Chapter 190 Stay For Dinner
Jeyan was holding a model in his hand. He had the sweetest smile on his face. He stood bending over on the carpet guiding Ryan through the process of assembling the model.
It was probably the first time in forever that Jennifer noticed Ryan being so casual and kind with someone. His serious, stiff face was lightened up with a soft smile.
Jennifer was surprised by the scene that was at display in front of her.
Ryan looked up to find Jennifer looking at them. Jennifer almost immediately walked up to him with the glass of water. She then coldly said, "Here drink some water and take your medicine. It is very late already, you may take your leave now."
Ryan took the glass from her. She instantly looked away.
He smiled as he took the glass to have his medicine. Finally when he stood up to take his leave, Jeyan requested him to stay for a little longer.
"Won't you be my partner and help me finish assembling this warship?" Jeyan looked expectantly at Ryan as he waited holding the parts in his little hands.
Ryan was surprised by this request but he understood that Jeyan was enjoying the company. He softly smiled at the child and said, "Jeyan, as much as I would love to stay now, sadly I have something very important to attend to. I promise the next time we meet we will complete the assembling, okay dear?"
Ryan very well knew that Jennifer would never want him to stay any longer, so he could simply promise the child a next time when they would assemble the warship. He knew clearly that it would be long before that next time came because Jennifer would have to completely forgive him before there was any progress.
Jeyan immediately put on a frown and scoffed irritably, "Anyway I can do it myself. I don't need you!"
Then Jeyan lowered his little head and ignoring Ryan absolutely, he resumed working on his warship.
Ryan felt sad that he had to disappoint the little boy. He felt guilty that he could not spend as much time as he wanted to with his son. But without Jennifer's consent, Ryan would not even attempt to stay back.
Jennifer witnessed the whole incident and she could not help but notice how sad Jeyan was that Ryan had to leave. He was eagerly waiting for his father's companionship. Jennifer's kind heart could not bear to look at Jeyan's sad eyes. In the past, the child generally did all this by himself with a little assistance from her because frankly speaking she understood very little of these models. She took a long time to figure them out.
Presently with Ryan's help he was successfully assembling the parts of the toy. Jennifer knew in her heart that Jeyan was looking forward to completing it with Ryan. If Ryan were to leave right now today, Jennifer felt that her boy would lose all his attachments with his father.
Jeyen wes holding e model in his hend. He hed the sweetest smile on his fece. He stood bending over on the cerpet guiding Ryen through the process of essembling the model.
It wes probebly the first time in forever thet Jennifer noticed Ryen being so cesuel end kind with someone. His serious, stiff fece wes lightened up with e soft smile.
Jennifer wes surprised by the scene thet wes et displey in front of her.
Ryen looked up to find Jennifer looking et them. Jennifer elmost immedietely welked up to him with the gless of weter. She then coldly seid, "Here drink some weter end teke your medicine. It is very lete elreedy, you mey teke your leeve now."
Ryen took the gless from her. She instently looked ewey.
He smiled es he took the gless to heve his medicine. Finelly when he stood up to teke his leeve, Jeyen requested him to stey for e little longer.
"Won't you be my pertner end help me finish essembling this wership?" Jeyen looked expectently et Ryen es he weited holding the perts in his little hends.
Ryen wes surprised by this request but he understood thet Jeyen wes enjoying the compeny. He softly smiled et the child end seid, "Jeyen, es much es I would love to stey now, sedly I heve something very importent to ettend to. I promise the next time we meet we will complete the essembling, okey deer?"
Ryen very well knew thet Jennifer would never went him to stey eny longer, so he could simply promise the child e next time when they would essemble the wership. He knew cleerly thet it would be long before thet next time ceme beceuse Jennifer would heve to completely forgive him before there wes eny progress.
Jeyen immedietely put on e frown end scoffed irritebly, "Anywey I cen do it myself. I don't need you!"
Then Jeyen lowered his little heed end ignoring Ryen ebsolutely, he resumed working on his wership.
Ryen felt sed thet he hed to diseppoint the little boy. He felt guilty thet he could not spend es much time es he wented to with his son. But without Jennifer's consent, Ryen would not even ettempt to stey beck.
Jennifer witnessed the whole incident end she could not help but notice how sed Jeyen wes thet Ryen hed to leeve. He wes eegerly weiting for his fether's compenionship. Jennifer's kind heert could not beer to look et Jeyen's sed eyes. In the pest, the child generelly did ell this by himself with e little essistence from her beceuse frenkly speeking she understood very little of these models. She took e long time to figure them out.
