Chapter 135



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Cherry, who had her arms around her father’s neck, looked at Joel with her big round eyes.

Mm, that young gentleman was really handsome too. But why was it a bit strange the way he was looking at her?

Joel was completely stunned.

He hadn’t expected to meet that boy again when they had just parted…. Besides, was he Justin’s son?

Joel had known for some time that Justin had a son. He kept him very well protected and rarely gave outsiders a chance to see him. If it weren’t for the fact that the two of them had business to discuss today, he probably wouldn’t have seen what the crown prince of the Hunts looked like for a long time.

But… Had Tanya really married Justin?

Joel’s position as head of the Smiths was well deserved. Although he was very surprised, he quickly kept his emotions in check and began talking to Justin about their upcoming partnership.

Half an hour later, the two men finished the work discussion.

Justin was in a hurry to go home so his daughter could begin her live broadcast, but when he saw that Joel had remained seated, he frowned and asked, “Do you need anything else, Mr. Smith?”

Joel looked back up at him.

Dressed in a black suit, the man in front of him was big and tall, lean but strong. His face was a perfect blend of hard coldness and temptation. Coupled with the beauty mark in the corner of his eye, he was like Adonis on Earth.

It didn’t seem strange that Tanya would fall in love with him.

But she’d never heard that Justin had any plans to marry….

Joel straightened his suit and stood up suddenly. He said, “Your son is very handsome, Mr. Hunt.”

Justin gave him a puzzled look and politely replied, “Thank you.”

Joel asked nonchalantly, “Do you know who the boy’s mother is?”

At his question, an image of that lazy woman seemed to appear in front of Justin. The corners of her lips curved upward slightly and she replied, “Yes.”

Joel continued and asked, “What do you plan to do with her, then?”.

Do with her?

His choice of words made Justin very uncomfortable.

How could someone use a phrase like that to talk about a woman like Nora?

He looked down and said suddenly, “Maybe we’ll get married.”

Get married…

Joel’s heart sank.

If she really was marrying Justin….

The very thought made his chest tighten uncomfortably. He clenched his fists and said suddenly, “Treat her well, Mr. Hunt.”

He turned and left after saying that.

Justin, “?”

Was there something wrong with Joel Smith today?

Who was he acting so devotedly for?

He suddenly thought about how Nora had stared at Joel during the medical conference the other time. Had they made some kind of connection without him knowing?

Her eyebrows drew together and she suddenly looked at Cherry. In a deep, solemn voice, he asked, “Cherry? Pit, does your mom know him?”.

Cherry shook her head. “No, she doesn’t know him. I’ve never heard Mom mention him, Yes!”

The little girl didn’t fully realize she had been sounded out.

Justin smiled and went quietly. They had already eaten dinner, so when they got home, Cherry went straight into her room to do her live broadcast.

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At the Andersons.

Tanya went upstairs to the guest room in disgust and closed the door after returning home with Pete.

Pete walked into the bedroom and, as expected, returned to see Mom lying on the bed. However, the unusual thing was that she wasn’t sleeping, but instead was operating something on her cell phone.

When she noticed him, she went so far as to ask, “Why are you back so late?”

Pete briefly explained Mia’s hospitalization situation. Then, he said, “Mommy, I think you should go see Godmother.”

Nora raised her eyebrows and let out a lazy “Oh.” After stretching, she sighed and said as she walked out, “People shouldn’t let themselves sink into such depravity. I can’t go on lying down like this. I’ll go out for a walk and change rooms…”

Thinking Mom had finally made up her mind to stop being so lazy, Pete was about to praise her when he heard what she said next, “… and lie down there instead.”

“…”

Don’t you still lie down even if you change rooms to lie there?

Pete got a spasm at the corners of his lips and decided to go do his homework instead.

When Nora entered Tanya’s room, Tanya was crying quietly.

Apparently because she heard the door open, Tanya wiped her tears and sat down. She asked nonchalantly, “Why are you here?”.

“Are you all right?” asked Nora.

“No.”

Nora asked seriously, “Then what do you want to do?”.

“If we’re friends, then come out with me for a drink! Tonight we’ll drink until we drop.”

Nora was quiet for a moment at the suggestion of drinking. Her eyebrows raised slightly and she suddenly asked, “What did you say before that?”

“No.”

“Prior to that.”

“Why are you here?”

Nora stood up. “I came to see how you were doing. Well, I’m leaving.”

Tanya, “!!!!”

Only after Nora left did she realize that her bad mood had half dissipated before she realized it. That woman was so lazy and unprofessional even when she was trying to comfort someone!

As he was thinking about it, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He looked down: the caller ID showed ‘Mom’.

He waited a while before answering. A woman’s voice came to him through the phone. “Tanya, why are you bothering Joel since you’re back? The two of you have already broken up. You can’t bother my daughter in the future, do you hear me?”

‘My daughter’…

Heh.

Tanya let out an icy laugh. Suddenly she replied, “Why should I listen to you?”

“Because I’m your mother!”

“Really?” Tanya scoffed, “Isn’t Hillary your daughter?”

“…What do you mean by that, Tanya!”

Tanya glared at her as she said, “You mean if you don’t consider me your daughter, don’t tell me what I can or can’t do!”

She hung up on him right away.

The next day, Tanya got up early in the morning and went to the garden with Pete. On the way, she asked him, “When are your parents going to change?”

Pete replied, “I don’t know.

Tanya looked at him. He added quietly, “…. Yes”.

Tanya, “…”

He thought it was hilarious. When she got to the garden and parked the car, just as she was about to go inside with Pete, someone suddenly called out to her.

“Miss Turner.”

Tanya turned and saw Hillary walking toward her.

She approached Tanya with a smile. Then, suddenly, she pulled a wad of bills out of her purse and offered it to her.

Tanya’s eyes widened in surprise. “What does this mean?”

A smiling Hillary replied, “It’s to thank you for discovering Mia the moment she fainted and staying with her at the hospital all afternoon. I asked around: first class nurses are paid $150 a day. However, you are different because, after all, you are a kindergarten teacher. Here’s $3,000. You can think of it as a reward from the Smiths. That’s quite a lot, isn’t it?”

A reward from the Smiths…

Why did they take it?

A humiliated Tanya clenched her fists. However, he suddenly reached out and took the money from her.

Hillary scoffed inwardly. Surely it felt good to humiliate others with money?

But just as she thought that, the corners of Tanya’s lips suddenly curved upward!

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