🎬 Daddy, I'm Done Waiting
For five years, Aria and Leo endured Damian’s coldness and aloofness. According to an ancient legend of the wolf clan, they gave Damian three chances—but each one came to nothing. Aria takes Leo and disappears from Damien's life forever.
By the time Damien realizes what he has lost, the family that once waited for him is already gone.
📺 Full 30 episodes (40 min)
🔥 Drama, Romance, Family, Modern
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For five years, Aria and Leo endured Damian’s coldness and aloofness. According to an ancient legend of the wolf clan, they gave Damian three chances—but each one came to nothing. Aria takes Leo and disappears from Damien's life forever.
By the time Damien realizes what he has lost, the family that once waited for him is already gone.
📺 Full 30 episodes (40 min)
🔥 Drama, Romance, Family, Modern
#shortmax #shortdrama #fulldrama #romance #drama #englishdrama #Fantasy
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00:03Push! One more push!
00:08Congratulations, Mrs. Blackwood. It's a boy.
00:10A top alpha of Manhattan, the day his son born, he didn't even look at him.
00:16Damien Blackwood didn't love me, and he certainly doesn't love Leo,
00:19the little wolf pup who carries his silver moon wolf blood.
00:23Five years later, his first love returned to New York.
00:26He usually culled an indifferent alpha for the first time got drunk at home,
00:30and even smiled as he took Leo into his arms.
00:33Mom, why is Uncle acting strange?
00:36Leo, because the person Uncle loves has come back, we shouldn't bother him anymore.
00:40It's time for us to leave.
00:42Putting Leo to sleep.
00:44I went back to the guest room, opened my laptop, and started drafting the mate bond desolation.
00:51Five years ago, my heart went out of control unexpectedly,
00:54after one night with Damien and I became pregnant.
00:57No wolf council certification.
00:59No legal mate bond formed.
01:01Five years of living together without status.
01:05Separate rooms.
01:06Separate floors.
01:07But under the same roof.
01:09Now, I've finally decided to give up on him.
01:15Mom, are we really leaving?
01:18Tonight Uncle hugged me, does he start to like me?
01:21My heart suddenly ached with bitterness as long buried memories came flooding back.
01:26For five years, Damien had strictly forbidden Leo from calling him Dad.
01:30Da, Uncle.
01:32Ever since Leo could remember, the child had been only allowed to call him Uncle or Mr. Blackwell.
01:37When Leo was two, Damien took him along on an errand to the Manhattan Shopping District.
01:41The innocent Leo blurted out the word Dad.
01:43Damien immediately abandoned the toddler who could barely walk and ordered him to make his way back to the estate
01:48alone on foot.
01:49By the time he got home, the child had already fallen countless times.
01:53He was covered in scratches and looked utterly pathetic.
01:56At age four, Leo begged for a long time before Damien finally agreed to take him to the amusement park.
02:01Just because Leo accidentally called him Dad, Damien let go of his hand, making the child get lost in a
02:06crowd.
02:07By the time I found him, Leo was curled up in the bushes on the outskirts of the city, crying
02:12until he was nearly limp.
02:14After that day, Leo learned to call him Uncle.
02:16Our family had officially become a joke.
02:19This luxurious estate in Manhattan was never really home for us.
02:23Leo, the person Uncle likes is coming back.
02:26We can't stay in this house anymore.
02:28But Mom, Uncle gave me a gift tonight.
02:31If he doesn't like me, why would he give me a gift?
02:34His expression was so desperate.
02:36Desperate to prove that he was a child loved by his father.
02:39I opened my mouth, but not a single word came out.
02:43What could I say?
02:45What was there to say?
02:47Should I tell him that Damien was happy because his first love was coming back?
02:52Or that this gift was really only thanks to another woman?
02:55I kissed my son's forehead and quietly wiped away the tear at the corner of my eye.
03:01Leo, if Mommy wants to take you away from Uncle, would you be willing?
03:06Must we leave?
03:07I haven't called him Dad properly yet.
03:10Leo, Uncle, he doesn't like us staying in his home.
03:14Mommy takes you away, okay?
03:16Mom, can we give Uncle three moon chances?
03:19According to Lunar Tredgen, three missed chances mean our bond is broken forever.
03:24Okay.
03:26An ancient werewolf legend says the moon goddess gives lost souls three chances.
03:31If all three are missed, the bond is severed forever.
03:35Damien Backwood, Leo, and me.
03:37Three chances.
03:38Gifts from the moon goddess.
03:40Three misses.
03:40And from then on, no more tie.
03:42Today is the day Isabella returns to Manhattan from Europe.
03:46Isabella and Damien were childhood betrothed partners.
03:48Originally set to form a formal mate bond and be inducted into the Blackwood wolf clan.
03:53But one month before the wedding, she fell in love at first sight with a Frenchman.
03:57She abandoned the engagement and went to France without looking back to pursue her true love.
04:04From then on, the two went their separate ways.
04:07Back then, Damien was deep in the depths of a broken heart.
04:10That was when I became his personal assistant.
04:12Then, during an unexpected heat, we had Leo.
04:15That also made me a secret partner.
04:17No contract, no status, not recognized by the wolf clan.
04:20And Leo, who carries the rare silver moon wolf blood, has been treated coldly by his own father for years.
04:25I printed out the mate bond desolation documents I drafted last night, along with my resignation letter.
