Chapter 331


    Maria picked them up and coaxed her again. "Little Miss Valentine, let''s put on the shoes first, okay?"


    Charlotte pursed her lips and said not a word. She kicked her legs again and flung the shoes even


    farther away this time. She refused to listen to Maria, and she kicked the shoes away again and again.


    The poor Maria had to pick it up and put them on Charlotte’s feet, again and again.


    Mark squinted at Charlotte, who was in the midst of throwing her tantrum. The gentle look in his eyes


    faded, his expression darkening. "I dare you to kick the shoes away again.” His voice was deep and


    stern.


    His stern expression on his stony face made him look even colder and fiercesome.


    Charlotte was still young. When reprimanded by Mark, she shrank back in the settee and bawled.


    Her shoulder heaving as she cried, her nose turning red, and she looked so deserving of pity.


    Maria could not bear to see this. She drew Charlotte into her arms, gently patting her on the back to


    Mark''s deep eyes looked at the pea-sized tears rolling down Charlotte’s reddened cheeks and her


    chest that


    heaved to her cry. Mark furrowed his brows, thinking that he might be too harsh just now.


    Mariaforted her, and it worked. At least Charlotte did not cry as loud as before. She was now


    whimpering. "Mommy. I want Mommy."


    "Little Miss Valentine, your mom wille in a while.” Maria reached out to wipe Charlotte''s tears.


    Charlotte pointed her tender little finger at Mark with tears in her eyes. "I hate you! You are a bad guy, a


    liar! You told me yesterday Mommy woulde in a while. I have slept for a long time, but Mommy


    hasn''te yet. You’re a big liar!"


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    "Charlotte, Mr. Valentine is not a liar. He is your dad, Charlotte''s dad."


    Charlotte’s childish voice carried a thick nasal sound from the crying. She shook her head vigorously


    upon hearing Maria’s words. "He is not Daddy! He is a bad guy! He is a liar!"


    Mark’s narrow eyes squinted upwards, but he did not get angry. He just stared at Charlotte.


    "Also, Mommy has said that she will find Daddy for m e." Charlotte was in Maria’s arms. "Uncle Dean


    and Uncle Handsome treat me well. They will be my daddies!” 1


    Uncle Dean always bought her presents and brought her for a horse ride. She liked Uncle Dean.


    Uncle Handsome treated her well, too. He bought her


    snacks and yed games with her. She liked Uncle Handsome, too.


    But Mark lied to her and yelled at her. She hated him. He was a fraudster. She did not like him. She did


    not want him to be her dad.


    Mark''s expression darkened, his face sinking, as if dark clouds were enveloping his face. "Your mom


    said he would find you a dad?"


    "Mommy said that before, but I like Uncle Dean and Uncle Handsome. I want them to be my daddies."


    Mark swallowed, his expression darkening even more with waves of chilling ripple in his eyes. He felt


    an unexinable anger boiling inside him.


    Charlotte did not know what was going on in Mark’s head. She looked at Maria with tears in her eyes,


    her long eyshes soaked in it. She looked so pitiful. "Call Mommy! I want to call Mommy!"


    Maria’s heart softened upon seeing her pitiful look. She reached into her pocket for her phone.


    But the next second, Maria sensed a forbidding re i n her direction. She had no choice but to put the


    phone back into her pocket.