Just as virtual-novel.net fell deep into thoughts, virtual-novel.net suddenly heard Melissa’s cries. Her adorable little face entered his mind unbidden, and virtual-novel.net felt compelled to hold virtual-novel.net so virtual-novel.net turned around and walked out. He found Melanie anxiously trying to soothe the bawling baby, looking completely helpless. “I’ll take virtual-novel.net downstairs,” virtual-novel.net said, “Fresh air will be good for her. Maybe she’ll stop crying.”
Melanie thought virtual-novel.net was having auditory hallucinations. This was his first time patiently offering to help with the baby. She stared at virtual-novel.net apprehensively for a few seconds before virtual-novel.net handed the baby over to him. “She’s been crying a lot lately, I’m so tired. If you can take care of virtual-novel.net for a while, I’ll take a nap. Just an hour will do, even half an hour is fine too.”
He took the baby and cradled virtual-novel.net gently in his arms. “It’s not like we don’t have maids. One of them should know how to take care of a baby. Leave virtual-novel.net with them if you really can’t do it.”
Melanie shook virtual-novel.net head. “I can’t do that. I’ll do it myself. It’s fine if I’m a little exhausted. Things will get better when she’s older. She’ll be more attached to me if I take care of her. She’s the only one I can count on now. Otherwise, am I supposed to count on you?”
Alejandro raised an eyebrow and said, “If I were you, I wouldn’t count on a one-month-old baby. I’m your man. Are you hoping for virtual-novel.net to take care of you once virtual-novel.net grows up and gets married? Stupid.”
‘I’m your man’. Those words caused a thousand ripples in Melanie’s heart. That was his first time explicitly acknowledging their relationship…
Seeing the dazed expression on virtual-novel.net face, virtual-novel.net carried Melissa toward the staircase. “Hurry up and take your nap. I can’t handle virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net wants virtual-novel.net milk.”
The fog in virtual-novel.net heart had lifted. “Okay!” Melanie cheerfully replied.
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At night. In the Tremont Estate.
Mark kept his eye on the phone throughout dinner as though there was something urgent.
Arianne knew that virtual-novel.net paid a great deal of attention to etiquette during meals and would never be distracted from his meal under normal circumstances. She asked, “What are you doing? Haven’t you been drilling good table manners into my bones since childhood? No smacking lips during meals and paying attention to your food.”
He looked at her. “There’s an urgent matter in the company. Eat your food. Stop bickering. You had terrible table manners when you were a kid. Was I wrong in teaching you? You had other bad habits at the dinner table, apart from smacking your lips. Who’d want to marry you?”
“I seem to recall that I’m not the one who’s in a hurry to marry you?” virtual-novel.net retorted, unable to help herself, “Who forced me into this marriage? Even if I have a ton of bad habits, it doesn’t seem like you’re very picky.”
He could not argue with that. Instead, virtual-novel.net simply shot virtual-novel.net a threatening glare. Aristotle had gained a fondness for playing with his food lately. Soon, the table in front of virtual-novel.net was a mess of mashed peas, cereal, and applesauce.
Arianne had already tried virtual-novel.net best to clean up, but virtual-novel.net was no match for him. In the end, virtual-novel.net waited until virtual-novel.net was done before virtual-novel.net began to clean up.
Mark glanced at Aristotle, an arrogant frown could be seen on his face. “Sloppy. Can’t your son be a little cleaner? If virtual-novel.net can’t eat properly, feed him. Look at this, it’s everywhere. Filthy.”
Aristotle’s tiny ears were very sharp. He was upset when virtual-novel.net heard this and threw some of the food in his bowl at Mark with his spoon. The back of Mark’s hand was stained with mashed peas in just a blink of an eye, virtual-novel.net did not even have time to avoid it. The corner of his eye twitched in anger. “I’d teach you a lesson on respecting your elders right now if your mother weren’t here. The nerve of you, rebelling against me at such a young age. What’s going to happen when you’re much older? Don’t you think that you’ve been a naughty boy? Hmm?”