Chapter 1694 - 1668: Wherever My Gaze Falls, There Lies Eternity: The Unruly Uncle

After hanging up the phone, Violet Zimmerman called Joseph Lancaster as well. Joseph was busy with work, and when he heard the phone ring, he casually picked it up and put it to his ear, "Hello, may I ask..."

"Joseph, it’s me." Violet hesitantly started, having just gotten off the phone with Daxton. But speaking with her little uncle felt different.

Hearing Violet’s voice, Joseph put down his work, leaned back in his office chair and smiled, "Violet, what made you think of calling me? Where’s Robert, asleep and leaving you bored?"

Joseph’s gentle voice resonated in her ears, and Violet shyly pursed her lips.

"Why aren’t you talking?" Not hearing Violet speak, Joseph asked curiously, then immediately smirked as he said, "I get it, you haven’t seen me these days, you miss hearing my voice, don’t you, Violet?"

"Definitely not!" Almost as soon as Joseph finished, Violet denied it, her anxious tone mixed with bashful anger.

Joseph’s grin deepened, even without seeing her, he could imagine her furious expression with flushed cheeks, as she always showed her emotions on her face when angry or shy.

In truth, he already guessed what it was about. This morning, Mom said she was taking her to the hospital for a check-up...

Yet he acted unaware, asking, "Then what is it?"

Before speaking, Violet cautiously looked around, not seeing any servants, and then whispered, "Today, Mom took me to the hospital, no pregnancy."

Joseph already knew this would be the result; his seeds had traveled different routes, how could she possibly conceive.

Suppressing his pride, he laughed and said, "Okay, I understand. I’ll keep trying in the future."

Violet...

She didn’t expect her uncle to speak so flippantly, biting her lip in embarrassment, before finally saying with a pout, "How can you talk like that!"

Then she abruptly hung up the phone with a "snap".

Holding her flushed cheeks, Violet’s ears kept ringing with her uncle’s words,

feeling some resentment, wondering how such a cultured man as her little uncle could say such indecent things, it was mortifying.

As Violet was silently complaining, Sister Zhang appeared on the stairs holding Robert Lancaster, "Madam, the little master has woken up, crying for his mommy."

On the stairs, the recently woken little guy stretched out his small hands, pouting, "Mommy, feed me~"

"Don’t cry, Robert, mommy will feed you." Violet hurried up the stairs, feeling inexplicably cheerful after the call with her uncle.

Violet held Robert and sat down on the sofa, lifting her shirt and talking to the little guy.

"Robert, you don’t even know how naughty your uncle is..."

After she finished speaking, the little guy nursing looked up at her and said, "Uncle, good! He buys meat for Robert!"

Seeing her son liking his uncle so much, Violet felt happy too. She scrunched her nose at her son, saying, "A few pieces of meat bought you over, no ambition!"

This woman was busy teasing her son, completely forgetting how many chicken legs she’d eaten from her uncle.

...

Daxton Lancaster returned from the company looking unsettled. Violet picked up her son playing with toys on the carpet and walked toward Daxton.

"Daxton, you’re back."

"Hmm." Daxton replied with a nasal sound.

Robert reached out to him, "Daddy, hold me."

Seeing the little guy, Daxton’s expression finally eased a little.

He took off his wool coat and handed it to Sister Zhang, took Robert from her and headed toward the stairs.

"Violet, come upstairs with me."

Violet wondered if it was because she wasn’t pregnant that Daxton was upset. Watching his back, she hesitated for a moment and then followed him upstairs.