04:31Five years had already worn away all the romantic fantasies I'd had as an omega girl about an alpha.
04:36Unlike Leo, who still held on to hope, I had long seen through Damien's cold cruelty.
04:41I wasn't going to be foolish enough to wait around for a jerk to come back.
04:46Are you really resigning?
04:48I'll move overseas with Leo to reunite with my partner.
04:50That's good.
04:51You've been raising a child on your own, it's really hard.
04:54You know, among ourselves, we actually all thought you were a single mom.
04:57I'm not a single mother, and yet I get even less support than someone who's completely alone.
05:02After handing in my resignation, footsteps echoed from the lobby entrance.
05:06Damien and Isabella walked into Moonstone Group by side.
05:10Isabella Bella led the way, a gentle smile on her face.
05:13Damien followed behind her, his eyes unwilling to look away from her for even a second.
05:19I think our CEO finally has a love life.
05:21I looked at the gentleness in Damien's eyes, a look I had never been fortunate enough to see in all
05:26these five years.
05:28Tammy.
05:29The distant words carried...
05:31Do you have business?
05:32Warning me to swallow what I was about to say.
05:35Warning me to remember my place.
05:37Sorry, Mr. Blackwood.
05:39Hmm.
05:39Turned his gaze away in an instant, then continued staring intensely at Isabella, as if she were his whole world.
05:45He is my husband, the father of my child.
05:47Yet at this very moment, right in front of me, he doesn't bother to hide his love for another woman.
05:51It's ironic and also clarifying.
05:54Originally I was going to tell him I was resigning, but now it seems there's no need to say it.
05:58Anyway, he never cared.
06:00Never cared about my feelings, never cared about our child,
06:03and certainly never cared about this marriage that exists only on paper.
06:07Mom, we got out of school early today, and the driver took me to your office.
06:11I hurriedly got up and walked outside, only to see Damien reach out and fix Isabella's hair.
06:16Not far away stood Leo, carrying his backpack.
06:18Stood the little one by the elevator, daring blankly as his father was being affectionate with a strange woman.
06:23Such tenderness, such patience.
06:25Neither I nor my son had ever seen it before.
06:28I was about to take him away when Damien spotted the boy.
06:30The man stiffened and instinctively pulled his hand back.
06:33But the next second, he was shielding the woman again,
06:36walking slowly yet steadily past his son, as if he'd never known him.
06:39My heart ached.
06:40I quickly stepped forward and took hold of Leo, whose body was stiff and cold.
06:45Mom, is that the alpha lady that uncle likes?
06:48At that moment, I lost all strength to speak.
06:51I could only nod, tears in my eyes.
06:53Leo didn't ask again.
06:54He quietly took out his homework, but tears still soaked the pages despite his best efforts.
06:59I held my son.
07:00He is my whole world, too.
07:02Three moonlight chances.
07:04Damien, you have two left.
07:06After packing up, my son and I were ready to go home.
07:10Mom, for Silvermoon Academy's family night, can uncle come?
07:14For five years, Damien had never shown up to a single school event for his child.
07:18Seeing the hope in his eyes, I couldn't bring myself to say no.
07:22I typed out a message and sent it to Damien.
07:24The message was sent, and like every other time, it disappeared into the void.
07:30He doesn't want to come, does he?
07:32It's fine.
07:33He must be busy.
07:34Hearing my son's understanding words felt like a heavy stone pressing down on my chest.
07:39It hurt so much I could barely breathe.
07:41Just as I was about to speak, my phone chimed.
07:44A message from Damien.
07:46I'm free.
07:47I'll come.
07:47Leo, do you see?
07:48Dad said he'll come.
07:50Five years.
07:51This was the first time Damien had ever agreed to come to his son's family night.
07:55With Damien's confirmation in hand, the little wolf pup chattered nonstop all the way home,
07:59proudly listing all the academic awards he had earned
08:02and how he had been selected as a candidate for the Silvermoon Air,
08:05which would be announced publicly at family night.
08:08If Dad knows how well I've done, will he accept me?
08:10I was taken aback, then felt an even deeper ache in my heart.
08:13Silently, I prayed that Damien wouldn't break his promise.
08:16Before we leave, I wanted Leo's wish to come true even if it was just us fooling ourselves.
08:20The dusk deepened.
08:22The clock on the wall chammed again and again.
08:24The start of family night drew closer and closer.
08:26But Damien was nowhere to be seen.
08:28Yet Isabella's social media had been updated.
08:30In the photo, Damien was patiently helping Isabella's child build Legos piece by piece.
08:36The caption read,
08:37Future Alpha Daddy.
08:38I turned my head and looked toward the living room.
08:41Leo was building Legos by himself.
08:42Same Legos, same age, same need for a father's company.
08:46But Leo had never had Damien by his side as a dad.
08:48Mom, is Dad busy again?
08:50I couldn't tell him.
08:51His father wasn't busy.
08:52He was spending time with another child.
08:54I couldn't say any of it.
08:55So, like so many times before...
09:00It's okay.
09:01You still have Mommy.
09:03Mommy will always be with you.
09:04Leo understood and didn't ask again.
09:06But he couldn't stop his eyes from turning red.
09:09On the way to school, we both tomatly avoided mentioning Damien, as if he had never promised anything.
