You're Out, Daddy novel (Natasha and Kenneth) novel Chapter 96

Benjamin and Denise continued playing in the living room until it was late before going to their rooms.

Kenneth knocked on Denise's room door moments later.

“The door isn't locked, so you can come right in.” Denise called out to him in her childish voice.

“Why aren't you asleep yet?” Kenneth asked when he entered her room and saw her sitting on the bed.

Denise pouted and let out a sigh as she replied, “I'm a little worried about Mommy. She's all alone in the hospital right now, and I'm not sure if the doctors are able to take good care of her.”

“She's all by herself in the hospital?”

Denise nodded. “Yeah. Gramps told me about it over the phone earlier.”

Kenneth pursed his lips and said, “Get some rest, Denise. I'll go check on your

mommy at the hospital.”

Denise's eyes lit up when she heard that.

“Really?”

Kenneth nodded in response.

He was planning on heading over, to begin with, so Denise being worried about Natasha provided him with the perfect reason to do so.

“Thank you, Mr. Handsome! You're such a nice guy!” Denise exclaimed happily.

Again with the “Mr. Handsome...”

I've always felt this inexplicable sense of closeness toward Denise whenever I saw her.

Never have I ever expected for her to be related to me by blood. Now that I think about it, I really have missed out on a lot...

With that in mind, Kenneth reached out to pat her on the head. “Denise...”

“Hmm?”

Kenneth was about to say something but found the words to be stuck in his throat.

As Natasha had yet to tell them the truth, Kenneth feared he would end up scaring them off.

“I just wanted to tell you that I'll be very nice to you for the rest of my life. Just let me know if you ever need anything, okay?” he said with a smile.

Denise was so delighted that it took every ounce of willpower she had just to keep her excitement under control.

Oh, my... Is this Daddy's way of promising to look after me? I bet he already knows about me being his daughter! He just doesn't have the courage to say it to my face yet! I really want to just tell him everything, but I have to keep it a secret or Mommy will get mad at me...

After giving it some thought, Denise nodded profusely and said, “I believe you, Mr. Handsome! I like you very much too!”

Kenneth was tempted to just hug her tightly and shower her with affection but held himself back in the end. “I like you very much too!”

Denise was smiling like a child that had just been given candy. She wanted nothing more than to throw herself into Kenneth's arms and enjoy the feeling of being loved.

“All right, hurry up and get some rest. I'll go visit your mommy at the hospital now,” Kenneth said as he got up and made his way toward the door.

“Nat has got a hot temper, so make sure to be tolerant toward her, Mr. Handsome. Don’t get mad at her, okay?” Denise reminded him all of a sudden.

Kenneth turned around and flashed her a smile. “Okay, I won’t. Good night.”

“Good night!”

Denise slumped against her bed the moment Kenneth closed the door behind him.

Ahhhhh! I can't believe I'm sleeping in Daddy's room right now! On top of that, Daddy said he likes me a lot and will be very nice to me from now on! I'm so excited that I can't sleep!

A smile formed on Kenneth's lips when he heard the girl giggling from outside the door.