The carousel quickly stopped.
Rosalind was half-carried off by Ulric, who pointed to a nearby bench with his cool voice. “Go sit there. I’ll stay with them.”
“Oh, okay.”
She nodded and sat down on the chair.
After recovering a bit, she noticed a beverage stand on her right. Rosalind got up to buy a bottle of mineral water, but when she returned, someone was already sitting on the bench.
Thankfully, Ulric had noticed quickly earlier, so she hadn’t felt too uncomfortable before getting off. It didn’t matter now whether she sat or not.
She opened the water and had just taken a sip when she heard two Asian women discussing Ulric.
“I haven’t seen such a handsome guy in ages! And he’s playing with his little brother and sister-that’s so sweet!”
“Yeah, yeah! Quickly take a photo secretly. I want to share it with the others so we can all drool over him!”
“Just drooling is no fun! Go ask for his contact information later.”
“Why don’t you go ask?”
“Aren’t you the pretty one? Your chances of getting his number are higher!”
Rosalind didn’t want to eavesdrop, but they weren’t exactly speaking quietly, and she could hear them clearly while standing behind them.
When the carousel stopped, surprisingly, the first person to ask for Ulric’s contact information wasn’t either of them but a scantily dressed foreign woman.
Rosalind couldn’t hear what they said, but she saw Ulric coldly glance at the woman, his thin lips barely moving, and then the woman walked away looking disappointed.
The next second, she saw Ulric’s eyes searching for her.
Just as she was about to wave to him, the two women in front of her grew more excited.
“Ah! He’s looking over here. Is he looking at you?”
“I think so! Hold my things. I’m going to ask for his number!”
“Hey, he’s walking toward you!”
The pretty, sweet-looking woman immediately stood up and walked toward him, her face flushed with shyness. “Hello-”
“Married.”
Rosalind finally heard what he had said earlier. No wonder the foreign woman had been so disappointed.
“Mommy!” Floyd spotted Rosalind and ran toward her with her little arms outstretched.
Jake still stood beside Ulric, giggling. “Dad, do you think Mommy will be jealous? You’ve been approached by several women!”
“She won’t be.”
Though he hoped she would.
After playing on several more rides with the children, they only split up once-Rosalind took Floyd on the go-karts while Ulric took Jake. For everything else, Ulric took both children himself.
Of course, there were more women who approached him.
But his response was always the same, which made one woman persistently ask if his wife was prettier than her.
Rosalind thought he might point to her, but he didn’t. Ulric didn’t even look in her direction, simply ignoring the woman.
This was truly Ulric’s style.
With others, he was always a man of few words. Don’t expect him to answer every question.
“Daddy, I’m hungry!”
At times like this, Floyd usually didn’t tug at her mommy’s leg but went to find Ulric.
He bent down to pick up his daughter, stroking her little ponytail. “What do you want to eat?”
“I want candy!”
If one asked Floyd what she wanted to eat, candy was always her first choice.
Rosalind walked over, saying gently, “Can candy fill you up?”
Floyd pouted. “Mommy, I was talking to Daddy! Daddy will agree with me, right?”
Ulric’s thick eyebrows furrowed slightly as he glanced at Rosalind. “I listen to her too.”