My Baby’s Daddy

“Does it hurt?” Shirley asked with concern.

“Yes,” the man replied. She immediately blew on his fingertips. “Be careful not to burn your hand.” She thought to herself that he must be overwhelmed by grief and sorrow for his mother..

“Do you need me to help you light it?” Shirley asked. Upon seeing four sets of candles beside him, she was worried that the man would burn his fingers again. Zacharias pursed his lips and smiled. “Sure. Let’s do it together.”

After saying that, he handed her the candle and then looked toward the direction of the tombstone. In his heart, he was communicating with his mother. “Mom, I brought your future daughter-in-law to visit you. Are you happy in the afterlife?”

The girl lighting the candle next to him was completely unaware of his emotions.

After lighting the candle, the smoke was scattered in the wind and quickly disappeared as if blowing toward another world.

When Zacharias stood up, he bowed his head in silence for a few seconds toward the grave, then turned back to the car with Shirley following him.

villa. Shirley tidied up, and Zacharias received several phone calls in succession. It was time for them to return. At 11.30AM, they

if restaurants were on the way. When they arrived at the

someone coming out of the

dining table waiting for him. After finishing the call, he found her standing .there, like

now. Zacharias couldn’t help but frown. He

and sat down, but Zacharias’ mind was clearly not

took a few bites casually, and at that moment, she received at message on her phone. She picked

to meet up this weekend. Zacharias noticed her expression and even though he was thinking about important work,

back in her pocket and calmly asked Zacharias, “Mr. Flintstone, tomorrow is the weekend. Can I

and the fact that she wanted to take a day off, he deduced that it wasn’t because she wanted to meet a relative but probably the person she liked. He also wanted to know who she secretly admired, so this was

you need a vacation for?” Zacharias didn’t immediately

home and visit my grandmother.” Shirley also knew that if she said she wanted to meet a friend, this man might not grant her leave. However, paying respects to elders was something he