514 Baby, I Miss You
Wayne appeared smug and condescending whenever he showed off his daughter. Anna couldn't take it any longer and said, "Don't be upset, Ryan. You can Emily can have another child when she comes back. You might also have a daughter later.’’
Ryan snapped back to his senses and said, "You're right! Ill have a daughter later.”
Wayne was cutting steaks for Tammy at that time. "But Emily doesn't have time for that,” he said calmly.
What Wayne was the harsh truth that everyone was avoiding mentioning. Emily was away on missions and rarely had the chance to go back home, so she and Ryan saw each other only a few times a year. They had very little time to themselves.
Anna didn't bother to keep talking to Wayne and Ryan because she thought their two childish quarrels were boring. While their fathers were still arguing over the ‘-daughter thing', Tammy was putting meat into Zac's small bowl.
"Tammy, he can't eat that," Anna stopped her immediately and said.
"Kids grow taller if they eat more meat," Tammy said.
Anna sighed and said, "That's right. But he's only two years old, so he can't eat anything with a strong flavor.”
"It's okay. He can eat it," Tammy insisted as she placed another piece of meat in Zac's bowl. Then Zac blinked his big eyes and ate with his chubby little hand holding a fork. He picked up a piece of pizza, attempted 513 Baby, | Miss You to hand it to Tammy, and said, "Tammy, eat some ‘neat." "The word is MEAT, not ’NEAT."
How wonderful it would be if Tammy was my daughter!" Ryan said.
"You wish!" Wayne frowned and said.
Ryan gave Wayne a hard stare and said, "| just imagined it! Why are you so mean to me?"
"Don't even think about it," Wayne said, pulling Tammy's chair toward him. Wayne thought, /could have been much meaner! Keep your distance from my daughter, Ryan!
Because they had a rare opportunity to get together, Peter asked the maid to open a nice bottle of wine. Afterward, he and his two grandchildren kept drinking and talking.
The maid sent Peter to his room to rest at 9 p.m. Anna and Jennie were chatting on the living room sofa when the guys were drinking. Tammy dashed to Jennie, hugged her arm, and said she wanted to sleep in her room.
Jennie stroked Tammy's face and asked, "Really? You've recently been staying at Selina's house and you haven't seen your mother in a long time. Don't you want to stay with your mother tonight?”
"| like you the best, so I'm going to sleep with you.”
“Are you afraid I'll mention what happened to you at school?" Anna asked, rolling her eyes at Tammy.
Tammy got into a lot of trouble at school recently. If Anna wasn't so busy with work, she would meet with Tammy's teacher and discuss these
issues with him. 513 Baby, | Miss You
Jenny, who had always been kind to the kids, agreed to Tammy's request. Tammy then began to yawn. Then Jennie said, "They don't appear to have had a good time. Anna, why don't you just stay here tonight?”
Anna turned around and faced the dining room, saying, "I'm sure they're both drunk by now. I'm going to go tell them to stop drinking.”
When Anna walked downstairs, she noticed that the two men were drunk. The maids were standing nearby, unsure of what to do. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Anna.
Then Anna uttered, "Please walk Ryan to his room, guys. I'll look after Wayne."
Wayne disliked it when others other than Anna made physical contact with him. Even when he was drunk, he held fast to his principles. As a result, the servants were hesitant to move him.
Anna grabbed Wayne's hand, but he shook it off and grunted, "Go away!"
"It's me, Anna" Anna said, frowning. And she thought, You don't know who | am? Looks like you're really drunk.
Wayne raised his head, resting his face on his arm. "Who are you?" he asked after staring at Anna for a few moments.
"Who do you think | am?"
At that moment, Ryan was helped to his feet by the servants. He reached out, patted Wayne on the shoulder, and asked, "How come you haven't recognized your own wife? You're so stupid!"
"There's no way | wouldn't know my wife!" Wayne propped himself up
on the table and staggered to his feet. He moved closer to Anna to examine her. And Anna took a step back as she smelled the strong odor of alcohol. She worried Wayne would fall down, so she reached out to support his shoulders. "Wayne, wake up," she said. 513 Baby, | Miss You
When Wayne saw Anna's frown, he smiled and smiled, "That's right, you're my wife.”
Hearing that, Anna was on the verge of bursting out laughing. She realized he could only recognize her when she was angry at him.
"Really? Look at who she is, Wayne! Otherwise, you're screwed!" Ryan made a joke.
"Well, come this way, please," a servant said as he helped Ryan to his bedroom.
Anna walked over to them after hanging up the phone. "Peace, are you lecturing your husband again?" she asked.
Peace shook her head. She immediately smiled and hugged Anna when she saw her.
Anna placed her hand on Peace's shoulder and looked sympathetically at Karl, who was sitting in the chair. "Karl, what kind of art is this?" she asked, looking at his comical mustache.
Peace told Anna a few days ago that she and Karl had had a big fight. They argued only because he had recently developed a strong desire to grow a mustache. Anna thought it didn't matter because men always had interests that women couldn't comprehend. Anna had no idea what other people thought of it, but she knew that Peace disliked men with beards, regardless of how neatly trimmed they were.
Peace immediately frowned. She said, "What he's doing is nonsense, but not art! I'm not sure what he's trying to do with that damn beard. I'm telling you, I'm not going to sit with him later.”
Karl, who had been well-tampered, told his wife with a smile, "Sorry, dear. | really forgot to bring a razor. I’ll shave it when we get to the Maldives. Don't be upset.”
"I'm not upset with you! Let's go sit over there, Anna;" Peace walked toward an empty seat, completely ignoring Karl.
Anna motioned to Wayne on the other side, telling him to look after the kids. And Peace began chattering as soon as he sat down. "I'm so angry
at him! He's not the type of man for a beard!"
Anna laughed and said, "| heard he was opening an art gallery. Is he doing this to make himself look more like an artist?"
“Huh? He did not paint the paintings or create the sculptures. He did 513 Baby, | Miss You nothing but spend money on it. He just likes to do weird stuff! He could have done more meaningful things.”
"What do you want him to do? Clean the house and look after the kids?"
"Oh, Martin's really getting on my nerves lately! He's only eight, but he's already gotten into much trouble. He acts just like his father! And he Would rather live with his grandparents than with me. | don't know what | should do about him."
Hearing that, Anna raised her head And found that Tammy was fiddling with her phone as Karl chatted with his daughter Apple in the distance. And Martin wasn't there.
When Anna noticed Peace had a worried expression, she said, "You're not angry because Karl has a beard, but because of Martin.”
Peace raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
“I've got an idea that might persuade Martin to move back home.”
"Really? What do you have in mind?" Peace asked.
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