The Love of Burning the Wild Rose

I put my arm around Kyla's shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry. I will be there."

A month later, on Friday...

I ran into Dominic on the school playground unexpectedly.

Elsie was standing beside Dominic.

She held his arm and greeted me.

"Aryanna, long time no see. I didn't expect you to come."

Gavin was the president of the school sprint club, so he had to take part in the game.

However, I didn't come for Gavin today.

I ignored Elsie and walked straight to the bleacher. Seeing this, Dominic finally reacted. He let go of Elsie's hand and strode to me.

With sarcasm in his tone, he asked, "Aryanna, didn't you say you were not Gavin's mom anymore? Then why are you here?"

I didn't want to waste my time chatting with Dominic.

I just said, "Please don't stand next to me. I don't want others to misunderstand us."

"Misunderstand what?" Dominic was confused.

I briefly explained, "Misunderstand that we are still a couple."

Upon hearing this, Dominic was first stunned, and then his face gradually turned sullen.

He gritted his teeth. "Aryanna, don't try to provoke me."

I didn't understand what he meant.

At this moment, I was just excitedly waving to Kyla who was on the runway.

Gavin stood only about 16 feet away from Kyla. I knew he saw me.

He obviously thought I was waving at him, otherwise, he wouldn't have shown disgust and disdain on his face.

As the gun went off, the boys and girls started running at the same time.

To my surprise, Kyla actually ran very fast.

But unexpectedly, Gavin, who had always been outstanding, fell halfway through the race.

As soon as the race ended, Dominic and I both ran towards the racetrack.

Dominic was faster than me and strode to Gavin's side first, solemnly inquiring the school doctor about Gavin's injuries.

The school doctor was about to speak, but Dominic made a pause gesture.

Then, he turned his face and looked at me unhappily. I was standing not far away from him, texting with my head down.

He asked with a frown, "Aryanna, what are you doing there? Can't you see that your son is injured?"

Dominic's reprimand attracted the attention of the surrounding teachers and students.

I put away my phone and looked at Gavin, whose lips were pale, expressionless.

Gavin's knees were broken and swollen, covered in blood.

His left ankle joint was twisted.

Gavin instinctively reached out to me in pain, looking at me with helplessness in his eyes.

But I found it a bit funny.

I sneered in my heart, What does this have to do with me?

Just as Gavin wrote in his composition last year, he had grown up.

In his eyes, I was just a mediocre and useless mother, a housewife, who only knew how to cook and do laundry at home. I couldn't even play a complete piano piece. He didn't need me or my care at all.

Under the crowd's gazes, I walked past Gavin directly and went to the girls with a smile on my face, embracing Kyla excitedly.

I praised, "Kyla, you did an amazing job. Congratulations on winning the silver medal.

"Let's go, sweetie. Your mom's waiting outside in her car. She said she'd take us to have the seafood feast. That's what you've been wanting to eat, right?"

I walked out of the campus in a relaxed and happy mood. As soon as I got in the car, Dominic called me.

I didn't want to answer the call.

But Dominic sent me a message. [It's about our divorce.]

So, when we arrived at the restaurant, I asked Emilie to take Kyla in first. I would join them later.

It had been two months, and this was the first time I took the initiative to call Dominic.

I waited only half a second, and Dominic picked up the phone. His voice came from the other end, sounding somewhat frustrated.

"Aryanna, where are you now?"

"No matter where I am, you can directly tell me when you have time to go to the courthouse." I sounded very calm.

Dominic fell silent for a moment.

After calming down a little, he said in a softened tone, "You need to come to the hospital first. Gavin is seriously injured and may not be able to take part in the race in the future. In short, the doctor wants to discuss something with us."

"Oh, he can't take part in the race anymore, huh? That's fine. You don't need to tell me about such a trifle."

Dominic couldn't believe what I had just said.

"Aryanna, how can you say that? You're Gavin's mother!"

I leaned back against the soft pillow in the back seat of the car.

Then, I replied calmly, "Dominic, it was you who called Gavin to the study in the first place. It was you who asked him to tell me in person who he wanted to live with in the future. He chose you because I was just an outsider to your family.

"Why do you behave as if I'm the one who ditched him?

"Don't you think you and your son are very contradictory and ridiculous?"

Dominic fell into a long silence again.

When I thought he was deliberately ignoring me, he spoke again.