CHAPTER 158: CHAPTER 158: LUNA’S EYES LOOK JUST LIKE ANNELISE WINTER’S

Elias Warner frowned, it seemed Annelise Winter really liked this child.

"Yes... you’re right!" Annelise felt awkward but didn’t dare to say more to avoid arousing Elias Warner’s suspicion.

Elias Warner held Luna and said, "I’ll call Uncle Ford, he knows your mom’s phone number! How can you be so smart yet not remember your mom’s number? What if you got lost by yourself?"

"But I remember Dad’s number!"

Luna wasn’t forgetting Annelise Winter’s number.

She didn’t dare to speak up.

Annelise hurriedly turned off the phone hidden under the pillow.

Uncle Ford quickly sent over Luna’s mother’s phone number.

Elias Warner dialed the number, but all he got was the clear voice of an operator.

"The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable!"

Elias Warner frowned and dialed again.

It was still the operator’s voice: "The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable!"

"Luna, your mom is a doctor, she should be working at this hour, why isn’t anyone answering the phone?"

"Probably busy!" Annelise helped to explain.

"Busy? Ha, what could be more important than her own child? She’s got quite the nerve, leaving her daughter with someone she barely knows and just going off to work, and not even picking up her phone!"

Elias Warner thought Luna’s mother really was something else.

Annelise felt awkward.

"Just let her stay here. Since her mother can’t be reached, let her stay!" Annelise reached out to hug Luna.

Luna ran over and gave Annelise a kiss on the cheek.

"No, I must tell Mrs. Lockwood, her mother is irresponsible, I still need to inform Mrs. Lockwood, I really want to understand from her what kind of person Luna’s mother is!"

Annelise: ...

Luna frowned, "Dad, are you trying to send Luna away? But Luna wants to stay with you!"

"Luna, both your Ms. Winter and I are not your guardians, what if something happens? So it’s necessary to inform your mother and Grandma Lockwood, even if your mother doesn’t pick up, let Grandma Lockwood call her about the situation, then you can stay here!"

Elias Warner gently tapped Luna’s high nose.

"Alright then." Luna pouted.

Elias Warner already had Mrs. Lockwood’s number on his phone.

He dialed it.

Mrs. Lockwood’s voice came from the other side.

"Elias, how come you’ve thought of calling an old woman like me at this hour?"

"Mrs. Lockwood, where does Luna’s mother work? Today she left Luna at the hospital’s ward entrance and just left without saying a word, what’s going on? Luna is insisting on staying here with Annelise, could you please inform her mother? I’ve called her number many times, but it’s always unavailable."

Mrs. Lara Lockwood was shocked.

Luna actually went to the hospital by herself? Went to see Annelise?

"Is Annelise sick? Or are you sick? What’s going on? Why in the hospital?"

Mrs. Lockwood seemed not worried about Luna at all, but rather very concerned about Annelise’s health.

"She has a minor injury, it’s nothing serious, just a few days of rest in the hospital will do, don’t worry, I’m here to take care of her, but Luna..."

Elias Warner frowned.

Could it be that Mrs. Lockwood didn’t have a good relationship with Luna’s mother?

Why was she concerned with Annelise first?

Shouldn’t she first ask about Luna’s situation?

"Oh, Luna, if she wants to stay at the hospital with Annelise, just let her be. When her mother returns, I will tell her!"

Mrs. Lockwood seemed to suddenly realize something.

This little Luna has run off twice already, it seems the Lockwood family’s security needs reassessment.

How could a five-year-old brat find a gap in it?

That security system costing tens of thousands was installed in vain!

"Aren’t you supposed to first contact Luna’s mother and then discuss leaving Luna here?"

Elias Warner found it odd.

"Luna likes both of you, let her stay at the hospital. If her mother has sent her to you, it’s because she likes both of you and trusts you completely!"

Mrs. Lockwood explained.

"May I impolitely ask, where exactly does Luna’s mother work? I heard from Luna that she’s a doctor and should be working in a hospital? But no matter how Uncle Ford looked into it, there’s no trace of her information anywhere!"

Elias Warner was very puzzled by this point.

He had Uncle Ford check all the hospitals in Kybourne, and no one matched the requirements of Luna’s mother.

"Luna’s mother working, huh? I don’t know exactly where she works, just don’t worry about it. Elias, you’re no longer young, don’t just worry about others; sometimes you should focus more on yourself, cherish those around you!"

Elias Warner had the phone’s speaker on.

Annelise heard Mrs. Lockwood’s words too.

Instantly, her cheeks turned red and blushed all the way down to her neck.

Cherish those around you?

Was Mrs. Lockwood hinting something to Elias Warner?

Hopefully, Elias Warner wouldn’t catch on to anything.

When Annelise came back to her senses, Elias Warner had already hung up the phone.

