After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire
Chapter 979 Besse, Hannah

Chapter 979 Besse, Hannah

"I want to go back to Jolencami." Doyle suddenly said behind Besse.

Besse withdrew her gaze and turned around to look at him.

"I think you've become very strange here. Let's go back home. I'll have my assistant book us the nearest flight out when we get there."

Besse didn't refuse. She also felt like she had become very strange here, as if she was familiar with this place yet it was just an illusion, which made her conflicted and even irritable. "From now on, I won't let you come to Northfield again." Doyle huffed.

Besse chuckled lightly. She thought that Doyle was being childish but at that moment, he herself thought so too. She always felt like this place didn't belong to her.

When Oscar returned home with Salem and Una, Manuel and Susan were already there waiting for them. Oscar had anticipated their arrival so he had had Max prepare more dinner than usual. "Has the earth spun off its axis? You took Sal out to play?!" Susan deliberately raised her voice as soon as they entered the hall.

Oscar ignored her and called for one of their servants instead, "Bring me the medicine box."

"Yes sir." the servant hurried off to fetch it while Oscar carried Salem over towards the sofa.

Susan saw Salem's injury and lost interest in teasing Oscar; instead, she became extremely nervous, "What happened? How did Sal hurt his knee like this?"

"Daddy took us out today to an amusement park but Sal fell down a staircase." Una quickly explained while looking worriedly at Salem too.

"How could you let something like this happen under your watch?!" Susan scolded Oscar angrily.

"Daddy already got scolded by a beautiful lady earlier today," Una interjected once more.

"Which beautiful lady?" Susan asked incredulously.

"The beautiful lady who showed up on the stage at last!"

"Besse?" Susan felt surprised.

"I don't know what her name is but she mentioned you, she thought Auntie Susan was our mom."

At that moment, Susan couldn't help but look towards Oscar, who had started cleaning up Salem's wound by then. It looked painful but Sal hadn't cried once.

"You can cry if it hurts," Oscar spoke gently after noticing how much pain his son must be in right now.

"I'm a man! Men don't cry." Salem firmly declared instead.

Oscar smiled softly despite feeling heartbroken inside himself.

Those words Besse yelled at him earlier today about how he wasn't being much of a father kept echoing through his mind. He just felt that as a boy, he had to grow up and be independent. Besides, Salem was the heir. He should have learned independence from an early age. Or, perhaps he was just using this noble excuse to avoid spending too much time on his child. He lived too tiredly, sometimes unable to take care of everything.

"Sal, you're just like your dad." Susan looked at Salem's wound and her heart ached. She continued, "You know how to endure!"

The boy always endures everything alone without saying it out.

"It doesn't really... hurt," Salem said with some difficulty.

His eyes were red from the pain but he refused to admit it. Susan's eyes also turned red. If Hannah were still alive with such an obedient child-like Salem, would she feel comforted or pained?

She touched Salem's head gently. Sometimes she wanted to give the best things in the world only to this boy who understood everything so well.

Oscar treated Salem's wound while saying towards Max, "Let's start eating."

"Yes."

Everyone sat at the table, waiting for Theodore who came later than everyone else did.

"Why are you guys here?" Theodore asked Susan and Manuel.

"I never missed Sal's birthday before." Susan replied with another question, "But someone disappeared on Sal's birthday many times."

Of course, she meant Oscar but Oscar didn't say anything in response either way.

Theodore agreed wholeheartedly, "Yeah! Someone is crazy."

"You're the same!" Susan retorted towards Theodore again, "Do you even know when your son's birthday is?!"

"... I think I forgot."

"No wonder Little Bunny gave up on you! Serves you right!"

"Susan! Don't bring up what doesn't need mentioning."

"What? Are you angry too?" Susan laughed exaggeratedly, "I thought you wouldn't care. After all, you're the one who cheated on her a lot."

"Susan, do all those dishes not fill your mouth enough?" Theodore became increasingly frustrated.

Things about Little Bunny had affected his mood throughout the day already; he even dug up dirt on Addison Chasey, which cause him a bad mood, since he couldn't replace any dirt about that man after investigating thoroughly.

And now rumours between Addison and Little Bunny were circulating, which was something new for him as well; seeing eighty per cent of comments supporting them being together made him more annoyed. Besides, neither of them had come forward to explain their relationship status, which only increased media attention instead.

Susan then shifted her focus from Theodore to Oscar. Oscar felt her gaze and frowned.

"Did you meet Besse again today?" asked she.

Oscar made a response.

"Do you think she's similar to..."

Manuel coughed to stop her. Susan turned to glare at him. Manuel took a sip of the water in his glass and said, "I just got choked."

"I know you can act well." Susan felt a little bit annoyed by him.

Manuel was rendered embarrassed since he was afraid to lose face in front of Susan in particular.

"They are very similar." Oscar suddenly said.

Everyone thought it would be his taboo, but to their surprise, he took the initiative to talk to Susan.

"That's what I thought, but Manuel slaps me with his 'truth'. I think she is..."

Oscar looked at her.

"If it wasn't for her face... but except for the face, everything else was the same. I've compared my height with hers, and I think it was the same height." Said Susan, excited, "But Manuel said that I had paranoia!"

"I'll stay in the capital for two days, I've booked the hotel where Besse and Doyle stayed. I must go and replace out if she is, otherwise, I won't even be in the mood to have a child." Susan added. There was not much Manuel could do to her.

"I have some bad news for you," Theodore suddenly interrupted while eating, "Besse is leaving Northfield tomorrow."