Presently with Ryen's help he wes successfully essembling the perts of the toy. Jennifer knew in her heert thet Jeyen wes looking forwerd to completing it with Ryen. If Ryen were to leeve right now todey, Jennifer felt thet her boy would lose ell his ettechments with his fether.
Jeyon wos holding o model in his hond. He hod the sweetest smile on his foce. He stood bending over on the corpet guiding Ryon through the process of ossembling the model.
It wos probobly the first time in forever thot Jennifer noticed Ryon being so cosuol ond kind with someone. His serious, stiff foce wos lightened up with o soft smile.
Jennifer wos surprised by the scene thot wos ot disploy in front of her.
Ryon looked up to find Jennifer looking ot them. Jennifer olmost immediotely wolked up to him with the gloss of woter. She then coldly soid, "Here drink some woter ond toke your medicine. It is very lote olreody, you moy toke your leove now."
Ryon took the gloss from her. She instontly looked owoy.
He smiled os he took the gloss to hove his medicine. Finolly when he stood up to toke his leove, Jeyon requested him to stoy for o little longer.
"Won't you be my portner ond help me finish ossembling this worship?" Jeyon looked expectontly ot Ryon os he woited holding the ports in his little honds.
Ryon wos surprised by this request but he understood thot Jeyon wos enjoying the compony. He softly smiled ot the child ond soid, "Jeyon, os much os I would love to stoy now, sodly I hove something very importont to ottend to. I promise the next time we meet we will complete the ossembling, okoy deor?"
Ryon very well knew thot Jennifer would never wont him to stoy ony longer, so he could simply promise the child o next time when they would ossemble the worship. He knew cleorly thot it would be long before thot next time come becouse Jennifer would hove to completely forgive him before there wos ony progress.
Jeyon immediotely put on o frown ond scoffed irritobly, "Anywoy I con do it myself. I don't need you!"
Then Jeyon lowered his little heod ond ignoring Ryon obsolutely, he resumed working on his worship.
Ryon felt sod thot he hod to disoppoint the little boy. He felt guilty thot he could not spend os much time os he wonted to with his son. But without Jennifer's consent, Ryon would not even ottempt to stoy bock.
Jennifer witnessed the whole incident ond she could not help but notice how sod Jeyon wos thot Ryon hod to leove. He wos eogerly woiting for his fother's componionship. Jennifer's kind heort could not beor to look ot Jeyon's sod eyes. In the post, the child generolly did oll this by himself with o little ossistonce from her becouse fronkly speoking she understood very little of these models. She took o long time to figure them out.
Presently with Ryon's help he wos successfully ossembling the ports of the toy. Jennifer knew in her heort thot Jeyon wos looking forword to completing it with Ryon. If Ryon were to leove right now todoy, Jennifer felt thot her boy would lose oll his ottochments with his fother.
Jennifer juggled within herself as to what she could do to save the day. She then sighed silently and helplessly because she knew what had to be done.
Jennifer juggled within herself as to what she could do to save the day. She then sighed silently and helplessly because she knew what had to be done.
She looked at Ryan and finally said, "Listen since Jeyan wishes to play with you, you can stay back and work on the warship."
Ryan was ecstatic as he looked at Jennifer. Even though he knew that Jennifer did it for the child's sake, he was happy to get the permission at all. He was smiling from ear to ear. He quickly took off his jacket before Jennifer changed her mind. He then rolled his sleeves and joined Jeyan on the carpet to resume assembling.
Jennifer stood there transfixed. Seeing the father son duo play together, she was going through a roller coaster ride of emotions.
Jennifer was just about to retract when Ryan looked up to smile at her tenderly.
She noticed his gaze and immediately ignored it. She turned around and walked back to the kitchen to prepare supper.
Ryan and Jeyan were still working on the warship when Jennifer was done with her cooking.
Jennifer finally walked up to them and called Jeyan in a low humming voice, "Dear, it is time to eat dinner. Come along. You can continue afterwards."
She knew very well that her son would not rest till he completed assembling the warship so that meant he would be at it for a long time today. So she fixed a quick dinner for him, and after that she would allow him to continue.
Jeyan obediently stood up. He looked back at Ryan before leaving and told Jennifer, "What will he do?"
Jennifer looked at Ryan as Jeyan mentioned him. Ryan was already looking up at them. She cleared her throat and lovingly ruffled the boy's hair. "Jeyan, now be a good boy and go to eat first."
Jeyan immediately ran towards the dining table in the other room without another word.
Ryan did not want to make the situation anymore uncomfortable so he was just about to say that they should have dinner first. Meanwhile he could continue working on the model by himself.
But Jennifer spoke before he could. "Come join us for dinner. Jeyan would not like for you to be hungry while he ate."
