The two little brats were screaming and fussing outside, their little hands pouncing on the car door. He snorted his teeth, “Who the hell gave birth to these two brats as demons? Really want to throw them out on the street!” Some other day, he really should pay a visit to the mommy of this pair of living treasures and learn from her.
Zoey couldn’t help but sweat as she listened to him. Wouldn’t he be even more mad if he knew these two demons came from his seed?
“Uncle! Zoey!” The little ones called out in unison as they were slow to open the door.
“Got it! You guys wait!” Jerry Xiao had never been so frantic. Not daring to go any further, he could only stifle her and help her straighten her clothes before straightening his own. After stabilizing herself and making sure the kids wouldn’t see anything coming, she opened the car door.
Immediately, both children poked their little heads in and searched the area. Their eyes landed on Zoey’s face.
Obviously know that the children do not understand anything and can not see anything, but Zoey still can not help but blush sheepishly. Not daring to meet the children’s line of sight, he only coughed dryly in embarrassment and said, “Well, upstairs, I’m hungry …”
“I’m ‘hungry’ too!” He blushed badly. Especially, biting the word ‘hungry’ very hard. I could have eaten my fill, but … I blame these two nosy brats!
Zoey understood his words and blushed even redder, not daring to look into his eyes. Holding back the smile on her lips, she took the two children in her hands and asked as if nothing had happened, “Why are you down here again?”
“I’m worried that Uncle is bullying Zoey.” Nini immediately played nice and looked back at Jerry Xiao who was locking the door, her little eyebrows raised, “Uncle is so bad, Nini saw that Uncle just pinned Zoey down!”
Oh, my God! Zoey really wanted to dig a hole and bury herself alive. She, really don’t want to live!
Jerry Xiao also nearly fainted when he heard the child’s words.
So these two little kids, just now, were seeing that much?
Tensing up, he went over to walk alongside them, glancing at Zoey’s embarrassed little face dripping with blood, and suddenly feeling funny again. She was so cute when she was embarrassed …
“Zoey , Uncle is so heavy, are you okay?” KK asked seriously, worriedly, fervently.
“Don’t ask …” Zoey wanted to cry, and looked to Jerry Xiao for help. This time, he gloated and shrugged his shoulders, saying that there was nothing he could do to help.
But …
The kids immediately turned their momentum toward him.
“But, looking at Uncle’s face, it seems like it’s even worse than before!” Nini raised her innocent little face.
“Must be so depressed because bullying Zoey didn’t work! Ajussi, your face really stinks!” KK picks up.
“Kid, shut up!” Jerry Xiao resisted the urge to throw the two brats away and picked up KK and set him up to his neck. Nini opened her arms for a hug and he took Nini into his arms again.
As he watched the scene, the smile in Zoey’s eyes widened.
Didn’t he want to throw the kids out on the street? What’s going on now?
Late Night.
the Xiao Family, Jerry Xiao was the only one left. She and the children had gone back, and the whole mansion was incredibly quiet. She closed the file and pressed her brow, before turning off the light and falling back into bed.
This is really strange! In the past so many years, early accustomed to sleep alone, but now, as long as it is a person to sleep surprisingly will feel empty in the heart, so that he tossed and turned difficult to sleep.
Is it possible, to have gotten used to, the presence of a person around you? And, the sound of children laughing and joking …
Without them, his life, it seemed, had really lost a lot of its luster.
Jerry Xiao lay flat on the bed, his deep pupils staring forlornly at the ceiling. In his mind, he was actually shaking all the two little things and her figure, no matter what he did, he could not get rid of it.
Damn! Who was it that said, one person is not lonely, thinking about one person is lonely. He is now thinking of three people, this loneliness, is not expanded three times? It’s really killing him!
Unable to lie down any longer, he simply sat up from the bed and headed downstairs, pouring himself a glass of red wine.
Rubbing the cell phone in his hand, he still couldn’t resist dialing the familiar string of numbers.
…
It was already past 0:00, Zoey gave the two children a bath and put them to bed, but she still did not feel like sleeping. Wearing her pajamas, she stood by the window and looked out at the watery moon. I can’t help but think of someone in my mind.
Should he, by now, be asleep? If he hadn’t fallen asleep, would he, possibly, have thought of her as little as he was thinking of himself now? Think of the baby?
Lifting his lips, he smiled softly. Regardless of the answer, he himself felt sweet because of this thought that filled his heart to overflowing.
Taking the cell phone at the bedside, he wanted to dial the all-too-familiar string of numbers, but in the end, he resisted the urge. He has to go to work early tomorrow morning, at this hour, can’t disturb him again. So thinking, will be the cell phone tightly in the arms, as if just this can also bring that thought to the other side of the heart …
His thoughts were drifting away when the cell phone in his arms suddenly rang. Her thoughts suddenly interrupted, Zoey froze for a moment, looking at the number flashing on the screen, her heart skipped a beat, and for a moment she thought she was imagining things. It was so late, but he hadn’t gone to bed yet?
Was it possible that, like her, he had someone on his mind and couldn’t sleep?
