Chapter 1202 - 1142: Secret Exposed by Daughter

Adrian Desmond isn’t one to easily compromise, but when it comes to Sienna Johnson, he finds himself making concessions time and again, without any principles.

Like this time, even though he didn’t want Sienna to take risks, he pretended to compromise under her gentle persuasion.

Yes, it was a feigned compromise, not a genuine one.

However, even pretending to compromise was unbearable for him.

Adrian isn’t a quiet person, especially when lying in bed for a long time, so this pretending-to-sleep task was really challenging for him.

The bedroom carried the scent of Sienna Johnson.

Adrian slowly opened his eyes, sat up in bed, and looked around the familiar bedroom with its wide bed, wondering what Sienna might be doing at this moment.

This bed was something Adrian insisted on getting after moving in, as the old bed couldn’t withstand their passion.

Adrian very much enjoyed the feeling of rolling around on the big bed with Sienna.

Footsteps were heard from outside the door, and Adrian quickly lay down, closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep.

The door opened, and Curly tiptoed inside, locking the door behind her.

Adrian slightly opened his eyes to a slit, looking at the sneaky little girl, wondering why she’d come into his room.

Curly kneeled on the ground, looking around as if searching for something, "Strange, where did it go?"

So, something was indeed lost.

Not finding anything on the floor, Curly climbed onto the bed, stepping right on Adrian’s most sensitive area, which had been injured just the night before. That sensation... if it weren’t for Adrian’s extraordinary willpower, he would have cried out in pain.

This girl!

"Where did it go? It couldn’t have been swallowed, could it?"

Curly was looking for the bullet charm, which had a missing piece, fearing George had swallowed it. She didn’t dare tell her mom, scared of being scolded.

After searching around without success, Curly focused on her father... The necklace was last found in his mouth, so did George not eat it, but rather her father?

Curly came over to pry her father’s mouth open, "Dad, open your mouth!"

Adrian cooperatively opened his mouth, and Curly’s fingers ventured in...

What exactly was she doing?

Adrian was at a loss.

Her fingers were probing his mouth and reaching towards his throat...

Adrian: ...

Before Curly managed to stick her whole hand inside, Adrian suddenly opened his eyes, frightening Curly, who was unprepared for her father suddenly waking.

"Ah..." she gasped, falling backward.

Adrian’s long arm reached out, pulling her into his embrace, "What on earth were you doing just now?"

"Daddy?" Curly exclaimed joyfully.

"Hmm."

"Daddy, you’re awake?"

"Hmm."

"Daddy."

"Hmm."

"Daddy!"

"Hmm."

Curly called out several times, to which Adrian replied, "Stop calling, I know you’re my daughter."

"That’s great, Daddy, you’re finally awake. ...

I need to tell mom that Daddy woke up." Curly turned and was about to get off the bed, only to be held back by Adrian.

"Hush... you can’t tell mom."

"Why not?"

"Because mom doesn’t want anyone to know I’ve woken up."

"Why?"

"Ahh, I can’t quite explain it, women’s minds are hard to understand."

Curly patted her father’s shoulder, saying with maturity, "Hmm, your wife is just more difficult to deal with."

"Don’t you dare speak ill of my wife; she’s the best wife in the world."

"I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder." She’d seen it on TV, as that’s how it played out.

"What were you looking for?"

Curly glanced at the door, seeing it tightly locked, she felt relieved to speak, albeit in a very low voice, worried others might hear.

"Daddy, I might have caused a problem."

"Oh." Adrian’s reaction was calm because Curly often got into trouble. Adrian indulged her, and when Curly caused trouble, she’d secretly tell him, and Adrian would help her out of it.

He had no choice; he was her father, after all.

"My brother might have eaten a bullet."

Adrian’s expression finally changed, "What did you give Sheehan to eat?"

"It was that bullet charm necklace you gave me. I let my brother play with it, and then George came looking for me for homework, and in a moment of inattention, my brother bit off a piece of the bullet... I didn’t dare tell mom, so I came to look for it quietly... If I find it, then my brother hasn’t eaten it... If I don’t find it..."

Curly glanced cautiously at her father, seeing his face change color, knowing she was in big trouble this time.

"If you didn’t find it, then Sheehan swallowed it."

"..."

"But Sheehan seems to be fine, no diarrhea, no white foam vomiting..."

"White foam vomiting?"

Curly shook her hands repeatedly, "No white foam vomiting; Sheehan’s fine, eating a lot lately, he’s even fatter, I can’t lift him."

"When did I ever give you a bullet charm necklace?" Adrian had no recollection of it. Could he have been comatose for so long that it affected his memory?

Curly pulled out the bullet charm necklace from her pocket, handing it to her father, "This one..."

Adrian took it, looked at it, and after a while, he remembered the bullet charm necklace was given to him by the old man.

"How did this necklace end up with you?"

"You gave it to me, didn’t you?"

"When did I give you this bullet charm necklace?"

Curly thought her father misunderstood her for taking his things and quickly explained, "You gave it to me. It was placed with that box of jewels."

"..."

"Dad, you gave this to me; I didn’t steal your things."

"I didn’t say you stole... Besides, Dad’s things are your things, take whatever you like." Adrian patted his daughter’s head and said.

Curly nestled into her father’s arms, her knee resting on a particular sore spot of Adrian’s, causing his face to turn pale.

"Daddy, you’re the best."

"You’re my daughter; if I’m not good to you, who should I be good to?"

Curly hugged her father’s neck, kissed his cheek, and whispered, "Daddy, how did you suddenly wake up?"

"I don’t know either."

Sienna had asked him the same question. He had no knowledge of his comatose state, let alone why he suddenly woke up.

Adrian carefully examined the missing part of the bullet charm, realizing it wasn’t an ordinary bullet but something resembling a bottle... The missing part should’ve been a cap. Originally, what was inside?

He brought it close to his nose, detecting a medicinal scent. Adrian asked, "Was there something inside?"

"What thing?"

Adrian let her smell it, and Curly’s face changed, "Daddy, this necklace was last found in your mouth... If there was medicine inside, it’s either Sheehan who ate it, or you did..."