Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 202 The Father and the Daughter

To keep Mabel from worrying, Leo came up with a harmless lie. He told her he was just trying to lose a little weight.

Mabel gave him a disapproving glare. "Lose weight? What for? You were already handsome enough the way you were. How much better do you want to look? Honestly, I thought you were cutest when you were all chubby as a kid. Why would you want to turn yourself into a skeleton? I'll never understand you young people and your idea of beauty!"

When Leo only responded with a faint smile, Mabel turned to seek reinforcement. "Eloise, don't you think I'm right?"

Eloise nodded like a pecking chick, both hands raised in agreement. "Yes! You're totally right!"

Over the course of one dinner, Eloise had clearly warmed up to

Leo.

Encouraged, Leo turned his attention fully to her, hiding the raw emotion behind

his gaze.

Caroline and Alistair exchanged a glance across the table, quietly reading the unspoken understanding in each other's

eyes.

They were only human. Watching Leo act like this tugged at

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"Uncle Leo, you really shouldn't lose more weight," Eloise said carnestly. "You're already so skinny! If you lose any more, a big gust of wind might blow you away!"

Leo grinned, trying to coax more words out of her. “Really? But I think I look okay being a little thin."

Eloise furrowed her brow, completely serious. "But if you want people to think you look nice, and they all say you're too skinny, then maybe you should just eat more and listen to Great-Grandma."

Leo stared at her like she was a priceless treasure. Every word out of her mouth sounded like gospel, and he didn't want to miss a single syllable. He nodded solemnly. "You're making a lot of sense. Maybe I'll think it over again..."

He reached out almost instinctively to ruffle her hair.

But right as his hand brushed her soft curls, he paused.

Something held him back. He glanced at Alistair and Caroline, unsure of himself.

Caroline turned her head away, feigning distraction.

slow sip of water, giving nothing

at Eloise and met

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worried about me. My daughter...

and this time, he let his hand

and asked, in her sweet,

shouldn't be too skinny. What if a

gave her head a final,

away.

to keep his big, grown-up hand on her small head for too

was that Eloise's first impression of him

playing on her lips. She leaned toward Alistair and Caroline and whispered, "I seem to remember Leo wasn't too fond of kids. Said they were too loud

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Mabel added, almost to herself. "But then

Caroline shared a

gentle squeeze, and she mischievously ran her fingertip along his

let out a grown-up-sounding sigh of relief. "Then Great-Grandma and I can

didn't want the conversation to

another topic, he asked, "So how much weight do you think I should gain? I don't want to get

bounced over to Alistair and

daddy, that's perfect! My daddy's not too skinny, not too fat. He's just

for a second, caught

smile, as if politely acknowledging the compliment without taking

chair, clearly enjoying the

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cheerfully, "Eloise is absolutely right. Just like Alistair. That's

my daddy has muscles too! I can't even squeeze his arms. They're so

at Alistair, barely masking

her dad? And she already

only proved Alistair had

knew who

sincerely. "Alright then, I'll work hard

cheered, "You can

teased, "I've been really good, haven't

you want?" Leo pretended to think for a second and then turned

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for a while?"