If there was not enough evidence, confronting Aurum would give him a chance to argue and make his future actions more cautious, making it harder to gather evidence. Moreover, Gale trusted Aurum enough. After all, for her, Aurum, who had helped for so many years, was selflessly devoted without asking for anything in return and was still her childhood friend. How could he possibly do anything to harm her or betray her trust?It would be hard to make his case. Shawn suspected the photos were also orchestrated by Aurum. He decided to practice caution. Shawn got up and walked out. At this moment, there was a knock on the study door. "Mr. Wood." "What's the matter?" "Summer is here. She's downstairs with Gale and the kids," the housekeeper reported.It was quite normal for Summer to be here. She was the godmother of the two children and also Gale's best friend. He can tolerate her as long as Summer does not badmouth him in front of Gale. After all, he would have to deal with Summer
"Ah?!" Joshua was even more shocked. "The bad person you've been complaining to my mom about is my Godfather?""Yes! It's him!"Joshua looked conflicted. He slowly stood up, scratching his head.What should he do now?On one side was his godmother, on the other was his godfather. Who should he support?"My godfather is actually a really nice guy." Joshua tried to speak up for Joe. "He's funny, handsome, and has good manners. He never puts on airs. He's much nicer than Shawn."His impression of Joe was very good. From the moment they met, Joe had helped him, deliberately giving him the hotel room card to help him escape from Shawn's clutches."Oh? So, in your heart, Joshua, Joe is much better than me?" Shawn's voice sounded faintly.Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!!!Joshua suddenly coughed violently.Damn!Why did Shawn always hear it whenever someone spoke ill of him? He was just everywhere!"No, you misunderstood. What I meant was, Godfather is a really nice person, jus
With that, Summer got up. "What's this?" Gale grabbed her. "No one's chasing you away, and nobody's avoiding you." "I know, I'm not blaming you guys, it's my own problem." Gale firmly pressed her down. "If you go out now, you'll definitely run into Joe, he hasn't left yet." "I'll go out the back door. Your house is so big, there should be several doors, right?" Summer looked around."Are you really planning to leave?" "Otherwise? Should I go meet Joe?" Gale looked conflicted. "How about... you just... give in to him?" "Say that again?" Gale shook her head. "How about you just... be with him?" Summer almost jumped up. "I asked you for help to come up with a solution, not to matchmake me with Joe!" "Just give it a try, it's been so many years..."Gale persisted, managing to pull Summer back. "He's not just messing around, he's sincere. Give him a chance, and give yourself a chance at a relationship."Gale said, "If he dares to treat you even the slightest bit badly,
"Joe isn't a playboy. He genuinely cares about you. You've just been imagining the worst, which is why you feel so insecure," Shawn said.Summer deflated, "Why is everyone siding with him...""I am just telling it like it is. Of course, if you insist on blocking Joe from coming in, I won't allow him in," Shawn said, crossing his legs casually."Really?""Between offending you and Gale or offending Joe, I'll choose to offend Joe."Meanwhile, Joshua had been pretending to watch cartoons. In reality, he was listening intently to the adults' conversation.Uh-oh.He thought Shawn and Mommy would persuade Godmother and let Godfather in to talk things out.However, in the end, no one sided with Godfather!What could he do?Joe had helped him before. Joshua could not just stand by this time; he had to do something!After a moment's thought, Joshua slipped out of the living room quietly when nobody was paying attention.In the dark of the night, he dashed toward the front door.Joe
He hesitated.Joshua continued, "Mommy said that Shawn was really persistent in pursuing her. Why don't you try the same?""If you don't act now, Aunt Summer might really leave.""If she wanted to reject you, she would have said it directly. Since she has not outright refused you, it means she still has feelings for you!""Uncle Joe, what you need to do is dispel her doubts and give her a sense of security!"Upon hearing Joshua's words, Joe felt motivated. Right, Summer had not rejected him!She had just run away.Maybe she had not figured out how to face him yet. That did not mean she did not like him!Joe was invigorated.He immediately stepped through the side door, patting Joshua's head. "Well done, I owe you one for this!"Joshua chuckled. "Go for it, Uncle Joe, win the lady's heart soon, and give me some siblings to play with!""Go for it!"The guard was speechless.Should he stop them or not?He had not done anything wrong; Joshua had let him in. It had nothing to do
Everyone turned to look at who it was. Joe appeared, wearing a blue shirt, neatly pressed black trousers, a watch on his wrist, and a slight furrow on his brow. Joe always greeted people with a smile, but now he had a furrowed brow, indicating that he was indeed worried.He glanced at Summer, and their eyes met. Summer, who had just stood up, suddenly sat back down.She asked, "How did you get in here? Didn't the guard stop you? Or did you use some other way?"Joe did not answer. He just walked straight toward her. Summer looked around, trying to find a place to hide. After searching around, she could only hide behind Gale.Gale symbolically shielded her and looked at Joe. "What do you want?""What can I do?""She doesn't really want to see you right now. Give her some time," Gale said, her voice gentle and calm.It sounded like Gale was on Summer's side. In fact, what Summer could not see was Gale winking at Joe while she spoke.Gale also felt it was quite tricky being caught
"Are Uncle Joe and Aunt Summer getting married?""Not yet, but they can now, since they have. When the time comes, we'll definitely be walking down the aisle with them," Joshua said.Nicole nodded. "So only married boys and girls can kiss.""Yes. You need to remember this, so you don't let other boys take advantage of you!"Cough, cough! Shawn lightly coughed twice. "It's past eight, you guys should go wash up and get ready for bed."Nicole looked innocent. "Dad, I haven't finished watching this episode of the cartoon yet."Only Nicole was actually watching TV."Watch it tomorrow. Let's go, Daddy will take you upstairs," Shawn said, standing up.He took his daughter's hand.Joshua could go by himself.Why was Joe able to come in? It must have been Joshua's doing.Joshua thought he had slipped out unnoticed, but Shawn had seen him all along. He just did not want to expose him.After all, they did need Joshua's help.Seeing this, Gale also got up. "Right, it's getting late,
"I didn't trick you; it was you who willingly made the bet. I didn't force you.""Then, from the moment we made the bet, it was the start of your malicious intent toward me! Joe, you had planned it all along! You were... you were..."Joe smiled faintly. "I was doing what? Go on."He had planned it out from there onward. Joe's affection had already surfaced at that time. It was just that Summer was too dense, thinking he only wanted to win, thinking he did not know how to cherish a woman.In fact, he was expressing his love and interest.Every man pursues a woman differently, but the core idea is the same, which is to create opportunities for intimacy.Summer stared at Joe for a few seconds, then suddenly turned her head away, afraid of his sincere gaze, unable to look into his eyes anymore. Women are most afraid of a man's sincerity. They fear that he truly means it when he says he loves you. When he says he does not love you, he truly does not.Men's love always comes fast and