“Gasp!”
Seeing that I was lost in thought, Anthony pulled my hand and bit on it. “Why are you spacing out?”
Briefly stunned, I pulled back my hand the moment I regained my senses. I could already feel my cheeks burning.
Given that he had just gone through an operation and that the doctor ordered him not to engage in strenuous exercise, I shook my head and asserted, “I… I don’t want to do it.”
He froze for a moment before finally letting me go.
Getting up, I headed into the bathroom.
There, I felt my movements being exceptionally fluid.
I could already see that the sun was up as I looked outside. Sighing slightly, I proceeded downstairs.
My head was still buzzing from the pain. At the rate it was going, I was going to be driven crazy by it.
As the nanny was on leave, I entered the kitchen and checked the fridge. However, there was hardly anything inside.
After giving it some thought, I decided to prepare some oat porridge.
Meanwhile, Anthony had taken a bath when he entered the kitchen.
Standing by the door, he stared at me with his black obsidian eyes while looking amused.
I turned toward him. “The nanny is on leave today. What would you like to have?”
“Anything will do.” He hugged me from behind. Placing his face next to mine, he gently whispered, “Do you want to go out for a while?”
I shook my head. “Jackson will be coming by with Summer in a while. Uncle Louis and John will also be here.”
He nodded. When he saw how sluggishly I was at preparing breakfast, he stopped my hands. “Don’t tell me you’re planning to cook?”
I nodded at him. “Can’t I?”
He couldn’t help but laugh. “You can, but I suggest you remind them to eat before they come over.”
Taking over my preparations, he suggested, “Step aside. There’s some milk and juice in the fridge. You should have some first.”
Does he think I cannot do it?
Holding my head, I went back upstairs to change. When I got down, Anthony already had breakfast made.
There was oat porridge and some fried eggs. It all smelled delicious.
He smiled faintly when he saw that I had changed. “Come sit down and eat.”
Taking my seat, I wasn’t in a hurry to eat. After staring at my food, I looked up at him with my hands cupping my chin. “Did Grandpa teach you how to cook when you were young?”
He shrugged. “Every Featherstone knows how to do everything that’s expected of him. Uncle Charlie and Grandpa know how to cook too. In fact, they are really good at it.”
Nodding in acknowledgment, I gave it some thought. Uncle Charlie and Aunt Helen enjoyed a good relationship and were very loving. As Aunt Helen couldn’t conceive, they chose to spend their lives as a “DINK” household.
Come to think of it, the men of the Featherstone family were all committed in their relationships.
“Stop spacing out. Eat quickly!” He stuffed an egg onto my plate and looked at me. “When spring comes, let’s take Summer on a trip together to K City.”
I was briefly stunned when I realized the season holidays were coming to a close. Almost all companies have started to return to work.
I replied, “Summer is still young. I plan to take her to J City for a short stay.”
He frowned. “Why aren’t you willing to go to K City?”
I pursed my lips. “Not that I’m unwilling. It’s Summer.”
“That’s just an excuse!” he exclaimed with an indifferent expression. “I will get to the bottom of what happened at the hotel and will never allow something like that to happen again. Although there’s no incriminating evidence against Aunt Sally and Rylee, Aunt Sally has been arrested by the police for being involved. Sienna, we will have to face this going forward. There’s no point hiding from it.”
Furrowing my brows, I sighed at his words as I understood what he meant.
“I know. I…”
“In that case, just go along with my plans.”
“I want to take her on a trip to R Province!” I insisted while glaring back at him.
“With who?” he put down his cutlery with a dispassionate expression.
“John!”
He pursed his lips in displeasure. “When was it decided?”
“Before the new year!” I didn’t know that something had happened to Macy back then.
“Were you not planning to tell me about this?” He was upset.
I pinched my forehead in a bid to relieve my headache and snapped, “Don’t you already know now?”
Having lost my appetite, I put down my cutlery and headed to the study.
The White Corporation’s AI project was still my responsibility. As they would be launching a new product after the new year, work for it would begin once the holidays ended.
However, I hardly had any mood to go on reading. Although I wasn’t sleepy, my head was still aching from staying up the whole night.
Leaning by the door, Anthony’s gaze was cold but he didn’t look angry.
I was annoyed by his stare and snapped, “What is it?”
He raised his eyebrow. “Summer is back.”
Caught by surprise, I dropped what I was doing and headed out of the study. While he was blocking the door, he kissed me.
It took a while before he let me go and led me downstairs.
Jackson was sitting in the living hall playing with Summer, while John and Louis were also present.
John wasn’t good with children. Hence, he preferred to keep his distance from them, especially since Summer was still an infant—unlike a one or two-year-old where he could play with them without having to worry about hurting them.
However, watching Jackson carry Summer, he would occasionally point out what Jackson was doing wrong.
Peeved, Jackson stuffed Summer into his arms and snarled, “Since you think you’re so smart, why don’t you carry her!”
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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