Chapter 323: Feeling Guilty and Embarrassed
After taking the two children out for lunch and buying them new clothes, Olivia brought them back home.
Dinner was prepared by Emily.
Olivia sat down at the dining table with the children. Emily smiled and asked them what they had done today. The two children reported everything in detail, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
After a while, Olivia noticed that Ethan was eating unusually slowly today. She couldn’t help but ask with concern, “Ethan, what’s wrong? Did you eat too much at lunch and can’t eat anymore?”
Hearing this, both Emily and Sebastian looked at Ethan.
They saw Ethan holding his stomach with one hand under the table and slowly picking at his food with the other, his face pale, looking uncomfortable.
Seeing his brother like this, Sebastian became very worried. “Mommy, Ethan seems unwell.”
Olivia put down her chopsticks and walked over to the child’s side.
Seeing his mommy coming, Ethan stopped forcing himself and put both hands on his stomach, his face scrunched up in discomfort.
“What’s wrong? Is your stomach hurting?” Olivia asked seriously as she reached for the child’s wrist to check what was wrong.
Ethan nodded vigorously. Just as Olivia was about to grab his wrist, he suddenly looked distressed and jumped off the chair, running towards the bathroom.
Olivia stood up and looked worriedly at Sebastian. “Do you feel uncomfortable?”
Sebastian carefully felt himself and shook his head at his mommy.
Emily also looked worriedly in the direction of the bathroom and glanced at the food, “It shouldn’t be, tonight’s food should be fine.”
Olivia smiled reassuringly at Emily, “It’s not the dinner. I think maybe he caught a chill while swimming at noon or ate something bad at lunch.”
Emily nodded slightly, feeling much relieved but still a bit heartbroken.
Since she came to take care of this family, it seemed that this mother and son often got sick.
She wondered how they managed before.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.
After a long while, Ethan came out of the bathroom with a pale face.
“How are you feeling?” Olivia asked with concern.
Ethan shook his head, “I don’t feel anything now.”
Olivia was still worried. She sat down with Ethan on the sofa and took his wrist to check his pulse.
“When did you start feeling uncomfortable?” Olivia asked with a frown after checking.
Ethan answered guiltily, “In the car this afternoon.”
Olivia sighed, unable to do anything about Ethan. “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
Ethan’s voice was soft, “I didn’t want to worry you, Mommy. Besides, I just felt like I needed to go to the bathroom…”
After all, he and his brother had just said they would protect their mommy. Even kids have their pride.
He really didn’t think he was sick. In the car, he just had a bit of a stomachache and needed to go to the bathroom.
He didn’t expect that when he started eating dinner, his stomach would twist in pain after just a few bites.
Now that his mommy had found out, Ethan felt both guilty and embarrassed.
Olivia saw through Ethan’s thoughts. Feeling both heartbroken and amused, she said, “If you want to protect Mommy, you need to take care of your own body first. Next time you feel unwell, tell Mommy earlier.”
Ethan nodded obediently.
“Originally, just taking some medicine would have been enough. Now we have to go to the hospital.” Olivia glanced at the time. “Luckily, it’s not too late.”
After saying that, she asked Emily to get thick coats for the children and drove them to the hospital.