He glanced at her with a smile, the corners of his mouth curling up.

Cherish those around you?

He should indeed cherish those around him.

From now on, he would no longer allow her to disappear from his sight.

Luna looked at Elias Warner with her eyes as black as grapes: "Dad, can I stay now?"

"Yeah, you can stay!"

Elias Warner picked Luna up.

The sky outside was gradually darkening.

Elias Warner had Uncle Ford bring over the food Mama Langdon had prepared, and the three of them started eating together.

There were prawns, beef...

Also some fruits, mangoes, peaches, prunes...

Elias Warner handed a mango to Luna.

Annelise Winter hurriedly stopped him.

"What’s wrong?"

Elias was surprised.

"I... I want to eat it..."

Annelise snatched the mango into her own hands.

Luna is allergic to mangoes, and Elias is also allergic to them; it’s hereditary.

But if Elias discovers now that Luna is allergic to mangoes, he’ll definitely suspect Luna’s identity.

"Are you a child? Why are you fighting over food with a five-year-old? If you like it, I’ll get another one for you!" Elias frowned.

"No... no need!" Annelise glanced at Luna, who had eaten with her face smeared like a flower cat.

"Dad, I’m allergic to mangoes..."

Luna tried to say that she was allergic to mangoes.

Annelise quickly covered Luna’s mouth.

Elias frowned, "What are you doing? Why are you suddenly covering her mouth? Annelise, are you hiding something from me?"

"What? How could that be?" Annelise continued eating.

Elias looked at Luna and then at Annelise; he always felt something was off with the two of them.

He stared at Luna and asked, "Luna, tell Dad, what were you going to say just now?"

"Dad, I said I’m full, and I don’t want to eat mangoes anymore!" Luna reacted quickly.

Although she didn’t know why Mom didn’t want her to tell Dad about her mango allergy.

But since it was something Mom wanted to do, she’d go along with it.

She only hoped to always be together with Mom and Dad.

Dinner was over.

Elias accompanied Luna to draw.

Luna drew a picture of her, Mom, and Dad holding hands together.

In the picture, Dad was wearing a captain’s outfit, while Mom was wearing a doctor’s outfit.

Elias frowned, a bit puzzled.

Wasn’t Luna wishing for himself and Annelise to be together? Why did she draw a picture of her mom and himself together?

"Luna, didn’t you say you wanted Dad to be with Ms. Winter? Who are the people in this drawing?"

Elias asked.

"It’s Dad and Mom!"

Luna answered.

She continued to focus on coloring the picture.

Annelise watched all of this and hurriedly called Luna over to her side.

"Luna, stop drawing; it’s too late. It’s time to wash up and go to bed! Come, Ms. Winter will take you to wash up!"

Annelise got off the bed and took Luna’s hand.

But Elias stepped in first, standing between the two and took Luna’s small hand.

"Ms. Winter is injured; Dad will take you to wash up!"

This was a VIP suite, so it had all the necessary amenities.

Luna and Elias quickly finished washing up.

He lifted Luna and placed her beside Annelise.

"Auntie, can you tell me a story?"

Luna looked at Annelise with her big round eyes.

Back in Breslin, every time at the hospital, Mom would tell her stories.

It had been a long time since she last heard a story from Mom.

Annelise patted Luna’s head.

"Alright, lie down, and Auntie will tell you the story of the Little Bunny!"

"Great, my favorite is the Little Bunny story!" Luna cheered, clapping her hands in excitement.

Elias observed this scene and couldn’t help but smile.

But in an instant, he frowned again.

Looking at these two lying on the bed, they looked remarkably alike.

Especially their eyebrows and eyes.

Annelise held Luna, patting her little butt, telling her the story.

Luna looked at Elias, who seemed lost in thought, and waved at him, "Dad, come over here and listen to Mom tell the story of the Little Bunny and the Big Bad Wolf. Dad, what does the Big Bad Wolf look like?"

Luna innocently looked at Elias.

This gave Elias the urge to perform.

He immediately mimicked the Big Bad Wolf, pretending to want to eat Luna.

Luna was so scared that she quickly burrowed into Annelise’s arms.

Annelise protected Luna, not letting the "Big Bad Wolf" eat her.

The whole room exuded an extremely warm atmosphere.

Elias watched the scene of Annelise and Luna laughing together and momentarily fell into deep thought.

He couldn’t help but smile as well.

Luna and Annelise really looked too much alike.

Could Luna actually be Annelise’s and his daughter?

Elias frowned.

Simultaneously, he was startled by his own thought.

How could Luna be his daughter?

Annelise noticed Elias’s gaze on Luna out of the corner of her eye.

She felt a bit flustered.

Was this look indicating that Elias was beginning to suspect Luna’s identity?