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

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

few tears betrayed him, slipping down his face and landing

cry! You win, okay? Just—stop with the waterworks. Kid

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helpless glance, he turned toward Collin,

eyes narrowed and fixed on

deal with a sobbing child. That’s what Dustin figured, still clueless that

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

Collin back to

he stepped forward and gently lifted Zander from

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