You're Out Daddy

“But what?” Kenneth asked.

“But Denise has never been apart from her brothers. If you only take her away, I don’t think she’d be easy to handle. Even if the kid reluctantly goes with you, you can forget about hooking up with other women in the future. Otherwise, she will make your life a living hell. So, I strongly recommend that you drop that idea if you don’t want your philandering lifestyle to be affected,” Natasha earnestly advised.

“Philandering lifestyle? Natasha, have I been involved in any scandals since we divorced?” Kenneth retorted, eyes narrowing at her choice of words. My goodness. Do I have to spell everything out for her? Can’t she see for herself?

“Sorry, I haven’t been paying attention since then.”

“Well, I can tell you it’s a big fat resounding no!”

Natasha raised her eyebrows as she suddenly thought of someone. “Does Thea not count?”

A frown instantly crept across Kenneth’s face. “She and I merely had a platonic friendship.”

“In that case, you sure have loose boundaries with your friends, Mr. Hamilton,” Natasha answered with a half-smile.

“I admit I’ve taken advantage of the rumors she and I had to avoid unnecessary trouble. But I swear I’ve never crossed the line with her,” Kenneth stressed as his gaze grew dark and stern.

Natasha instinctively closed her eyes, not wanting to meet his.

Although Kenneth hadn’t made himself explicitly clear, he had dropped enough hints that even she could pick up on.

However, after having been bitten once, how could she still bring herself to trust the man who had failed her?

It wouldn’t make a difference even if he were telling the truth.

“Truth be told, you don’t have to go out of your way to explain your relationship with her. I was only making a passing comment,” Natasha said calmly.

Kenneth stared intently at her as he spoke. “Be that as it may, I still feel the need to make things clear to you. Also, I have no intention of finding another woman for the rest of my life…”

With that, there was no doubt he had made his intentions clear.

Natasha, however, merely continued to eat, pretending not to have heard or understood his words. On top of that, she didn’t give any reaction away either.

all, she wasn’t the kind of person who’d easily change her mind with some words of persuasion. Besides, Kenneth hadn’t

gratitude toward Kenneth, but that didn’t mean

where she was today. She was

find out the truth behind her parents’ murder and

everything else could

said nothing more,

knew what she was like and wasn’t expecting to coax her with just a few

arduous battle lay ahead of him, and

them ate their breakfast in an

their food,

was arriving soon, Natasha turned to Kenneth. “Thanks for your

was anything but subtle—she wanted

over Natasha as a faint smile tugged at his lips. After checking his watch, he replied, “All right. I suppose Old Mr. Watson’s on his way too. Have a good nap,

was smart enough to catch

took another glance at her and finally got up to

promptly lay down in bed, but unfortunately,

something, she suddenly grabbed her

in her encrypted software, and only after much hesitation did she decide to send a

with the necessary information, and Natasha quickly

her wrist. Natasha frowned at it, eyes

Zachary, chatting away as they made a beeline for Natasha’s

had only just stepped into the room when they realized she had already

all dressed up and ready to go, Terence frowned in utter confusion. “Nat,

want to get

to heal.

Why waste my time in the hospital

“But—”

I’ve already signed the hospital discharge forms,” Natasha interrupted, knowing full well that it’d be easier to ask for her

“You—”

Terence was close to blowing his top, Zachary quickly chimed in, “Old Mr. Watson, I’ve studied medicine for a few years, so if it’s okay with you, I’m more than happy to