“Daddy, Mommy is going out to have fun tonight. I want to go too,” Millie said to Thaddeus. Millie walked over and tugged at the hem of Thaddeus’ shirt. She also heard Linda, her godmother, say she would bring her mommy to an outing where there were many handsome men. Thaddeus was somewhat mad. “Your mommy is fooling around, and so are you? That kind of place isn’t for decent people!” He imagined the scene of half-naked muscular men dancing and stripping on the stage while crazy women pounced on them to touch them. Thaddeus was determined to blacklist Linda from Mona’s world. She could be a good influence, and yet she was pulling Mona to the dark side. He simply could not tolerate it! Thaddeus put his hands on his waist and paced back and forth in the room. He felt anxious. “Bobby, quickly think of a way to stop your mom from going out tonight.” Bobbly was eating a lollipop and playing Sudoku on his tablet with his legs crossed at the moment. “Daddy, Mommy has control o
“So, when I call you, it has to be for something, and it has to be important?” Thaddeus asked Mona. “Not really. You can call anytime. I’ll call you back when I see it,” Mona answered. “What are you doing now?” “Getting ready to go out.” “Go out? That’s pretty good. Go ahead.” Thaddeus sounded casual about it. After saying that, he hung up the phone. “What’s the matter? He won’t let you go out?” Linda walked over and helped Mona straighten her dress. “Is Mr. Fontaine mad? Did he threaten and bribe you on the phone? Did he cry and beg you not to abandon him to go have fun by yourself?” “How could it be? Thaddeus is a calm man. He was indifferent about it, so I guess he doesn’t care at all. We’re overthinking. Let’s not add so much drama for ourselves.” Mona was more or less disappointed. Thaddeus knew she was going out to have fun and would likely interact with the opposite sex, but he did not care. How generous was he? Nonetheless, if he did not care about it, so be i
“I happened to drive by here and heard from Linda that you’re also going to the social tonight, so I came to try my luck and see if I’d meet you. It seems that I’m in luck today and should probably buy a lottery ticket. I might even win first prize,” Dylan teased. “Mr. Parker, you’re funny.” Mona pursed her lips and smiled. “Then, we’ll trouble you to send us there.” Dylan looked at Mona and was intoxicated by her enchanting smile. He became dazed as he stared at her. Mona felt uncomfortable being stared at like that, so she walked to the car first. Dylan came back to his senses and was slow to realize that it was rude of him to do that. He scratched his head embarrassedly. Linda covered her mouth and snorted a laugh. She patted Dylan’s shoulder and said, “Let’s go, Mr. Parker.” Dylan hurriedly walked over and opened the car door for Mona. He even placed his hand at the top of the door to protect her head. He was so careful as if she was a precious treasure. Mona thanked
Linda laughed out loud. “Sure, sure. Introduce more handsome young men to me. Old ones don’t suit me anymore.” “Linda, be nice.” Mona looked back at Linda and reminded her not to speak so boldly. Linda did not care. She was responsible for the atmosphere at the moment, after all. Otherwise, if only Mona and Dylan were present, given Dylan’s character, the whole journey would be silent. Soon, they arrived at where the social was being held. It was a quiet bar that Dylan had booked out exclusively so that only those who were invited to the party could enter. Therefore, it was not noisy. Mona felt comfortable inside. “What do you want to drink?” “I’ll have a glass of wine, and she’ll have a glass of warm water,” Linda ordered for Mona. Mona was pregnant with a baby, and she tended to get cold, so she could not go all out as she wished. “Are you only having warm water?” Dylan acted extra gentlemanly in front of Mona, trying to leave a good impression in front of her. “Mm.”
“Isn’t that true? You have fun in secret, so people don’t know, whereas I openly have fun,” Mona said to Thaddeus. “Cut the crap. I’ll go find you. Send me the address.” “I don’t have it.” Mona looked up and saw Dylan walking toward her. “Suzy, I’m saving the first dance for you. See you on the dance floor,” Dylan exclaimed to Mona while she was still on the phone. “Mona, don’t you dare!” Thaddeus heard what Dylan said and yelled. Mona’s hand trembled, and she hung up the phone. Dylan seemed to have also heard that it was a man on the other end of the phone, but he did not seem to mind and reached out to Mona. She looked at Dylan’s hand and took a step back. “Mr. Parker, I’m truly sorry. I’ve kept something from you.” “I know. You’re married to Thaddeus Fontaine from the Fontaine Group.” Dylan also just learned about it. A friend here happened to work at the Fontaine Group and told him about it in passing. “So, I can’t dance with you.” Mona decisively refused hi
Thaddeus held Mona’s slender waist and pulled her into his arms. He looked at Dylan with hostility. “She’s pregnant, so she can’t dance.” Dylan was startled for a while. He looked at Mona’s flat stomach. Given how slim and slender her figure was, he could not tell at all. Mona struggled to break free from Thaddeus. She disliked being in such close contact with him, so she deliberately drew distance from him. Thaddeus sensed her rejection. His face instantly turned dark, and he gave off a cold aura with strong resentment and gloom. He was furious. Seeing as the situation was turning bad, Linda hurried over to mediate things. “Suzy, Mr. Fontaine cares for you so much that he came to pick you up. You should go back with him.” Mona pulled Linda’s hand and hid behind her. “No, let’s go back together.” Thaddeus flew into a rage when he saw Mona avoid him. “Mona, are you leaving or not?” he warned her with his tone. Mona shivered and mouthed the word “no”. Thaddeus too
Thaddeus hugged Mona and kissed her for a long time. He only let go when he felt that she found it hard to gasp for breath. Afterward, he grasped her hair with his fingers and pressed his forehead against hers while looking ruthlessly at her. “Do you know you have a man waiting for you?” Mona closed her eyes to avoid his burning gaze. She almost cried out loud. “Thaddeus, speak nicely if you have something to say. Don’t treat me like this.” “Well then, how did you treat me?” Thaddeus softened his tone and lifted his hand to wipe away the tears at the corners of her eyes. “Don’t you know how you tortured me?” “I didn’t, I didn’t.” Mona shook her head and choked as she continued, “I didn’t torture you. It was you who did something wrong.” Thaddeus was the one who was entangled with another woman, whereas she simply refused to do what she did not want. She did not want to communicate with him, and she did not want to have physical contact with him. What was her fault? Mona fel
Mona did not sleep well the whole night. Thaddeus wrapped his arm around her. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she was afraid that she would wake him up by moving a lot, so she lay there quietly and did not move. She did not feel comfortable as she kept thinking about Thaddeus hugging another woman like that. As such, she was tormented by the emotions while she stared at the chandelier above without blinking. Mona could not blame anyone for the painful emotions and could only swallow them herself. Thaddeus slept until dawn. When he woke up and did not see Mona, he rubbed his messy hair and got off the bed. “Suzy?” In the empty villa, all that answered him were echoes and the sound of raging waves from not far away. A feeling of loss spread in Thaddeus’ heart. He froze in place for a moment and recalled Mona sobbing in his arms. Despite that, he could not make her happy. There were just too many things he could not say or let her know… …After leaving Gold Coast, Mona