“Tammy?” “Hello, good morning!”
Tammy greeted the maid politely and then followed her into the house. “Mr. Wright, Matthew, Tammy is here.” “Uncle, good morning.”
Tammy C****d her head, looked at Matthew behind Wayne, and said, “Matthew, good morning.”
Wayne nodded and smiled at her.
Tammy waved her hand, then rested the large, insulated lunchbox in her hand on the steps. She sat down, took a deep breath, and said, “It’s so hot outside. I’m exhausted!”
Matthew immediately jumped out of his chair and rushed to Tammy’s side, gesturing at her.
Tammy blinked and thought before she understood and explained to him, “My mommy is home. She made a lot of desserts last night and asked me to bring them to you. Look, here you are.”
Tammy sat down and opened the big lunch box. There were four layers of compartments inside the lunchbox, and each layer contained a kind of pastry, all of which looked very delicious.
“Well, since I’ve given you the things, then I’ll leave.” She said as she stood up and was about to leave.
Matthew hurriedly pulled her sleeve and turned his head to look at Wayne, looking very anxious.
Wayne came over, bent down, looked down at Tammy, and asked, “Did you come by yourself?”
Tammy looked guilty but nodded anyway and said, “Yes.”
“Then, let me have someone take you back, okay? It’s not safe for you to go back by yourself.”
“No, thanks. I can go home by myself.”
Tammy looked deeply at Wayne, looked suddenly serious, and said, “But before I go, I want to explain something to you.”
“What?”
“That day at the barbecue, I ate a lot and Matthew ate very little. Yet, I was totally fine. You can’t hate my mommy because of this, and if you do, then I will dislike you.”
Wayne froze. Although he knew she was joking, it made him feel somewhat scared, as if he was really going to lose something in the next moment.
After Tammy left, Matthew gave Wayne a stern look and left with a box of snacks without leaving him a single piece.
Tammy walked out of the villa and looked around after pretending to be melancholy for a long time. After noticing that no one was looking at her, she ran up and walked to a car.
As soon as she got in, she gave a high five to the young man in the car. Tammy said happily “Ryan I’ve done my idh!”
The young man in the car raised his eyebrows and complimented, “Tammy, you’re great.”
“But, will that make mommy happy?”
“He will have apologize to your mom if he isn’t so stupid. In this way, your mom won’t be sad.”
“And what if he doesn’t apologize?” “Do you want a man who never apologizes to be your father?”
Tammy shook her head without hesitation and said, “No way! ” She knew that her mother would be devastated if Mr. Wright was really that kind of man.
Ryan patted her on the shoulder and said, “Right! I’m giving him this chance because your mother has been taking care of me and Matthew is sick. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have cared about him. There are plenty of men in the world.”
“Mommy didn’t do it for him, she did it because of Matthew.”
Hearing this, Ryan froze and asked, “Do you know why your mommy is so attached to that little guy? It’s not like he’s her own child. Even if it’s because she has a crush on Wayne, she doesn’t have to be so concerned about him.”
“That’s just because Matthew is of the same age as my brother!”
After Tammy accidentally blurted out, she covered her mouth. Her eyes widened, and she said in a muffled voice, “I didn’t say anything.”
Ryan stared at Tammy for a long time and asked, “I heard you. Do you have a brother?” “No.”
“Well, then, I’m going to ask Anna myself. And, I’m going to tell her that you told me about this.”
Tammy pouted and immediately tugged on Ryan’s sleeve. She acted as if she was afraid he would ask in the next minute and looked very nervous. She said, “Mommy cries every time she mentions my brother, so please don’t ask her about him.”
“You really have a brother, huh?” Tammy had to tell the truth. She said sadly, “It’s complicated.”
The car was driving under the hot July sun. Tammy kept talking, and it took about ten minutes to finish the story.
“That’s it. My mother will be very sad every time she mentions this, so please don’t ask her about it.”
Ryan rested his elbow on the car window frame, one hand on his chin, and asked thoughtfully, “You said your brother disappeared shortly after you were born? Did he disappear in this place? Didn’t you grow up abroad?”
Tammy blinked and said, justified, “I did grow up abroad.” Ryan smiled and said, “What about your dad? Didn’t he look for your brother?”
“I don’t know, I don’t see my daddy very often.” Tammy shrugged with a look of innocence on her face.
“You don’t see your daddy much?”
“Yes, he is very busy. I’ve seen him very few times, and we haven’t seen each other this year. I don’t even remember what he looks like.”
“Why did your daddy divorce your mommy? Is it because he does not like you?” Ryan suddenly approached Tammy with a curious face, gossiping.
Tammy shrugged her shoulders helplessly and said, “Who said my mommy and daddy divorced? My daddy likes me a lot, he brings me a lot of gifts every time he sees me. I don’t really like those things, but they’re expensive.”
Ryan’s eyes widened as he heard the big gossip and asked, “They’re not divorced? Then why do you want Wayne and your mommy to be together?”
Tammy said bluntly, “I like him and want him to be my daddy, and my mommy and daddy rarely see each other anyway. I see that my mommy and Uncle Wayne get along well.”
Ryan nodded, stunned by her logic.
Wayne knocked on the door and went into Matthew’s room. Matthew was sitting by himself on his bed, holding a box of snacks and lost in thought. He saw Wayne coming and immediately acted as if he was not welcome.
Wayne sat down helplessly and said thoughtfully, “Matthew, why did defend her so much simply because she brought you a box of treats? Have you forgotten how many treats I’ve bought you these years? Isn’t that a little unfair to me?”
Matthew still looks angry. He wrote on his drawing board, “She makes good snacks, and you buy me, but because of you, she doesn’t even come to me anymore.”
Seeing this, Wayne frowned and said. “I didn’t let her to see you. That’s because she didn’t take good care of you at all, and made you sick. So, Matthew, she’s not the best person to be your mother. If you want a mother, I can find you another one.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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