The Runaway Groom

The more Lulu cared about Star, the more Vivian found her to be a threat.

Nonetheless, Lulu said, "I'm a professional child care worker Mr. Slate hired. Just leave the baby to me, you can stay with Mr. Slate—"

Before she could finish, however, Vivian had grabbed her hand!

Raising a brow, she said, "I have experience with my cousin's children, and you look like you haven't had dinner. Why don't you go out for some food?" And with that, both of them stood in place in a stalemate.

Still, before Vivian could press the issue, Zachary appeared behind them. "What are you doing?"

Star was still crying, while both women were standing in place as if frozen still.

"Mr. Slate!" Vivian was promptly smiling. “I just came in to check since the baby started crying, and she might be sick or something."

Lulu seized the moment to free herself from Vivian's grasp and backed away.

up with an excuse to leave, saying, "Mr. Slate,

I'll help the baby change too!" Vivian

all the things she brought on a table, hurried over to

exclaimed. "This is an export from a company that designs size-fitting diapers, and it meets the baby's needs more than the average diaper!" Vivian's eager fawning actually left

did she really care about Star? She obviously just wanted to use her concern for the baby to win

really were not

be put

Lulu suddenly

trained professionally in early

you'd know more than I do. I've only ordered the diapers out

emphasized the last part just to make it clear to Zachary, while Lulu more or less saw