91 Chapter 91: Why Are You Not Home? (1/2)

The cell phone was still lighting up, meaning her father was still calling her.

”You're not going to answer?” Ethan asked, murmuring into her hair.

Kylie popped her chin against his chest and smiled faintly. She wanted her father to suffer the torment of anxiety as she had done all these years before because of him and his decisions. Kylie simply shook her head and cuddled in further, tracing her hands on his bare chest before slowing trailing them down.

”If you keep going, you're not going to let me finish this work…” Ethan slyly said as he eyed her. Kylie smiled and replied, ”Before this goes any further, can you come with me to a place?”

”Hmm…” Ethan responded simply as he always did. Placing his papers on the side, he stood and walked to the bathroom, getting dressed, picking up his coat. Ethan did not ask where they were going or why. He unreservedly trusted Kylie, making her feel she had made the correct decision in marrying this jewel of a man.

Driving his Tesla Model S, Ethan turned to Kylie as he drove out of their complex.

”Where to?”

”To my special place,” Kylie replied back softly.

Ethan nodded in understanding and drove to a small park near the Finch House, where Kylie's mother used to take her to play when she had been a child.

Ethan parked at the side and glanced over to Kylie, who had a faraway look in her eyes. Ethan's soft-touch jolted her out of her thoughts. She smiled softly at her husband and took out her cell, seeing there were fourteen missed calls in total, all from her father. Dialing his number, Kylie was not surprised when her father picked up the phone on the first ring.

Without giving him a chance to speak, Kylie spoke up, ”If you want to see me, come to my park near your home.”

Her father was quiet but quickly responded, ”Stay there! I'm coming!” Kylie smiled as she heard his rage and helplessness in his voice.

Kylie was quiet as she sat in the car, looking up at the endless blue sky. The same sky she and her mother used to look at when she was a child. Kylie sighed deeply and thought about how things could be different if her mother was still alive. She was nudged out of her thoughts by Ethan's arms wrapping around her, and she relaxed in his familiar touch.

”You know, when I was a child, I would ask my father to come with me to this park. But every time, he just refused with all kinds of excuses. I'm busy with this… I'm busy with that. And look at him now, he's so eager to meet me at this park but not for the same reason I wanted as a little girl,” Kylie trailed off while looking around the park.

Ethan frowned but did not speak, and he simply held his wife's small hands in his. Kylie squeezed back so thankful for Ethan and his understanding of ways. She wanted to hold onto these two hands for her whole life and never let go. She wanted to grow old with this man beside her.