09:15Damien Blackwood, you have one last chance left.
09:18After parking the car, I took my son's hand and walked into the school.
09:22The moment we stepped into the classroom, I froze.
09:25Damien was actually sitting there, by the window.
09:29Damien?
09:30Uncle?
09:31Damien sat by the window.
09:33He looked up at the sound.
09:34Seeing us walking toward him, his pupils contracted sharply.
09:39Why are you two here?
09:41The surprise in his words made me stop in my tracks.
09:44A bad feeling rose in my heart.
09:46Leo had been a student at Silver Moon Academy for a full year.
09:50And his father did not even know what class he was in.
09:55Leo hadn't heard clearly.
09:57He ran excitedly to the man.
09:59Dad, you...
10:00What did you call me?
10:01The little wolf pup's silver-gray ears, which had just plunked up, suddenly stiffened.
10:07Then, out of habit, he quickly corrected himself.
10:10Sorry, Mr. Blackwood.
10:12Uncle, you're sitting in the wrong place.
10:13My seat is in the front.
10:15He looked at Damien, his eyes full of happiness.
10:17This was the first time Damien had ever come to Leo's family night.
10:20The first time he had ever kept a promise.
10:22I'm not in the wrong seat.
10:23This is where I belong.
10:24Leo froze for a moment, about to say something when a figure pushed past him.
10:31He's my alpha guardian.
10:33Out of maternal instinct, I immediately pulled my son into my arms.
10:37Damien started to rise instinctively, but stopped when he met Isabella's surprised gaze.
10:41Instead, he moved to shield the boy named Noah beside him.
10:44Noah didn't mean it.
10:45I apologize for him.
10:46Leo and I both froze.
10:47That kind of protection.
10:49That kind of care.
10:50My son had never had it.
10:52Who is he?
10:54Friends kid.
10:55Really?
10:56This was the child from Isabella's photo, the one Damien was willing to spend time with.
11:01Isabella walked over and looked at me with feigned politeness.
11:04Miss Woods, you also come for the family night?
11:06Where's your child's father?
11:07Hearing that, I instinctively looked at Damien, only to see his evasive eyes.
11:12It was clear to me.
11:13He was afraid I would expose him.
11:14In a daze, I felt as if I had gone back to the day Isabella returned.
11:18That day, it was also the first time he smiled when he heard his son call him dad.
11:23Leo and I both thought we were finally about to find happiness.
11:25But the next second, the name that came out of Damien's mouth was Isabella's.
11:29Only then did I realize, he had mistaken the child for someone else.
11:33My grip on Leo's hand unconsciously tightened.
11:36My dad's out of the continent for work, I don't want to trouble him.
11:39I looked down in disbelief, only to see Leo's red-rimmed eyes.
11:42Mr. Blackwood, mom, let's leave first.
11:45At that moment, all the sorrow was lodged in my chest.
11:47The moment I turned around, Damien suddenly grabbed me.
11:50What did Leo just say?
11:51He couldn't seem to accept that the little wolf pup who used to chase after him for affection
11:55was now deliberately drawing a line between them.
11:58I found it bitterly ironic.
12:00Nothing important, Mr. Blackwood.
12:01Family night is about to start.
12:02Even after sitting down, I could still feel those burning eyes on my back.
12:06But no matter how intense the stare, it couldn't warm my heart.
12:08From behind, the sounds of Isabella and Noah chatting and laughed intimately drifted over
12:13now and then, each one stabbing the hearts of Leo and I, leaving us restless and uneasy.
12:17The candidate for the silver moon heir is Leo.
12:20When the instructor announced that Leo had been selected a candidate as the silver moon
12:24heir and invited him to give a speech on stage, Leo simply shook his head and declined.
12:29He didn't want to go up, and he didn't want to speak.
12:32I knew.
12:32He couldn't bear to see the image of Damien sitting together with that other child.
12:36He didn't want to admit that his own father would rather go to someone else's kid's family
12:40night than let him openly call him dad.
12:42After family night ended, I took Leo's hand and went to the school office to withdraw him.
12:48Stepping out of the school gate, I ran straight into Damien, who was waiting for someone.
12:52He looked like he had been waiting for a while, and he was holding a stick of cotton candy.
12:57Finished already?
12:58Let's head back to the manor.
12:59That serwince used to be the dream mother and son longed for.
13:02Now it only leaves a heart full of coldness.
13:05Leo took the cotton candy, and his gloomy face finally broke into a smile after an entire evening.
13:10Seeing the excipation in my son's eyes, my heart softened, and I about to agree.
13:14When I heard him said,
13:15Isabella's child is a transfer student and missed the air selection.
13:19Could you ask Leo to give up his candidate spot for Noah?
13:21With those light words, both my son and I went cold at the same time.
13:25Sure enough, every gesture of warmth came with a price tag attached.
13:30Even this stick of cotton candy had its cost.
13:33All right, Mr. Blackwood.
13:35Damien's expression softened slightly.
13:37He was about to reach out and take Leo's hand.
13:40Phone rang.
13:41It was Isabella.
13:43Damien, Noah isn't feeling well.
13:45Can you come to us right now?
13:46Damien's face changed instantly.
13:48He turned and strode toward the car, just as the door was about to close.
13:52The closing door paused.
13:54Damien leaned out and looked at the tearful little wolf pup.
