My Husband Is a Gary Stu

Lucian nodded at Cooper's request and returned his attention to his computer.

Amanda entered the living room then and vaguely heard a woman's voice drifting out of her brother's computer. The woman stammered, “Cooper s-seduced me.”

She immediately glared at Cooper and demanded, “Uncle Cooper! Did you cheat on Aunt Sally?”

“I didn't. You must've misheard.” Cooper covered the girl's ears and had Lucian switch off the bugging software to prevent Amanda from hearing more incriminating words.

To his dismay, Amanda pulled his hands away from her ears and pouted angrily. “I heard every single word. You're trash, Uncle Cooper! Why do you keep hitting on other women? You don't deserve Aunt Sally at all!”

She even added, “Uncle Tim's way better than you.”

Cooper was speechless.

Just then, Sally came home with several boxes of pastries. Amanda flung herself at the woman and wailed, “Aunt Sally! You must break up with Uncle Cooper!”

Sally bent over and mussed the young girl's hair. “Why?”

“I heard a woman saying that Uncle Cooper seduced her,” Amanda declared indignantly. “Don't worry, Aunt Sally. I have many handsome uncles to introduce to you. My Uncle Yuvan is a super elegant artist. You would suit him.”

Cooper leaned into the couch and stared at Sally in amusement. “Come on. Tell your darling niece whose idea this was.”

Sally held Amanda's hand and led her into the living room before she carefully removed the pastry boxes from a carrier bag.

There were cream puffs, walnut cookies, roll cakes, and egg tarts in the boxes, and Amanda's mouth instantly watered.

There was even a glass of sweet, flavored milk to wash everything down.

Amanda's eyes positively lit up as she sipped on the flavored milk. “Aunt Sally, this flavored milk is so yummy. Where did you get it from?”

“Oh, at a small shop. If you like it, I can add this to your breakfast menu,” replied Sally.

“Okay!” Amanda was elated.

Meanwhile, Cooper read the shop name and address on the carrier bag. It had been printed in a traditional font, which tipped him off about the shop's location. “Did you go all the way to Baykeep to buy this?”

“Mm-hmm.” Sally opened another cup of flavored milk and passed it to Cooper.

Cooper said disbelievingly, “Baykeep isn't exactly close to Jadeborough. Are you seriously going to run to Baykeep every morning to get a few cups of flavored milk?”

Sally fired back, “As long as Amanda likes it. You have a helicopter, anyway.”

Her response shut him up.

About half an hour later, Lucian said he found some information in Edward's phone. He explained, “He deleted some photos from his phone, but I think he doesn't know backup versions have been saved to the online database.”

Cooper sent Lucian off with some pastries and examined the photos with Sally.