Chapter 322 Meet old friend 3


    A few short words, and I was a little distracted. I blushed a little at the re of his eyes.


    I avoided him and sat down on the sofa. I looked at my watch and said, “It’s gettingte. Let’s go to


    bed!”


    He reached out, grabbed me and put my hand in his. “I’ve already contacted the school in City P. If you


    want, take me and riana with you.”


    I smiled. “You don''t need me to take you with me.”


    He looked at me with glowing eyes. “Wherever you are, I will be there.”


    I blushed a little, raised my hand to cover his eyes, and said, “Let’s talk about itter!”


    He said “okay” and pulled me close to him, burying his head deep on my neck. “It smells good.”


    The atmosphere was getting a little awkward. I stood up and said softly, “Good night!”


    He has lived here a few days, and we got along very well. He was gentlemanly, tender, but not


    overstepping.


    …


    The next day.


    This day was the weekend and I could finally have a rest.


    riana wanted to go out and y. HL Area was quite small with few amusement parks, so Dennis


    drove around the city center and did some shopping.


    I was annoyed that he was buying too many things for riana. “You’re spoiling her. It’ll do her no


    good.”


    There were many kinds of love. Blindly conniving was not good for children.


    He pressed his lips, “I missed four years of her growth, so I didn’t control it well. I’m sorry.”


    “Sorry” came out of his mouth and surprised me.


    I nodded and let it go.


    riana wanted fried chicken, and I said yes. Once a month was allowed.


    Bernice Miller jewelry was on the mall’s LED screen.


    Sitting in the fried chicken shop, the video became clearer. There was gossip about her at the front


    desk. It was mostly about her and Dennis, and the reporter didn’t take Dennis in the face.


    The magazine showed him face to face with Bernice Miller, leaving his back to the audience. Looked


    like it was taken at an event.


    With Dennis on board, the magazine’s poprity was even higher.


    “Making a scene!” he said suddenly.


    I looked back at him and said, “What did you order?”


    riana eximed, “Family bucket, ice cream, hamburger, Coke, and French fries.”


    I frowned. “Can you eat them all?”


    She tilted her head and said, “Mom, I only eat it once a month, and that’s what I want.”


    Dennis seemed to agree with her logic, and I was a little annoyed, “riana, when you eat, you do


    what you can. If you


    ordered it and couldn’t finish it, now it’s just a waste of dozens. But if it’s something you say you’re


    going to do and you don’t


    do it, the price you’re going to pay is probably losing the person you love the most, okay?”


    Dennis frowned. “She’s only four!”


    “It’s the same even when she’s only one year old. She didn’t have to wait until she was 18 to


    understand what she could


    understand at four.” I might have been cruel, but I always felt like if there was something riana


    needed to know, she had to know it early


    He sighed and motioned us back to our seats to wait for him.


    riana seemed to realize she shouldn''t have ordered so much. After a moment of silence, she looked


    at me and said, “Mom,


    I was wrong. I won’t do it again.”


    I nodded, my eyes resting on Dennis as he approached.


    Heid all the food on the table and looked at riana. “If you like it, don’t mistreat yourself. Eat at


    ease.”


    riana looked at me and began to eat happily when I nodded.


    I lost my appetite and stared out the window at the same Bernice Miller jewelry promotional video on


    the big screen.


    “Whether it’s Olivia or Bernice Miller, I was just ying along. If you mind, I won''t bring a date for future


    events.” He said, his


    voice affirming.


    I sighed, “You don’t have to do this. I have my life figured out, and I know what I want, so you don’t


    have to worry about me.”


    He frowned. “So you''re angry?”


    I shook my head.


    I really didn’t care. “No matter whom you are with, these are the things that journalists and media use


    to entertain their


    audiences. Dennis, the media can use us for entertainment, but we can’t get caught up in it.”


    He smiled, and there was warmth on his face. “I''ll cook tonight.”


    I smiled.


    riana’s mouth was full of oil, “But didn’t we agree to eat out tonight? We''re going to the movies


    The little guy was so serious that he couldn’t help butugh. Dennis wiped her mouth and said gently,


    “Well, it’s up to you.”


    The rest of the time we were in ordance with her requirements. Everything seemed peaceful and


    beautiful.


    It waste when we got back to the yard. Tired from walking all day, riana fell asleep leaning on


    Dennis.


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    Maybe I had walked too much, and the sprain was starting to ache again.


    It was probably sequ!


    After sending riana to the bedroom, he came out of the room and saw me pouring water. He took


    the kettle from me and


    filled it, then squatted on the side of the basin to test the water temperature.


    It seemed to be hot, so he turned and poured some cold water in it, untying my shoce. It was


    obvious that he was going to


    wash my feet.


    I resisted, putting my hand on him. “I can do it myself.”


    He pursed his lips. “The old wound is notpletely healed. After soaking it for a while, rub it with


    safflower wine.”


    His long fingers dipped into the water as he spoke. Some people’s fate seemed preordained.


    I couldn’t seem to get away from him.


    Watching him rubbing my ankle, I said, “There are many things in City P. You have been here for a long


    time. You should go


    back and have a look.”


    He looked up, his eyes deep. “So you’re kicking me out?”


    I shook my head. “Just a suggestion.”


    He did not say anything, but bent his head and rubbed my ankle for me.


    Counting the days carefully, he had been in HL Area for half a month. The George Group had a lot


    going on, I knew that. He


    often held teleconferences on hisputer, handled documents, and was sometimes swamped with


    work.


    But even so, the center of the George Group was in City P, and hising here was not a long-term


    solution.


    I was so used to daily trifles, dealing with things of this yard, that I didn’t want to go back to City P with


    him.


    So even though he was now quietly entering my life, he and I seemed to have merged.


    But peace was just an illusion. If something happened, he still had to go.


    That night, the stars were bright. It took me a long time to fall asleep. I had thought about riana’s


    future.


    I knew better than anyone that her staying with me in HL Area gave me a sense of belonging, but not


    for her. She was a child.


    She had never seen the outside world. She needed to see, she needed to learn, she needed a better


    environment to see and


    enrich herself


    I loved the beauty of HL Area, but I couldn’t dy riana’s future.