13:57Take care.
13:58But this was the last time Leo would ever call him dad.
14:01That night, Leo and I packed our bags and booked the plane tickets to leave the country.
14:06Neither of us mentioned Damien.
14:07From then on, in the vast Blackwood Manor, there would never again be a light kept burning
14:12through the long night, waiting for anyone.
14:15The next morning, Leo and I left with our luggage, checked in, and boarded the plane.
14:19Just before turning off my phone, I sent Damien one last message.
14:23Wish you all the best.
14:25After the message was sent, the phone that had been silent for so long started vibrating
14:30wildly.
14:31My finger hovered over the power button, unable to press it.
14:35Leo noticed my hesitation.
14:36He glanced at the screen, and his eyes instantly turned red.
14:41He tugged my sleeve, his furry silver-a-moon wolf ears drooping.
14:46Mom, we have to go.
14:49I reached out and gently stroped my child's soft hair, my heart full of emotion.
14:54The little wolf pup, who once clung to his father, refusing to let go, had quietly grown
14:59up through endless disappointments.
15:01Inside the Moonstone Group office, Damien stared at the power-off notification on his phone,
15:06his brow farrowing tighter and tighter.
15:08He recalled rushing to Isabella's place last night, only to find that Noah's not feeling
15:14well was just him being hungry and wanted Chick-fil-a.
15:17Noah ate happily.
15:19If I take Leo to Chick-fil-a today, he'd be happy too, right?
15:23Damien, Isabella's voice breaks his thoughts.
15:27Damien.
15:29Damien looked at Isabella and frowned slightly.
15:33Aria's figure was just as good.
15:35Isabella noticed his momentary dames and assumed she had captivated him with her charm.
15:41All the partners and board members are here.
15:44Let me accompany you to the meeting.
15:46Her strong rose perfume hit him.
15:49Damien was allergic to perfume and couldn't help sneezing several times.
15:52Aria knew his condition well.
15:54She had long given up all perfumes, using only light tea-savored products for her daily
15:58care.
15:59But Isabella, his former fiancé who had been with him for years, had completely forgotten
16:03this.
16:04Damien looked at Isabella before him and frowned.
16:07He had promised to help her return to the workplace, and this meeting was the perfect
16:12opportunity to introduce her to the entire company.
16:15He also wanted to take this chance to let everyone know that Isabella was under his protection.
16:21Damien silently moved away from her, then rose and walked toward the conference room.
16:26Seeing that Damien didn't re-gest, Isabella clicked her heels and followed.
16:30In the conference room, everyone had been enthusiastically discussing the hot secretary
16:35they'd seen in the CEO's office earlier today.
16:37But they all fell silent the moment Damien walked in.
16:41Damien acted as if he hadn't noticed.
16:43He opened the documents on the table and frowned after just one glance.
16:48The others, looking at their own copies, also wore mixed expressions.
16:52Every document had been scribbled over with children's crayon drawings.
16:55Next to the party A signature line, a crude ugly turtle had been drawn, along with other
17:00inappropriate doodles and a crooked childish skrill of the word agree.
17:05Who prepared this document?
17:07Don't you have even basic work skills?
17:09The department heads present exchanged uneasy glances.
17:13All the documents had been seized to the CEO's office and printed out by the secretary.
17:18So even if something was wrong, it wasn't their fault.
17:23Get Aria in here.
17:25Damien, Ms. Woods.
17:26Mr. Blackwood, if this is your company's attitude, then there's no point in continuing our cooperation.
17:31Mr. Blackwood, if this is your company's attitude, then there's no point in continuing our cooperation.
17:38I'm sorry, I didn't-
17:39Who do you think you are?
17:40I'm talking to your CEO.
17:42I'm sorry, this was my oversight.
17:44I'll have someone prepare a new contract immediately.
17:46As an apology, we're willing to reduce the price by another 3%.
17:49The client didn't respond, silently calculating the value and profit of the deal.
17:53Isabella burst into tears, but her pitiable look only disgusted everyone around.
17:58In the workplace, appearance is just a bonus.
18:00What these savvy professionals value most is actual workability.
18:04Aria back then wasn't just easy on the eyes.
18:06Her workability was a hundred times better than hers.
18:10I really don't get what Mr. Blackwood is thinking.
18:12He'd rather keep that vase by his side than have have Aria.
18:15After everyone left, only the two of them remained in the conference room.
18:19Damien, I'm sorry.
18:21I didn't expect this to happen.
18:24What should I do?
18:25Damien, I'm sorry.
18:26I didn't expect this to happen.
18:28Damien instinctively wanted to comfort her, but when he met Isabella's pitiful, pleading
18:32eyes, he froze.
18:33Aria had never looked at him like that.
18:35She was proud.
18:36She always strived for perfection in everything she did.
18:38No matter how difficult the task, no matter how tricky the situation, she would always
18:42find a way to solve it.
18:43She wasn't like Isabella, who could only cry and leave all the mess for me to deal with.
18:48If it were Aria today, no, it wouldn't happen.
18:50She was so careful, and Leo was so well-behaved, they would never-
18:54You should leave now.
18:55Don't get involved in what happens next.
18:58Damien-
18:59Out.
19:00Isabella bit her lip and finally walked out reluctantly.
19:03The office fell silent again.
19:06Damien leaned back in his chair.
