He looked at Ada. His face looked a bit stern, no longer as sullen as before. "Come out here. Do you think you can get away with it by hiding under Kisa's arms?"Ada clung to Kisa and shook her head vigorously. "I afraid of Daddy."Gilbert took a deep breath. It was apparent that he was trying hard to suppress his anger.Kisa shook her head helplessly. She squatted down and held Ada's shoulders. "Don't be afraid. Talk to your daddy properly. You are wrong for straying too far away from the school this time. As long as you admit your mistake, Daddy will forgive you."Ada poked her two fingers at each other and cautiously looked at Gilbert, who still had a face like thunder, of which even adults would be afraid, not to mention children."Don't look at Ada with such an expression. You will scare her," Kisa said."I don't need you to tell me how to teach my child. When have you ever cared about them? Stop pretending already."Kisa choked in anger, feeling guilty when Ada was missing
The first time, Gilbert did not respond to the poke. Ada looked back at Kisa, who grinned at her, signaling her to continue and mouthing the word "come on." Ada had no choice but to poke at Gilbert again."You know you are wrong, don't you?" Gilbert finally turned around. He stared down at Ada with a frown.Ada quickly nodded. "Daddy, I'm sorry. I won't go stray again, and from now on, I will tell everyone where I am going and will not make everyone worry anymore. Please don't be angry with Ma'am and me anymore, okay?"Gilbert said nothing, just stared at Ada. Just when he knew Ada was missing, he was so panicked that he did not know what to do. But he felt Kisa did not seem to be worried at all. He got angry at the thought of this. He did not think Kisa was a qualified mother. While having this thought in mind, someone crashed into his arms—it was Ada."Daddy, don't be angry, okay?" Ada tugged at the corner of his coat, hoping he would crouch down. Gilbert stubbed out his cigarett
Lea was startled, and her body tensed up.Kisa glanced at her. Knowing Lea was afraid of Gilbert, she said, "What do you want with her? I told you it is not her fault, so blame me if you want."Gilbert ignored her and walked Lea to a corner. Lea cowered and looked at Kisa. "What is he doing? He is not going to hit me, is he?""How dare he?" Kisa sneered at Gilbert from behind. "If you try to hit Lea, I will kill you."Gilbert sneered. "Don't always think of me as violent. Have I, Gilbert, ever hit a woman?"Kisa snickered, feeling his remark was very debatable. But with so many around, she did not think Gilbert would do anything to Lea. With that in mind, she said to Lea, "Go check it out and see what he wants."Lea nodded and went over with a feeling of apprehension. After a few moments, Lea came back to her with a smile on her face. What was even more alarming was that Gilbert seemed to be in a good mood, too. 'My God, what have they been whispering about to suddenly become so
"Since they like you so much and have waited for you here, what is wrong with letting them stay at your place for one night?""I...""Just for one night; can't you just fulfill their wish? Why do you have to be so mean and cruel?""I'm mean and cruel?" Kisa let out a sardonic laughter as she found no way to reason with this man. He was supposedly the one who was mean and cruel, yet he accused her of that, which was ridiculous.Andrew and Ada were still looking at her expectantly, and Kisa looked at Gilbert. "Is it really just for one night?""Otherwise, do you think I would feel comfortable letting them stay at your place long-term?" Gilbert always spoke to her with a touch of sarcasm in his voice, and that was most irritating to Kisa.She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, just for one night—that is what you said." With that, she took Andrew and Ada and walked toward the roadside, intending to take a cab home. Gilbert suddenly called out to her again. She turned around and yelle
Soon after Gilbert spoke, he sat on her couch shamelessly.Kisa furrowed her brows, "What are you doing? You said you'd leave after taking a glance."Gilbert leaned into the couch at looked at her coolly, "I'm tired. Can't I sit down and get some rest?"Kisa gritted her teeth.'From what it looks like, this man has no intention of leaving at all,' she thought.Suddenly, they heard someone knocking on the door.Andrew quickly rushed to the door, "Have a seat, Ma'am. I'll go get the door."When Andrew opened the door, he was stunned. Jensen, who was standing by the door, was also stunned.Andrew tilted his head as he stared at him momentarily. Then, he smiled, "You're... Uncle Jensen?"Jensen felt his heart skip a beat when he heard the child call him "Uncle Jensen."He smiled gently and nodded, "Hello."Andrew made way for him to enter, "Come on in."The well-mannered boy left a good impression on Jensen.Before he entered, he could not help but pat Andrew's head.When Jen
Kisa ignored Gilbert. She continued sitting quietly while Jensen dealt with her wound.Meanwhile, Gilbert stood aside, watching them. His presence seemed unnecessary.Just then, Kisa spoke again coolly, "You're still not leaving? Why? Do you need me to walk you to the door?"After being urged to leave several times, Gilbert felt more and more like his presence was unwanted.His expression darkened, and he silently clenched his fists in anger.Andrew blinked her big brown eyes and said to Gilbert, "Daddy, I'm so hungry. Could you please make me some spaghetti?"As expected of twins, Ada immediately understood what Andrew meant by his words. She said to Gilbert, "Daddy, I want spaghetti too. Can you go make it for Andrew and me?"Gilbert instinctively turned to face Kisa.She turned to the children and said gently, "I'll make you two spaghetti after this. I make amazing spaghetti."Ada shook her head, "You're hurt, so you can't make us spaghetti. Otherwise, your wound will hurt
Most of the time, Gilbert refused to admit that Jensen was better than him.However, he had to admit that Jensen was better than him this time.'Jensen knows how to do everything. He's even able to bandage a wound this meticulously. Meanwhile, I can't even cook properly. Whatever. I'm going to stop thinking about it. The more I think about it, the more awful I feel,' thought Gilbert.He quietly set the spaghetti on the dining table and called the children over to eat.Andrew went beside him and whispered, "Daddy, Ma'am seems to be in a lot of pain. She even cried just now.""Is that so?"Gilbert felt even worse after hearing Andrew's words.'This woman had never cried in pain in front of me. However, she never suppresses her emotions in front of Jensen. Hah... This must be the difference between the way she treats Jensen and me,' he thought.Andrew did not know what was going on in her father's head. She grabbed his father's hand and said, "Daddy, you'll have to coax Ma'am afte
Kisa suddenly bellowed. Then, she turned to Gilbert icily, "Friends or not, it doesn't matter because it's Jensen's personal affairs. Don't you think it's funny how you're asking him in such an interrogating tone?"Gilbert gritted his teeth angrily.'This damn woman. She's always defending Jensen, even when this is between him and me!' he thought.Jensen smiled coolly before turning to Kisa, "It's alright. Let him ask me."The atmosphere in the room was getting more and more uncomfortable.Andrew quickly finished his spaghetti. Then, he turned to Jensen and asked sweetly, "Uncle Jensen, do you also live nearby? I'd like to visit your house. Would that be alright?"Jensen placed the glass down with a smile, "Of course. I live right across."Then, he stood up and left with Andrew's hand in his."I wanna go too," Ada quickly took her last bite and ran up to them.All of a sudden, only Kisa and Gilbert were left in the house.One had an icy expression, while the other had a face