Love At The Right Price

Chapter 12 He Has to Be a Top Host

top host!Casting her amorous thoughts aside, she pulled a long face at her son. “It’s you who wants to eat hot pot, no? Well, you can’t!” Thanks to Tim’s poor health, he had to avoid eating such heaty food.What a ferocious tone of voice! Frank knitted his brows. “It’s just hot pot, yet you wouldn’t allow him to have it. Is this how you’re treating my son?”Tim immediately chimed in, “Mommy is nice to me. It’s really tough for her to take care of me by herself.”Tamara was infuriated by Frank’s words. Anyone can speak ill of me, but not this guy—he’s the last person on earth who has the right to do so! “Where were you, then? I’m the one who raised Timmy, and now he’s over four years old!”Frank’s eyes flickered for an instant before his gaze shifted back to the woman who was frothing at the mouth.Tim pressed his lips together while stretching out his hands toward Tamara to let her hold him in her arms. Wrapping his tiny arms around her neck, he said obediently and nervously, “I was wrong, Mommy. I don’t wanna eat hot pot anymore. Please stop quarreling, okay?” He knew that his mother always had his best interests at heart.Frank gave Tim a smile before forcibly tugging the woman into his embrace with his long arms. “Your mom and I weren’t quarreling. We’re just discussing things in a somewhat louder voice.”Tamara looked daggers at the man, only to give up struggling under his warning stare. Nevertheless, she felt guilty toward her son. After falling silent for a while, she gave in, saying, “Okay, fine. Hot pot it is. But we’re only gonna have plain broth hot pot.”“Aw…” Timmy mumbled in disappointment.Frank’s eyes darkened, and he sided with his son. “The half-and-half hot pot is the bottom line.”The air became tense all of a sudden. In the end, with two votes against one, the three agreed to have half-and-half hot pot.Frank drove the mother and son to a hot pot restaurant owned by Harold.Now that he could eat hot pot at last, Tim was over the moon. With Frank covering for him, the boy quickly stuffed himself with food cooked in the spicy broth when Tamara wasn’t noticing, so much so that his little mouth was all greasy.Ring… Ring… Suddenly, Frank’s cell