a few steps away from her.

“Why did you tell him? I was planning to inform him tomorrow…” She was sure that Nick had told her grandfather about Liam. Who else could it have been?

Nick smiled at Bella, politely responding, “Miss, don’t blame me. I’m not the one who informed the old master about Liam.”

Bella doubted Nick’s claim. Her grandfather rarely visited this area, so it seemed unlikely that he would have encountered Liam.

“If it wasn’t you, then who was it?”

“Miss, it was Dax—”

Bella’s realization stopped Nick mid-sentence. She had completely forgotten about her son. Of course, he would tell his great-grandfather about Liam.

***

When Bella entered the living room, she saw everyone already settled there.

She was relieved that Liam was no longer as stressed and frightened as when she rescued him.

Her mother also looked healthier than before, which warmed her heart. She felt at ease leaving her mother the following day.

Bella halted when she heard her Grandpa asking Liam to stay at his house.

“You can’t stay here, Liam. I have plenty of empty rooms in my house; you can follow Grandpa and stay there from now on…” Isaac said firmly.

However, Liam hasn’t answered yet. Instead, he looked at Bella as if to ask her opinion.

At the same time, Isaac Donovan also looked at Bella with the same expression he had before he entered this house.

Bella silently swallowed, knowing her Grandpa was right. “Liam, what Grandpa said is right. You should stay at his house. There is no room you can use in this house.”

She settled beside her mother and continued, “I’m sorry, Liam. I asked Bryan to bring you here instead because I forgot this house only has two bedrooms.” She said softly.

Liam nodded at Bella, “Hmm, thank you, sis.”

Natalie smiled bitterly at Bella’s words, apologizing for something she didn’t need to do.

She turned to see her daughter, stroking her back as if to give her whatever strength she had to keep her strong and cheer up.

Since moving into this place, Natalie had witnessed Bella carrying so many family matters on her shoulders. This caused Natalie to feel worried and sad for her only daughter. Not only does her daughter deal with her family matters, but she also has to deal with Tristan’s family.

Just imagining what her daughter endured broke Natalie’s heart, especially when she couldn’t do much to help her.

Natalie could only try her best to help lessen her daughter’s problems by hiding in this place. She didn’t even want to go out; she was worried that Lucas would find her and add to the source of Bella’s headaches.

But Natalie was furious this afternoon when Emma called her and told her everything that had happened in East City.

She wanted to fly back there, meet Lucas, and end her life in front of him so he wouldn’t have to ruin Bella’s life again. She knew her stupid and evil husband would never stop until he achieved what he wanted.

Squeezing Bella’s hand tightly, with teary eyes, Natalie looked at her beautiful daughter, confusing Bella when she saw her mother suddenly looking gloomy.