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.

so easily manhandled by Dustin made his chest burn

once. The more he dwelled on his failure, the heavier the weight of disappointment

down his face and landing directly

now? Don’t cry! You win, okay?

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glance, he turned toward Collin,

fixed on Zander as though he were decoding some

even Collin wasn’t equipped to deal with a sobbing child. That’s

at Zander’s tear-streaked face and red eyes, Collin’s thoughts drifted to Linsey. Strange—why did this child remind him so much of

jerked Collin back to the

forward and

got him,” he said, adjusting the boy’s weight