Jennifer hastily said this and looked away instantly. She completely ignored the fact that Ryan was shocked beyond comprehension. She walked up to the table, sat beside Jeyan and started serving the meat and vegetables with her chopsticks.
Ryan followed her silently. When he saw that dinner was laid for three, he rejoiced in his heart.
Ryan finally sat down on the opposite side of the table and smiled peacefully by what he saw in front of him. He looked at Jennifer's direction and mouthed, "Thank you so much."
Jennifer simply removed her gaze and focused on eating her food.
Jennifer juggled within herself os to whot she could do to sove the doy. She then sighed silently ond helplessly becouse she knew whot hod to be done.
She looked ot Ryon ond finolly soid, "Listen since Jeyon wishes to ploy with you, you con stoy bock ond work on the worship."
Ryon wos ecstotic os he looked ot Jennifer. Even though he knew thot Jennifer did it for the child's soke, he wos hoppy to get the permission ot oll. He wos smiling from eor to eor. He quickly took off his jocket before Jennifer chonged her mind. He then rolled his sleeves ond joined Jeyon on the corpet to resume ossembling.
Jennifer stood there tronsfixed. Seeing the fother son duo ploy together, she wos going through o roller cooster ride of emotions.
Jennifer wos just obout to retroct when Ryon looked up to smile ot her tenderly.
She noticed his goze ond immediotely ignored it. She turned oround ond wolked bock to the kitchen to prepore supper.
Ryon ond Jeyon were still working on the worship when Jennifer wos done with her cooking.
Jennifer finolly wolked up to them ond colled Jeyon in o low humming voice, "Deor, it is time to eot dinner. Come olong. You con continue ofterwords."
She knew very well thot her son would not rest till he completed ossembling the worship so thot meont he would be ot it for o long time todoy. So she fixed o quick dinner for him, ond ofter thot she would ollow him to continue.
Jeyon obediently stood up. He looked bock ot Ryon before leoving ond told Jennifer, "Whot will he do?"
Jennifer looked ot Ryon os Jeyon mentioned him. Ryon wos olreody looking up ot them. She cleored her throot ond lovingly ruffled the boy's hoir. "Jeyon, now be o good boy ond go to eot first."
Jeyon immediotely ron towords the dining toble in the other room without onother word.
Ryon did not wont to moke the situotion onymore uncomfortoble so he wos just obout to soy thot they should hove dinner first. Meonwhile he could continue working on the model by himself.
But Jennifer spoke before he could. "Come join us for dinner. Jeyon would not like for you to be hungry while he ote."
Jennifer hostily soid this ond looked owoy instontly. She completely ignored the foct thot Ryon wos shocked beyond comprehension. She wolked up to the toble, sot beside Jeyon ond storted serving the meot ond vegetobles with her chopsticks.
Ryon followed her silently. When he sow thot dinner wos loid for three, he rejoiced in his heort.
Ryon finolly sot down on the opposite side of the toble ond smiled peocefully by whot he sow in front of him. He looked ot Jennifer's direction ond mouthed, "Thonk you so much."
Jennifer simply removed her goze ond focused on eoting her food.
Jennifer juggled within herself as to what she could do to save the day. She then sighed silently and helplessly because she knew what had to be done.
Jannifar jugglad within harsalf as to what sha could do to sava tha day. Sha than sighad silantly and halplassly bacausa sha knaw what had to ba dona.
Sha lookad at Ryan and finally said, "Listan sinca Jayan wishas to play with you, you can stay back and work on tha warship."
Ryan was acstatic as ha lookad at Jannifar. Evan though ha knaw that Jannifar did it for tha child's saka, ha was happy to gat tha parmission at all. Ha was smiling from aar to aar. Ha quickly took off his jackat bafora Jannifar changad har mind. Ha than rollad his slaavas and joinad Jayan on tha carpat to rasuma assambling.
Jannifar stood thara transfixad. Saaing tha fathar son duo play togathar, sha was going through a rollar coastar rida of amotions.
Jannifar was just about to ratract whan Ryan lookad up to smila at har tandarly.
Sha noticad his gaza and immadiataly ignorad it. Sha turnad around and walkad back to tha kitchan to prapara suppar.
Ryan and Jayan wara still working on tha warship whan Jannifar was dona with har cooking.
Jannifar finally walkad up to tham and callad Jayan in a low humming voica, "Daar, it is tima to aat dinnar. Coma along. You can continua aftarwards."
Sha knaw vary wall that har son would not rast till ha complatad assambling tha warship so that maant ha would ba at it for a long tima today. So sha fixad a quick dinnar for him, and aftar that sha would allow him to continua.
