Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 866:

Dustin tried to keep it in, but the boy’s fiery declaration cracked his composure. Laughter slipped out before he could stop it.

Face flushed and fuming, Zander began to wriggle furiously. “Hey! You back there! Let me go! You’re laughing at a kid! That makes you a terrible grown-up!”

It dawned on Dustin—he never imagined he would be trading barbs with someone barely tall enough to reach the counter.

“Oh, so you do know you’re just a kid?” Dustin arched an eyebrow, lips twitching with amusement. “Then act like one. Who told you it was smart to come pick fights with grown-ups?”

Without much effort, he scooped Zander off the floor like a bag of groceries, prompting the boy to yelp twice in startled protest. “Look at that. One hand. I don’t even need both. Come back when you’ve got some height on you, little warrior.”

Zander couldn’t wriggle free. Every squirm only made it more obvious that he was completely outmatched.

manhandled by Dustin made his chest burn

and helplessness all colliding at once. The more he dwelled on his failure, the heavier the

tears betrayed him, slipping down his face and landing directly on Dustin’s

hey—what’s this now? Don’t cry! You win, okay? Just—stop with

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁: ⳑ𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗍𝖊𝗅𝘀⸱𝖼𝗈𝗆

a helpless glance, he turned toward Collin, silently asking

motionless, his eyes narrowed and fixed on Zander as though he were decoding some

That’s what Dustin

thoughts drifted to Linsey. Strange—why did this

jerked Collin back

he stepped forward and gently lifted

the boy’s weight more comfortably.