The Bound Between Us

Chapter 286

At the school gate, Pattie waved goodbye, “See ya, mom and dad.”

Herman seemed a bit reluctant to leave, lingering at the school gate for a while. Anastasia took his hand, laughing and saying, “Let’s go, or else we’ll be late. Look how unwilling you are to part with her. Why don’t you just join her in kindergarten?”

Herman replied, “Our little girl is growing up so fast, don’t you think? Pattie is getting taller and prettier, just like you.”

“They say the child resembles who raises her, so since we’re bringing up Pattie, naturally she’ll start to look like us. Sometimes I even feel that Pattie looks just like

you.”

While chatting, they walked towards their car parked by the roadside. “Well, I almost forgot, one of my colleagues has been acting weird lately. He followed me to the subway station last night.” Anastasia finally remembered to mention this to Herman.

the gravity of the situation, “What colleague? Which department?

Anastasia said, “Don’t freak out. His name is Harmon. I think he might be upset because of a failed blind date. He tried online dating on OkCupid, but got scammed a few times. He’s probably not in the right state of mind. He knows I was also on OkCupid, and he

away from people like that,” Herman warned her. “You never know what people are

promise gesture,

Anastasia was also a bit fearful of Harmon

before driving to the next intersection. Nelson and their driver were waiting for him there, and Herman parked his Chevrolet to hop into the Rolls Royce. Every morning after dropping Anastasia off, he’d switch cars at this intersection, Nelson and the driver

a meeting with Mr. Jarod from WOW Corporation in the morning, and Mr. Stakley from Stratix

was packed.

grunted in response, then pulled

his heart leap out of his chest. He answered immediately, saying respectfully, “Mr. Salstrom,

right? Find an excuse to fire him,

fact that Harmon had feelings for Anastasia and even