Derek turned his head and saw Serina and Ernest who were kissing.
He froze in place, feeling as if his feet were nailed to the ground.
Ernest widened his eyes. He never expected that there would be a bolt from the blue as he entered the door!
“Dad! We are done packing!” Cherry’s voice was heard.
Serina immediately let go of Ernest. Ernest blinked a few times, still confused.
“Are you done packing? Then we’ll set off,” Derek said, turning to his two daughters.
“Great! Let’s go!” Cherry carried her small school bag, put on her small hat, and held hands with Blueberry.
“Mr. Ernest, we are going to the amusement park. Are you going?” Cherry looked up at Ernest.
“Well, I’m not. Have a good time.”
“Daddy, bye-bye! Mommy, bye-bye!”
Derek left with his two children without saying a word.
Ernest looked at Serina, “What’s up?”
He touched his lips, feeling that his lips were still a little numb.
Serina was also a little confused.
“Hey, what’s going on? Please say something!” Ernest raised his hand and shook it in front of Serina.
“Let’s be together, Ernie!” Serina said abruptly.
Ernest looked at Serina, being all ears. “What did you just say? I didn’t get it.”
“I said let’s be together!” Serina repeated.
Ernest swallowed his saliva and touched Serina’s forehead.
Serina immediately took his hand off. “I don’t have a fever!”
“Is there anything abnormal with you?”
“I’m serious!” Serina stared at Ernest fiercely. “Stop being my friend and be my boyfriend, okay?”
Ernest only felt that his blood was boiling, his legs went limp and he was trembling. He tried his best to control himself.
“I’ll come back another day. You’re not clear-headed.” Saying this, Ernest was ready to go out, but he was pulled back by Serina.
“I am very clear-headed!” Serina took Ernest’s hand.
“No, what happened to you? You’re so abrupt!” Ernest was completely confused by Serina.
Serina sighed, walked to the sofa, picked up the glass on the coffee table and took a sip.
Ernest came over and sat next to her.
“Ernie, in fact, I should have figured it out a long time ago. Women should find a man who would treat them well. I am now a mother. I should not be as willful as I was back then.”
“…”
“You have been by my side all these years, helping me take care of Cherry and Blueberry. To be honest, I should have seen it clearly. Ernie, shall we be together?”
“What?” Ernest couldn’t believe his ears.
“Would you like to be my boyfriend? Do you still like me as much as before?” Serina looked at Ernest.
“I…” Ernest hesitated.
“Don’t you?”
“Yes!”
“Then just be with me!” Serina seemed to give an order.
“Serina … I think you should think about it carefully.”
“I have been thinking about it for many years, Ernie. How many years have we known each other?”
“Almost ten years.” Ernest blurted out. He remembered clearly when he knew Serina and even every important day between them.
Hearing this number, Serina was shocked. She never realized that she had known Ernest for ten years.
“Since we’ve known each other for ten years and you’ve liked me for so long, why don’t you be my boyfriend? Is that because I have two children?”
Ernest shook his head.
“Then let’s be together! It’s a deal!”
“Alright.”
Then, they were together somehow. Ernest felt like he was dreaming.
Ernest was called back to the company in the afternoon.
Serina stayed at home alone.
In the evening, Derek came back with two children.
Cherry and Blueberry seemed to be very happy. As soon as they came back, they told Serina all kinds of funny things in the amusement park.
“Mommy, the amusement park is much bigger than last time. Daddy took us to play the pirate ship and many others. I’m so happy!”
Cherry held Serina’s arm and said. Blueberry did not look so excited, but a rare smile appeared on her face.
“Have you eaten yet?”
“Yes, Dad took us to eat delicious food,” Cherry replied.
“Okay.”
Her daughters had a great time, but Serina felt unhappy somehow.
“Blueberry, Cherry, what did I say to you in the car?”
Derek, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
“Write travel notes! But, Dad, we can’t spell many words.”
“It doesn’t matter. You can replace the words you can’t spell with circles, or you can draw pictures. Go now.”
“Got it!” Cherry saluted in an irregular manner and held hands with Blueberry as they returned to the children’s room.
Only Serina and Derek were left in the living room.
“Have you eaten? I brought some for you…” Derek placed a food box on the table.
“I am with Ernie!” Serina interrupted Derek.
Derek hesitated.
Serina looked at Derek, “We have confirmed our relationship. I hope that you can quit my life as soon as possible. You owe me and my two daughters too much for so many years. Don’t interfere with my happiness anymore, okay?”
“Serina, I hope you can understand that I have never interfered with your life. Have I ever bothered you?”
“You…”
“I just want to accompany my two daughters. I hope you don’t overthink it.”
Derek stood up and pointed at the food box on the table. “This is the dinner Blueberry wanted me to bring back for you. It’s up to you whether to eat or not. I’m leaving.”
After speaking, Derek walked straight to the door and left.
Serina looked at the back of Derek and felt a little dazed. She doubted if everything before her eyes was real.
She felt that Derek was completely unfamiliar now.
In the evening, lying on the bed, Serina felt that a lot of things had happened today. She was with Ernest, and she would have no contact with Derek in the future.
‘Why is the development of things different from what I imagined?
It’s so strange.’
When she opened her eyes the next day, she received a WeChat message from Ernest.