Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 219 Tacit Understanding

“Thank you, mister!” Theodore was earning more and more brownie points from Carl.

He’s handsome and stylish, and he looks like me! Daddy must have something to do with this mister.

While he was preoccupied with those thoughts, Rayna quickly pulled him over and whispered, “Find a chance to sneak away once we’re in the mall.”

“Can’t I stay?” Carl was hesitant to go. “I like this mister, and I want to talk to him for a little longer. What if he turns out to be my daddy’s brother?”

For the third time, Rayna was speechless.

No, he is your father.

“Even if he’s related to you, this isn’t the time.” Jasmine and Theodore’s relationship is just going to get even tenser if Theodore finds out about this. Won’t I become a sinner if that happens?

Pursing her lips, Rayna continued, “Carl, your mother has her own plan, and you promised her not to let anyone recognize who you are if you’re out here. Have you forgotten about that?”

Carl’s eyes dimmed at that, and he gloomily mumbled, “I know.”

Although Carl was young, he was a mature and intelligent child. He knew that his mother was doing those things for his sake, but he could not help feeling drawn to the man.

Furthermore, he did not like the man his mother had to marry.

“Be good, hm?” Rayna patted his head.

The green light lit up. Just as she was about to lead Carl across the street, someone darted out of nowhere and grabbed the woman in blue beside her before holding a fruit knife against her neck.

The woman’s legs went weak at the sensation of the cold blade against her skin. She could not even scream. At the same time, Theodore swiftly dragged Rayna and Carl to a safe spot.

Once the people around them realized what was going on, they screamed and began running for their lives.

“Hey, do you have a million?” the attacker snapped at the woman, his blade drawing blood.

“I-I don’t have a million. P-Please don’t kill me!” the woman stammered out, nearly losing control of her bladder from her terror. “I’ll give you everything I have!”

much do you

“T-Two hundred thousand…”

blade harder against her skin. “Where are your friends? Call them and get their

noticed someone around him sneakily fishing for their phone, he bellowed, “Get the f*ck away from me! I’ll drag whoever dares to call the cops to hell

tied to himself. The explosions of

Carl!” Rayna pulled Carl

she knew she was incapable of doing that—she knew she could not play the saint in a perilous situation like this. Moreover, she had discreetly messaged the police about

Rayna’s hand away and said, “Trust

“You—”

The woman

the lady’s crying from how frightened she is, and she’s failing to make the calls properly. Your time is getting wasted. Why don’t I take this lady’s place? You can let me go

the ruffian realized that a boy was speaking to him, he instantly realized the boy posed no threat to him. Furthermore, it was true that the woman had been unable to make a call in her fumbling, and he

walked over

but Theodore stopped her. He seemed strangely calm as he said, “Stay right

was

him earlier, the boy had tapped twice on the back of his hand. That gesture

had to admit that Carl was a

the latter roughly kicked the woman away and quickly

they fail to transfer the money in forty seconds, I’ll

holding her up before this. Upon hearing his threat, she shuddered and fell to

fact, she even

money as soon as possible,” Carl told the woman before slowly adjusting his

The woman then

to transfer the money to him, the ruffian warily scanned

turned impatient because he was scared that the police were coming. “Why are you taking so long? Do you have a death

weakly muttered, “Mister, it feels really uncomfortable to have your arm hooked around my neck. Why don’t you use a knife instead? You can see how small I am. I won’t be able to even lift a rock, so you don’t need to

smacking Carl’s head. “Do you want to

flinched and shrunk away from him as

doing it now!” the woman squeezed

the ruffian looked at the screen and relaxed, Carl twisted the man’s knife-wielding. Despite his small size, he managed to break the