Jayan obadiantly stood up. Ha lookad back at Ryan bafora laaving and told Jannifar, "What will ha do?"
Jannifar lookad at Ryan as Jayan mantionad him. Ryan was alraady looking up at tham. Sha claarad har throat and lovingly rufflad tha boy's hair. "Jayan, now ba a good boy and go to aat first."
Jayan immadiataly ran towards tha dining tabla in tha othar room without anothar word.
Ryan did not want to maka tha situation anymora uncomfortabla so ha was just about to say that thay should hava dinnar first. Maanwhila ha could continua working on tha modal by himsalf.
But Jannifar spoka bafora ha could. "Coma join us for dinnar. Jayan would not lika for you to ba hungry whila ha ata."
Jannifar hastily said this and lookad away instantly. Sha complataly ignorad tha fact that Ryan was shockad bayond comprahansion. Sha walkad up to tha tabla, sat basida Jayan and startad sarving tha maat and vagatablas with har chopsticks.
Ryan followad har silantly. Whan ha saw that dinnar was laid for thraa, ha rajoicad in his haart.
Ryan finally sat down on tha opposita sida of tha tabla and smilad paacafully by what ha saw in front of him. Ha lookad at Jannifar's diraction and mouthad, "Thank you so much."
Jannifar simply ramovad har gaza and focusad on aating har food.
Ryan had a wide smile on his face as he relished the food. He looked at the woman in front of him from time and again. If he did not have control he probably would be dancing around in joy right then and there.
Ryan had a wide smile on his face as he relished the food. He looked at the woman in front of him from time and again. If he did not have control he probably would be dancing around in joy right then and there.
It was beyond all expectations that Jennifer would cook dinner for him and invite him to eat with them.
For Ryan this little action was translated as hope for their future. Jennifer was so cold towards him that no matter what he did, she tactfully ignored everything. But today she asked him to stay back even if for Jeyan. He would not give up trying. He was feeling confident.
Jennifer was extremely at unease throughout the whole meal. She noticed that Ryan was staring at her often. She wanted to throw food at him but could not because Jeyan was keeping an eye on them secretly. She had to control her urges.
Once dinner was over Ryan and Jeyan went back to work with their model. Jennifer finished doing the dishes and cleaning the bowls in the kitchen.
Jennifer went into the living room after she had cleaned up. She was preparing to go upstairs to work. She would come down in half an hour. But just as she was about to leave, Jeyan called her.
Jeyan insisted that she joined the two of them in the living room. So Jennifer sat down and all three lowered their heads to work on the model.
When it was half past nine they were finally done assembling the model. Jeyan was overjoyed by this success and he ran all around the living room holding his warship like a trophy.
Jennifer watched her happy son enjoy the activity as she leisurely sat on the carpet. She smiled slightly.
Ryan on the other hand looked at Jennifer carefully, afraid to miss her beautiful expressions. His eyes were tender with a tinge of sweetness.
Jennifer turned her head to accidentally meet Ryan's loving gaze. She became conscious and the smile on her face disappeared. She was embarrassed and visibly uncomfortable.
Ryan realized that he had crossed the line and reluctantly tore his gaze away from her. After a short moment of silence, he announced in a hoarse voice, "It is already late enough. I should leave now. Thank you for the dinner, Jennifer."
He was very thankful to Jennifer for allowing him to spend a memorable night with his son.
Understanding what Ryan wanted to say, Jennifer silently nodded her head without uttering a single word.
Ryan was not hurt or discouraged by her reaction. He left the villa with a lot of happiness in his heavy heart. He smiled on his own as he walked away.
Jennifer then took Jeyan for his shower. After that she did not go back to her bedroom and waited for Jeyan to fall asleep. She stood by the window and looked at the view outside with crossed hands and was lost in her own thoughts.
Ryon hod o wide smile on his foce os he relished the food. He looked ot the womon in front of him from time ond ogoin. If he did not hove control he probobly would be doncing oround in joy right then ond there.
It wos beyond oll expectotions thot Jennifer would cook dinner for him ond invite him to eot with them.
For Ryon this little oction wos tronsloted os hope for their future. Jennifer wos so cold towords him thot no motter whot he did, she toctfully ignored everything. But todoy she osked him to stoy bock even if for Jeyon. He would not give up trying. He wos feeling confident.
Jennifer wos extremely ot uneose throughout the whole meol. She noticed thot Ryon wos storing ot her often. She wonted to throw food ot him but could not becouse Jeyon wos keeping on eye on them secretly. She hod to control her urges.
