Much to her surprise, Stanley didn’t bring up the incident with the figurines and the keyboards. Sophia was actually feeling a little embarrassed now.

“I’m sorry that Nate broke your stuff last time. Why don’t I get his father to pay you back with some money?”

Stanley didn’t seem to care about that. “Nah, it’s just some figurines and keyboards anyway; I sent them back to the manufacturers for repair and they sent the stuff back as good as new. Just relax and come over; I locked the door this time,” he said.

Stanley had gotten injured while saving her after all. If he hadn’t been there, she might have died; yet, Nathan destroyed his precious collection. Sophia had no choice but to accept his request and said, “Just rest well. I’ll come see you tomorrow.”

“I want duck soup with carrots. And the duck’s got to be free-range!” Stanley didn’t forget to place an order for tomorrow’s meal.

The next morning, Sophia woke up early to make a pot of soup before bringing it over to Stanley’s place.

Nathan gorged himself during lunch, eating more than he normally would during mealtime. He naively thought that the more he ate, the less Stanley would have. Once lunch was over, he warily watched as Sophia transferred the duck soup to a thermal container. It seemed like she was about to head to Stanley’s place.

He hastily called Michael to report the current battle situation.

Michael frowned as he listened to the call. “You have to hang in there, son. I’ll be back in a few more days,” he said heavily. “The enemy is staging a strong offense, and the battle depends on you with my absence. Rest assured, I will shred him to pieces when I come back later!”

Nathan nodded in certainty and responded, “Right.”

 

Sophia belonged to him and Michael; they definitely couldn’t let Stanley have her!

Both father and son—who usually had close to zero interactions with each other—stood together on the same battlefront for the first time in order to protect the completeness of their three-member family.

 

Moreover, Nathan didn’t want to be raised in a single-parent household.

Michael continued, “Remember, you’re a mischievous kid—mischievous kids are unafraid of anything! When you’re at Stanley’s home, act as you see fit!”

Nathan nodded again. “Yes!”

filled with determination after he

kids are unafraid

home. The moment they entered, they saw Stanley lying weakly on his bed with a leg suspended

did so. “Sophia, so you still have enough goodness in yourself for

attempted to pull her hand back. “Knock it off, Sundae Cone. I’m already married; it’s not good for

grip tightened even more. “You’re lying to me, right? I’m not going to believe that you’re really married! Even if you are, I won’t give up. There are no

learned his lesson this time; with the exception of the washroom, all the other doors were locked. Even the oil paintings on the walls, the vases on the tables, and

Hmph!

mischievous kids were not

he could exploit. At last, he caught sight of Stanley’s pet cat and

from Stanley’s grip and began to spoon feed him the soup she

bits as he exclaimed,

lips

an earth-shattering howl boomed from outside of the room—chaos had ensued outside. The housekeeper hastily scurried out and reported back quickly. “The cat’s whiskers have all

of his

put down the container and exited the room to see Nathan currently locked in battle with Stanley’s husky. The dog was howling from the strikes, and a cat with a head nearly plucked bald hid up on a shelf. It was shedding season, so fur was flying everywhere; Nathan’s entire

are

He looked at her innocently and said, “I got

it seemed like it had broken its leg. Nathan still had a clump of cat fur tightly clenched

poor, howling husky and

He leaped over and embraced his mutilated pets. He nearly cried when he saw that Sunset’s head was

he couldn’t even bear to pluck a single hair off them, yet Nathan had yanked

killing

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