Because of this thought, Zoey’s heart was beating so hard that her cell phone was burning in her hands. After waiting for a while, he barely smoothed out his heartbeat before picking the phone up.
“Taking so long to answer the phone, asleep?” Only when it was pressed to her ear, his low voice came from the other end. In the darkness of the night, through the airwaves, it traveled so clearly into her ears, striking her eardrums, so sexy that it was like a surge of electricity, penetrating straight into her heart.
Heartstrings trembling, she pursed her lips lightly before saying, “Still awake, watching the moon from the window.”
Her voice, incredibly soft in the night, was like a breeze that warmed the heart, “Why are you up too? There’s a meeting early tomorrow morning.”
“Uh-huh.” He responded faintly, taking a light sip of his wine.
I want to say that it is because I miss her that I have not fallen asleep until now; I want to say that it is because the thoughts gnawed at my heart so hard that I have not slept at all until now; I want to say that it is only because I want to hear her voice that I am making this phone call; I want to say that it is because inexplicably I have gotten used to the feeling of having her by my side …
All the words that came to his lips turned out to be just, “I wonder what the kids are doing now.”
“Thinking about them, that’s why you can’t sleep?” So, that was it. Couldn’t help but feel a little lost, and even, a little jealous of the position the children occupied in his heart. But … he can hang the children in his heart like this, she already feels satisfied, very satisfied!
He wanted to say that he missed her too. However, in the end, or gently “hmm” sound. He heard her voice slightly lost, “At this time, they must have gone to bed early, tomorrow morning they have to go to school.”
“Uh-huh.” Of course he did. Unable to resist after all, he asked, “What time are you coming over tomorrow?”
“I have to be home to have breakfast with my mom before I go out, so I’ll be there around 10:00 or so to get ready and make lunch.” Having been away from home lately, Song’s mother was quite opinionated. Disappearing early in the morning with the child and coming back late at night was indeed a bit much.
After 10:00? Wouldn’t he have gone to the office already?
“Come by at nine.” He demanded, thinking of another reason, “I have a meeting at 9:30 a. m. Pick out a suit for me.”
He was perfectly capable of doing it himself, and Zoey knew it, but he couldn’t say no. It seemed that another half hour with his mother would have to be sacrificed.
Hearing her promise, his tone, only slightly eased. He added, “Also, I have a banquet to attend at night, and I’m missing a female companion. Do you, want to accompany me to attend?”
Zoey hardly hesitates, “So what kind of costume would be better for me to wear? Is there a specific theme?”
She had turned, heading for the locker room.
Over there, a deep smile rippled from those deep eyes. Putting the red wine glass down, he raised his lips, “There is no specific theme, you can wear whatever you want.”
“Uh-huh. I’ll come by first thing in the morning then.” Zoey had already turned her attention to the dress she would wear tomorrow night. In her mind, she was distantly thinking about what kind of gown she should pick out for him tomorrow, and what she should wear that would go with him and complement his demeanor.
“You go to bed early and pick out your dress tomorrow.” He admonished her.
“Uh, I know.” She responded good-naturedly, glancing up at the clock, “On the contrary, it’s time for you to go to bed now, so you’ll be in good shape for work tomorrow.”
“Then … I’m hanging up.” His pace of speech, slightly slowed down a lot. There is a kind of lingering emotion present, even this end of the afterthought Zoey heard it. Her smile was deep, her eyes radiant, “Well … see you tomorrow.”
Phone, and quiet for a while, can clearly hear each other’s breathing, as if, and that for each other messed up the frequency of heartbeat. Finally, I do not know who hung up the phone first, leaving only a touch of happiness between the two without trace of the flow, ripples, swinging out a circle of gorgeous ripples.
Before going to bed, Zoey came out of her room to get a glass of water. Lifting her eyes, she saw that the light in the study was still on, so she went downstairs and purposely made a glass of milk before turning to go up. Knocking on the door, Owen Baker’s slightly tired voice came from the study, “Come in.”
Zoey probed in to see that Owen Baker had looked up from his laptop at her who had probed in, “Up this late?”
“Just put the kids to bed and saw the light still on here, guessed you were busy so I came in to check.” Zoey put the milk in front of him, “Drink some while it’s hot to pad your stomach.”
“Thanks.” Owen Baker touched the rim of his glass, still a little hot, and set it aside.
“Been working a lot lately? Mom says you and Dad are always busy late into the night.” Zoey casually flipped through the papers on her desk and before she could look at them closely, Owen Baker jerked them away, “Don’t look at them in the middle of the night, it’s bad for your eyes. When has work ever been easy? Every day is so busy.”
Zoey massaged his shoulders, “Money can’t be earned, the body is more important. If it’s really that much work, why don’t I just go to work with you guys at the company, I’m really an idle person now anyway.”
She offered again. Though it was that she liked her current job as a ‘housekeeper’, not only did it pay well, but she could bring her children with him, but even so, she didn’t want to see her brother and father work so hard.
“One more of you can’t do much. You’d better behave as a loafer.” Owen Baker’s tone, doting.
“An extra one of me is certainly not the same. At least it’s one of my own, and I can be trusted.”
He laughed, “Stop it. Be a good boy and go to bed.”