Verian bought a huge pile of snacks from the rest stop. It was unsure if it was due to her pregnancy that she recently craved these snacks even though she usually did not.
The drive would take four to five hours. All Verian did in the car was sleep, eat, then wake up. She only did two things throughout the drive. One was sleeping, the other was eating her snacks.
It was already past 3pm and getting pretty close to four when they arrived at North City.
Since she had slept way too much in the car, she felt quite awake. It had been more than half a month since she had seen Little Jelly Bean so she missed the little rascal.
“Heaton, let’s head back to the Fudd family home. I miss Jelly Bean already.”
Heaton nodded his head and ordered Kush, “Take us to the Fudd family mansion.”
…
When the black Maybach drove into the courtyard upon arriving at the Fudd family mansion, Little Jelly Bean who was playing with Zaynie in the living room with a toy train immediately noticed Heaton and Verian, who had already gotten out of the car and were heading toward the house.
The little rascal did not even want the toy train anymore as her huge eyes beamed with joy and she ran out as fast as her little legs could.
“Daddy! Monty!”
The corners of Verian’s eyes felt slightly warm. She had been missing Little Jelly Bean every day in the last half month. She squatted down when Little Jelly Bean approached her and hugged the little rascal.
“Jelly Bean, Monty missed you dearly!”
Little Jelly Bean hugged her neck with her tiny hands and spoke in a childishly annoyed tone, “Monty, you can’t just leave daddy and me next time. I missed you too.”
Verian’s eyes turned red as she said while sobbing slightly, “Yeah, next time, I won’t leave ever again.”
She no longer wished to ever leave Heaton and Little Jelly Bean.
Heaton stared at the mother and daughter duo as they embraced each other. He cracked a grin with his thin lips. “If you run away from home again, Jelly Bean will have to call another woman mother now.”
Verian was speechless.
How could Heaton be such a killjoy during such a touchingly warm moment like this?
Little Jelly Bean raised her tiny face and looked at Heaton curiously. She said, “Daddy, the wife you said you'd bring home. Is she Monty?”
Verian’s tiny face blushed. When did he tell Little Jelly Bean that he would be bringing her home?
The man shot a teasing look in his dark pearly eyes while waving a hand around. “Satisfied?”
It was unsure if he was asking Little Jelly Bean or Verian…
Little Jelly Bean squinted her huge eyes delightfully. Her tiny mouth was opened wide, revealing a row of tiny white teeth as she said, “Satisfied!”
The little rascal grabbed onto Verian with her soft and tiny hand as she led her into the mansion, “Monty, let me bring you to meet grandpa! Tell grandpa that you wanna be my daddy’s wife!”
Heaton stared at the mother and daughter’s silhouette as they headed inside the mansion, walking alone behind them. All he could feel was how much his heart was filled with love as even the joy in between his brows grew deeper.
Since today happened to be a weekend, not only was Zaynie and Little Jelly Bean at home, Nancy was also present.
John was sitting on the couch, sipping tea while reading the newspaper. He was not even the slightest bit delighted due to Verian’s return. Instead, his expression grew slightly bitter.
The old man stacked the newspaper loudly. He then changed to a different newspaper and continued reading without even looking up.
Little Jelly Bean held onto Verian’s hand. While pouting her lips, she said, “Grandpa, Monty is back and she’s gonna be my mother.”
“Dad, Riana is pregnant. If you wish to have a grandson, you should improve your attitude toward her. It’ll affect the child greatly if the pregnant lady’s mood is poor.”
John was speechless.
John’s face turned extremely bitter. “Heaton Fudd! I’m your father! What right do you have to speak to me like that!”
Verian immediately tugged Heaton’s sleeves in secret, signaling him to not be so disobedient. However, Heaton had always been this rebellious since he was little. Agitating the old man was nothing out of the ordinary.
“My purpose of bringing Riana here today was only to visit Little Jelly Bean. It was also to inform you that Riana and I will be accepting our marriage certificate this time.”
John was speechless.
John was so agitated, he could not utter a single word. He spoke after a long pause, “Good for you, Heaton! So you’re good enough to act before having any permission to seal the deal now, right!”
There was not much emotion from Heaton. He merely calmly replied, “I’ve always assumed you clearly understood all this while I've always been known to act before any permission is given ever since I was little.”
John choked on his spit from being extremely agitated. He coughed several times, “B*stard!”
Nancy frowned. “Heaton, don’t provoke father anymore than he already is. Are you alright, father?”
John pointed at Verian’s belly with his walking stick, “Best you pray that the child in her belly is as much of a b*stard child as you. Or else, I’ll murder him!”
“If the child isn’t a disrespectful b*stard child, I’ll be the first to murder him. There’s no need for you to do anything, father.”
The old man scoffed. “Now, that’s much better to hear.”
John glared at Verian. Initially, he wanted to give her several stern warnings, however, after looking at her belly, he dropped them. Since the b*stard child Heaton had already gotten someone else’s daughter pregnant, what else could he possibly say anyway? This daughter-in-law of his, no matter how much he disliked her, he could not exile her out.
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