Chapter 1139

“Well, you wouldn’t have taken the time to play with Joey if you didn’t like kids, right?” asked Annie.

“Oh, I’m only doing it to help you. You looked kind of tired taking care of him,” answered Aaron.

Annie was stunned, and her heart actually skipped a beat. ‘He’s only doing this to help me… No,

Annie! Don’t overthink this. I shouldn’t take the words of a serial flirter seriously.’

She shook her head to clear her mind. “Thanks for helping, but I still think you must’ve liked kids.

Otherwise, you’ll find the whole thing annoying after five minutes. Just like my ex. He hates kids so

much that he’d growl at any kid who comes near him.”

Aaron narrowed his eyes at the mention of Annie’s ex. “Then why did you choose to be with him?” he

asked with a smirk.

Annie sighed and said sadly, “He actually treats me quite well, so I thought he’d change after we have

kids of our own. But then I found out it was all an act. He just wanted to use me to get close to Uncle

Jeremy’s family.”

Aaron used Joey’s chubby little finger to poke Annie’s face, causing her to smile shyly.

“There, there. It’s all in the past now. Plus, it’s your ex’s loss for not knowing a good thing when he had

it. So cheer up, buttercup.”

‘Does he mean I’m the good thing?’ thought Annie with shock. ‘Then why doesn’t he like me? He might

as well not say things like that since it’s making me more confused than ever.’

At that moment, Annie’s phone suddenly rang.

“Hey, Marcus. What’s up?” she asked after she answered the call.

“Hey, Annie… Are you still with Mister Aaron and Miss Xante?” Marcus asked gently and shyly. “It’s

already lunchtime, so I was wondering whether you need me to help you order some food delivery…

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Annie was both touched and embarrassed by Marcus’ concern. “Oh, there’s no need. I’m at my uncle’s

house right now, and we’re going to have lunch soon.”

“Your uncle’s house? Does that mean Mister Aaron and Miss Xante are there too?”

Annie knew she had to keep Aaron’s and Xante’s whereabouts a secret, so she lied, “Nope, they’re not

here. I came to my uncle’s house alone after finishing my work.”

She decided to leave it at that as she did not want her colleagues to find out she was the niece of

Jeremy Holden. Previously, when everyone at Holden Group found out who she was, they would either

flatter her excessively or ask her for gossip about Jeremy. It was very annoying to say the least.

To his credit, Marcus did not ask any more questions. Instead, he asked shyly, “Then are you free

tonight? If you are, would you like to go to the cinema with me? There’s a new movie I’ve been

meaning to see.”

“Oh, a new movie came out? I didn’t even know.”

“I’ll text you the movie details later. We can go watch it together tonight if you’re interested.”

“Okay, sure. I’ll wait for your text then.”

Annie immediately received a text from Marcus after she hung up the phone.

It was a picture of an all-black movie poster with only the word ‘Curse’ in red blood color.

“Hey, it’s a horror movie,” said Aaron near her suddenly.

Annie quickly looked up and saw Aaron was looking at her phone too. She instinctively put her phone

away and scolded him.

“Mister Aaron, you should really stop snooping on other people’s phones.”