Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

The car pulled over in front of a restaurant.

Lunchtime was over, hence the restaurant was not crowded.

The waitress gave them a warm welcome. “Sir, may I arrange a table over there for you and your wife? It’s near the children’s play area too.”

Everleigh froze when she heard the word ‘wife’. She hurriedly tried to explain, “We aren’t…”

“Lead the way.” Theodore was indifferent. Everleigh was not sure if he interrupted her deliberately.

Everleigh turned to look at him but he headed to the dining area with Adrienne in his arms.

They were seated next to the children’s play area. There were slides and ball pits. The design was very colorful and enticing.

Adrienne sat next to Theodore. She placed her chubby face on Theodore’s arm and glanced at the menu he was holding. “Daddy, I want to eat fried chicken wings and fries.”

“No.” Everleigh immediately turned to glare at Adriene. Everleigh caught a glimpse that Theodore was frowning, and she lowered her voice, indistinctly, “You ate a lot of junk food this week. You can’t have them.”

She was a doctor, hence she was unwilling to let the twins eat any junk food.

Adrienne cranked her neck and whispered, “I want ice cream.”

“You can only have one ice-cream each day.”

“But I haven’t eaten any today.”

“You ate two yesterday.”

Adrienne turned to Alastair angrily and snapped, “You betrayed me!”

Alastair looked up from the menu and replied helplessly, “I didn’t.”

“Then how did Mommy know that I ate your ice-cream?”

Something suddenly dawned on Adrienne. She covered her mouth with her hands and she blinked nervously.

Everleigh frowned. “You ate your brother’s? That’s three! You’re not allowed to eat them tomorrow either.”

Adrienne just shot herself in the foot.

She pursed her lips miserably.

Alastair shook his head; he was not sure where Adrienne got that from. She would always run her mouth and never think about the consequences.

Shortly after, Theodore ordered some food and handed the menu back to the waiter.

Adrienne was upset when she could not eat fried chicken or ice-cream. She was dispirited and her face was gloomy.

Theodore stared at her in amusement. “You love ice-cream?”

“Yeah.”

“What flavor do you like?”

Adrienne lowered her head and replied weakly, “Strawberry.”

“But the blueberry ice-cream here tastes better. Don’t you want to try it?”

Adrienne was taken aback. She raised her head and spotted the waiter coming to their table with a tray. The waiter chuckled at Adrienne, “Miss, this is your blueberry ice-cream and fried chicken kid’s meal.”

There were two huge cups of ice cream. They were topped with blueberry jam and walnuts.

“Ice-cream!” Adrienne exclaimed. She jolted up from her seat and hugged Theodore’s neck.

She planted a kiss on Theodore’s face. Her voice was sweet and soft. “Daddy, you’re so nice! I love you!”

Everleigh was taken aback. She did not even notice when Theodore ordered that.

Everleigh did not know what to feel when she noticed Adrienne hugging Theodore happily. She stared at Theodore blankly.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

A hint of warmth tinted the man’s dark eyes. He met Everleigh’s conflicted gaze and his smile faded a little. He uttered nonchalantly, “It’s okay for her to eat them occasionally.”

Everleigh came to her senses and replied awkwardly, “I’m not trying to stop them but it’s not good for them to eat so much junk food.”

“Really? I remember that you used to eat a lot of it.”

Everleigh’s face stiffened and her temples throbbed.

However, Theodore remained composed. He pushed the other cup of ice-cream towards Alastair as if nothing happened.

Alastair glanced at Theodore. His amber eyes were too calm for a child. “I don’t like ice-cream.”