Chapter 216

Matilda didn’t give it much thought. After checking out the details of the person’s workplace and all, she agreed to let him move in. But when the time came for him to show up at her doorstep, both of them were taken aback.

There was Orson, standing outside with his suitcase in hand, while Matilda was inside, both staring at each other in disbelief. After a long silence, they blurted out in unison, “How is it you…?”

However, Logan, upon seeing Orson, burst into excitement and shouted, “Uncle Orson! You’re moving in to live with us?”

“The lease isn’t signed yet.” Orson replied in his usual standoffish tone. “It’s not certain.”

“Stay, please stay!” Logan grabbed Orson’s hand, “If Uncle Orson lives here, Mom won’t be lonely anymore!”

Their words seemed innocuous enough to the adults, but Matilda’s expression shifted, “What made you think of moving?”

“The lady I was renting from got herself a boyfriend who wasn’t too thrilled about me,” Orson explained succinctly, revealing the crux of the matter.

Matilda surmised that the landlord’s boyfriend must have felt uneasy about his girlfriend sharing a space with another man and had decided to stop renting to Orson.

Orson with his suitcase, Matilda couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sympathy and sighed, pulling his suitcase inside. “Well, you can stay here for the time being. I

A clean record?

Orson didn’t respond.

strawberry.

wash the strawberry? Don’t give it to our guest if it’s not clean!”

“Mommy says we must always serve

too,” Matilda said, playfully tweaking Logan’s nose. “Don’t eat too much before bed.”

and son interact, somewhat surprised at how well Matilda had raised

have four then, and one is for Uncle Orson,” Logan said, looking expectantly at Orson, who had no choice but to eat the offered strawberry, muttering a quiet “Thanks.”

yourself from the fridge. Mommy won’t mind!” Logan

games, his voice deepening,

so cool! Are you good at playing them? We could play together!” Orson cracked a rare smile, glanced at the console and asked, “You’re playing Pokémon? Do you understand it?” While Matilda was dragging Orson’s luggage, she

then turned to Logan, “Logan, slow down with the game. Uncle Orson

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