He Came Knocking with a Baby in Tow Chapter 05

He Came Knocking with a Baby in Tow Chapter 05

Echo was a sweet–talking little kid. 

He’d only been with me at the show for one day, and he was already best friends with all the staff. 

When I was walking the show, he’d sit quietly next to the director watching me. 

This show was a haute couture presentation. The director had worked with us a few times before. 

He was also pretty close with the Harrington family, so he was extra nice to Echo. 

He even teased him sometimes: “How about that? Grandpa the director got your mom looking good 

on camera, huh?” 

Echo lifted his little head and nodded hard: 

“Grandpa the director, you’re so good! Way better 

than my grandpa! He always takes pictures of 

Grandma and they look terrible. He gets yelled at 

all the time.” 

The director laughed at that. 

After the show, I was done for the day. 

The past two days at the show, all the models had 

found out I had a five–year–old son. 

At first they were shocked, but they got over it 

fast. 

And Echo was so charming, during breaks 

everyone loved teasing him. 

When Lucas came to pick Echo up, Alex, one of 

the male models, was holding him. 

Teasing him: “I walked the show with your mom. 

Doesn’t that mean you should call me dad too?” 

Echo wrapped his arms around Alex’s neck and 

thought about it. 

“Uncle Alex, even though you’re younger than my 

dad, and better looking, and you bought me ice 

cream–if I called you dad, my dad would get 

jealous. And if he cried, no one would comfort 

him. That’d be sad.” 

Alex laughed so hard at Echo’s little compliment. 

“Fine, even if you don’t call me dad, I’ll still buy your 

ice cream.” 

As soon as he said that, Echo heard Lucas call 

him. 

“Liam, come here.” 

It had been two or three days since he’d seen his 

dad, so he missed him after all. 

When he heard Lucas call, he quickly climbed 

down off Alex and hugged Lucas’s leg. 

Lucas looked down at Echo and huffed. 

“Your dad’s old, your dad’s not good looking.” 

Echo giggled, then mumbled quietly under his breath: “He is though~” 

Lucas picked him up under the arms, lifted him up, 

walked over to Alex, and held out a hand: “Hi, 

Lucas Harrington. I’m Eva’s kid’s dad.” 

Alex smiled: “Hi, Alex.” 

When I came out of the director’s tent, I saw the 

two men’s hands wouldn’t let go. 

I wasn’t that naive little girl anymore. I could tell 

the tension between them was thick enough to cut 

with a knife. 

I walked over, sighed, and looked at Lucas. 

“What are you doing?” 

The corner of his mouth tugged up, then he looked 

at Alex, his eyes a little challenging. 

“Saying hi.” 

Me: … 

I knew Lucas was coming to pick Echo up today, 

so I’d already put his stuff in the tour bus. 

Echo was holding his little backpack, pouting, 

totally unwilling. 

Then he thought of something, counted on his 

fingers, and his face lightened up. 

“Mommy, the day after tomorrow is Friday! Can 

Echo come see you again?” 

I smiled helplessly, squeezed his soft little cheek: 

“Anytime, but don’t sneak over by yourself. You can 

text me, and Mommy will send someone to pick 

you up.” 

Echo heard that, all his bad mood went away, and 

he smiled. 

He grabbed Lucas’s hem and said happily: “Let’s 

go, Dad.” 

As soon as they got in the car, Lucas started 

asking Echo about it. 

“That Uncle Alex…” 

He didn’t even finish the sentence before Echo cut 

him off: “Uncle Alex likes Mommy.” 

Lucas’s hand on the steering wheel tightened. He 

mumbled “Oh.” 

He knew it. No one just meets a kid and tries to 

get him to call you dad. 

Up to no good, that guy. 

He thought about it, then asked: “What about your 

mom?” 

“Mommy likes Uncle Alex too.” 

As soon as he said that, Lucas’s face went 

completely black: “How do you know that?” 

Echo stared straight ahead, his voice totally firm: 

“Mommy always smiles at Uncle Alex! She never 

smiles at you like that!” 

“And they were so close when they took pictures!” 

Saying that, Echo got excited: “Dad, do you think Mommy’s gonna have a little sister or a little 

brother for me? I want a sister.” 

Lucas slammed on the brakes and pulled over to 

the side of the road. 

He furrowed his brow and turned around, his face white as a sheet: “What did you say?” 

Echo blinked: “Mommy’s gonna have a sister or a 

brother?” 

“Mia told me, if you kiss, you get pregnant, and 

then you can have a baby, hehe.” 

Echo was secretly happy and didn’t even notice 

how hurt Lucas was next to him.