Sometimes Clara wondered whether Laura had gone abroad at all.
But it was only whimsical.
She didn’t want to spend too much time overthinking. After all, it was meaningless. Why should she waste her time doing something meaningless?
After Clara realized this, she spent less time thinking about Laura.
“Clara, what are you doing?” Clara came home from work this afternoon.
Horace stood beside her, bored. He watched her dangle her fingers in the fish pond.
Horace hugged her from behind and ducked his head down to smell the fragrance around her neck.
It made Clara a little itchy, but she didn’t say anything and let him do it.
“I’m just bored.” Clara looked at the fish while answering his question.
“Oh? Boring? Let’s do something interesting.” Horace said. He then nibbled on her earlobe.
It made Clara tremble slightly. She soon realized that it wasn’t appropriate since they were still outside.
Clara pushed him away. But how could Horace easily give up and be pushed away?
It got more and more sensual. But they stopped when they heard a voice.
“Mom and Dad, are you going to get me a little brother?” When Neo came home from school, the nanny told him that they were here, so he came to find them.
When Neo saw what they were doing, he wondered whether they wanted to get him a little brother or sister.
Otherwise, what were they doing?
Horace, being turned on, really wanted to kick Neo out of the house.
But he knew that this was his son, he couldn’t do so.
As the three of them looked at each other awkwardly, the phone rang and the nanny came.
“Sir, Lady, It’s Mr. Russell Kirkland.” The nanny said. She immediately left without looking around.
The nanny Clara picked was very smart. She couldn’t help praising herself for selecting the right person.
Clara then realized the person on the phone was Russell. She stared at Horace and wondered what they were talking about.
After a while, Horace hung up the phone.
Clara wanted to tell something from his expression. Unfortunately, she couldn’t figure out anything.
Horace had stiff upper lips.
“What’s the matter?” Clara asked directly.
“Grandpa wanted us to go home for dinner.”
It turned out Russell had known that they got back together and wanted to have dinner with them.
Clara thought it was normal, so she didn’t say anything.
But she still felt a little nervous, as if it was the first time when she met Russell.
But she had experienced quite a lot and managed to calm herself down.
“When should we meet?” Clara needed to get prepared psychologically. She might also need to buy some new clothes.
“Tomorrow noon.” Horace said.
Horace thought it was no big deal, but Clara fretted about it every time. He didn’t know what’s wrong with her.
But at second thought, maybe it was always stressful to meet the elders.
Horace soon wrapped his head around it.
“Mom and Dad, who are you going to meet?” Neo had been standing aside and listening to them. He knew they were going to meet someone important.
“We are going to meet your great grandpa, and Neo will come with us.” Clara smiled and patted his head.
Neo had never seen his great grandfather since he was born. They should bring Neo with them, so Russell could see his great grandson.
“Great grandpa? Wow.” Neo was instantly delighted when he heard he had a great grandpa.
Neo craved for family love. He only had mother and uncle before. Now he had not only a father, but also a great grandfather.
It made Neo jubilant, but he still had a question lingering in his mind.
What were Mom and Dad doing just now?
Though he was curious, he didn’t ask. Because Neo clearly remembered Horace’s expression when he asked the question.
Neo swallowed it down.
“Come on, let’s go to dinner.”
Neo just came back from school and must be hungry. The food was ready, so they sat down to have dinner.
No one spoke at the dinner table. Horace was savoring what he hadn’t finished just now.
Clara was thinking about what to do when she met Russell tomorrow.
Neo was ruminating over what he learned at school and trying to recall who bullied whom today.
After dinner, they watched TV together for a while and then went to bed.
When Horace tried to continue what he hadn’t finished, Neo knocked on the door.
Horace had to open the door for him.
“Good night, mom and dad.” Neo said and left.
Clara and Horace were confused. What happened? Why did he say good night to them before going to bed?
Actually, this was what Neo learned at school. The teacher told them saying good night to mom and dad before going to bed would make them happy.
So Neo wanted to test it out if it would make them happy.
Instead of seeing their smiling faces, Neo felt they were speechless.
Did he see it wrong? Or was the teacher wrong? Neo didn’t know. He needed to ask the teacher tomorrow morning.
“Goodnight, honey.” Horace left a kiss on Clara’s cheek and closed his eyes.
Clara grinned.
They soon fell asleep…