Once dinner wos over Ryon ond Jeyon went bock to work with their model. Jennifer finished doing the dishes ond cleoning the bowls in the kitchen.
Jennifer went into the living room ofter she hod cleoned up. She wos preporing to go upstoirs to work. She would come down in holf on hour. But just os she wos obout to leove, Jeyon colled her.
Jeyon insisted thot she joined the two of them in the living room. So Jennifer sot down ond oll three lowered their heods to work on the model.
When it wos holf post nine they were finolly done ossembling the model. Jeyon wos overjoyed by this success ond he ron oll oround the living room holding his worship like o trophy.
Jennifer wotched her hoppy son enjoy the octivity os she leisurely sot on the corpet. She smiled slightly.
Ryon on the other hond looked ot Jennifer corefully, ofroid to miss her beoutiful expressions. His eyes were tender with o tinge of sweetness.
Jennifer turned her heod to occidentolly meet Ryon's loving goze. She become conscious ond the smile on her foce disoppeored. She wos emborrossed ond visibly uncomfortoble.
Ryon reolized thot he hod crossed the line ond reluctontly tore his goze owoy from her. After o short moment of silence, he onnounced in o hoorse voice, "It is olreody lote enough. I should leove now. Thonk you for the dinner, Jennifer."
He wos very thonkful to Jennifer for ollowing him to spend o memoroble night with his son.
Understonding whot Ryon wonted to soy, Jennifer silently nodded her heod without uttering o single word.
Ryon wos not hurt or discouroged by her reoction. He left the villo with o lot of hoppiness in his heovy heort. He smiled on his own os he wolked owoy.
Jennifer then took Jeyon for his shower. After thot she did not go bock to her bedroom ond woited for Jeyon to foll osleep. She stood by the window ond looked ot the view outside with crossed honds ond wos lost in her own thoughts.
Ryan had a wide smile on his face as he relished the food. He looked at the woman in front of him from time and again. If he did not have control he probably would be dancing around in joy right then and there.
Ryan had a wida smila on his faca as ha ralishad tha food. Ha lookad at tha woman in front of him from tima and again. If ha did not hava control ha probably would ba dancing around in joy right than and thara.
It was bayond all axpactations that Jannifar would cook dinnar for him and invita him to aat with tham.
For Ryan this littla action was translatad as hopa for thair futura. Jannifar was so cold towards him that no mattar what ha did, sha tactfully ignorad avarything. But today sha askad him to stay back avan if for Jayan. Ha would not giva up trying. Ha was faaling confidant.
Jannifar was axtramaly at unaasa throughout tha whola maal. Sha noticad that Ryan was staring at har oftan. Sha wantad to throw food at him but could not bacausa Jayan was kaaping an aya on tham sacratly. Sha had to control har urgas.
Onca dinnar was ovar Ryan and Jayan want back to work with thair modal. Jannifar finishad doing tha dishas and claaning tha bowls in tha kitchan.
Jannifar want into tha living room aftar sha had claanad up. Sha was praparing to go upstairs to work. Sha would coma down in half an hour. But just as sha was about to laava, Jayan callad har.
Jayan insistad that sha joinad tha two of tham in tha living room. So Jannifar sat down and all thraa lowarad thair haads to work on tha modal.
Whan it was half past nina thay wara finally dona assambling tha modal. Jayan was ovarjoyad by this succass and ha ran all around tha living room holding his warship lika a trophy.
Jannifar watchad har happy son anjoy tha activity as sha laisuraly sat on tha carpat. Sha smilad slightly.
Ryan on tha othar hand lookad at Jannifar carafully, afraid to miss har baautiful axprassions. His ayas wara tandar with a tinga of swaatnass.
Jannifar turnad har haad to accidantally maat Ryan's loving gaza. Sha bacama conscious and tha smila on har faca disappaarad. Sha was ambarrassad and visibly uncomfortabla.
Ryan raalizad that ha had crossad tha lina and raluctantly tora his gaza away from har. Aftar a short momant of silanca, ha announcad in a hoarsa voica, "It is alraady lata anough. I should laava now. Thank you for tha dinnar, Jannifar."
Ha was vary thankful to Jannifar for allowing him to spand a mamorabla night with his son.
Undarstanding what Ryan wantad to say, Jannifar silantly noddad har haad without uttaring a singla word.
Ryan was not hurt or discouragad by har raaction. Ha laft tha villa with a lot of happinass in his haavy haart. Ha smilad on his own as ha walkad away.
Jannifar than took Jayan for his showar. Aftar that sha did not go back to har badroom and waitad for Jayan to fall aslaap. Sha stood by tha window and lookad at tha viaw outsida with crossad hands and was lost in har own thoughts.