The look of joy in Maxwell Saxon’s eyes faded quickly, leaving him slightly disappointed, but he smiled and said, "It’s okay if you don’t rember; you were very young back then."
"Did we really play like that?"
"Yes, but the snow was light back then, we couldn’t make many snowballs."
So, he had promised her at that ti that he would take her to a place with lots of snow, where she could make plenty of snowballs and play however she wanted.
Scarlett Yates was silent for a mont, then softly asked, "Maxwell, how did we et, I an when we were kids."
Maxwell was a bit surprised to hear her bring up childhood mories.
The previous tis he ntioned these things, she had insisted he was lying.
But now, she was willing to bring it up on her own; did this an she was starting to believe him?
Maxwell was happy to talk about childhood mories with her, and after thinking for a mont, he slowly began, "At that ti, you thought I was being bullied, so you stood up for , saying you would protect and never let anyone bully again."
Scarlett was stunned: "I said sothing like that?"
Maxwell was quite a bit older than her. When she was three, he was already eight.
Even if boys develop more slowly, an eight-year-old boy is much taller than a three-year-old girl.
Scarlett imagined the scene, a three-year-old girl saying she would protect a boy much taller than herself, and she found it quite amusing.
She hadn’t realized she had such courage.
Maxwell nodded with a smile, recalling the past. His expression changed, and his gaze beca gentle: "Scarlett, you were really brave back then. Do you know what I was thinking at that ti?"
Scarlett was stunned again and asked, "What were you thinking?"
Maxwell smiled: "I thought, this little girl is really bold, quite fearless. She’s different from the other girls I’ve t."
"But because you were so bold and young, I was afraid you might suffer, so I decided to protect you well; otherwise, with your personality, you’d sooner or later be bullied."
It was that decision that made him friends with a three-year-old girl.
She said she’d protect him, but over those years, it was actually him who was protecting her.
Her temper and personality probably offended countless people, and it was always him who handled it quietly for her.
After eting her, his life was no longer monotonous; to be precise, it added a lot of trouble. But he was willing to embrace those troubles.
The present-day Scarlett Yates is quite different from her childhood self.
The most noticeable change is her personality.
The Scarlett he knew feared nothing and caused trouble everywhere, believing she was invincible.
But now, her courage has diminished greatly.
He thought it must be related to her parents’ car accident, and shortly after, her grandmother, with whom she relied on each other, passed away too. These series of blows would be hard for any adult to handle, let alone her at that ti, who was just in her early teens, still a child.
Thinking of this, Maxwell’s eyes showed a hint of affection.
"Scarlett, I’m sorry. I said I’d protect you well, but during your most difficult tis, I didn’t help you."
"I went back to look for you, but your grandmother’s neighbor said you had moved away, and they didn’t know where you went."
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