Summer did not know whether to laugh or cry. After packing up, she took Charlotte downstairs. The black Lexus was already waiting. Mark was in the back seat as the chauffeur was driving today. Charlotte climbed onto Mark’s lap with both her hands and feet like a koala when she saw Mark. “Do you want to join us?” Mark looked at Summer. “Maybe not. Just you and Charlotte are fine. I will wait for you in the apartment.” Summer shook her head. It was pointless to go to the Valentine mansion, considering her antagonistic relationship with Yvette. “Then I will first send you back to the apartment. Only then Charlotte and I will go to the Valentine mansion.” Mark’s lips twitched and his deep voice flew out of his mouth. “I miss your cooking.” “Send Charlotte over first, and I will call you when the food is ready.” The car came outside of the apartment. Mark leaned over and smothered her with hot, wet kisses before he let her go. “Daddy is shameless.” Charlotte was sandwiche
“You still have to go to the hospital today?” Yvette knew that there was nothing between Ronald and that woman, but she was still not too happy that he had to go to the hospital when he only came home once in a blue moon. “Yesterday’s interview was not finished. I will still have to do it today.” Ronald looked at her. “Then I will go with you.” Yvette wanted to follow, since she thought she was idling in the Valentine mansion. Ronald frowned, obviously opposing the idea. “Stop causing more trouble for me. You just stay back in the Valentine mansion. I will be back soon.” Mark raised a brow when he heard the word ‘interview.’ “What interview?” “You dad started running a medical welfare program recently. A leukemia patient from Grudin North is receiving treatment in the hospital. He has to be there in the afternoon, and reporters will be there to interview them,” Yvette explained. “Then you should go alone and leave the kid here. She is afraid of strangers.” There was another
Summer reached out to snatch back the diamond ring, but Mark took a step forward and clutched her lower jaw with his hand. “Who was this diamond ring bought for, whose finger was it intended for, and who was the one rejecting it? I think you have probably forgotten all about it. I was merely asking a few questions, and you lost your temper so quickly. You are unconscionable.” She used her tongue to moisten her dry lips, but she said nothing. “I heard about the marriage proposal of you and Dean. Were you the one proposing it?” Mark was fiddling with her hair leisurely as he spoke. “Why ask when you already know about it?” Mark started to tighten his hand on her lower jaw and said snappishly, “Can’t you learn to be demure as a woman and teacher? I can’t believe that you have proposed to a man. Where have all the propriety you have learned so far gone?” Summer remained silent, stopping short of rolling her eyes. “What does proposing have to do with propriety?” “Okay, why don’
“No, I just don’t want you to be so impulsive. You know how the relationship between me and your mother is—we are like oil and water. I don’t want to commit until this relationship is mended. I don’t want my future husband to be caught between his wife and mother. This is my second marriage. I want to treat it solemnly, and manage it, so that it will last.” The relationship between her and Yvette was bitter. One quarrel was nothing. But what if quarreling became a norm between them? He was a man who had his own job and had a lot of business entertainment, which was tiring enough. A family that was always in a quarrel would eventually upset him. “Besides, is our current relationship not good enough?” she said. Perhaps she was a bit gamophobic now. “Good enough?” Mark raised his eyebrows. They could not even dine and sleep together, yet she called it good? “It is not bad. We have never gone through courting before we married. So why not make up for it during this period and en
When Charlotte saw Mark, she rushed over and called out in her sweet voice, “Daddy!” He looked at Charlotte, studying her face, and only when he did not see any signs of her crying, he acknowledged Ronald. But just when he was about to leave, Ronald called out to him. “Can you help me make an appointment with Charlotte’s mom? I would like to meet her tomorrow.” Mark turned around with a frown. “What is it about?” “Nothing. I have yet to meet her officially to say hello when she has given birth to a lovely granddaughter like Charlotte. I would like to invite her to dinner tomorrow.” “I will tell her.” Mark raised his brows. Yvette’s face looked like smudged paint, changing colors and did not look too good. “Why invite her to dinner?” “She gave birth to a child. We the Valentines should not have such a cavalier attitude toward her. If the media picks up on this, they will make a mountain out of a molehill. Besides, it will be just a meal. Not that we are allowing her to be pa
In a hotel When the doors of the private function room swung open, Summer frowned because beside Ronald, she also saw Yvette and another woman. This woman was beautiful, with an indescribably graceful essence, and her beauty lay in her charm and demeanor. She could sense that this woman was quietly studying her. So who was this woman? They came up to the table, and Mark pulled a chair for Summer before he sat down beside her. Samantha’s eyes were darting between Summer and Mark, looking at them with a meaningful look. But no one knew what she was thinking. She did not expect to see that Ronald’s son completely differed from him. Mark was graceful and distinguished. No one was like him. When it came to Summer, Samantha observed her for even a longer time. She discarded Summer when she was still a baby, so she could not recognize her. They all exchanged some pleasantries and Yvette had not shown her temper, for today. The food was served before long. Ronald was very ca
She never thought that Ronald and Samantha would have such a relationship. On the surface, Ronald was an upright and serious man. Besides, he was the head of and had done a lot for Grudin North. The media referred to him as the most outstanding governor and people’s representative. But at this moment, he… Summer could never associate the two together. She snapped back and quietly picked up the fork, then sat with her back straightened and quietly glanced at Ronald with the corner of her eye. He was talking to Yvette with a straight face, and then turned around and said something to Samantha with the same expression. But what happened under the table was really nasty. Summer could not believe that Ronald was such a person. She pulled back her eyes away from them. Mark was feeding Charlotte some juice and did not even look at the opposite side, so it was impossible for him, less so for Yvette, to notice the appalling thing going on under the table. Summer glanced at Ronal
Summer did not say anything more, and she did not object.He curled his lips into a faint smile, wrapped his arms around her tiny waist, bent over and pecked her red lips. “Whatever is beautiful, whatever is the best, whatever she likes, I want it in front of her. It makes me feel happy as a father, and it gives me a sense of accomplishment that I can’t describe.”“So if your daughter wants the stars in the sky, can you pull them down for her?”“Why not?” He touched her fair, smooth cheek and looked at her intently with tenderness. “If you want it, if I have it, if I can afford it, why not?”His heart was filled with love with her and their child. As long as they want it, he would go to great lengths to get it for them.As long as you want it, as long as I have it, as long as I can afford it, why not?Summer was deeply moved by such a simple sentence, and her eyes turned a little red. She turned away shyly and pretended to look at Charlotte.“But when did you become so cheesy?”