Duke did not expect her to agree so easily. He smiled faintly. “Okay/”From the passenger seat at the back, George asked, “Dad, are we going to the preschool and pick up Mel?”“Yeah. We’ll go and pick up Mel and Alden.” Duke turned sideways. “If you don’t want to go, you can get out of the car now.”George found himself speechless.Did he look like he did not want to go?“I’ve finished work already. I’m coming along,” George gloomily said.The car was slowly driven out. George turned sideways and looked out the windows at the scenery that passed quickly, while he felt more and more gloomy.He did not know what feeling he was experiencing. It irked him to no end. Twenty minutes later, the car stopped in front of the preschool.There were still five minutes before the preschool was dismissed.After Ava hung up on a call, she walked to Alden, smiled, and said, “Alden, your mom just called me. She said she has something to do tonight, so she is not free to come and pick you and
The group of four got into the car.Duke was driving at the front, while the three kids sat in the back.George’s cold and serious gaze was tinged with some uncharacteristic tenderness. He took out some colorful candies from his pocket. “Mel, which flavor do you like?”“Mel doesn’t like candies.”Alden indifferently stopped him.George’s hand paused for a while before he stretched out his hand further. “Since Mel doesn’t eat, then you eat them.”The bunch of colorful candies were forcefully stuffed into Alden’s hand by George, which left him no chance to say no.“Harold likes the strawberry one. You can try,” George indifferently said.Alden pursed his lips and softly said, “Thanks.”He usually did not like to eat candies, but he unwrapped a pink strawberry-flavored candy and put it into his mouth now.The sweetness spread across his mouth.The strawberry-flavored candy actually tasted good.When Duke saw the kids’ interaction from the rearview mirror, his indifferent lips
Adina was cleaning up the broken pieces on the floor of the kitchen. When she heard George’s voice, she immediately turned around and looked over.That cold and indifferent small face slowly overlapped with the small, bruised infant face from four years ago.He was her eldest son, the son who was supposedly stillborn.Adina’s tears fell.“Mom, what happened?”Alden immediately rushed into the kitchen. He quickly wiped the tears off Adina.“No… I’m okay!” Adina lowered her head and wiped her tears away. “I rubbed my eyes with my hands after I cut the chilies…” “Auntie Adina, I’ll help blow your eyes.”Harold also walked inside. He leaned close to Adina, pouted, and gently blew.After Melody walked into the kitchen, she held Adina’s arm and also blew.Adina’s heart melted. She held the three kids who surrounded her with her arms, and she softly said, “Mommy is fine. I’m okay…” The scene in the kitchen made George feel gloomy.He also wanted to walk over and lean into Adina’
Duke looked at Adina’s side profile.He was very good at seeing through people’s minds. He could tell that this woman was lying.But he did not know why she wanted to lie.He took out a few tickets from his suit pocket before he handed them over her. “I would like to invite Mel to a piano concert. It will be on Saturday afternoon, these are the tickets. May I know if you’ll have the time?”Adina cast a glance at the tickets.This was a joint recital by some internationally renowned pianists, and it was very difficult to get even one ticket.And this man had a stack of them?It looked like there were at least five tickets.She pursed her lips and said, “If Mel says yes, I’m okay with it.”Duke quirked his eyebrows.Why was this woman being so nice now?It was as though the woman who had coldly treated him was just his hallucination.Buzz!The phone on the cabinet suddenly vibrated.Adina looked over. It was a call from Brenden.She wiped her hands clean before she answere
She owed Georgie and Hal four entire years of their lives. How could she just leave like that?She desperately wanted to take custody of her sons, but she was very well aware that she did not have the ability.If she stood up against Duke, it was like throwing a straw against the wind.“What’s wrong? What are you thinking?”Duke lowered his head slightly, and he looked at her eyes that had turned slightly red.Adina put down the knife.She raised her head, and her indifferent gaze was filled with resoluteness.“Mr. Winters, please be my boyfriend.”“What?”Duke was so surprised that he widened his cold eyes greatly.He thought that his ears had decided to suddenly malfunction. He took a breath before he said, “Say it again, Adina.”Adina stared at the man in the eyes before she said again, “Mr. Winters, you also heard that the Osborne family is coming on me aggressively. I don’t want to lose custody of my kids. Mr. Watson said that if I’m in a permanent and stable relationsh
“Auntie Adina, your cooking skills are getting much better now. It’s so delicious. I don’t even have words for it!”Harold lowered his head and ate. He enjoyed it so much that his lips were smeared with oil, and something shone brightly in his eyes.George held the fork tightly, picked up a piece of grilled pork, and put it on his plate. The color and aroma of the grilled pork looked similar to those he had eaten before. But after he put it into his mouth and gently took a bite, he finally understood why Harold, a known fussy eater, would admire Adina’s cooking skills so much.It was really delicious.Other than the original taste of the food, there was something about it that drew him closer.He tasted every dish, and he seemed to have briefly understood what this intimacy was.Was it love that had been blended into the food?George looked down slightly, lowered his head, and kept eating.One plate of food usually sufficed for him, but he ate two plates tonight.Compared to H
After dinner, it was already 8 p.m., so Adina took her kids home.Duke also walked out. “I’ll send you home.”“You don’t have to.” Adina looked at him and curtly said. “I hope you can consider my suggestion, Mr. Winters.”After she said that, she led the kids into the car.Duke stood outside the mansion. It was only after the car disappeared from the road that he slowly looked away.Should he be her boyfriend?But he just needed to pretend to be her boyfriend.If the word “pretend” did not exist, perhaps he would have immediately agreed.“Dad!” Harold dragged the hem of his suit. “Dad, are you reluctant to let Auntie Adina leave?”Duke turned around and looked at his son. He pursed his lips, and he seemed to look contemptuous. “What nonsense are you talking about?”“That’s what they do on TV! When you are reluctant to let someone go, you will watch them leave.” Harold winked. “Dad, don’t be so down. Auntie Adina will come again tomorrow. She said she will come and accompany m
Ding!Duke received a text message on his phone. The system notified him that someone had sent him an email.He switched on his computer and downloaded the attachment. Soon, a surveillance video was added to his hard drive.It was part of the surveillance of the corridor on Grand Emperor Hotel’s eighteenth floor from five years ago. The compressed video had ten minutes of footage.The lighting in the corridor was very dim, and service assistants would walk back and forth from time to time. At 1.00 am, two women appeared in the corridor.Although the image was blurry, Duke recognized them as Adina and Dew.Adina was clearly drunk. Dew supported her while they walked into the corridor, and they soon stopped in front of a room.The room door opened, and Dew supported Adina inside.The video abruptly stopped at this point.Duke narrowed his eyes before he gave Trent another call.Trent’s voice was filled with laziness. “What is it this time?”“The surveillance stops at 2.00 am.