19:07His gaze fell on the silver-gray mug at the corner of the desk.
19:11It was Leo's birthday gift to him last year.
19:13On the mug was a crooked drawing of a little wolf pup, beside it written in a child's hand,
19:18Best Alpha Uncle.
19:20At the time, he had glanced at it and then casually tossed it into a corner.
19:24Hadn't even bothered to open the wrapping.
19:26Now, looking at it again, those childish scribbles stung his eyes.
19:30His chest felt blocked by something heavy, pressing down until he could barely breathe.
19:35Mr. Blackwood.
19:36What is it?
19:38Has your dinner for tonight been cancelled?
19:40Dinner?
19:42Every day at 5pm, Mrs. Woods used to remind the kitchen to prepare dinner, and the estate
19:46said, no one has cooked for two days in a row.
19:49Mr. Blackwood.
19:50What is it?
19:51Has your dinner for tonight been cancelled?
19:54Dinner?
19:55Every day at 5pm, Mrs. Woods used to remind the kitchen to prepare dinner, and the estate
19:59said, no one has cooked for two days in a row.
20:02After the secretary left, Damien found himself opening the surveillance system for no good
20:06reason.
20:07He had never watched it before, because he'd never seen the need.
20:10But now, his hand hovered over the guest room area.
20:13One year ago, 11pm, Leo was burning with a high fever.
20:17His little face flushed red.
20:19I carried him in my arms and rushed out of the exploring that night.
20:22Was Tori down?
20:23I didn't have a car.
20:24I could only run into the rain with Leo in my arms.
20:26Damien froze.
20:27He thought back to that day.
20:29He had been at a gala with Isabella.
20:31He hadn't even known his son was sick.
20:32The footage kept playing, last Christmas.
20:35Leo sat at the entrance, holding the Christmas card he had drawn himself.
20:38He waited until late at night, his little head nodding off as he struggled to stay a week.
20:43Go to sleep.
20:44Uncle isn't coming back tonight.
20:46What about next year?
20:47Maybe next year.
20:49Damien's breath stopped in his chest.
20:51He remembered that Christmas.
20:53He had been in France with Isabella, celebrating her birthday.
20:57And Leo.
20:58Leo had waited for him the whole night.
21:00Damien was silent for a long time.
21:02Scene after scene from the past flooded into his mind.
21:05Five years ago, I stood out among a pool of exceptional candidates and was personally named
21:10by Damien to be his assistant.
21:12Back then, I had no connections.
21:14I couldn't even understand the most basic terminology and contract.
21:17The whole company gossiped, speculating that I had slept my way to the top.
21:21To truly deserve a place by his side, I worked myself to the bone.
21:24During work hours, I swallowed the disdainful looks from senior colleagues and asked for
21:29their advice.
21:29I always carried jotting down every task, every one of his habits and preferences.
21:33After work, I taught myself multiple languages.
21:37Even at business receptes, I could rattle off every partner's personal preferences in
21:41an instant.
21:42I navigated difficult clients smoothly, helping him through any sticky situation.
21:47No matter when, wherever he needed me, I appeared by his side.
21:50Little by little, I became indispensable to him.
21:53I became his permanent companion in work and in life.
21:56I became the company's gold standard assistant, recognized by the entire group.
22:00Everyone envied Damien for a secretary like me, and he himself was more than satisfied to
22:04have such a capable assistant by his side.
22:10Fortunately, everything was ruined that night, and unexpected, out of control, heat changed
22:15everything.
22:16After that one night of entanglement, I became pregnant with the men eyes.
22:20I turned into a scheming omega who had gone to great lengths to sleep her way up, deliberately
22:24plotting to rise through the wreck.
22:26All my past hard work and dedication were twisted into calculated moves to get close to
22:31him.
22:32The more he had once admired my abilities, the more deliberately cold he became afterward.
22:36Even his own son, who carried the rare silver moon wolf bloodline, was neglected and treated
22:41coldly year after year.
22:43He thought if Isabella had been by his side instead, his life would surely be different.
22:47Now Isabella was finally by his side, but after what happened today, Damien found himself
22:52regretting it.
22:53The Isabella he saw today was so different from the unattainable dream girl he had once
22:57loved.
22:58Damien felt hollow.
23:00He suddenly felt that his feelings for her might have changed a long time ago.
23:04Maybe I don't love Isabella that much anymore.
23:07Maybe the one I truly love...
23:09No.
23:10That's impossible.
23:10He tried to push away this absurd thought, but the image of Leo's lonely, dejected face
23:15kept appearing in his mind.
23:16Leo had never done anything wrong.
23:18He shouldn't have to bear the coldness because of adult entanglements.
23:23He picked up his phone, revised the wording over and over, and finally sent the message.
23:30Pack up, I'll pick you up tonight and we'll go out.
23:32Perhaps sensing the stiffness of his tone, he frowned and adjusted the wording.
23:36Let's take Leo out for Chick-fil-E tonight.
23:39He read it twice more, then took a deep breath and pressed send.
23:42The message disappeared into the void.
23:44No reply came all afternoon.
23:49Damien?
23:50Put it down and leave.
23:52Also, from now on, call me Mr. Blackhill at the office.
23:55Even though I arrange for you to be here, you need to be mindful of appearances.
23:58Damien looked up and picked up the intercop to call the HR director.
