It wasn’t the first time they had an accidental kiss. It happened once back at the turf club as well, so she didn’t have to mind it that much. It’s just like stepping in dog poo. That’s all. She took a deep breath and turned to Toby, who was already waiting for her to take the card. She clenched her fists and told herself to not make any mistakes before leaning over to take the card from him.

Toby’s eyes lit up a little when he felt the warmth coming from her lips, but it was gone after two seconds. It wasn’t even enough for him to savor it. He stared at the sofa, feeling crestfallen.

 

One minute passed by quickly, and the manager announced the families that would proceed to the next round. They were number one, number three, and number five, the last one being Sonia’s team.

Douglas clapped his hands happily. “We can go to the next round, Mommy.”

“Yeah.” Sonia nodded in disbelief. She thought they lost too much time after that mistake, so they would be eliminated. Instead, they managed to proceed to the next round.

Toby thought Sonia looked cute when she was bewildered, and he smiled. “Number one and number three did a perfect pass, but the other families made more mistakes than we did, so we made third place.”

 

“How’d you know?” Sonia looked at him curiously.

met her stare. “I kept an

 

gave him a thumbs up. “Good job.” He managed to keep an eye on the competition even though we only had one minute.

habit.” Toby smiled after

smug smile, so she pouted and

I say something wrong? He kept thinking about it, but he couldn’t figure out how he annoyed

to the second round. For this round,

Douglas tossed the poker card away, jumped out of the sofa, and dragged Sonia to the clearing. He ignored Toby,

She paid all her attention

fell. That brat did that on purpose. He’s getting

pockets and was about to follow them, but he

was a poker card on Douglas’ seat. It was the one they used earlier. Toby narrowed his eyes and picked the card up to see if Sonia’s lip print was still there. It was, and clearly as well. For some reason, Toby put the card

put it in, Douglas called out to

to get back at me. He still has to call me “Daddy” if

sitting on his back

had even started though, the patrons knew which family would get eliminated. Family number three’s mother was a chubby woman, but the father didn’t seem too strong, so there

heck of a game.” Sonia frowned. She thought the whole family would be doing the

Now I have to

Toby blurted, “It is, but still acceptable. Right, let’s get on with it.” He then went down to get into

him in disbelief. “What did you say? You want me

“Yes,” Toby said.

mouth. I thought he’d say no! But

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