Tammy looked cute and naïve, but her explanation made Wayne more certain that Anna probably bragged about herself to her daughter. He immediately found his pride back and snorted, “As far as I know, it takes at least seven years to finish the medical courses and residency training to become a real doctor. It’s not that easy for everyone.” I‘ve known in the interview three months ago that Anna fabricated her academic credentials. She didn‘t even go to college. What doctor can she be? Maybe she learned some nursing knowledge in the high school and then beguiled her daughter.
Out of Wayne’s expectation, Anna’s eyes darkened a little and didn’t retort upon him. She looked a little dispirited.
His heart suddenly pounded and found it boring to make fun of her. The sarcastic jokes he prepared to say were all left unsaid.
Anna sat by Matthew’s side for the whole night. She would put the blanket back on him whenever he kicked it away. She felt more and more sleepy and couldn’t open her eyes. Finally, she fell asleep and put her face on the bed.
When the sunlight came through the window in the morning, she woke up with a sore back. The scene she first saw gave her an inexplicably mixed feeling.
Tammy was sitting on Wayne’s laps with her two little hands holding a Nintendo switch. She seemed to get stuck in a certain level and looked up at Wayne for help, “Uncle Wright, I can’t pass this level. How can I do it?”
Wayne took the switch and put his arms around her. Then he showed her how to play the game, “Here. This way. You have to be fast at this part.”
After playing for a long time, Wayne finally realized that Anna was looking at them, the gentle smile disappearing on his face, “You’re up?”.
Anna punched her waist and complained, “I’m too sleepy. I have to go back to work on that anniversary project.”
“I can give you a day off if you’re too tired.”
After playing games with Tammy for the whole morning, Wayne was in a good mood, his anger swept away.
“It’s alright.” Anna curled her lips, “Some people thought that I have some secret plan even when I did nothing. If I dare to take a day off without a reason, others may really think that I’m a social climber. By the way, Mr. Wright, I have to make it clear that I come here only because of work and the friendship between Tam and Matthew. Please don’t think that you’re so attractive that everyone wants to seduce you.”
Wayne’s good spirit was immediately ruined. He looked at Anna with a frown, and his gratitude to her completely disappeared.
Seeing that there was going to be another fight between the two adults, Tammy quickly said, “Mommy, you can go home now. I can stay here with Matthew.”
Anna frowned, “Aren’t you going with me?”
“Why should I go?” Tammy sat on Wayne’s legs casually as if she was sitting on a chair and not even raised her head. “Aren’t you going to cook some food for Matthew and bring it here at noon? I’ll be too tired going home and then coming back. It’s Sunday anyway.”
Why does she still remember about the food? Anna fell into an awkward silence because she was afraid that Wayne would think she was fawning over him for some reasons.
Wayne said calmly, “I’m not going to the company today. I’ve put off all my work. Tammy can stay in the hospital. I’ll take care of her. It’ll be alright. Go where you’re needed.”
hat?” Anna was a bit surprised. Is he really going to take care of my child?
“Which means you need to bring lunch. For the three of us.”
Wayne’s words took a load off her mind. Sure, this is the real Wayne Wright, who won‘t accept to lose anything. Taking care of Tammy for a free cook. What a great deal.
In order to help Anna with the project, Peace Brooks made an appointment for her with a friend in advertising who specialized in event planning. Anna was in a hurry, so she didn’t say more and left Tammy in the hospital. She talked with that friend for a whole morning, yawning and drinking several cups of coffee.
At noon, she went to the supermarket and bought some vegetables and meat. She made a delicious meal and put all the food in a four-layer lunchbox and took it to the hospital.
Matthew had woken up. His one arm was put in a cast, and the dislocated joints of the other one was just replaced and didn’t seem to be flexible. He looked at the food pathetically.
“Let me feed you.” Wayne put a spoonful of soup in front of him.
However, the little boy wouldn’t eat it and turned away his head, only looking at Anna. Just as grandfather said, Matthew wouldn’t need him after he woke up.
“Let me do it.” Anna reached out her hands to Wayne and let him give her the bowl and the spoon.
Not surprisingly, Matthew was immediately cheerful when Anna took the spoon and ate a bowl of soup.
A little jealous, Wayne said seriously, “Matthew, you need to be clear that I’m your father.”
Matthew looked at him and suddenly stretched out his foot to kick on his thigh. His face was twisted, clouded with anger.
“What are you doing?” Wayne was irritated by Matthew’s behavior though the kick wasn’t painful.
“You’re scaring him.” Anna frowned and reminded Wayne. Matthew soon took back his feet and leaned on Anna.
Wayne looked at Matthew’s pale face and realized that Matthew was looking at him with bitterness. Regretted, he secretly drew a sigh and asked Matthew carefully, “Do you blame me for not taking care of you?”
Wayne didn’t respond to him and leaned into Anna’s arms, with his left hand tightly gripping Anna’s clothes.
Anna found that Wayne looked a little frustrated. She was kind of sorry for him and had to console him reluctantly, “Maybe he was scared last night. Give him some time to calm down and he’ll be alright.” You don‘t even care about your son. It‘s reasonable that he is closer to other people than to you. What a normal thing!
As they stayed silent in awkwardness, Tammy suddenly rolled her eyes and pulled Wayne’s sleeve. She said in a cute way, “Uncle Wright, I can’t pass this level. Can you help me?”
Wayne slowly stopped frowning when he was distracted by Tammy. He turned to her,“ Which level?”
“Here. Here. I can’t beat the boss.”
The situation was lightened up. Anna rubbed Matthew’s fluffy head and said in a low voice, “Matthew, are you blaming your father because you fell down the stairs?”
The little boy shook his head and looked up at Anna with sadness in his eyes. “Then why?” Anna was confused.
Matthew’s dislocated arm couldn’t move flexibly. He tried to gesticulate but still couldn’t raise his arm, tears in his eyes.
“Do you want to write?” Anna asked him. Matthew quickly nodded.
“Hold on.” She took out a notebook and a pen from her purse and gave them to Matthew. He held the pen with his left hand. Anna recognized the words from his crooked handwriting, which said, “I don’t want daddy to marry another woman.”
Anna subconsciously looked at Wayne, who was playing games with Tammy, and frowned. Kids are inevitably opposed to their mother‘s or father‘s remarriage. I guess Wayne haven‘t taken Matthew‘s thoughts into consideration since he‘s always so careless. The worse part is that Matthew can‘t talk.
Anna was sad for Matthew, but she couldn’t say anything since she was a nobody to them. She could only console him in a low voice, “Your father loves you very much. Even if he gets married to another woman, he will still be your good father.”
Matthew shook his head sadly again. “What?” Anna held his shoulder, “You don’t like Auntie Xavier?”
Matthew hesitated and seemed to make up his mind. Then he nodded and wrote something quickly on the paper, “I want you to be my mommy.”
Anna was speechless at the sight of the words. She didn’t know how to explain to a child that marriage wasn’t that simple a thing and that it couldn’t be decided by a child’s preference.
Having won the game for Tammy, Wayne stood up and asked Anna, “What did Matthew write?”
Anna immediately ripped the piece of paper off her notebook and folded it to put it in her purse. She said guiltily, “Nothing. He’s telling me what he wants to eat for dinner. I’ll keep the note to remind myself what to cook in the evening.”
Seeing that Anna was flustered, Wayne looked at her suspiciously and was about to ask her. But she had already stood up and said hurriedly, “Emmm, I need to go back to think about the project. I’ll leave now. I may come late tonight. If you are hungry, you can order something to eat first.”
Then she ran away. The door was closed, and there were only the two kids and Wayne in the ward.
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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