24:02Isabella is still adjusting to her first day.
24:04Arrange for her to rotate through departments first, and she can come back after her probation
24:07period ends.
24:08As Isabella was led away, she still wore that same pitiful expression, but it could no longer
24:12move Damien in the slightest.
24:14As the end of the workday approached, Damien still hadn't received any reply from me.
24:19But this time, he was surprisingly patient, perhaps remembering that every time he'd gone
24:24at us before, we'd been left behind halfway.
24:27He went out of his way to go to Chick-fil-A, waited in line for half an hour, and
24:32ordered
24:32a little bit of everything on the menu.
24:34If Leo eats it, I'll remember what he left.
24:37Full of expectation, he hurried back to the estate.
24:41When he excitedly opened the front door, the vast living room stood empty.
24:45No Leo playing with blocks on the carpet, and no me in the kitchen making dinner.
24:50Damien went to the kitchen.
24:52He took a can of beer from the fridge.
24:53As he closed the door, he noticed that the fridge door was covered with Leo's crayon
24:57drawings, big and small, plastered all over.
25:00Most of them were family portraits.
25:01Damien felt a sting in his heart, because in every drawing, only the mother and child appeared
25:06together.
25:07The father was never there.
25:08His gaze suddenly stopped on a yellowed piece of paper in the corner.
25:11It was a drawing Leo had made when he was three.
25:13In the picture, Leo was holding my hand.
25:16By the window on the second floor stood a blurry figure.
25:18No facial crooked words above the head Damien Blackwood.
25:22He took the drawing down.
25:23On the back of the paper was the child's childish handwriting.
25:27Wait until dad likes Leo, then draw the face.
25:31Damien's breath caught sharply.
25:33His fingers began to tremble uncontrollably.
25:35It was as if the scene of Leo first asking to draw him appeared before his eyes again.
25:42Uncle, could you be my model?
25:45Uncle, could you be my model?
25:47And what did Damien say back then?
25:49I'm busy.
25:50No time.
25:51Thinking of this, Damien suddenly felt a wave of inexplicable irritation and regret.
25:55So all these years, Leo had been waiting.
25:58Waiting for him to become his father.
26:00It's okay.
26:01Next time Leo asks me, I won't say no.
26:03Damien arranged the food on the dining table, one item at a time, then glanced at his phone.
26:08It had been ten minutes since Leo got out of school.
26:12By the usual route home, Leo and I would be arriving in about five minutes.
26:16He nervously laid out the fries, then carefully squeezed the ketchup into a heart shape on the pristine white plate.
26:22After finishing everything, he stared nervously at the front door.
26:26Five minutes passed.
26:27Ten minutes.
26:28Twenty minutes.
26:29From sunset until the night had deepened, the door remained silent, and so did his phone.
26:33Damien's heart felt as if an invisible hand were tearing at it, leaving him tense and anxious.
26:39Finally, half an hour later, a soft knock came from outside the door.
26:43Damien walked toward the entrance.
26:45Leo, guess what daddy got for you today?
26:49Leo, guess what daddy got for you today?
26:52Damien didn't even get the word surprise out before his voice abruptly caught in his throat.
26:56The expectation on his face on his vanished completely.
26:59He looked coldly at the two people at the door.
27:01What are you doing here?
27:02Noah knows he messed up the office documents, so he insisted on coming in person to apologize.
27:09Also, I have some work-related questions I wanted to ask Aria.
27:14After all, no one has ever handled the group's affairs the way she did.
27:17Damien looked at the mother and son, who had clearly been crying, unwilling to let outsiders
27:23pry into the Black Hood family's private affairs.
27:26He had no choice but to step aside and ushers the two into the living room.
27:32The dining table was covered with a full spread of fried chicken meals.
27:36Noah's eyes immediately locked onto the food.
27:39He was about to reach for it.
27:50When a sharp glare from Isabella stopped him, the little guy lowered his head, looking pitiful.
28:06Seeing the pitiful expression on Noah's face, Damien's heart softened slightly.
28:11An image of Leo's usual cautious, hopeful gaze, if he gets flashed through his mind.
28:16Thinking of his son, he grew flustered again.
28:20Anxiety crept back into his heart.
28:22Aria and Leo had been gone for so long.
28:25Why weren't they home yet?
28:27Ignoring Isabella and her son, he simply picked up his phone and walked out of the dining room
28:33to dial my number.
28:38The only thing coming from the receiver was the same unchanging power-off notification.
28:45He pressed his lips together tightly, hesitated for a moment, then dialed the company phone
28:50to ask why I hadn't shown up for work today.
28:53Suddenly, a loud crash of something shattering came from the living room.
28:57Damien quickly walked out.
28:59Noah was standing on a broken Lego base, with building blocks scattered all over the floor.
29:03The living room was a complete mess.
29:06Isabella put on a harsh, scolding voice, which scared Noah so much that the half-eated egg
29:11date fell from his hand.
29:12He burst into tears and ran to Damien.
29:15In the past, whenever Noah made a mistake and Isabella was about to punish him, Damien would
29:20step in and protect him like a father.
29:23Noah was certain this time would be no exception.
29:26Isabella watched Noah's move and didn't stop him, secretly calculating her own odds.
29:32But this time, they were both wrong.
29:36Damien took out his phone, snapped a photo, and forwarded it directly to his private attorney.
