Chapter 685 A Day With Lisa

Mandy was overjoyed. Lisa was still willing to talk to her! But what was more endearing was the way she called her "Mom"—it was so sweet and pure that she felt that her heart was starting to melt.

Right after they spoke, she hurried down to the hospital. She called Serge while on her way and asked him to pick up Adrian later and to bring him to his grandparents' house. Since it was almost sure that she and Lisa would hang out until late that evening, she wanted to make sure that Adrian was taken care of.

She also wanted to tell Nathan that she would be seeing Lisa, but after checking what time it was, she realized that he probably was busy as he was still at work. Because of that, she just decided to postpone telling him about the trip until later that evening.

After hanging up the phone, Lisa ran to the bed and leapt on it. "Dad!" she squealed gleefully. "Mom is coming! She really is coming!"

A soft smile appeared on Colin's lips. "That's good to hear, darling. I bet you're excited," he said sweetly. As he stared at his daughter's face, he suddenly felt guilt swelling up in his guts. He didn't want to do what he just did, but he had no other choice: the only way he would be able to see Mandy again was if he took advantage of her love for their daughter.

Ever since Mandy started consistently neglecting him and his feelings, he started to see himself as despicable. He felt like there were two entities living inside him: one had already told him to give up on Mandy because she would never love him back. 'And besides, ' it said. 'Even if you manage to get her, she will never truly fall in love with you.' But then, the other voice told him otherwise: 'Why not try?' it said, hopeful. 'You never know. Maybe she'll love you back.'

When Mandy arrived at the hospital, Lisa was still fast asleep on the bed while Colin was quietly sitting next to her, keeping her company while reading a book. 'What a heartwarming scene—Colin acting like a loving father, ' she immediately thought.

In the past few days, Lisa had been resting well and recovering fast. Whenever she was tired, she would just sleep. But aside from that, she would sleep whenever she felt excited about seeing Mandy again. She hated waiting, and by sleeping, she didn't have to.

Colin quickly noticed that Mandy had already arrived. He, however, decided not to wake Lisa up as she just fell asleep. "Is she asleep?" Mandy asked in a low voice as she walked towards the bed.

"Yes," Colin answered, smiling softly. "She had a lot of energy a while ago, but she got t

with so much joy.

It was the first time that he smiled ever since Mandy left. He always wore a forced smile, but at that moment, his smile was coming from the bottom of his heart.

Slowly, he walked to Mandy's side of the bed with eyes overflowing with affection. He stretched out his trembling fingers and gently touched her face, fearing that he would wake her up.

At that moment, he felt bliss. 'If only the future could be as good as today, ' he thought.

He took a deep breath, bent down, and planted a kiss on Mandy's forehead. After lingering for a while, he went to lie on the other side of the bed and fell asleep, dreaming of happy days.

Just like before, Lisa was sleeping between them.

Nathan's schedule for that afternoon was full of meetings with high-profile people. When he finally managed to find some time to call Mandy, he discovered that he could not reach her. 'Is her phone off?' he thought. 'Why would she turn it off?' His heart started beating crazily all of a sudden, and his usually friendly face became contorted with fear and worry.

It was half past ten at night.

The phone in the villa suddenly rang. Such occurrence was strange in the household. Nacy picked up the phone on the night table in a daze.

"Hello...?" Nacy mumbled. She was very sleepy.

"Is Mandy with you?" Nathan's voice came from the other end of the line. He couldn't help but frown because he instantly recognized Nacy's voice. 'Is Mandy not with her?' he thought.

"No? Who are you?" Nacy retorted. "Why are you calling me so late at night? This is so annoying!" She was so exhausted from hanging out with Bruce that whole day that she wasn't able to identify Nathan's voice right away.