The train’s air conditioning was on full blast during the early summer. It was not hot but Serene felt her entire body burning.
The man rested his handsome chin gently on the top of the woman’s head while she stood bare feet on the back of Wilson’s. Although not many people were looking at them, Serene’s face was blushing heavily.
Wilson intentionally was not hugging her as he lowered his gaze while cracking a subtle smile at her. He said, “Babe, if you don’t hug my neck, you’ll slip.”
Since Serene had slipped multiple times from her leather shoes.
Serene was speechless.
It was only then did Serene reach out while blushing before hesitantly hugging his neck while the both of them were very close to one another and their breaths felt incredibly warm.
While Serene was hugging Wilson, Wilson suddenly reached out as well to hug her waist, pulling her closer to him.
The man lowered his thin lips closer to her at the same time and whispered in a deep voice next to her ear, “So tell me, how have you been recently?”
“I… well, you know, matchmaking and whatnot.”
“So it seems you have been matchmaking a lot recently?”
Serene shrugged and said, “Yeah. While you’re not around, my mom set me up with a lot of people.”
It was not like she was unappealing to people since she had plenty of pursuers after her aside from him. Therefore, he should absolutely stay alert and keep his guard up!
“Are you telling me that you have plenty of pursuers after you right now?”
Serene scoffed and said, “Yeah. Hence, if you want to pursue after me, you need to get in line.”
Wilson cracked a subtle smile while staring at her adorable little face. He said, “Can I cut in line?”
“No. First come first served.”
“But, I’ve already been waiting for you for so long now.”
Ten years ago even…
Serene hated that he completely cut off all contact with her recently so she glared at him and said, “I can’t argue with you. Oh, that’s right, why are you taking the train with me?”
“What do you think?” Wilson stared at her with his dark burning gaze.
“I...I have no idea.”
“I just can’t wait to see you and yet you tell me that you were busy matchmaking recently and you didn’t even miss me.”
Serene was speechless.
When Serene noticed the sadness in Wilson’s eyes, her heart wrenched silently.
She slightly lowered her gaze, pouted her lips while staring at the clean collar of his shirt. She said, “That was because you didn’t even bother to contact me. I thought… you don’t want me anymore.”
The woman’s soft voice sounded sad. When Wilson heard her say that, he started to feel guilty.
After remaining silent for a while, Wilson finally said, “I will never not want you. Never.”
…
Dinner was about to begin in the Fudd family home.
Verian was calling the children to wash their hands, “Jelly Bean, Zaynie, come over to wash your hands.”
Little Jelly Bean was the first to rush over as Verian helped the little rascal to squeeze a little soap on her tender white little hands. Little Jelly Bean asked, “Monty, are there any king-sized prawns for tonight?”
“Yeah, I know you love eating prawns.”
Little Jelly Bean was beaming with joy while squinting her huge eyes.
After she was done helping Little Jelly Bean wash her hands, Zaynie did not show up so Verian frowned and asked, “Why isn’t Zaynie here yet?”
“I’ll go check on him. He’s in a bad mood recently.”
When Heaton got downstairs from his study, he noticed both of them were standing in front of Zaynie’s room. He asked while squeezing his brows, “What are you guys standing in front of Zaynie’s room for?”
The moment Little Jelly Bean heard Heaton’s voice, she turned around, rushed over to him and said, “Daddy, he’s in a bad mood. When Monty and I called him down for dinner, he didn’t want to eat. He was even mean to Monty. He called Monty a bad woman and he even pushed Monty…”
Before Little Jelly Bean could finish, Verian immediately stopped her by saying, “Jelly Bean, stop spouting nonsense.”
“Hmph. I’m not. Aunty told Zaynie that Monty is a bad woman and made him not believe Monty!”
Heaton’s gaze dimmed slightly when he thought about Nancy actually telling a child that.
The man approached her and asked in a warm tone, “Did Zaynie hurt you?”
“No. Zaynie is a child so how could he hurt me.”
“You’re pregnant now and you need to take extra care of yourself.”
Verian was worried that Heaton might yell at Zaynie so she frantically grabbed Heaton’s shoulder and said, “I’m fine but…”
She took a look at Zaynie’s room and said, “Zaynie refused to eat. Do you want to talk to him. He doesn’t seem too keen to talk to me.”
Heaton nodded and said, “You can go downstairs with Little Jelly Bean first. I’ll talk to him.”
Verian nodded and led Little Jelly Bean to the dining restaurant.
Verian was deshelling the prawns for Little Jelly Bean in the restaurant. However, when Little Jelly Bean thought about what Zaynie said, she stared at Verian with an emotional gaze from her dark beady eyes while saying, “Monty, after the baby is born, will you actually stop loving me?”
Verian cracked a subtle smile and said, “No way. Jelly Bean, I gave birth to you as well.”
Besides, when she gave birth to Little Jelly Bean back then, she left her for three years and in those three years, she was unable to be by Little Jelly Bean’s side so she felt guilty for Little Jelly Bean.
Little Jelly Bean smiled while she ate the prawns. She told Verian like a tiny adult she was, “That’s good to know. Monty, if you ever stop loving me, I’ll run away from home and you and daddy won’t be able to find me.”
Verian laughed out loud as she said, “You won’t have that chance then.”
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