“Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas, I’m so sorry for my daughter’s behavior. I apologize for any trouble she


    may have caused.”


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    Millie shook her head, offering a reassuring smile.


    “No need to worry.


    She’s just a child.”


    “Thank you. I’ll take her for a snack.”


    The girl’s mother promptly led her away, leaving Millie to let out a relieved sigh.


    “Why did you have to look so stern and make the poor child cry?”


    Left with no real answer, Marcus guided Millie towards the beach.


    “You obstinate woman, why must you always school me? Don’t you realize that girl could be your rival


    in love? You’re being too careless. Imagine if I were spirited away by another woman; I doubt you’d


    even notice.”


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    Millie took a deep breath, her voiceced with sarcasm.


    “Oh yes, that three-year-old child is a real threat to our love. Don’t be so full of yourself. In twenty


    years, you’ll be an old man, and she’ll be a lovely youngdy. By then, she won’t give you a second


    nce.


    And if you’re not as handsome when you’re old, I certainly won’t want you either.”


    Marcus scowled. Millie was getting cheekier by the day. Now she even had the audacity to say when


    he wasn’t handsome she didn’t want him around anymore.


    Motioning to the pristine pool beside them, Marcus yfully warned, “What if I toss you in there?”


    Millie touched her delicate chin, her eyes twinkling with mischief.


    “You seem eager to apologize over a bed of durian spikes when we get home. I’ll make sure to pick up


    arge durianter.”


    Marcus responded, half-exasperated, half-amused, “You’re a handful, you know that?”


    Millie retorted, “Nah, I’m not the handful here. You’repletely whipped. Cross me in the future, and


    you’ll find yourself kneeling on a durian.”


    Marcus eased into a beach chair shaded by a sun umbre.


    “You should seek out some shade, or you’ll regret itter.”


    Taking his advice, Millie felt the perspiration on her nose and sensed her skin start to prickle. She


    hastily sat down beside him under another sun umbre and uncapped a water bottle to rehydrate.


    It would take weeks for herplexion to recover if she got too sun -kissed.


    Elsewhere, under a perg adorned with budding flowers, Mylo folded his arms and leaned against a


    pir. His eyes followed Judie, who was gently swaying on a swing.


    “I have some free days next week. I’m thinking of a trip to Mirror Sea for a couple of days. Care to


    join?”