The Bound Between Us

Chapter 286

At the school gate, Pattie waved goodbye, “See ya, mom and dad.”

Herman seemed a bit reluctant to leave, lingering at the school gate for a while. Anastasia took his hand, laughing and saying, “Let’s go, or else we’ll be late. Look how unwilling you are to part with her. Why don’t you just join her in kindergarten?”

Herman replied, “Our little girl is growing up so fast, don’t you think? Pattie is getting taller and prettier, just like you.”

“They say the child resembles who raises her, so since we’re bringing up Pattie, naturally she’ll start to look like us. Sometimes I even feel that Pattie looks just like

you.”

While chatting, they walked towards their car parked by the roadside. “Well, I almost forgot, one of my colleagues has been acting weird lately. He followed me to the subway station last night.” Anastasia finally remembered to mention this to Herman.

Herman immediately realized the gravity of the situation, “What colleague? Which department? Is it a guy? What’s his name and what’s his purpose?”

He tried online dating on OkCupid, but got scammed a few times. He’s probably not in the right state

from people like that,” Herman warned her. “You never know

Anastasia made a promise gesture,

of Harmon and would

and Herman parked his Chevrolet to hop into the Rolls Royce. Every morning after dropping Anastasia off,

started briefing Herman on the day’s schedule, “Mr. Salstrom, you have a meeting with Mr. Jarod from WOW Corporation in the morning, and Mr. Stakley from Stratix Solutions has invited you to a round

was packed.

Hérman grunted in response, then pulled out his phone

president’s call nearly made his heart leap out of his chest. He answered immediately, saying respectfully, “Mr. Salstrom,

Harmon at your company, right? Find an excuse to fire

consideration for Harmon being scammed on his blind dates. The fact that Harmon had feelings for Anastasia and even followed her home was something