29:41My lawyer will discuss the damages and compensation with you.
29:45Now please, leave my home.
29:47Damien, it's just a Lego toy.
29:49Can't we just have Noah apologize to Leo?
29:51This is Leo's championship piece from the Lego competition.
29:54A custom-made Silver Moon Wolf edition, the only one in the world.
29:57Do you really think an apology alone can fix this?
29:59I won't apologize. Why should I apologize to the child of a mistress?
30:03I won't apologize. Why should I apologize to the child of a mistress?
30:11What did you say?
30:12Ari is a mega-mistress who's about an alpha.
30:15Leo who can't stand the light of day.
30:16If his mother hadn't seduced you, you would have been my dad.
30:20Who told you that?
30:22Noah flinched, stealing a glance at Isabella.
30:25After family night, that's what all the kids at the academy said.
30:29Only the children of mistress are the ones who aren't acknowledged.
30:32It should have been my mother who formed the mate bond with you and become the lady of Blackwood Manor.
30:37This estate and the alpha position should all be mine.
30:40A thunderous roar of it in Damien's mind.
30:42His face darkened obnuinously, as if it could drip with fury.
30:46He suddenly remembered that day at Silver Moon Academy's family night.
30:52Leo, overjoyed, had blessed it out, Dad.
30:55Only to be harshly ordered by him to change the way he addressed him.
30:59He finally realized how deeply those gossips had cut into Leo's heart over the years.
31:04He had never once considered how much harm his indifference would bring to his child.
31:08No wonder Aria's face had been so terrible back then.
31:11No wonder Leo's eyes were always filled with disappointment toward him.
31:14All the puzzles were solved in an instant.
31:16What have I done?
31:18Overwhelming regret and rage consumed the top-tier alpha.
31:23His eyes read.
31:24He grabbed Noah by the collar and threw him straight out the door.
31:29If you're angry, take it out on me.
31:31The child is innocent.
31:32The echoes of my countless humble pleas from the past rang in his ears.
31:37Damien, you can misunderstand me however you want, but the child is innocent.
31:42Can't you give him just a little bit of a father's love?
31:45He thought again of that proud woman.
31:50She never gave in when he misunderstood her.
31:52She never gave in when he neglected her.
31:55The only thing that ever made her yield was the child.
31:59Damien suppressed his surging anger and contacted security to have the two escorted away.
32:05Immediately afterward, he frantically dialed the HR director.
32:08His fury was barely contained.
32:10The background noise on the other end was chaotic.
32:13Through the receiver, he could hear the HR director gently soothing a child.
32:16Daddy has work to do.
32:18I'll come play blocks with you in a bit, okay?
32:20Daddy should hurry, or else your room will be taken over by the big monster.
32:25The HR director smiled and agreed, then walked to a quiet place.
32:32Mr. Blackwood, what's the reason for Aria's unexplained absence today?
32:36Aria Woods has already resigned.
32:38What?
32:41Mr. Blackwood, what's the reason for Aria's unexplained absence today?
32:46Aria Woods has already resigned.
32:48What?
32:49She submitted her resignation letter the morning before yesterday.
32:52She said her husband works overseas, and she wants to take her son to reunite with her family.
32:57She's not coming back.
32:59How could you not tell me about something this important?
33:01Previously, you clearly stipulated that Aria is just a regular employee,
33:05and her resignation does not require your special approval.
33:08They called it the night's drools and procedures.
33:10I saw that Aria was quite determined, so I followed the process and completed her resignation.
33:15Their problem?
33:16Damien listened, his grip tightening.
33:19He could barely stop himself from letting out a bitter laugh.
33:22Since when did she have a husband overseas?
33:25Just as he was about to lash out, a child's voice suddenly came through the phone.
33:30Daddy, why aren't you here yet?
33:33Almost there, sweetie.
33:34Be good.
33:35Can you wait until Daddy finishes his phone call?
33:37It must be an innate ability that come with every-eyed adult.
33:40The moment you face a child, your foin's stinky softens.
33:44The childish Cheyenne stirred up his kunk for Leo again.
33:48The truth was, he had already had a perfect family.
33:52It just seemed that he had pushed it away with his own hands.
33:56He walked into the guest bedroom.
33:58The room where Leo and I had stayed.
34:01A place he had never set foot in for five years.
34:06Everything looked exactly as it had before I arrived, except for the mate-bond desolation
34:11document on the table.
34:13He flipped through the terms, which clearly laid out her requests.
34:16When he reached the last page, he suddenly stopped.
34:20It wasn't a standard clause drafted by a lawyer.
34:23It was a handwritten note.
34:25If Leo ever forgives you one day, please don't disappoint him a second time.
34:29Beside it, an even smaller handwriting.
34:32As for me, there won't be a second time.
34:35In that moment, his chest felt as if it had been torn open by claws.
34:39The pain was so sharp he could barely breathe.
34:42So even when she left, she was still preserving my right to be a father.
34:46The usually cold, unyielding man's eyes unstichely turned wed.
34:50He had never imagined that the woman he thought of as greedy would take only Leo,
34:55leave this house, and also leave him.
34:57Damien put aside all his corporate affairs and spent his days waiting outside Silvermoon Academy,
35:02clinging to a faint hope that I might show up to drop Leo off for school.
35:06But from morning to night, he waited day after day,
35:09and never caught a single glance of Leo or me.
