My Baby’s Daddy

“Alright, you can go home now.”

“Why?”

“I need to spend time alone with her. You’re too much of a third wheel.”

Tony was stumped. Have I said all that just to be kicked out? “Can you get any more heartless, Uncle Zacharias? I promise you won’t even know I’m here.”

“Stay away for three days,” Zacharias said.

“But I just arrived last night,” Tony complained. Zacharias glanced at his wristwatch every now and then, calculating the time. She has been gone for almost an hour. Where did she go? She’s not secretly seeing someone outside again, is she? Zacharias picked up his phone and dialed a certain woman’s number.

“Hello?” she answered.

“Come back,” the man requested, his tone gentle but authoritative. Shirley, who had been slacking off and playing with her phone at Imogen’s, sighed after receiving the call. “I’m heading back now,” she said to Imogen.

“Was that Mr. Flintstone?” Imogen asked.

“Yes. He might have an assignment for me,” Shirley replied.

At that, Shirley got up and left, and Imogen watched her retreating figure, her smile gradually fading. When Shirley returned to the living room, Tony immediately greeted her.

up to Zacharias and asked, “Mr. Flintstone, is there

specific business. It was his rare day off at home, so he made a casual excuse.

in response. Your family

she asked. “You can have

had a friendly expression, but the words that came out of his mouth

else but

that, Shirley could only

his father’s number and said, “Dad, Miss Lloyd and I will be coming home

than glad to have Shirley over.

strike up a conversation with

of him in what

satisfactory to you?” Tony inquired, trying to gauge Shirley’s feelings for Zacharias. Shirley squinted her eyes and thought for

win my uncle’s heart in the past. Who’d have thought the person to win his heart in the end would be you?” Tony teased her. Curious, Shirley asked, “He

know, every woman who had dealings with him wanted to be with

so good at kissing.