The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 636 Value Girls Over Boys

Nico was stunned. “Why would you think that? I may respect Cedrick and Gwendolyn, but marriage is a big thing. Of course I thought it through carefully before agreeing.”

Seeing how serious he was, Summer accepted his answer and continued with the next question. “Do you think there’s something different about me today, Nico?”

She wiped her tears away, blinked, and intentionally leaned her delicately made-up face toward him.

In response, Nico studied her for a while but failed to discern any differences. “Did you… become more of a crybaby than usual?”

Annoyed, Summer punched his shoulder relentlessly. “I knew I shouldn’t have asked you that question. You’re so dense! Can you not see the effort I put into my makeup?”

Nico was a well-trained man. Hence, his body was tough. Summer’s punches were nothing but tickles from his perspective. It didn’t hurt him at all.

Resignedly, he clutched Summer’s restless fist and rubbed her knuckles out of habit. “All right, stop messing around. Otherwise, your hand’s going to hurt

At least he still knows to care about my hands. Self-comfort was the only thing Summer could do when dealing with a man as dense as Nico.

Nico often wielded weapons, so he had calloused hands.

Meanwhile, Summer’s skin was soft and tender. He wasn’t light-handed, so he used the back of his hand to wipe her tears away. Unfortunately, he wasn’t skilled enough and accidentally ruined her eyeliner.

He stifled his laughter as he stared at his handiwork of turning Summer’s eyes into a panda’s. “Your tears ruined your makeup, Princess. Should I ask an officer to send you back to wash your face?”

“Ruined?” Summer swiftly removed the small mirror in her pocket and examined her countenance with it I spent hours putting on this makeup, yet it’s all messed up before Nico can even admire it properly!

be engaged, yet you can’t fulfill your promises! It doesn’t seem like you care about me at all. It’s not like

ending her sentence, she turned around and left in tears.

seems heartbroken, Mr. Nico. Aren’t you going to chase after her?”

chase after her and help me send her back to the

officer before chasing

kid. Am I sheltering her too much? Back when I

his lips as he recalled the

as the head of the Jenson family. I should contact her family as soon as possible. Despite having been together with Summer for

office, Nico asked someone to investigate Summer’s family as soon as possible.

I guess I’ll buy her a xylitol cake at night. Considering how much she likes sweet things, I think she’ll cool down after seeing the cake. With that thought in mind, he returned to

almost finished settling minor affairs in Newton Group at noon. After that, he visited Harrick Villa to meet with Benedict and

the children with powdered nutritious milk. By the time Charles arrived, the children

Mr. Newton. It must be tiring for you to visit this place

“I’m the children’s godfather, so this

much resembled Gwendolyn when the latter was younger.

Charles loved Zendaya. Every time he arrived at Harrick Villa,

are Benny’s and Zendy’s lunch situation

so her lunch situation was no different from usual. However,

should be drinking more than Zendaya as

appetite was waning.

the pink crib and picked up Benedict from the blue crib. “Have you measured

not have a fever. Also, as you can see, Mr. Benny seems to be in good spirits, so he’s probably fine. Maybe the rising weather temperature is negatively affecting his appetite.

baby boy did seem to be in good shape. “All right, then. You should pay more attention to him. If the room temperature is too high, you should turn on the air conditioner. Just

Mr. Newton,”