Dorothy was still angry with Credence. She turned her back to both him and Belle, and glanced at her phone on the bedside table. It was already 11:40 at night, and they had to quickly celebrate for Credence before the day was over.
However, she had already tidied up the bed. For a moment, she did not know what to do. Credence didn’t take Belle’s advice to coax Dorothy. Instead, he turned off the lights and looked like he was getting ready to blow the candles out.
He still ignored her after a long while. This made Dorothy feel extremely annoyed.
She walked into the lounge next door and sat on the sofa to watch some news on her phone. However, for some unknown reason, the words were so dazzling that it hurt her eyes and she could not see anything.
She could feel the anger in her body growing stronger and stronger.
She threw her phone on the sofa, grabbed a pillow and placed it on her legs. She clenched her fists and punched it hard. “Credence, you annoying man, you b*stard! Now that Rosalie’s gone, here comes a Melanie! I’ve had enough, and I don’t care anymore. You can be with whoever you want from now on and do whatever you want. You live your life and I’ll live mine!”
Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a creak.
Dorothy looked up subconsciously and saw the man whom she had just scolded, walking in slowly with a smile. He saw her waving her fists and hitting the pillow.
Dorothy was so embarrassed that her ears turned red. She swiftly threw the pillow back to its original spot and said awkwardly, “Mister, please knock before entering.”
“I knocked, but you didn’t hear me.”
He walked towards her with a faint smile, a slice of fruit cake in his hand. He held it up in front of her and coaxed gently, “Here, have a bite, and I’ll take it as you wishing me a happy birthday!”
He came. He really came to coax her.
However, that tone of his felt like he was coaxing a six-year-old girl. What the h*ll?
Dorothy was exasperated. She could not help but blurt out, “Credence, I am not a little child anymore. Can you be more serious when you admit your mistake?”
“Are you really not going to eat it? I even made sure to give you your favourite cherry stuffing. It tastes pretty good, you sure you don’t want to give it a try?” Credence’s tone was calm and steady.
He looked so handsome that he could captivate thousands of women. He didn’t look like he was smiling, but there was a faint smile in his eyes. He looked like he was asking for a beating.
Dorothy wanted to throw the cake at his face, but it smelled too delicious. Adding to that the fact that she was starving as she’d barely eaten because of her bad mood, she couldn’t help gulping. She thought that maybe it’d be better to eat the cake, then throw the plate at him.
Credence remained calm and collected, but it seemed that he knew what was on her mind. He smiled and made his next move. “After you finish the cake, there is roasted duck which I brought for you on the tea table outside. It’s crispy and tender, and the meat is delicious too. It’s your favorite.”
Before he mentioned the roasted duck, Dorothy was able to control her urges and not eat the cake. However, after hearing about roasted duck, she started salivating greatly, as if its aroma had already made its way into her nose and down to her heart.
She could not control it, she really could not hold it in any longer.
Dorothy thought it through. She decided to temporarily suppress her anger and eat the food first. She would only start to argue with him after she had the strength.
She took the cake from Credence and treated it like it was his head. She took a big bite of the cake savagely.
Belle ran in with a stainless steel bowl with both of her hands. The bowl was filled with steaming roasted duck, and her mouth was filled with so much food that it made her face bulge. She ran towards Dorothy and smiled sweetly, “Mommy, the duck that Daddy bought smells so good. I’m sure it would taste delicious!”
Dorothy stared at it as she chewed the cake. All of a sudden, she felt weak.
Credence was actually trying to win her over her with a piece of cake and a roasted duck. Did she look like a foodie?
All at once, Dorothy’s entire face turned dark. Her gaze was sharper than a knife, and she glared at Credence, who was smiling lightly at her. She immediately took the stainless steel bowl from Belle and threw it at Credence. The oil from the duck splattered on him. Her eyes turned red for some reason. “Credence, I don’t want to eat the duck you bought.”.
Credence did not dodge at all. He allowed those things to smash on his chest. The impact made thumping sounds, but he only focused his gaze at her. When he saw how red her eyes were, he was taken aback.
After that, he remembered that Jonathan once told him that pregnant women had terrible tempers and violent mood swings, and how he had to be more tolerant of them because he was a man.
Only by tolerating his own woman could he be called a real man.
At her tears, Credence felt like a feather had gently swept past his cold, hard heart.
It turned out that when she was pregnant, she would get angry easily. She would lose her temper and cry like a child. She would even laugh out loud when she felt like it. She was too cute!
Credence thought of how he’d missed out on her first pregnancy because they’d been divorced. His expression and voice turned gentle. “It’s okay if you don’t want to eat the duck. There’s soup, steak, burgers, and even some drinks. There’s bound to be something that suits your tastes.”
“Wow, Daddy, you are so biased!”
Belle could not take it anymore. She placed her hands on her hips and tried her best to raise her head to look at Credence in an angry manner. “Just now, when I said I wanted to drink honey milk, you lied to me and said that there wasn’t any.”
Belle’s childish accusation made the two adults feel awkward. In the end, Credence got himself out of the situation by picking her up and coaxing her as they walked out. “Belle, be a good girl. You can’t have any now, but I promise to buy you honey milk everyday when you’re better.”
“Alright, you promised. You can’t go back on your word!”
The bright light shone on the man’s back, and the suit and tie he was wearing was a perfect fit. It clung to his strong and powerful back. Below it was his smooth and sexy waist and buttocks, which was pleasing to the eye.
His slender legs rose and fell with his pace, and it showed his strength, which was filled with elegance and nobility.
Dorothy slowly fell into a daze.
She waited for a while, but he didn’t turn up. She thought that he was probably putting Belle to bed.
She waited for a few more minutes, but when he still didn’t show up, Dorothy decided to go to the kitchen to get something to eat. She was starving, after all.
She’d just taken a bite of the burger and squinted in satisfaction when the door opened and Credence appeared with a steaming hot roast duck in his hands. He held it up in front of her, and his deep eyes were filled with love and tenderness. “You might not be able to have any in the future, so remember to eat up!”
What was the meaning of that?
Dorothy glanced at him suspiciously, but his eyes were fixed on her, indicating for her to eat while the food was hot. He did not say anything else.