35:12The school bell rang.
35:14Noah came running excitedly toward Damien's my odd.
35:17Just as he was about to get in like before,
35:20under the envious gazes of his classmates,
35:23Damien grabbed him and pulled him down.
35:25Where is Leo?
35:27Have you seen him today?
35:29Noah looked at Damien with dissatisfaction,
35:31his face full of impatience and contempt.
35:33Who knows?
35:34Maybe he realized he's an unrecognized bastard and is too ashamed to come to school.
35:38Isabella hurried over just in time to saw the standoff between the two.
35:42A growing uneasy stirred in her heart.
35:44She got home yesterday.
35:45She had received two documents.
35:47One was a termination notice,
35:49and the other was an inclaim from a lawyer.
35:50She had thought she had successfully won back Damien's heart,
35:53but she hadn't expected that his heart had already been occupied by me and Leo.
35:56He just wasn't willing to admit it.
35:58The academy dean rushed over.
36:00When he learned that the visitor was the Blackwood Alpha,
36:03his expression shifted from surprise to disdain.
36:06In all my years of working,
36:07this is the first time I've seen a top-teep Alpha
36:09go out of his way to take care of someone else's child
36:11while letting his own pup,
36:13one with the rare silver moon wolf bloodline,
36:15suffer endless scorn and gossip.
36:17At the academy's family night in past years,
36:19the other little wolf packs used to mock Leo for not having a father.
36:22We genuinely thought for a while that his Alpha father had already passed away.
36:26Leo's mother had completed withdrawal procedures.
36:28These are Leo's award certificates from over the years.
36:30Other than that, there's no more information about him here.
36:32The thick stack of award certificates felt heavy in his hand.
36:36Standing at the school gate, hot tears rolled down Damien's face.
36:40He finally realized he had lost his most capable wife,
36:44and he had completely lost his own flesh and blood.
36:47Time flew by.
36:48The next time I saw Damien was at Leo's art exhibition.
36:52During those two years in Europe,
36:54I had deliberately nurtured Leo's interest in painting,
36:57according to his own inclinations.
36:59With his natural talent,
37:01Leo had already become a somewhat renowned emerging artist.
37:04This year, Leo was invited back to participate
37:06in the London Art Festival charity auction.
37:09All proceeds from the sale of his paintings
37:11were donated to the children's home,
37:13in keeping with the child's wishes.
37:15At the auction, every single one of Leo's works
37:17was bought in full by the same person,
37:19at a high price.
37:21The last painting was titled The Missing Alpha.
37:23It depicted a little wolf pup standing in a snowy night,
37:25gazing at the tall, retreating figure of an alpha in the distance,
37:28a figure he could never catch up to.
37:30This is Mr. Wood's work from when he was six years old.
37:34He once said this was a gift for his father.
37:37The entire room fell silent.
37:39Damien stared intently at the painting.
37:41Then he suddenly noticed a tiny line of text in the corner.
37:45I chased after you for so long, but then I stopped.
37:48At that moment, the top alpha clan cheater
37:50who had once struck fear into the hearts
37:51of all Manhattan were wolves broke down
37:53and wept in public for the first time.
37:56We met Damien in the backstage lounge,
37:58where the artist privately thanks the buyer.
38:00He looked much more haggard than before.
38:02The once impeccably dressed top alpha
38:04now had wrinkled clothes,
38:06stubble on his chin, and eyes full of exhaustion.
38:08But even so, he was still very handsome.
38:11He stared at us, at a loss,
38:13as he took the bouquet of flowers Leo handed him.
38:15I'm sorry, my son.
38:17I lost you.
38:18Can you give me one more chance?
38:20Thank you for your generous donation, Mr. Blackwood.
38:23Hope you keep supporting charity
38:25and help more homeless wolf pups find their family.
38:28With those words, all barriers were drawn.
38:30Damien's eyes instantly turned red.
38:32Belated fatherly love could not undo the past.
38:35The wounds of yesterday had already left
38:37a permanent scar on Leo's heart.
38:39Even if Leo chose to forgive him,
38:41I would not easily forgive him either.
38:43After the art festival ended,
38:45Damien followed us all the way back to our home in Europe.
38:49The doorbell rang.
38:51After the art festival ended,
38:53Damien followed us all the way back to our home in Europe.
38:56The doorbell rang.
38:57When I opened the door,
38:58I wasn't surprised to see the man standing there,
39:00his eyes full of grilt and awkwardness.
39:02I never signed the mate-bond dissolution back then.
39:05I've spent all these years reflecting on my mistakes.
39:08Could you give me a chance to properly pursue you?
39:11I want to have my family back.
39:13I was silent for a moment,
39:15but finally let him in.
39:17I knew that late at night,
39:19Leo still sometimes murmured dad in his sleep.
39:22He just hid his longing deep in his heart,
39:25afraid of hurting me.
39:27He never mentioned him anymore.
39:29A month later, Damien came again.
39:31I've relocated all of Moonstone Group's core operations
39:35to the European Werewolf Territory.
39:38From now on,
39:40I will learn to be a good father.
39:42Leo and I exchanged a smile,
39:44a sense of relief shining in our eyes.
39:47We were willing to give this lost alpha
39:49the moonlight chance that had been delayed for so many years.
39:52Cheers.�
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