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.

change her mind with some words

toward Kenneth, but that didn’t mean she’d plunge headlong into anything that concerned

get to where she was today. She

wanted was to find out the truth behind her parents’ murder and

than that, everything else could

Natasha said nothing more,

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

ahead of him, and he

that, the two of them ate

time they finished their

soon, Natasha turned to Kenneth. “Thanks for your breakfast, Kenneth, but I

message was anything but

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, then. I should also be

was

at her and finally got

but unfortunately, she couldn’t feel any hint of

suddenly grabbed her phone

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

other party soon replied with the necessary information, and Natasha quickly noted

and then, a sharp jolt of pain shot through her wrist. Natasha frowned at it, eyes slowly glazing over as she fell deep

the hospital with Zachary,

when they realized she had already packed

how she was all dressed up and ready to go, Terence

want

have yet to heal. How can you

what’s left are the superficial wounds. Why waste

“But—”

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

“You—”

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