Chapter 32: Chapter 33

chapter 33 Anthony and Nial followed right behind Charmine and Chris.

They entered the congee shop, and Charmine ordered a pot of congee with some light dishes. Once the waitress took the order and left, Charmine eyed both men sitting opposite her and scolded,”

Can’t you two men behave appropriately?

The boy is still so young. How can you feed him spicy food? Growing tall by eating spicy food is a complete bullsh.t.

How can men like you two believe in such nonsense!?”

“We—. NMI refuted instinctively in an attempt to explain.

Anthony kicked him under the table, and with a solemn and undersMnding expression, he spoke, “Miss Jordan is right. I’ll take note of that. Is there anything else tattooed take note of?”

“Mommy, Daddy always signed me up for tuition classes,” Chris chimed in. “I have classes till twelve o’clock every night!” He continued, “Oh, and Daddy always leaves me alone at home, only sharing one meal with me every week.

Also, he brings me out to play only once a month!. he lamented. “All my friends have parents to play with them, but I’m always alone..”

What a poor kid. Charmine listened as her heart melted with sympathy before she scowled at Anthony, “Mr. Bailey, you’ve got it all wrong. Even though he was born with a surrogate mother, he bleeds your bloodlYou.re his father, and you have to b e responsible. He’s still a young boy!Why sign him up for so many dasses? You can’t just treat him like a robot; he needs a happy childhood.Also From then on, Charmine rambled on and on, and there was no space for interjection.

Still, Anthony was not offended stall! he silently listened as he refilled her water every now and then. Once she finally said her piece and settled down, he took out his phone and curtly asked, “Miss Jordan, could you please leave me your number?

This is so that you could impart your knowledge on educating children with me in the future.”

“Yeah, Mommy. You’ll have to remind Daddy every day of what you just said, or he’ll forget everything.” Chris nodded his tiny head approvingly.

Without even hesitating, Charmine took out her phone and added him on Whatsapp. Nial, on the other end, was confused. How did that happen? Did they just get along so well that they added each other on Whatsapp?

Out of the blue, Charmine’s phone lit up with an incoming call, and the caller ID was ‘Eric’. Although Eric was his agent and friend, he usually would not ring her unless there were urgent things.

charmine hastily walked away and answered the call.

Anthony’s chest tightened with jealousy.

Eric? That was a man’s name!

Nial muttered under his breath, “Gut it, I’ll find out who it is.”

Charmine stood outside the door as she listened to Eric’s explanation.

“There are two things: Fleshy, Kay found the list of names of those that visited Phoenix Hotel five years ago...”

Charmine’s body instantly quaked the moment she heard that name: Phoenix.

She unconsciously turned to look back Maids the restaurant.

Anthony was picking food for Chris. He caught her looldng at them and nodded at her. Charmine could not explain this feeling, odd as it was. She felt like she should not speak of this matter—the fiveyears-

ago incident—to Anthony.

“We’ll talk more when I get back,” came Charmine’s swift reply. With that, she hung up.

When he noted her strange behavior, Anthony asked in a concerned tone, “Is everything okay?.

“It’s nothing Charmine frowned.

What just happened? Whywas she worried Anthony would find out what happened in the hotel? now peculiar.

She recollected herself and curtly replied, “Something happened, and I have to go back The repair company finished repairing my motorbike and they’re sending it over. Take good care of Mom, and don’t make him eat spicy food.”

“Mammy!” Chris got up quickly and hung on to her thigh; he did not want her to leave.

Charmine ruffled his hair. “Be good, Moron I’ve added your. father on Whatsapp, and I’ll be keepMg a close eye him. Make sure hes not mistreating “Alright then! Mommy must remember o video-call me,” beamed Chris with his doe-eyes. He looked much like a kitten this way.

Charmine nodded, lust as she was about t o leave, Anthony stood up and followed behind her. “I’ll walk you out.”