The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 209 What’s the Use of Having a Dad?

Later, in the kitchen of an apartment unit in Northern No. 1, Amanda was busy washing and preparing the ingredients for dinner.

It’d be too late if she waited for Selina to come back with groceries. So, she got to making dinner after finding some simple ingredients in the fridge.

Just then, the main door was pushed open, and Selina returned with groceries, accompanied by the little one’s voice. “Mommy, I want to eat shrimp tonight! I want shrimp! Miss Selina said she would make shrimp for me.”

Amanda, who was busy in the kitchen, replied without turning her head, “Alright, I’ll make shrimp for tonight.”

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“Aiden, you go and play for a bit while I help your mommy make dinner, okay?” Selina said while taking off her jacket, and Aiden nodded obediently.

With that, Selina entered the kitchen with the groceries she had bought, only to find that Amanda had already started washing and preparing the ingredients.

“Why did you start without me?”

“I got bored waiting alone,” Amanda replied. “So, I looked through the fridge for some ingredients and decided to start ahead with one dish. By the way, have you gotten shrimp? Aiden wants to eat shrimp.”

“Of course. Have you told Mr. Winters? Is he coming over for dinner?”

Selina assumed that was the case, or Amanda’s mood wouldn’t have shifted so quickly. She was still frowning earlier, but now she was beaming.

“Um…” Even Amanda herself didn’t realize how sweet her smile was.

I knew it!

A chuckle escaped Selina as she continued, “You’re feeling much better now, aren’t you? No more overthinking?”

“Yeah, I do,” Amanda answered subconsciously while washing the vegetables, taking a second to realize what she had just replied to.

frowned upon meeting Selina’s enigmatic smile. “What do you mean by that?”

evident? Don’t you think your mood is being influenced by Mr. Winters? Only when you deeply.

past. I stopped loving him after our divorce! It’s not because of him that I’m in a

Selina asked with a playful

Amanda couldn’t find the words to argue. It seemed that the reason

of that. Let’s start cooking: it’s getting late. Aiden’s

smiled but said nothing. It’s so obvious you have

later, dinner was ready-a sumptuous feast laid

delicious dishes in front of him.

little would the little fella know he would soon face the person he

doorbell rang, and Amanda quickly got up to answer the door.

a helpless smile and muttered under her breath. “Sure, you don’t love him. But you

door through the peephole, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

cleared her throat

shirt, and a black tie. He exuded an air of

in. Dinner is

Elias said with a smile.

the dining room and saw Aiden happily biting into a shrimp. Despite the fact that

It’s Daddy.” Amanda deliberately guided the

meal. When he looked up and saw the man, his little face instantly stiffened, and the shrimp in his mouth fell

be lying if he said Aiden’s

At least Aiden used to smile cheerfully when he saw him. But now, the little guy behaved as though he had encountered a bitter enemy, feeling

the situation.\Come, Elias, sit

Aiden. Aiden, noticing Eliast sitting beside him, instinctively tried to move

happy when I was Uncle Elias before? Why is it like this now?” He wanted to understand why his son was behaving this way toward

out a soft hum, turned his head, and

suggested that she check on the soup, which was still cooking.