NovelEnglishChapter 1684
| hurriedly answered the phone.
"Sorry for disturbing you. The two kids were so excited today that they didn’t have a proper lunch, so | brought
them out of the park ahead of tbecause | was worried. I'm at Roses Manor now. | thought that since you're
coming to pick Munchkin up, perhaps you could drop by earlier and have dinner with us?"
Theo cinto the room while he was still talking. He was about to say something tobut remained silent
when he saw | was on the phone.
A confused look appeared in his eyes as he walked over to me.
I did not know how I should hang up on Fred, so | put him on loudspeaker instead."
It's okay, you can take the kids to have their dinner. | still have several things to take care of here. I'll drop by
when I'm done."
An impatient look immediately appeared on Theo's face when he saw Fred's name, and he would have walked
right back out the door if | had not reached out to him.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn the end, he sat besideand wrapped an arm around my shoulders.
"Don't worry, Wanda. We're only having dinner. | won't do anything to you. Besides, | decided to invite you
because the traffic will be bad during dinner hours. | don't mean anything else by it. Please don't take it
personally."
The way Fred phrased his sentences made it sound like | was overthinking things.
| felt baffled all of a sudden.
| glanced at Theo, and he nodded, signaling that I could have dinner with him.
| thought about it for two seconds before answering, "Alright then. Theo and | will be there shortly. Sendthe
address."
Both of them were stunned when they heardsay that.
The other end of the line fell silent, and Theo turned his head around to look at me.
"Um, sorry, Wanda. | didn't think things through and only made a reservation for four people. It might pose a
problem if Theo joins us.”
Fred turned down the suggestion before Theo and | even had the chance to talk to each other.
| was quite angry when | heard that.
"I'm really sorry about that. Many parents brought their kids out today, so | had to rush toget seats at the
restaurant.”
Fred's voice sounded apologetic, but | could not help but feel that he was doing it on purpose.
"That's okay. If that's the case, Theo and I will cby later. Make sure the kids have a good meal."
"But Munchkin has started whining. He hasn't seen you the whole day and keeps saying he wished his mommy
was with him.” Fred began playing the family card." Or | can pass the phone to Munchkin. You talk to him..."
The other line fell silent for several
seconds before Munchkin’s voice rang out." Mommy?" “Sorry darling, but Mommy can't have dinner with you
today. Daddy just got a very important task, and he needs to work late.” "Oh my. Is Daddy not going to have
dinner again?"
Munchkin immediately understood what the underlying problem was.
"That's right. I'm suspecting the sthing. So, I've decided to stay back and make sure Daddy eats. What do
you think, Comrade Munchkin?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"I have no objections. Comrade Mommy. Please ensure you carry out your surveillance task well and ensure that
Daddy has dinner on time.”
Theo and | could not help but laugh when we listened to Munchkin’s lilting voice ring out from the other end of
the line.
"Yes, sir. In that case, take good care of Uncle Fred and Tina for Mommy, okay?
They're guests who have traveled a long way to be here. You can’t let our guests down."
"Don’t worry, Mommy,” the little guy answered mischievously.
| could not see him, but | could tell that Munchkin was grinning wildly as he spoke on the phone.
He must be overjoyed to have spent the entire day with Pumpkin.
Fred sounded significantly more disappointed when he got on the phone again. "In that case, we'll call you once
we've finished dinner.”
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"Alright. See you later," | answered without hesitation.
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